Category Archives: POPE BENEDICT XVI

THE SEAMLESS GARMENT THEORY IS NOT ALWAYS THE INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS POPE BENEDICT DEFINED IT

Posted on September 20, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Benedict Previous 12 / 15Next “Openness to human life is at the center of true development”  Pope Benedict XVI RETHINKING THE SEAMLESS GARMENT by Russell Shaw August 17, 2009 http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/rshaw/06695.html Reprinted with permission from our good friends at … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, RELATIVISM | 1 Comment

WHEN POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS TO JOURNALISTS BE PREPARED TO NOT ATTACH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO WHAT HE SAYS

Posted on September 15, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!  . . In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica newspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their … Continue reading →

Posted in ATHEISM, CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, LORD AND CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, MEDIA BIAS, MEDIA BIGOTRY, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, PREACHING THE GOSPEL | Tagged | Comments Off on WHEN POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS TO JOURNALISTS BE PREPARED TO NOT ATTACH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO WHAT HE SAYS

HAS LIBERATION THEOLOGY BEEN LIBERATED FROM ITS ‘CAPTIVITY’ BY REVOLUTIONARIES?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Archbishop Gerhard Mueller and Gustavo Gutierrez . . . Peace Made Between Müller and Gutiérrez. But Bergoglio Isn’t Falling For It The prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith and the founder of liberation theology are … Continue reading →

Posted in JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, MORAL RELATIVISM, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, RELATIVISM, SECULARISM, THE GREAT SOCIETY, WELFARE STATE | Comments Off on HAS LIBERATION THEOLOGY BEEN LIBERATED FROM ITS ‘CAPTIVITY’ BY REVOLUTIONARIES?

ISLAMISTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM FOR US; WE ARE THE PROBLEM, WE NEED TO RECOVER SOME SENSE OF OURSELVES BASED UPON OUR FAITH

Posted on September 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Robert R. Reilley The Islamist Spring and the West’s Decline September 04, 2013 An interview with Robert R. Reilly Alvino-Mario Fantini http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/2544/the_islamist_spring_and_the_wests_decline.aspx#.UigOU7yE7mr     Muslim worshipers attend Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at the Data Darbar … Continue reading →

Posted in DEMOCRACY IN ISLAM, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, INTOLERANCE, LIBERALISM, LORD AND CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, MAN, MOSQUES, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPULATION, SHARIA LAW | 2 Comments

MEOW!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Benedict XVI and his cat. I have a confession to make (actually it is a boast).  I have a cat.  Actually I have both a cat and a dog.  I love them both, for different reasons; the article … Continue reading →

Posted in HAPPINESS, MAN, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, SANCTITY | 1 Comment

DEAR CHILDREN, WITH GREAT JOY THE CHURCH OF GOD WELCOMES YOU

Posted on August 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   Vatican Diary / Pope Benedict’s Parting Shot It concerns the rite of baptism. He wanted “Church of Go”” to be said instead of “Christian community.” The order to change was issued a few days before his resignation. And … Continue reading →

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POPE BENEDICT XVI HAD IT RIGHT IN HIS SPEECH AT REGENSBURG: VIOLENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MUSLIM FAITH

Posted on August 20, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! In Cairo the Lecture of Regensburg Is Relevant Again Never has a pope been so clear and courageous in unveiling the roots of violence in Islam, before Benedict XVI. And not afterward, either. Two obligatory rereadings, to decipher the … Continue reading →

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IS POPE FRANCIS AN ENEMY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS? PERHAPS NOT!

Posted on July 30, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Francis during press conference on the flight from Brazil to Rome I first read Sandro Magister’s column printed below and I was shocked.  I seemed as though Pope Francis was possibly going to undo all that Pope Benedict … Continue reading →

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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD…AND THE WORD WAS GOD

Posted on July 24, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Lumen Fidei: The Science of Creation and a Tale of Two Priests By Fr. Gordon J. MacRae July 24, 2013 http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/lumen-fidei-the-science-of-creation-and-a-tale-of-two-priests/ Fr Andrew Pinsent echoes the spirit of Fr Georges Lemaitre, a father of modern cosmology who changed the … Continue reading →

Posted in COSMOLOGY, CREATION, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | 1 Comment

THERE IS A DANGER THAT BISHOPS AROUND THE WORLD WILL ACT LIKE POPE FRANCIS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THE VICAR OF CHRIST

Posted on July 15, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   Vatican Diary / Those saints made as he commands For Romero, Francis loosens the restraints of the Holy Office. For John XXIII and for a Jesuit to whom he is devoted, he goes ahead without waiting for the … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, VATICAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE | Tagged , , | 5 Comments