Monthly Archives: October 2015

This intervention by a Romanian doctor is one of the most powerful and insightful I have read so far.   It is published at Voice of the Family.  (My emphases) Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea,  President of the Association of Catholic Doctors … Continue reading →

You can find the reports from various language groups here.  Don’t have time to read them all in depth, but here’s the one from the group moderated by Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins and related by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput: /etc/clientlibs/granite/jquery.min.js/etc/clientlibs/granite/utils.min.js/etc/clientlibs/granite/jquery/granite.min.js/etc/clientlibs/foundation/jquery.min.js/etc/clientlibs/foundation/main.min.js/etc/designs/generics2/library/clientlibs.min.js/etc/designs/salastampa/library/clientlibs.min.js// … Continue reading →

Ines San Martin over at Crux has an interesting story about how various bishops are using social media such as blogs and Twitter to put forward their own views about the synod.

Bear with me, because trying to follow the synod is like drinking from a fire hydrant. Here is some analysis from the always interesting John L. Allen Jr. over at Crux: ROME — In the abstract, Pope Francis might have … Continue reading →

From Xavier Rynne II’s letter from the synod today, this morsel on Hegel: The Hegelian view of God’s involvement in the unfolding of history asGeist [Spirit] is at root a Christian heresy, reminiscent of Joachim of Fiore and the Gnostics. … Continue reading →

As usual, John Allen Jr over at Crux has a most interesting look at the opening of the synod, particularly the “opening salvo” of the relator general Cardinal Erdo. In Edward Pentin’s ebook, The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? (Which … Continue reading →

I must try to get some writing done today, so I will not be posting much here today but I do want to call your attention to Robert Royal’s report today on some guiding principles for interpreting the onslaught of … Continue reading →

Pope Francis’ homily at the opening of the synod strikes many reassuring notes.  The Catholic Herald has posted the whole thing here. To a rhetorical question – probably asked as a trap to make him unpopular with the crowd, which … Continue reading →

So much to write about, so little time! First, here is John Allen Jr.’s analysis and what to expect.  Please read the whole thing, but here are some excerpts: On the Kim Davis meeting and its aftermath Allen writes: Whatever one … Continue reading →

Over at Vatican Insider, Joshua McElwee reports on a recent news conference in Rome in which Cardinal Baldisseri lays out what will happen in the upcoming synod on the family starting next week. This is of interest: Each week will … Continue reading →