Category Archives: LIBERALISM

PRO-FAMILY GROUPS ARE LOSING THE MARRIAGE DEBATE BECAUSE THEY AVOID TALKING ABOUT SODOMY, INCEST, ETC

Posted on November 13, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! November 7, 2014 Why Pro-Family Groups are Losing the Marriage Debate Austin Ruse CRISIS MAGAZINE Brian Camenker is a rabble-rouser from Massachusetts who founded something contentiously called MassResistance, a state-based pro-family group that takes perhaps the most aggressive stance … Continue reading →

Posted in CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, DIVORCE AND 'REMARRIAGE', FAMILY LIFE, HOMOSEXUALITY, LIBERALISM, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, MORAL RELATIVISM, PEDOPHILIA, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, SAME SEX ATTRACTION, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', SAVING CHILDREN, SEX EDUCATION, SEX SLAVES, SEXUALITY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE SACRAMENTS, UNCHASTITY, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on PRO-FAMILY GROUPS ARE LOSING THE MARRIAGE DEBATE BECAUSE THEY AVOID TALKING ABOUT SODOMY, INCEST, ETC

Much of what today is being called mercy is nothing more than a feeling by which no serious judgments, let alone pastoral practice or doctrinal determinations, can be made.

Posted on November 13, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Father Marcel Guarnizo   QUESTION:    There has been a lot of talk about mercy before and during the synod, what is your view on mercy as the justification for these new pastoral approaches? FATHER GUARNIZO:     It seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CHASTITY, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, EUTHANASIA, HUMAN SEXUALITY, HUMANAE VITAE, INFANTICIDE, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SACRED LITURGY, SAME SEX ATTRACTION, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , | Comments Off on Much of what today is being called mercy is nothing more than a feeling by which no serious judgments, let alone pastoral practice or doctrinal determinations, can be made.

THE SENSUS FIDELIUM SAVED THE CHURCH IN THE FOURTH CENTURY AND IT CAN DO SO AGAIN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Posted on October 28, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! John Henry Newman 20” Could respect for the papacy mean resisting the Pope? By Phil Lawler  | Oct 25, 2014 CATHOLICCULTURE.ORG   A challenging column by Ross Douthat in the New York Times prompts me to clarify my thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, FAITH, GAY 'MARRIAGE', LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE FRANCIS, SENSUS FIDELIUM, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , | Comments Off on THE SENSUS FIDELIUM SAVED THE CHURCH IN THE FOURTH CENTURY AND IT CAN DO SO AGAIN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

ONLY A FOOL LIVES IN AN INTELLECTUAL WORLD IN WHICH THERE ARE NO DISTINCTIONS

Posted on October 6, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Is reception of Communion doctrinal or disciplinary? by Dr. Edward Peters In a recent brief interview Washington Archbishop Donald Cdl. Wuerl stated: “The reception of Communion is not a doctrinal given, it’s a pastoral application of a doctrinal position” (0:30). … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, SACRED LITURGY, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on ONLY A FOOL LIVES IN AN INTELLECTUAL WORLD IN WHICH THERE ARE NO DISTINCTIONS

REMOVING YOUR BODILY ORGANS WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT IS GRAND THEFT

Posted on October 6, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! When ‘donation’ of organs is theft  http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/letters/when-donation-of-organs-is-theft.25504064 Monday 6 October 2014 I RESPECT Robert Aitken’s altruism in donating his body post mortem to Glasgow University (Letters, October 2) while wondering why he is not donating parts thereof instead for … Continue reading →

Posted in LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on REMOVING YOUR BODILY ORGANS WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT IS GRAND THEFT

DOES THE CHURCH REALLY NEED THE JESUITS? MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO BE SUPPRESSED, AGAIN!

Posted on October 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!!   Second Marriages in Venice for “La Civiltà Cattolica” In support of the ideas of Cardinal Kasper, the magazine with the papal imprimatur dusts off a concession granted by the Council of Trent for Catholics in the Greek islands … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, ECUMENISM, JESUS CHRIST, JURISPRUDENCE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE FRANCIS, RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 1 Comment

OIKONOMIA: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH SEEMS TO PERMIT A SECOND MARRIAGE, BUT IT DOES NOT, IT CAN NOT!

Posted on September 27, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!                       FATHER ZUHLDORF WRITES ON HIS BLOG: The new book, Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church contains five essays of cardinals, of … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, FAITH, FAMILY LIFE, GAY 'MARRIAGE', JURISPRUDENCE, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, MORAL RELATIVISM, SACRED LITURGY, THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on OIKONOMIA: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH SEEMS TO PERMIT A SECOND MARRIAGE, BUT IT DOES NOT, IT CAN NOT!

THE IRISH: HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL, BUT WILL WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ETERNITY FOR THE IRISH TO BE CATHOLIC AGAIN

Posted on September 26, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!  CALVARY: THE MOVIE BY MAUREEN MULLARKY http://www.firstthings.com/ The movie Calvary is a stunning meditation on the Christian story. If you have not already seen it, you might want to save this until later. Every review is a spoiler to … Continue reading →

Posted in ATHEISM, FAITH, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MIRACLE OF GRACE, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SANCTITY | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

CANONICAL PROCEDURES CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED; WHAT CANNOT BE CHANGED IS DIVINE LAW

Posted on September 26, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Opus Dei Father Joaquin Llobell is a professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. – Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/canon-law-prof-streamlining-of-annulment-process-is-welcome-if-done-properl/#ixzz3ESzrRIF8 Luis Navarro, professor of canon law at the … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, FAMILY LIFE, GAY 'MARRIAGE', JURISPRUDENCE, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged , , | Comments Off on CANONICAL PROCEDURES CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED; WHAT CANNOT BE CHANGED IS DIVINE LAW

SNAKES IN IRELAND AGAIN, YOU BET !!! AND IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON ALSO !!!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! September 18, 2014 The Serpents Return to the Irish Anthony Esolen http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/serpents-gone Jesus reached out to harlots. He did not reach out to their harlotry. Jesus reached out to hypocrites, often with a rhetorical fist to capture their attention. … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, HOMOSEXUALITY, HUMAN SEXUALITY, LGBT, LIBERALISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, THE BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment