…comes to us from Bishop Fellay of the SSPX. You know, those guys. The ones who sit aloof in the corner while the cool kids at the dance dish fantastic gossip about. “Did you hear that they’re, like, in schism? Whatever that means!” “They had a really bad breakup with the pope in the 1970s. Totes not even…
We were terrified beyond all else by the disastrous state of human society today. For who can fail to see that society is at the present time, more than in any past age, suffering from a terrible and deeprooted malady which, developing every day and eating into its inmost being, is dragging it to destruction?…
OK, not really. But we did all participate in a panel discussion on the Synod which aired on public radio today. I was a guest on the Public Radio Internation program, To The Point. Host Warren Olney led us through a number of questions about the just-concluded Ordinary Synod of the Family in Rome. As you might…
This morning I was invited to be a guest on HuffPo Live, to do some Synod analysis. Here’s the relevant segment: (Original Source: HuffPo Live.) This afternoon, I’ll also be a panelist on the Public Radio International program, To the Point. Other guests will be Fr. James Martin, publisher of America Magazine; Fr. Thomas Rausch from Loyola…
On today’s episode, Steve talks to Dr. Michael Sirilla, professor of systematic theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Dr. Sirilla is also the editor of a new book from Emmaus Road publishing, entitled, From the Beginning: The Mission and Vocation of the Family in the Contemporary World. The book is the product of a symposium held…
There’s some fantastic commentary in the Catholic blogosphere today, and as I come across new gems I’ll be excerpting and/or sharing it here. I submit to you Fr. Hunwicke’s excellent assessment of the curiously specific Mottramism happening in a way that strains credulity: Some Cardinal called Wuerl has said “There are always people who are unhappy…
Let’s face it: even the people (like us) who can’t stop talking about the Synod would love to stop talking about the Synod. It’s hair-pulling, face-palming, day-drinking kind of stuff. Everyone deals with that differently. Today, Amy Welborn deals with it Breaking Bad style. It is to laugh.
Rorate Caeli published an urgent report (as of this morning) on the opposition of Synod fathers to communion for the divorced and remarried: Urgent news from inside the Synod hall today: URGENT ++ OVERWHELMING majority against communion to “remarried divorcees, according to #Synod sources++ https://t.co/RHlM10cUOK — Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) October 20, 2015 The news source is…
From John Allen at Crux: Despite an online petition calling on prelates “faithful to Christ’s teaching” to abandon the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the family, due to perceptions of a “pre-determined outcome that is anything but orthodox,” one of the summit’s most outspoken conservatives says “there’s no ground for anyone to walk out on…
As a veteran journalist, pro-life activist, and cancer survivor, Hilary White’s life has taken many interesting turns. Today, she talks about her journey from Canada to England to Rome to Norcia, where she now lives as a Benedictine Oblate in the birthplace of St. Benedict. Lots of people talk about “The Benedict Option.” Hilary took it literally. [powerpress] Show Links:…
LifeSiteNews is running a breaking story right now, the headline of which almost gets it right: BREAKING: Archbishop Cupich lays out pathway for gay couples to receive Communion at Vatican press scrum We must call it what it is. What Archbishop Cupich is advocating for — most likely feeling empowered by what’s happening at the Synod…
