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A new spirit for a new world?
The following is a Google translation of the Italian text of Paul VI’s 2 July 1969 General Audience. I saw portions of it in (proper) English cited as proof of Paul VI’s quasi-Modernist recklessness, but I think the text is … Continue reading
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Tagged hermeneutic of ambiguity, hope and change, Paul VI, Second Vatican Conch Shell
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Kaleidoscopic Katholicism…
A kaleidoscopic concatenation of current collocations from our cabal of clever Keystone Clerics… “This soteriological emergency requires, as a first urgent measure, that all would-be converts be welcomed and protected. These measures, however, will not be sufficient, unless they are accompanied by policies … Continue reading
Protected: Irony is so dead…
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Tagged #YOPO, cult of personality, hope and change, humility, irony, vanity
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What a relief!
“This pope is not a liberal pope. He is a radical pope! … This pope goes back to the gospel. … I told the pope, ‘Holy Father, there will be a controversy [after the consistory]. … The pope laughed and … Continue reading
Ignorance is bliss…
“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Someone had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism WOW!, courtiers, exile, grace and truth, hermeneutic of ambiguity, hope and change, I can haz pope, Invisible Catholic, memoirs, sellouts, soft ultramontanism, solemn nonsense, sycophants, The Catholic Thing, This is why we can't have nice things
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Orders are, we don’t need to take this seriously…
…since it was published by the National Catholic Reporter. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m no fan of the genetic fallacy. Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Feb. 7, 2014 … Francis spoke of his … Continue reading
Day 7 of the Christmas Novena…
Opening Prayer: ———————- V. O God, come to my assistance. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father… Our Father… ———————- Day 7 The Presentation. O most sweet infant Jesus, presented in the temple by … Continue reading
Get with the program, loosey-goosey…
“2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. 3 For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they … Continue reading
“Burned”…
And I don’t mean the effigy. Pro-abortion Feminist activists burn effigy of Pope Francis in front of the Cathedral of San Juan (Province of San Juan), Argentina. (November 24, 2013) (Warning: disturbing and inappropriate images) HT to Rorate, which also cites the following from Pope … Continue reading
Everyone hates the bass player…
“He don’t know it, but he’s balding–spiritually.” Yes, I’m a fan of the Kids in the Hall, and this is one of my favorite sketches, perhaps because it is so quirky. Bass players are not flashy: they keep the beat; … Continue reading
Keep it coming…
Rorate Caeli notes the publication, on the always festive Vatican website, of a letter from Pope Francis to Cdl. Brandmüller on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Council of Trent. I will cite a couple excerpts and conclude … Continue reading
“Do a barrel roll!”
Even the Pope Critiques Himself. And Corrects Three Errors by Sandro Magister — ROME, November 22, 2013 I’ve already discussed (here on 3 Nov. and here on 14 Nov.) why this rollercoaster of Orwellian retractions is a major problem for soft … Continue reading
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Tagged #YOPO, honey badger pope, hope and change, Our Francis of the Interviews, Scalfari, This isn't Denzinger, words
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The pope, the papacy, and the love of God…
[20 Nov 2013 — I have amended this post, a day later, as shown in red.] Recently Steve Skojec highlighted a quotation that showed up in a combox at his blog, and, as far as repetitio mater studiorum est, it … Continue reading
“Thou art Peter…”
Here’s the deal. God made man in His own image (CCC 356 ff.), but mankind has fallen away from God in its very origin (CCC 385 ff.), and yet God has intervened to remake the same human nature in His … Continue reading
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Tagged #YOPO, grace and truth, honey badger pope, hope and change, Peronism, prayer works
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How dare they!
Who would dare criticize the pope (and for someone else to do so again)! The Pope is Christ on Earth for us! Someone should call these ferrets out! Or… Call them up? I felt the duty to remind the Pope that … Continue reading
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