Category Archives: POPE BENEDICT XVI

THE BROKEN PATH by Judie Brown

Posted on December 11, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Product Description After five years of exhaustive research, whether heaping praise or burning coals, The Broken Path makes clear not only what can be done, but what must be done to restore our nation’s character, to return our society … Continue reading →

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ON THE QUESTION OF HOLY COMMUNION FOR THOSE WHO ARE DIVORCED AND REMARRIED

Posted on December 5, 2011 by abyssum

!!!!   No Communion for Outlaws. But the Pope Is Studying Two Exceptions The ban on Eucharistic communion for divorced and remarried Catholics is increasingly contested and disobeyed. Benedict XVI is standing firm. But he is republishing an essay from … Continue reading →

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PETER HAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE MOUTH OF LEO I AND PETER CONTINUES TO SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUTH OF BENEDICT XVI

Posted on November 27, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Advent is a God-given period of time in which we can and should meditate on our human frailty.  I don’t mean that we should concentrate on our illnesses, our disabilities, our aches and pains.  We do that often enough … Continue reading →

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CARDINAL BERNARD LAW IS REMOVED FROM HIS POST AS ARCHPRIEST AT SAINT MARY MAJOR BASILICA IN ROME

Posted on November 21, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Catholic World News Cardinal Law replaced in Vatican ceremonial post November 21, 2011 Cardinal Bernard Law, the American prelate most closely identified with the sex-abuse scandal, has been removed from a ceremonial post at the Vatican. On November 21, … Continue reading →

Posted in POPE BENEDICT XVI, THE BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 1 Comment

DO NOT EVER APPLAUD DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE MASS

Posted on November 18, 2011 by abyssum

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Posted in LITURGY, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, SACRED LITURGY | 5 Comments

WE HAVE A NEW NUNCIO; NOW MAYBE OUR VACANT DIOCESES WILL START BEING FILLED AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL BECOME VACANT

Posted on October 19, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Pope appoints Archbishop Viganò as new US nuncio By Michelle Bauman 0 Comments Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò speaks at Interpol’s Nov. 2010 general assembly on behalf of the Vatican. Credit: Interpol Related articles: Actions taken by the Bishops of … Continue reading →

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AGNOSTICISM LEADS TO DESPAIR – ALMOST AS BAD ARE THE FORMS OF WATERED DOWN CHRISTIANITY ALL TO PREVALENT TODAY

Posted on October 2, 2011 by abyssum

!!!!   The month of October is a special time for the Rosary. On the 7th of October in 1571, in the course of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars, a fleet of the Catholic maritime states organized by Pope St. Pius V … Continue reading →

Posted in ATHEISM, EVANGELIZATION, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, MUSLIMS, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, SECULARISM, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged | Comments Off on AGNOSTICISM LEADS TO DESPAIR – ALMOST AS BAD ARE THE FORMS OF WATERED DOWN CHRISTIANITY ALL TO PREVALENT TODAY

PLEASE, HOLY FATHER, DO NOT APPOINT BISHOPS WHO WERE BORN AND REARED IN MEXICO TO BE ORDINARIES IN THE UNITED STATES

Posted on September 20, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! I must start off with three disclaimers:  First, I am not anti-Mexican.  On the contrary, I have a great deal of sympathy for what has happened to the Church in Mexico and is still happening there.  My father was … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, BISHOPS, CANON LAW, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, EXCOMMUNICATION, LGBT, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, POPE BENEDICT XVI, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | 1 Comment

HOW DO WE FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF MUSLIMS TO CHRISTIANITY

Posted on September 6, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! In a comment to my immediately preceding post, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORLD YOUR CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN, READ THIS LETTER, my friend, Andrew Greenwell, asked the question: “How do we evangelize Muslims?” The simple … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES, EVANGELIZATION, MUSLIMS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, THE ASSISI INITIATIVE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 1 Comment

IF YOU WONDER WHY THE CHURCH IS IN SUCH DISARRAY, READ THIS!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by abyssum

Several years ago I said on this blog that Pope Benedict views the world through the prism of Saint Peter while his Secretary of State, Cardinal Bertone, views the world through the prism of Caesar.  This latest news from Rome … Continue reading →

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