Monthly Archives: April 2016

  THE CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT SYMPOSIUM ON AMORIS LAETITIA Amoris Laetitia: A CWR Symposium Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, “On love in the family,” has been one of the most widely anticipated papal documents in recent years, following the closely … Continue reading →

  Beautiful, Moving, and Divisive Robert Royal THE CATHOLIC THING Friday, April 8, 2016   First, the positives. As there were in the Final Report of the 2015 Synod, there are many beautiful passages in the pope’s new Apostolic Exhortation … Continue reading →

Integration Yes, Communion Who Knows? The Pope’s Sibylline Response Excerpts from the post-synodal exhortation “Amoris Lætitia.” In 264 pages and 325 paragraphs not a single clear word in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried Selected by Sandro Magister … Continue reading →

THE VATICAN REPORT by Dr. Robert Moynihan 07 April 16   The essential question is the existence of God… and so, consequently, the nature of man…   “The splendor of being an image of God no longer shines over man, … Continue reading →

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AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE PRESIDENT BY Jeff Jacoby THERE IS a riveting scene in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film “Lincoln” in which the 16th president hotly demands that his aides do whatever it takes — deploy every ounce of leverage available — … Continue reading →

It was not enough for Professor Albert Einstein to tell the priest and physicist Father Georges Lemaître that his hypothesis of the Big Bang, which he called the “First Atomic Moment,” was true. He said that it was beautiful, which … Continue reading →

!!!   Jeff Jacoby Sex is etched in our DNA, but race is all in our heads by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe March 20, 2016   http://www.jeffjacoby.com/18626/sex-is-etched-in-our-dna-but-race-is-all-in-our             AT MILTON ACADEMY, the tony Massachusetts … Continue reading →

!!! Frank Marshall Davis: Obama’s Communist Mentor on the Catholic Church 03/17/2016 at 10:09 PMPosted by Mary Anne Hackett BY PAUL KENGOR, OCTOBER 12, 2012 He blasted big business, Wall Street, big oil, General Motors, “excess profits,” “millionaires” and the … Continue reading →

!!! Joseph Ratzinger Back in the Chair Not the cathedra of bishop of Rome, but that of professor of theology. An unexpected lesson from the pope emeritus on the capital questions of Christian thought today by Sandro Magister ROME, March … Continue reading →