Monthly Archives: December 2016

  CHURCH NEWS FEATURED Robert Spaemann: “It is Deplorable that Only Four Cardinals Have Taken the Initiative” Maike Hickson December 5, 2016 OnePeterFive  [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] Robert Spaemann, the prominent German philosopher and … Continue reading →

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Christmas is Rooted in Imperfection Posted on December 22, 2015 by Edwin This was my column in Sunday’s Greenville News. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/12/20/christmas-rooted-imperfection/77441958/ Christmas appears, if we believe the marketing, to be a season for the rich, happy, safe and whole. The … Continue reading →

Sister Lucia: “Final Confrontation between the Lord and Satan will be over Family and Marriage.” Steve Skojec December 8, 2016 145 Comments Rorate Caeli has released a translation of a remarkable interview, originally published in 2008, with Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of … Continue reading →

Pope John Paul I giving Urbi et Orbi blessing! How I Changed My Mind About Pope Francis by Matthew Schmitz 12 . 8 . 16 FIRST THINGS [Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum} Anyone who has stumbled across … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Pope Francis by John Finnis and Germain Grisez 12 . 9 . 16 FIRST THINGS We invite readers’ attention to The Misuse of Amoris Laetitia To Support Errors against the Catholic Faith, a letter we have … Continue reading →

December 13, 2016 On Man’s Proper Disposition Toward God During Mass Anthony Esolen CRISIS MAGAZINE   Anyone coming upon Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality (Hildebrand Press), who thinks it will be a manual on how to imbue the liturgy … Continue reading →

December 13, 2016 Pope Francis and the Pacifist Jesus Andrew Latham [ Emphasis and {commentary} in red type by Abyssum ] In his recently released message for the 50th World Day of Peace, Pope Francis called on humanity to adopt nonviolence … Continue reading →

HOMILY FOR THE MASS IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE BISHOP RENE HENRY GRACIDA https://abyssum.org/2013/08/25/the-image-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-poses-such-a-threat-to-atheists-that-they-will-go-to-extraordinary-lengths-to-discredit-it/   O God, Father of Mercies, who placed your people under the singular protection of your Son’s most holy Mother, grant that all who … Continue reading →

Why Abortion Clinics Hate Burying Aborted Children Texas will now require abortion clinics to bury the babies they’ve killed—a law that has the pro-abortion community fuming. By Colin LeCroy THE FEDERALIST December 12, 2016 Beginning December 19, the irrepressible state … Continue reading →