Yearly Archives: 2015

!!!! New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (YouTube image)   Ross Douthat Is Right: Catholics Need To Address Their Divorce Problem We’ve reached the point where the only real heresy is to call heresy heretical. Rachel Lu By Rachel Lu … Continue reading →

!!!! Nursery Rhyme of the Kasperites Ve do not luv thee, Cardinal Pell. Zee reason vhy ve cannot tell; But thissssss ve know and know full vell: Ve do not luv thee, Cardinal Pell. Ve’d gayly see thee pitched pell … Continue reading →

!!!! Kasper vs Ratzinger, the Unending Dispute Francis reignited it and the synod has not resolved it. In the paragraphs on the divorced and remarried the word “communion” isn’t there. But the pope could introduce it himself, by authority by … Continue reading →

!!!! Thomas Sowell Is Right, As Usual John Steele Gordon / Oct. 29, 2015 COMMENTARY MAGAZINE 7 Shares A While covering the debate last evening, Jay Nordlinger tweeted, “T. Sowell: Only the comfortably off care about income inequality. The poor just … Continue reading →

!!!! The return of the prodigal son by Rembrandt The Synod: In Poetry and Prose Anthony Esolen and Fr. Mark Pilon THE CATHOLIC THING Thursday, October 29, 2015   Note: we are probably reaching the Post-Synodal Overload Point. But these … Continue reading →

!!!! BEDLAM: a madhouse by any other name is still CNBC CNBC MODERATORS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE: 29 OCTOBER 15 Sorry, Reince. We tried to tell you. http://vlt.tc/25re Following last night’s debate, Reince Priebus immediately went into defense mode. … Continue reading →

!!!! Brandon Wade/AP All Your Questions About Seventh-Day Adventism And Ben Carson Answered October 27, 2015 5:51 PM ET Jessica Taylor https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/150adc033027a416 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at a North Texas Presidential Forum hosted by Faith & Freedom Coalition … Continue reading →

!!!!   Synodal Church. But the Pope Will Decide Everything The word “communion” doesn’t even appear in the synod-approved text concerning the divorced and remarried. But in practice everyone is already doing whatever he wants. The spirit matters more than … Continue reading →

!!!! Who Won the Synod? by Ross Douthat October 26, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES [ Emphasis {commentary}in red type by Abyssum ] Nobody, of course, because there weren’t two “sides” or camps or (heaven help us) factions or anything … Continue reading →

!!!! Synod’s Final Report Rests With Pope Francis (1424) NEW ANALYSIS:General satisfaction with the final document, papal warnings against legalism, and concerns over the interpretation of paragraphs relating to pastoral care of remarried divorcees, marked the end of the Ordinary … Continue reading →