Author Archives: abyssum

  Report Card: Graduates of Jesuit Colleges in Congress Overwhelmingly Pro-Abortion Matt Archbold / January 9, 2017 / News Roundup / Opinion The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Report Card” column provides weekly commentary from Matt Archbold on the latest in Catholic education. Matt blogs at CreativeMinorityReport.com … Continue reading →

Cardinal Müller’s TV interview causes bewilderment JAN 10TH 2017 BY EDWARD PENTIN  HOLY SEE Share Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said in a live television interview on Sunday that a “fraternal correction” of Pope Francis … Continue reading →

Scholars Shed Light on Pope Francis’s Hostility Toward Free Markets—and the Harmful Consequences for the Poor OAKLAND, CA—Sometimes called “the People’s Pope” for his stress on serving the poor, Pope Francis has invited an open dialogue about economic progress, the … Continue reading →

  Card. Burke’s interview in ‘La Verità”: More Cardinals are completely with the Four Posted on 11 January 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf [EMPHASIS AND {COMMENTARY} IN RED TYPE BY ABYSSUM] Lots of lefties are hopping up and down in little circles because … Continue reading →

  Cardinals and bishops wait for the start of a consistory in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican last month (AP) Thirty cardinals ‘raised concerns’ about Amoris Laetitia draft by Staff Reporter THE REMNANT Wednesday, 11 Jan 2017 A ‘significant number’ … Continue reading →

A Firing, a Demolition: Behold the New Curia SETTIMO CIELO by Sandro Magister 11 January 2017   The reform of the Vatican curia that Pope Francis is carrying out is being done partly in sunshine and partly in shadow. Among … Continue reading →

The nine Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church members murdered by Dylann Roof during a Bible study class in Charleston, South Carolina. Racist opinions are hateful. That shouldn’t make them crimes by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe January 11, 2017 http://www.jeffjacoby.com/19563/racist-opinions-are-hateful-that-shouldnt-make … Continue reading →

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin with the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, in June (PA) A Vatican inquiry into the Order of Malta? Legally speaking, this makes no sense by Ed Condon THE … Continue reading →

Is ‘Amoris Laetitia’ Really Thomistic?: A Brief Note on Thomism and Moral Claims Fr Basil B. Cole, OP discusses the claim, made by Pope Francis and others that ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is Thomistic. http://www.op.org/en/content/amoris-laetitia-really-thomistic-brief-note-thomism-and-moral-claims  During the Jesuits’ 36th General Congregation in … Continue reading →

Settimo Cielodi Sandro Magister  Enough Proselytism, It’s Time for “Silence.” Even for the Catholic Missions   On January 12, movie theaters in Italy and other countries will begin showing the latest film by Martin Scorsese, “Silence,” already screened in Rome … Continue reading →