Monthly Archives: October 2014

This  makes my heart sing.  Love this. Amen. Amen. Amen.  Somebody should appoint him to go to the synod next October in Rome. ‘None of us are welcome on our own terms in the Church’ – this is a statement … Continue reading →

Sensible stuff: Last week a priest friend admitted to me that he finds Pope Francis to be “an enigma.” This is because Pope Francis, in his own people-centered ministry, reveals to the world how very complicated and difficult it is … Continue reading →

Read it all here. But these days I am astonished to see self-proclaimed “Faithful Conservative Catholics”, in amazing numbers, react to the news that Pope Francis inspires trust in unbelievers, not with the cry, “Great news! Let’s use this opportunity … Continue reading →

Find it here. Please read it all, because I bet it captures what a lot of my readers are experiencing right now.  An excerpt: I am a Catholic for various contingent reasons (this is as true of converts as of … Continue reading →

Read it all at the Catholic Register.  A taste: “Argh,” I said to my husband. “Just thinking about the Synod on the family is making my stomach hurt again.” “Well, stop thinking about it,” said Mark. “I can’t,” I said. … Continue reading →

Cardinal Baldisseri, Secretary General of the recent extraordinary synod on the pastoral challenges facing the family addressed a group of British Parliamentarians. Here’s a link to the text in English.

From L’Osservatore Romano, an excerpt: While we rejoice whenever we take steps towards a stronger communion in faith and life, we are also saddened when we recognize that in the course of time new disagreements between us have emerged. The … Continue reading →

http://www.churchmilitant.tv/platform/index.php?vidID=vort-2014-10-29

This is an excerpt of a comment from The Masked Chicken in Father Z’s recent post about peripheries as he tries to understand Pope Francis. The Chicken writes (my emphases): Seriously, the inner dissipation of the Church has been cause, … Continue reading →

Father Z had an interesting post here about the peripheries, and noted those who prefer the Traditional Latin Mass are on the periphery in the Church. Ottawa blogger Suzanne Fortin writes in response: Traditional Catholics are not “the periphery.” If … Continue reading →