We have put up with a lot as Catholics, and we all have our breaking points—some at different moments and for different reasons. “The straw that broke the camel’s back” refers to increasing the load on a beast of burden …
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Does It Really Matter if Bugnini Was a You-Know-What?
I once wrote an article for Rorate Caeli entitled “Conservative Fragility.” I have noticed in recent weeks the extent to which conservative Catholics are sounding jittery, short-tempered, dismissive, and intolerant towards traditionally-minded Catholics who refuse to embrace the papally-bestowed role …
Jesuit Website Refers to Fr. Sosa as the First Superior General to “Baptize Himself a Buddhist”
‘It is not permitted to be present at the sacred rites of infidels and heretics in such a way that you would be judged to be in communion with them’. – St. Alphonsus Liguori, Theologia Moralis, Lib.5, Tract. 1, Cap. 3. I don’t even know …
The Francis Pontificate is the Catechism of Hypocrisy
Editor’s note: OnePeterFive is publishing the following commentary, written in the spirit of Erasmus, whose sardonic critique of the Renaissance papacy was critical for provoking long-delayed and long-denied reform in the Church. Some Catholic authors condemn him for his acerbic …
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