Cardinal Burke’s removal from the Apostolic Signatura has not put a damper on his outspoken concerns about the ideas being considered during the two-part Synod on Marriage and Family. In a conference in Ireland, he again called for a removal of certain issues from the second round of synod talks in October, 2015. Cardinal Raymond Burke…
“Every moment of our lives we stand on the brink of eternity.” – Dom Lorenzo Scupolli There are many precious traditions in the Sacred Liturgy that almost entirely disappeared after the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council. We realize that our Liturgy becomes more and more anthropocentric instead of theocentric. This protestanized liturgy is…
When asked last year about the possibility of female ordination in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis answered with a clarity and directness that has at times eluded him during his papacy: “With regards to the ordination of women, the church has spoken and says no. Pope John Paul said so with a formula that was…
Over at the Register today, 1P5 contributor Pat Archbold has a thing about “The Hermeneutic of Continuity”: I used to be a big fan of the “Hermeneutic of Reform in Continuity,” or as commonly shortened, the “hermeneutic of continuity.” But I think that perhaps its day has passed. For those unfamiliar, a hermeneutic is a…
Yesterday, I wrote about the strange case of disappearing devotions in the post-conciliar era. I mentioned that I had put in a call to Church of the Immaculate Conception to see what had happened to the Purgatorian Society that had formerly been based there. Last night, I got a call back. The priest I spoke…
(Image: National Cathedral – Source: DaKohlmeyer) November 14, 2014, marked a dubious development regarding Islam’s rise in America. On that day, for the first time, Musilms were allowed to hold prayer inside of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.: Washington National Cathedral and five Muslim groups announced today the first celebration of Muslim Friday prayers (Jumaa) at the Cathedral…
As if the synod itself didn’t create enough confusion, news broke this week that the English translation of the final synod relatio left out something very significant. LifeSiteNews Rome Correspondent and 1P5 Contributor Hilary White reports: Just at first glance, and without looking it up on Google Translate, what is the difference between these two passages…
I recently re-discovered a small prayer book I acquired, entirely by accident, 17 years ago. It was given to me by an elderly woman in Idaho. I had taken a job with a friend’s family business installing well pumps during our last summer before college, and we were doing some work at her home. As it turned out,…
In October 1966, less than a year after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, philosopher and eminent Catholic theologian Dietrich Von Hildebrand asked whether or not we are better prepared to “meet Christ in the mass by soaring up to Him, or by dragging Him down into our own pedestrian, workaday world.” (The Case…
It is an all-too-frequent experience in my own spiritual life that when I have resolved to go to confession — particularly if my need for absolution is pressing — all manner of obstacles present themselves to prevent me from keeping my appointment with the sacrament. Distractions arise that avert my eyes from a close watch on the clock, causing me…
In a recent interview with Spanish religious news weekly Vida Nueva, Cardinal Raymond Burke addressed the challenge the Church faces when seeking to fulfill her missionary call: “The Pope rightly speaks of the need to go out to the peripheries…(the) people have responded very warmly to this. But we cannot go to the peripheries empty-handed.…
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