May a Bishop in Extraordinary Circumstances Ordain Another Bishop Without Papal Consent?
The pope as legislator may change the canons, but always within the limits of natural and divine law.
21st Sunday after Pentecost: Put on the whole armor of God
You know the story of Esther during the Babylonian Exile. Wicked Haman plotted to get the King to kill all the Jews. Esther foiled his plan and instead the Jews were able to slay their enemies. You know the story of Job. He was a righteous man whom Satan tormented with God’s permission to test…
Venerable and Blessed Founders of the Russian Catholic Exarchate
To the patronage of the Most Holy Queen, we submit all the territory of Great Russia.
1,000 Catholic Faithful Answer the Dubia Sent to Pope Francis
So many simple Catholic faithful had no problem providing the correct responses while the highest prelates in Rome are either unable or unwilling to do the same.
Pope: “The Church Has to Change”
Since the Second Vatican Council, John XXIII had a very clear perception: the Church has to change.
The Pope’s “Laudate Deum”: When Communism Comes Again
Bergoglio has no knowledge on this topic. Nobody does.
A Gentle Mountain Man: Meeting St. Benedict
The Abbot should “temper all things that the strong may have something to strive after, and the weak may not fall back in dismay.”
Rigged Synod Experts Will Proclaim “the Will of God”
All the pieces are in place for a jamboree of kumbaya.
Why a Good Bishop Should Not Ignore but Obey His Unjust Deposition by a Pope
This is a fundamental point of Catholic theology: the distinction between the hierarchy of order and that of jurisdiction.
The Music Regained in Heaven
In the Blessed in Paradise, the instruments project us into the spiritual harmony that the blessed regain in music.
20th Sunday after Pentecost: Sober Inebriation
Context is always important. First, where are we in the liturgical year for this 20th Sunday after Pentecost Historically, this is the 5th Sunday after the Feast of St. Cyprian. Obviously, this is a telling of Sundays that existed before numbering them after Pentecost. The great liturgist, Bl. Ildefonso Schuster informs us that The computation…