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In an essay translated in part by Sandro Magister, Jean-Pierre Sonnet points out the apparent contradiction between Genesis One’s “God saw that it was good” and Leviticus 11’s division of foods into “clean and unclean”. He writes that The differences … Continue reading →

At the end of a long string of comments on the posting regarding sola scriptura, Pastor Weedon provides a good precis of the teaching of the early Lutheran Church on the perpetual virginity of Mary, and quotes Luther as saying … Continue reading →

All readers of this blog will be thankful with the reaction of several curial officials in the Holy See to the way in which the Brazilian abortion case was (mis-)handled. See the full update on Cathnews here. Apparently the original … Continue reading →

The Pope’s letter raises issues of continuity and discontinuity in the teaching of Church as regards the Second Vatican Council – a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. He writes: The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen … Continue reading →

We met and fell in lovein the poetry sectionof the local library.We were married among the fairytales.Afterward, when the kids were born,we moved to non-fiction.Which seemed more appropriate.

LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre Dear Brothers in the Episcopal Ministry! The remission of the excommunication of … Continue reading →

I wish to continue here the discussion begun in the post and following combox below. You might wish to take up the discussion there in the combox here – as I will append my reactions to the previous discussion here … Continue reading →

In a recent combox thread, Pastor Weedon thoughtfully provided us with a number of texts which – in his view – prove that the Fathers of the Church taught the doctrine of “sola scriptura”. Here are the texts he proposed: … Continue reading →

Can you make sense of this story in Cathnews or the picture (above) they chose to accompany it? 1) Why did Cathnews re-head the story “Southern Africans rebel against new Mass translation”, when in CNS, where it was originally printed, … Continue reading →

This is a horrible story – and for once I am not talking about the journalism (although that leaves something to be desired in this case too). The situation of the little girl and the abuse she suffered from her … Continue reading →