Yes, this is part of an approved, common, semi-liturgical prayer service in which Catholic hierarchs and Lutherans will celebrate next year the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Revolt. Rorate Caeli: Last year saw unprecedented expressions of “openness” on the part of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: For the first time since 1558, Mawlid—the Muslim celebration of Muhammad’s birth—will fall this year on December 24 and 25. Christians and Muslims “should give thanks to God, each in his own tradition, for the good news that is … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Catholic students from across Southeast Asia met in Semarang for a conference of Catholic universities organised by the Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU) to discuss how people from different religious and cultural backgrounds can … Continue reading
Kathy Schiffer, Patheos: Bishop Bernt Ivar Eisvig, the Catholic bishop of Oslo, ordained 67-year-old Egil Mogstad. Many Lutherans were in attendance; in fact, Father Mogstad said, “I have my Lutheran friends to thank that I was ordained in the cathedral. I would … Continue reading
He just hated the teachings of the Church, especially on supernatural and interior justification (rebirth) of the soul, and made a mockery of Our Lord’s word on the necessity of good works for salvation. Oh, and he hated the pope(s) … Continue reading
UCANews: Lutherans and Catholics have pledged to celebrate together the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, with both sides agreeing to set aside centuries of hostility and prejudice. The Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation released a joint document, … Continue reading
In his article, “Ecumenism and Canon Law,” R Michael Dunnigan 0f Catholic World Report gives a perfect example of legalese trumping Catholic orthodoxy. Totally disregarded by canon lawyer Dunnigan is the final canon, the “Supreme Law,” “the salvation of souls.”: … Continue reading
The Eponymous Flower: As a reform rabbi took over the prayer service from the pastor of the parish, Father John Bauer, a wooden cross was passed around over the heads of the crowd like at a rock concert. Doctor van … Continue reading
So much for Christ’s mandate to teach the Gospel to all nations. The donation was made at the request of Australian Oblate Father David Shelton “who wants to help in the religious formation of Indonesian Muslims in Australian jails.” UCANews … Continue reading
All in the name of ecumenism. This would be sacrilegious if it were a male heretic “ordaining” a morally orthodox minister. But, then again,we have the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s 1993 Directive: “Catholic churches are consecrated or blessed … Continue reading
One of the commentators on the relevant CWN article expressed it well: “It’s past time someone said this. Too often ecumenism is taken to mean the weakening of the teachings of the Church and the addition of non-Catholic ritual and … Continue reading
Well, they are empty anyway argue the pastors, so why not let the Anglicans use them? English hymns are better than silence. Such is the false ecumenism wherein pragmatism trumps the honor of God’s house. TimesOnLine reports: In the Dordogne … Continue reading
What we call today, ecumenism, is not a new thing. (Neither, for that matter, is its cousin, syncretism, or its twin sister, indifferentism. Error is very old.) The not-very-venerable antiquity of ecumenism struck me the other day as I was … Continue reading
Lately, there are some mainstream conservative thinkers who have gone on record critical of ecumenical endeavors. Lately, too, there is a mainstream and respected journalist who has done a major course correction vis-a-vis Fatima. The two issues are very much … Continue reading
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