Monthly Archives: December 2017

Eccles and Bosco is saved “Stop correcting me,” says Pope Francis Posted: 27 Dec 2017 03:17 AM PST “These days I can’t say anything at all without some fool trying to correct me,” said Pope Francis in his annual Odi … Continue reading →

Eccles and Bosco is saved The Dictator Santa Posted: 25 Dec 2017 02:32 AM PST The scandals surrounding Santa Claus show no signs of ending, and this week children were horrified to see that “Santa’s Grotto” in the Rome branch … Continue reading →

+RHG celebrating the Third Mass of Christmas in my private chapel in my residence this morning; the Traditional Latin Mass.

  ​ YouTube: Bach – Christmas Oratorio [1-3] Harnoncourt   There is an eerie resemblance between the eye of a hurricane and the present sense of calm in the Church and the world that is the result of the subconscious … Continue reading →

Francis and Maradiaga L’Espresso ENGLISH VERSION 35 thousand euros a month for the Cardinal: the new scandal that shakes the Vatican Francesco’s friend and adviser, Oscar Maradiaga, preached pauperism but received half a million a year from a University of … Continue reading →

  Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 21 dic 17 Pope Francis, Euthanasia, and the Exegesis of “La Civiltà Cattolica” { Abyssum }   On the same day, December 14, on which the Italian parliament approved a law on living wills, which … Continue reading →

When Marriages Are Legal and Also Illegal: A Response to Cardinal Müller Carlos A. Casanova December 19, 2017 OnePeterFive { Abyssum } Last month, on November 6, the great Vaticanist Sandro Magister published an interesting analysis about the prologue Cardinal … Continue reading →

ECUMENISM FEATURED POLITICS The Bite of Catholic Rhetoric: Ross Douthat versus Fr. James Martin Jesse Russell December 19, 2017 OnePeterFive { Abyssum } When your humble author first heard of a discussion on the need for civil Catholic discourse between … Continue reading →

Image:  screen grab De Mattei: A Response to Edward Peters on the Buenos Aires Letter & Authentic Magisterium Roberto De Mattei December 19, 2017 OnePeterFive { Abyssum } Professor Edward Peters is a reliably orthodox scholar who wants to contain … Continue reading →

Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister 13 dic The Pope Has Spoken. But the Doubts Have Not Disappeared, Nor Has Cardinal Caffarra     { Abyssum } Both things happened almost on the same day. On the one hand the publication in … Continue reading →