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PROPORTIONALISM IS A CULTURAL VIRUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURE OF DEATH

!!!! Father Richard A. McCormick, S.J., the father of Proportionalist Morality http://onestudiosproductions.com/projects/Lifetree/speaker_1/

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!!!! Archbishop Carlo Vigano, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States kassiblog.com Wednesday, May 21, 2014 On Spiritual Clericalism & the Bandwagon Fallacy in the Context of SB 303 http://kassiblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/on-spiritual-clericalism-bandwagon.html I wrote the first version of this on May 15, 2013, … Continue reading

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KASSIE D. MARKS, J.D. OFFERS AN ASH WEDNESDAY REFLECTION

!!!! Kassi Dee Marks Well, it’s not the beginning of a Holy Season without a new attack on Texas Right to Life (and those that opposed HB 1444/SB 303 last session) by the Texas Catholic Conference. http://www.txcatholic.org/images/Texas_Bishops_Correct_Falsehoods_About_End-of-Life_.pdf In December Executive … Continue reading

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CHAOS LOOMS ON THE HORIZON IF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES ARE GIVEN DOCTRINAL POWER

!!!!   The Federalist Option of the Bishop of Rome More autonomy for the national episcopal conferences. And more room for different cultures. The two points on which “Evangelii Gaudium” most distinguishes itself from the magisterium of the previous popes … Continue reading

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BISHOPS, BE SURE THAT YOU FIRST PREACH BY THE WAY YOU LIVE. IF YOU DO NOT, PEOPLE WILL NOTICE THAT YOU SAY ONE THING, BUT LIVE OTHERWISE….ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

!!!! Archbishop Vigano Nuncio’s Address to US Bishops Gathered for Fall Assembly Archbishop Viganò: ‘The Holy Father wants bishops in tune with their people’ WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2013 (Zenit.org) – Here is the text of the address given today … Continue reading

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LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BELIEF

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE SECOND OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading

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MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI TO WRITE HIS OWN MIT BRENNENDER SORGE ENCYCLICAL

!!!! Greg, a frequent reader of this blog, has called my attention to a post that he just put on his own blog.  He has some interesting points to make in his post and I thought I would share his … Continue reading

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“SEE, I AM SETTING BEFORE YOU TODAY A BLESSING AND A CURSE…”

!!!! anselmusjmj commented on POPE PAUL VI, YOU WERE SOOOOO RIGHT, EVEN PROPHETIC !Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, in 1968, proved to be a great watershed, and we see the 1968 drama unfolding again and again. The drama boils … Continue reading

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AL GORE, CHARLES PRINCE OF WALES, AND MARK STEYN VIEW ECOLOGY FROM PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE CHURCH

THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING The New York Times and other left-liberal organs of the mainstream media delight in blaming the Church, and especially Pope Benedict XVI for all the ills of the … Continue reading

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FIRST THOUGHTS ON POPE BENEDICT XVI’s ENCYCLICAL CARITAS IN VERITATE

FIRST REACTIONS TO CARITAS IN VERITATE It will take time for the Third Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI to be read, digested and analyzed.  However, there are a few brave souls who are willing to go on record with their … Continue reading

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