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I am a retired Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

Posted on February 5, 2020 by abyssum

Marjorie Dannenfelser 8:29 AM (12 minutes ago) to you Last night I was honored to sit in the House chamber to hear President Trump deliver his third State of the Union address.  President Trump’s special guests included Ellie Schneider and her mother Robin. … Continue reading →

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BROTHER ALEXIS BUGNOLO’S FROM STRAW MAN TO SUPERSTITION

Posted on February 4, 2020 by abyssum

CANON LAW, EDITORIALS FROM STRAW MAN TO SUPERSTITION FEBRUARY 5, 2020FROM ROME EDITOR By Br. Alexis Bugnolo I have watched Steve Skojek’s argumentation over the last 14 months go from straw man arguments, to unreasoning blather, to insults and vicious invective … Continue reading →

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There will likely be no swift resolution to the discussion of ordaining married men for the Amazon. The ball will be in the air. Who the pope, or his successor, directs to eventually catch and run with that ball – and several others now hanging somewhere above the field – is anybody’s guess.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by abyssum

https://catholicherald.co.ukHome » News » VaticanAnalysis Analysis: Will Francis send Amazon celibacy decision up the river? 27211Pope Francis speaks in the Vatican’s synod hall, Oct. 7, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNABy JD Flynn and Ed Condon Vatican City, Feb 3, 2020 / 12:53 pm (CNA).- A leaked draft … Continue reading →

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I am impressed with the growing number of canonists who off the record are admitting that they recognize that Pope Benedict is still the true pope, because his renunciation was doubtful. While the fact that nearly all of them work for the Church, prevents the ones I have spoken with from being eager for public recognition of their stand, others have in the past admitted the truth of the problem.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by abyssum

CANON LAW CANONIST DECLARES SUBSTANTIAL ERROR CAN INVALIDATE A PAPAL RESIGNATION FEBRUARY 4, 2020FROM ROME EDITOR By Br. Alexis Bugnolo I am impressed with the growing number of canonists who off the record are admitting that they recognize that Pope … Continue reading →

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I know my Church history. The only unique thing in 2000 years, is not a valid papal resignation, it is an invalid papal resignation, that is ignored, yet taken as valid by a conspiracy of all the Cardinals. — The Cardinals, remember, are the reason for most of the Antipopes of history, let us not forget. Antipopes do not pop-up into being from “data sets” of a laywomen reading Canon Law.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by abyssum

CANON LAW, EDITORIALS, NEWS MAJOR ITALIAN NEWSPAPER: BENEDICT STILL SIGNS P.P., HE RETAINS THE PAPAL POWER FEBRUARY 4, 2020FROM ROME EDITOR2 COMMENTS By Br. Alexis Bugnolo Chirs Ferrara poo-poohed Ann Barnhardt’s collection of evidence, the other day, by calling it a “data set”, … Continue reading →

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We must not give the sexual revolution the force of irrevocable law. The world in which fornication is the rule is a harsh and unforgiving one. The boy and girl—outside of the shelter of a Christian school—cannot hold hands without giving everyone the sign that they are in bed with one another, and so they do not do it. The boy does not ask the girl on a date, because that too implies the bed. The sexual revolution is destroying lives by the millions, right before our eyes, and has corrupted the culture beyond what the worst pessimists ever imagined. And, in this situation, are we to believe that Sodom is the answer? The Church has the answers if she would but heed them and preach them forthrightly. These answers are available to anyone using natural reason. Let them who have eyes open them.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by abyssum

FEBRUARY 4, 2020 Surviving Sodom ANTHONY ESOLEN CRISIS MAGAZINE Back in 2014, I wrote a book called Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity. I spoke not as an interpreter of Scripture or of the teachings of the Church. My arguments were based on … Continue reading →

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BRAVO ARCHBISHOP LWANGA OF THE KAMPALA ARCHDIOCESE, YOU ARE DEMONSTRATING THE KIND OF PASTORAL OVERSIGHT IN YOUR ARCHDIOCESE THAT IS SADLY LACKING IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

Posted on February 3, 2020 by abyssum

DECREE! Archbishop Lwanga bans Holy Communion by hand, mass outside church in Kampala Archdiocese   BY GEORGE OKELLO | PML DAILY SENIOR CORRESPONDENT February 2, 2020   KAMPALA — Kampala Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has directed that no Christian or practicing … Continue reading →

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THE ECONOMIC TOOL OF COST ANALYSIS HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN BUILDING ROADS AND DAMS BUT IT HAS A VERY MINOR ROLE TO PLAY IN MATTERS OF HUMAN LIFE SUCH AS ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA

Posted on February 3, 2020 by abyssum

FEBRUARY 3, 2020 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of God DONALD DEMARCO Etienne Gilson was one of the clearest thinking philosophers of the 20thcentury. As a good philosopher, naturally, he fully understood the importance of reason, a power that is often … Continue reading →

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The truth about those dysfunctional, downscale communities of homeless persons in Los Angeles and San Francisco is that they deserve to die. Economically, they are negative assets. Morally, they are indefensible…. The white American underclass is in thrall to a vicious, selfish culture whose main products are misery and used heroin needles. Needless to say, no believing Catholic could endorse such a callous attitude towards the poor. Traditional Christians are increasingly estranged from the Conservative Movement™ precisely because of the increasingly dogmatic and irrational adherence to the dogmata of market fundamentalism; the principles enunciated by Rerum Novarum the other papal social encyclicals are still valid.

Posted on February 3, 2020 by abyssum

FEBRUARY 3, 2020 The Prophets of Post-Humanism MICHAEL WARREN DAVIS CRISIS MAGAZINE Andrew Yang is a man ahead of his time. Mark my words: within our lifetime, his ominous-sounding “Freedom Dividend—basically a universal basic income, or UBI—will become a plank of … Continue reading →

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FRANCIS THE MERCIFUL IS TAKING NO CHANCES ON THE NEXT POPE ABANDONING FRANCIS’ REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF CHRIST’S CHURCH. HE IS PLAYING CHESS WITH HIS APPOINTMENT OF THE CARDINALS WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE NEXT CONCLAVE

Posted on February 3, 2020 by abyssum

Abp Viganò raises concerns about Cardinal in charge of next papal election ‘In the Heart of the Church we seem to glimpse the approaching shadow of Satan’s synagogue (Rev 2:9).’Fri Jan 31, 2020 – 8:56 am EST  By Diane MontagnaFOLLOW … Continue reading →

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