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Category Fail(ure) – "Especially Sinners"
Those in the younger generation are familiar with the “fail” lingo, and the (ure) is for the rest of us who still appreciate proper grammar. Anyhow, Catholic News Service reports the pope as saying that “Padre” Pio had a “total willingness to welcome the faithful, especially sinners” – to whom or what is not specified.…
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The Wise Turk on Religious Entertainment
He’s not really a Turk, but we do sometimes find wisdom (of sorts) from unexpected places. I recently came across the following quotation: “Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of…
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"We Have Apostolic Tradition"- The Unofficial Catholic Apologist Commentary #10
To a certain extent I’m treading on Mr. James Swan’s toes in posting this episode to the “We Have Apostolic Tradition” series. Mr. Swan had noticed that Roman Catholic apologists often let us know how crucial it is to have an infallible magisterium and church Tradition in order to interpret the Bible correctly. With so…
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Plunder the Philistines or Join them?
Benedict XVI used (N.B. Benedict XVI was the one whose meditations these were, yet he did not write them, nor did he actually read the aloud – for more details about this situation – see the letter from the Vatican, explaining – link) the following line in his “Good Friday” meditations: “Lead me from the…
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SSPX is Back – JP2 heading out? Implications for Unity
The so-called Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is back. Their excommunication has been lifted by Rome. This is an interesting development on several levels. 1) SSPX seems to teach that Vatican II was not infallible From their website (link): Not by reason of the extraordinary magisterium, for it refused to define anything. Pope Paul…
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Response to Benedict XVI on Christmas
No, Benedict XVI did not visit this humble blog. No head of state (to my knowledge) has visited this blog. Nevertheless, on December 31, 2008, Benedict XVI provided some comments that are (perhaps) worth addressing: The birthday of Christ, which we are currently celebrating, is entirely suffused with the light of Mary and, even as…