Category Archives: POPE FRANCIS

EFFORTS BY THE VATICAN PRESS OFFICE TO WHITEWASH THE WASHING OF THE FEET MUDDIES THE WATER

Posted on April 1, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Some thoughts on the VPO statement regarding the Mandadtum rite controversy by Dr. Edward Peters The background to this controversy is the antinomianism that prevails today. The Church is passing through a period in which the relationship between ecclesiastical law … Continue reading →

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POPE FRANCIS IS SEARCHING FOR A WAY, EMINENTLY PRACTICAL, TO DEFINE HIS PAPACY IN THE SPIRIT OF THE RAVENNA DOCUMENT

Posted on March 24, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! He’s Pope But Doesn’t Want To Say So The reticence of Francis to highlight his powers as supreme head of the universal Church. The effects and the possible developments of this silence. The status of the question in an … Continue reading →

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THE JESUITS, THE JESUIT POPE, THE FUTURE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, THE FUTURE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE

Posted on March 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Saint Ignatius Loyola Pope Francis April 08, 2013, Issue The Humble Pope Catholic reform through evangelical purification By George Weigel NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Rome – Twenty-first-century ecclesiastical heraldry may strike some as an arcane hangover from a long-gone past, when bishops … Continue reading →

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CHANGES, YES CHANGES ARE HAPPENING ALREADY, SMALL CHANGES, BUT BIGGER CHANGES ARE COMING ALSO

Posted on March 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Pope, Bishops, Curia. The Reforms That Are Coming A “council of the crown” around the pope, with cardinals from the five continents. A drastic trimming of offices. A shakeup for the IOR. Novelties and unknowns of the pontificate of … Continue reading →

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PRIESTS, CELIBACY, CHASTITY, PREGNANCY, MARRIAGE, LAICIZATION, SUSPENSION, FATHERHOOD, CANON LAW, NATURAL LAW

Posted on March 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Some thoughts on Cdl. Bergoglio’s comments on clerical celibacy and chastity by Dr. Edward Peters Dcn. Greg Kandra links to an interview that then-Cdl. Bergoglio gave last year on celibacy. Assuming the general accuracy of the translation, some interesting points … Continue reading →

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5000 JOURNALISTS IN ROME FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, ALL HUNGRY FOR SCOOPS, HAVE DONE THE CHURCH A HUGE DISSERVICE BY THEIR ERRONEOUS REPORTING

Posted on March 19, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Father Marcel Guarinizo Here is an interesting interview that sheds some light on the scandalously erroneous reporting that occurred in the world press and electronic media during February and March before the Conclave and that continues to the present … Continue reading →

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HILARY CLINTON FOR POPE?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! MARCH 19, 2013 THE PUZZLING PAPACY OF POPE FRANCIS by Wes Pruden The new pope is a puzzle to nearly everybody, particularly to the politicians, pundits and other know-it-alls. He looks and sounds like a remnant of a previous … Continue reading →

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LIBERATION THEOLOGY PROMISES TO REAR ITS UGLY HEAD IN THE REIGN OF POPE FRANCIS EVEN AS HIS REIGN JUST BEGINS

Posted on March 18, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Cristina Kirchner, President of Argentina THE AMERICAS Updated March 17, 2013, 8:43 p.m. ET Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope Argentines who want their country to be the next Venezuela see Francis as an obstacle. By MARY ANASTASIA … Continue reading →

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POPE FRANCIS’ SUNDAY ANGELUS ADDRESS

Posted on March 17, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Here is the translation of Pope Francis’ Angelus address given today at St. Peter’s Square. * * * Brothers and sisters, hello! After the first meeting last Wednesday, today I can again offer my greeting to everyone! And I … Continue reading →

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IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT POPE FRANCIS RESCUE JESUIT EDUCATON FROM THE SCANDAL THAT IT HAS BECOME AFTER THE VATICAN COUNCIL

Posted on March 17, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Can Pope Francis renew Jesuit education? March 15, 2013, at 1:31 PM  |  By Patrick J. Reilly |  Catholic Education Daily,  an online publication of The Cardinal Newman Society. Habemus papam!  We have a Jesuit pope!  Pope Francis is a … Continue reading →

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