Category Archives: POPE

THIS IS TOO MUCH!

!!!! Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri Antinomianism in high places is still antinomianism by Dr. Edward Peters . . . We live in pervasively antinomian times, and basic unawareness of law is all around us. Yet ignorance of what law is, of why … 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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EVEN AFTER 450 YEARS WE SHOULD STILL THANK GOD FOR THE COUNCIL OF TRENT

!!!! Church Marks the 450th Anniversary of Council of Trent (943) The Reformation-era council has shaped the life of the Church for nearly half a millennium. by STEPHEN BEALE 12/02/2013 – tanbooks.comTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER WASHINGTON — The Council of … 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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SANCTITY CONSISTS IN THE HEROIC PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ATTACHED TO ONE’S STATE OF LIFE

!!!! BLESSED CHARLES VON HAPSBURG May our two splendid parishes, Holy Innocents in the Garment District and Saint Michael in Hell’s Kitchen (gradually becoming Heaven’s Kitchen), grow ever closer in strengthening their witness to the power of the Resurrection. In … Continue reading

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ANTINOMIANISM: BLAISE PASCAL , LETTER PROVINCIALE NO. 2

!!!! BLAISE PASCAL . . Paris, January 29, 1656 SIR, Just as I had sealed up my last letter, I received a visit from our old friend M. N-. Nothing could have happened more luckily for my curiosity; for he … Continue reading

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SEVENTY YEARS AGO TODAY, CATHOLICS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR JEWISH BROTHERS

!!!! SS/SD group photo at San Sabba October 16, 2013, Wednesday — “That morning in October…” Sixty years have now passed. Sixty years ago today, the small Jewish community of Rome, numbering about 10,000 souls, was suddenly violated with great … Continue reading

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LEPANTO: A LOVE SONG SUNG BY G.K. CHESTERTON TO MARY, QUEEN OF HEAVEN

!!!! The Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronese, the Doge’s palace in Venice . . . . Abyssum, thank you for sharing Mr. Reilley’s wonderful piece with us. If American high schoolers would be required to memorize G.K. Chesterton’s best … Continue reading

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THE ELECTORS OF THE CONCLAVE WERE GIVEN A TEN-POINT CHECKLIST; HOW WELL DID THEY PERFORM?

!!!! Groundbreaking: The Last Warning to the Pope’s Electors The official bulletin of the Holy See has lifted the secrecy from the meditation dictated to the cardinals at the beginning of the last conclave, with the doors already closed. Here … Continue reading

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GOD SPOKE TO US ON JULY 25, 1968, WERE YOU LISTENING? DO YOU HEAR HIM NOW?

!!!! Pope Paul VI       45 Years Ago: Peter Spoke Through Paul VI By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. 7/27/2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Amid the ruckus of the times, there was indeed a “still small voice”  (1 Kings. 19:12) … Continue reading

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