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The Hermeneutic of Continuity: Part II. Pope Francis, Vatican II, and the Neo-Traditonalists
Before I begin today’s blog a note of terminological clarification is in order. In what follows I will often be referring to what I am calling the “neo-traditionalists”
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The Universal Call to Holiness: The Eucharistic Liturgy and the Unity of Sanctity and Sacrifice
“The profession ‘There is only one God’ is, precisely because it has itself no political aims, a program of decisive political importance: through the absoluteness that it lends the individual
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Bourgeois and Beige Christianity: The Prosperity Gospel and the American Cult of Mammon
In January of 2018, Kenneth Copeland, the octogenarian prosperity Gospel televangelist, took possession of a fifty-million-dollar Gulf Stream jet aircraft, for the purpose of helping him “spread the
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A Christmas Meditation: The Vulnerability of God
“In the child Jesus, the defenselessness of God is apparent. God comes without weapons, because he does not wish to conquer from outside but desires to win and transform us
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The Universal Call to Holiness: Five Kids and a Goldendoodle
I begin this post, as I sometimes like to do, with an admission. As I thunder and bluster about the bourgeois worldliness of the modern Church, and the need for
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The Choice: Bourgeois Well-Being or Conversion to Christ: Beige Catholicism and the Challenges of the Young Priest
“Today Christians are faced with a no less heavy responsibility. There is always a temptation for religion to ally itself with the existing order, and if we today ally ourselves
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What I Saw at the Abbey of the Genesee: The Crisis in the Church and the Universal Call to Holiness
I was reading an article the other day about an ongoing miracle in Italy that dates back to 1336. In December of that year a young, pregnant woman named Egidia
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Defending Vatican II: Has the Hermeneutic of Continuity Failed?
Before the advent of the papacy of Pope Francis it was possible to view the Church’s reception of the Second Vatican Council as one of creative continuity with the
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In Defense of Vatican II: Religious Freedom and the Insouciant Silliness of the Neo-Integralists
In the interest of full disclosure I begin with an admission. And that admission is that I am a hopeless Romantic who has read too much Tolkien and who longs
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The McCarrick Report and the De Facto Atheism of the Church
Several people have asked me to comment on the recently released McCarrick report and so I thought I would offer the following brief comments. I will return to my series
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In Defense of Vatican II: Beauty Will Save the World.
One of the things I have long pondered is why it is that people fall away from the faith. Obviously, they do so for a variety of reasons so I
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In Defense of Vatican II. Part One: The Cross of Christ and the Politics of Power
In what follows I am laying the groundwork for a series of blog posts devoted to defending Vatican II against the so-called Traditionalists. I began this blog about a
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Low Hanging Fruit. Part Three. Michael Voris and his obsession with Bishop Robert Barron
At long last I turn my attention to the more-Catholic-than-thou pit bull of Detroit, Michael Voris. Voris is the brains (sic) behind the media sensation known as
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Oh my, Archbishop Vigano again. Part Three. My final response to his theological dissent.
Just when I thought I was ready to turn my attention to the Catholic lion of Detroit, Michael Voris, Archbishop Vigano has popped up again with a very long letter
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Were Vigano and Marshall Right After All? No
Many folks who follow this blog have contacted me and are wondering if my views on Archbishop Vigano and Taylor Marshall have changed in light of the most recent ecclesiastical
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Low Hanging Fruit: Part Two. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó burst into international prominence in August of 2018 with the public release of his now infamous letter concerning what the Vatican knew about the sexual exploits
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Low Hanging Fruit: Part One Dr. Taylor Marshall
This is the first part in a series I am calling “Low hanging fruit.” I call it that because I am going to be criticizing some easy targets – – people like
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Introduction to, and rationale for, yet another blog: Introducing Gaudium et Spes 22
“After one has rendered unto God what is God’s, there is nothing left for Caesar”. Dorothy Day I choose to call this blog Gaudium et Spes 22 because the
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