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The Emmaus Pope…
“Proclamation in a missionary style focuses on the essentials, on the necessary things: this is also what fascinates and attracts more, what makes the heart burn, as it did for the disciples at Emmaus.” — Pope Francis, 30 September 2013 Pope … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Christ, Christianity, Mormonism, Scriptures
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Apologies for the one-track mind lately…
I’m just having my own little crisis of faith. No biggie. Or, yeah, a little biggie. It does wonders for scrambling the codgitative radar, as you can see. If it’s any encouragement to my readers (I mean you, you, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christ, Christianity, Crisis of faith, Faith, God, Jesus, Works of mercy
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“This isn’t Denzinger.”
“God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” — I Corinthians 14:33 This isn’t hard. Pope Francis does not want to dress or live like past popes, does not want to interact with the world like past popes, … Continue reading
Catholic is as Catholic does…
[NB: I first published this post this morning, but this afternoon I slightly modified it and significantly expanded the middle portion of it. So, if you are interested, or even just feeling masochistic, give this post another go.] “I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Christ, God, Jesus, Second Vatican Council, Spirit of Vatican II
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Live feed of Pope’s latest General Audience…
Thanks, Splicd.com. As I used to say, “Pope Guido.”
A leading prelate weighs in on Pope Francis’s latest statements on good and evil…
Thus said Pope Francis to Scalfari: “Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is Good. … Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, God, Good and evil, jesuitical, Jesus, meantal disorder, whateverism
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Reading ALL THE THINGS!
It’s very reassuring to find other Catholics, far more eloquent and insightful than myself, expressing some of the same concerns I have as I get to know Pope Francis more and more. I pray for the Pope, but I can’t … Continue reading
Papal motion sickness…
It would have been nice to have seen this six months ago. Might have inoculated me against my dizzy spells of late. The Horror! A Buenos Aires journalist describes Bergoglio “Famous for his inconsistency (at times, for the … Continue reading
“I was cured, all right…”
I’ve been floundering long enough. It has finally dawned on me. Pope Francis is right. He’s always been right. I am neither wise nor experienced enough to grasp his theological teachings and pastoral strategy, much less to criticize them. He … Continue reading
In which I praise Pope Francis…
…and truly, honestly, sincerely wish, indeed, I hope against hope, that some of the following could outweigh the impact of the other daft things he’s been saying lately. But in this vale of tears, scandal wins out more often than … Continue reading
Papa Frankie is at it again…
[1 Oct 2013, evening –– Good news! This post by Sr. Anne at nunblog clarifies how, so far, two major head-scratchers in the ‘encounter’ with Scalfari were mistranslated. I’ll note the revisions below in red. This is good news, but, … Continue reading
Papa Frankie and “the interview”…
This probably won’t be the only time I write about “the interview” with Pope Francis that was published on 19 September 2013 in Civiltà Cattolica. Indeed, a few days ago I began a more formal post about the issues involved, … Continue reading
No man is an island…
I had a conversation less than two weeks ago with a fellow Catholic about the Rand/Aquinas conflict. The topic of my conservatism arose, and he asked me almost immediately whether I believed in the Randian philosophy, and whether people have … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Catholic Social Teaching, libertarianism, Thomas Aquinas
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