Last night I attended a meeting of the Alhambra Historical Society, at which Joyce Amaro, president of the Alhambra Preservation Group, gave a presentation on the formerly Episcopalian chapel of Ss. Simon and Jude and her organisation’s thus far successful … Continue reading
Category: Marriage and Family
Appeal to Prayer for Pope Francis to Confirm the Truth about Marriage
The editors of Catholicism.org were sent this document to post on our site, as were many other editors of Catholic web sites. Please go to the bottom of the page to see the names of the bishops who authored and signed this … Continue reading
Sick New World
This past Saturday was the New Hampshire state March for Life in, Concord. Every year, this procession — organized by New Hampshire Right to Life — wends its way from the State House to the Church of Saint John the … Continue reading
Amoris Laetitia – More Catholic Experts Weigh In
Our friend Maike Hickson has a wonderful piece at 1 Peter 5 on the post-synodal exhortation, featuring brief write-ups from these five experts: Father Brian Harrison, O.S., S.T.D., Professor Roberto de Mattei, Dr. Sandro Magister, Marco Tosatti, and Mathias von Gersdorff. It is our … Continue reading
Triumphant Voices in Germany
The official website of the German Bishops, katholisch.de, is full of praise for Amoris Laetitia. Well-known experts who have been expressing many heterodox positions during the earlier discussions on marriage and family, seem now convinced that their expectations have been … Continue reading
Amoris Laetitia Rundown
The Holy Father’s much awaited post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, has been released. A summary of it may be read at Rorate Caeli. Here are links to commentaries on Pope Francis’ work, commentaries we have helpfully categorized according to what may … Continue reading
Cana and Being About His Father’s Business
Sunday we celebrated the feast of the marriage at Cana. Saint John tells us that “the mother of Jesus was there” and that Jesus and His disciples were invited as well. Despite the varying opinions of several fathers, I think … Continue reading
Marriage in Grave Decline in Italy
I remember in the early 70s, when I studied in Rome, seeing so many church weddings. Not so today. CNA: Italy is facing a swift and dramatic collapse of the institution of marriage, according to a prominent Italian demographer and statistician. … Continue reading
L’Osservatore Romano: Theologian Subverts Family on Front Page
Catholic Culture: In an article published on the front page of L’Osservatore Romano, an Italian theologian who participated in the last two synods on the family said the people of God can rejoice that the more recent synod’s final report … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Final Report of the Synod: Obscuration, Confusion, Subjectivity
(Rorate Caeli) The XIV General Assembly of the Synod of the Bishops (October 4 – 25, 2015), which was dedicated to the theme of “The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World”, issued a Final … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan on Heresy at the Synod
“Are Catholic truths immutable? Or can they change with the changing times? “This is the deeper question behind the issues that convulsed the three-week synod on the family of the 250 Catholic bishops in Rome that ended Saturday.” Full column … Continue reading
The Synod is Over
The 2015 Synod of Bishops has concluded. Now begins the process of studying, understanding, implementing, or resisting the various provisions of its final document. Much of this will be in the form of “spin.” Modernists will cheer. “Conservatives” will defend the … Continue reading
Denver Archbishop Challenges German Episcopate
CNA: “And this begs the question: Do the German bishops believe that Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher sacrificed their lives in vain?” Part of the column from the Archbishop is here.