Famous atheists: Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot. How many atheists have founded hospitals, schools, and social services in the past 1000 years? Yes, they certainly have done a lot of good, inspired by non-Being, or rather their ownselves.

However, more apropos to the article, I think the atheist would say in reply to the Pope's outreach, "define good"? And, "is it your good or mine"?

What a hateful coward. Foolish Islamic radical, do not try that in Texas!

Es lebe die Freiheit für das ungarische Volk. Lassen Sie niemals die großen Hunde in Europa vernichten Sie Ihren Geist!

Moderne in all ihren Formen in Theologie und Liturgie nicht geben Frieden der Seele.

The remnant is still there in all the traditional orders. Every day, we get stronger and increase.

"Open homosexual" means practicing the behavior, which is a contradiction to the NCC's statement quoting the Catechism on homosexuality. Maybe they should have said, any person afflicted with a same sex attraction that is practicing chastity, and to rephrase my old Scout handbook, be "morally straight." Then this person may be considered a candidate for being a Scout leader.

Nevertheless, Uncle Joe, you are right, it is not about tolerance, they (Gays) want to be accepted and their behaviors … [Más]

Beauty ever ancient, ever new!

Wie Aristoteles bemerkt, die Menschen nicht für den Staat zu existieren, sondern der Staat existiert für die Menschen. Der Staat sollte alles tun, zu fördern und zu unterstützen natürlichen Familie für das Gemeinwohl. Bischof Küng richtig ist.

Indeed, love the person, but hate the false and erroneous religious ideologies and doctrines. However, there is a unity of value and virtues. One can not love without being courageous, wise, temperate, and just. A pacifist seperates love from the other virtues, which becomes a psuedo-love, one that is cowardly, unwise, intemperate and unjust. It is a passivity that allows evil to triumph over good.

Uncle Joe, I was thinking more of burying him at an East Texas hog farm or Wisconsin bacon factory?

But, I agree, one problem with Christians in general and Catholics in particular since VII, has been the failure to understand that we have enemies, both secular and Islamists, and Our Lord did not command us to be wimpy welcome mats. The crusading orders of knights knew this well and responded in just cause.

Its simple, just ignore all the modernism in the Church, and focus on practicing the traditional faith! Its the traditional faith that inspires, and sustains the soul. Liberalism and modernism in the Church is boring, bland and superficial.

Catholic Charismatics are well meaning, and often theologically orthodox, but liturgically the movement is a disaster.

Funny how they never mock Islam or Mohammed? Is it because they know very full and well that a Christian will not return hate for hate, but with charity?

Awesome, and beautiful!

@Ehrmann- Ich habe noch nie die Monstrosität in Wien, das Sie verwiesen wurde. Aber ich will nicht krank werden, damit ich ablegen wird. Ich denke, wie Schönheit, die hässliche hat auch ein Kontinuum, und wir sehen dies entsprechend Dantes Inferno mit seiner hierarchischen Kreisen der höllischen Böse ... und Hässlichkeit. Als ich zuerst nach Regensburg Bayern in den 1980er Jahren war ich Agnostiker. Eines Tages beschloss ich, in den Dom St. Peter in Regensburg, die im Mittelalter gebaut … [Más]

This Modern art in the church is banal, trivial, deformed in principle, and boring. In a word ugly! It flows from erroneous modern theology and philosophy. They should look for artists with real talent and inspired by a solid Catholic faith to fill any new churches to be built, or if that isn't possible, then make facsimiles of past great works, such as Michelangelo or Rafael. This eye-disease is not art, nor will it convert anyone or lift the heart and mind to God because only glorifies man.
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I agree Dr. Bobus. And, this is disturbing in that it is showing that St. John’s Catholic University is capitulating to the god of multiculturalism and relativism.

I'm afraid the GIRM has it backward, the norm for the Latin rite is and always has been from tradition to kneel. Many of the so called liturgical experts, who tinkered with the Novus Ordo based their theories upon sketchy historical data, that if there were a few exceptions in the second and third century of people standing, it was an exception and not universal. What was universal was kneeling before Christ, Our Lord, Our King- the God of all creation who is due honor, respect, and reverence.

There are three groups within the Church that present themselves in there actions and writings. And, its no secret to which group gained ascendency in the Church following the Second Vatican Council. First, there are the progressives who are both theologically liberal (dogma and doctrine can evolve) and socially liberal (liturgical and parish life ought to reflect the evolution and progress of dogma). Second, there are the so called conservatives who are theologically conservative (dogma cannot … [Más]

The Church indeed has the fullness of Truth, because Christ is the Logos Incarnate. However, while Catholic tradition has always held that Truth does not exist outside of Her, Truth is recognized by others outside of the Church. So, if something is true, it is universal- Catholic; and a Buddhist, or Hindu can know it and try to conform their life to it. The Logos may even be articulated in the writings of another religion, but in these non-Catholic religions the Truth is disconnected and at … [Más]

Fr. Arrupe was a liberation theologian, whose theology was condemned by the CDF when it was under Cardinal Ratzinger at that time. He may have submitted to Pope JPII in the end upon his (Fr. Arrupe's) retirement, but he never bent his knee to Catholic Tradition and orthodox social teaching. His view of the kingdom of heaven was solely immanentistic and terrestrial.

He looks a bit more Confusion than Buddhistic, but never the less, a real mantra maker of new-age gobbly-gook syncretic superficial religion.

Lukedaniel, you're right! And, the guy standing next to her in the suit is probably a Jesuit from National Catholic Reporter.

Be prepared for the call to ban all umbrellas as dangerous assault weapons. Umbrella makers have been advised to move out of state. Those on campus who were emotionallly hurt at the sight of the umbrellas will form a task force to testify in Washington before congress. The psychiatric community is on stand by for counceling the victims.

Pardon the pun, but she certainly has a bad habit.

She couldn't handle the truth, and maintain the lie of radical feminism that abortion helps women. She could no longer sanitize the reality of the brutality of ripping children limb from limb- by calling it choice.

I think that the openly gay lector, Cupoli has a "real disconnect" between his lifestyle and the unchanging Apostolic teachings of the Church.

I don't think he (the Pope) could do anything even if he wanted to. Yes, technically he's the Pope, but Pope Paul VI democraticised the Church's ecclesial structure with each Bishop having his own say in the matters of his own diocese, and while the bishops don't have complete autonomy under the post-VII environment- they do have a lot of latitude to the point of inanity. It seems that no modern churchman will go against the democratic spirit of his fellow brother bishops, unless it’s against … [Más]

Uncle Joe,
The distinction between the essence of the triangle- and the good- and black jack- and the game of life is the key to seeing why voluntarism- saying that what is good or evil is based upon God's will, is false, and essentialism- that good and evil are based upon the Logos, is true.
One must distinguish between an essence that gives itself as an intrinsic absolute necessity, and an essence that gives itself as non-necessary. Necessary absolute essences are eternal and unchanging; non … [Más]

That's a good question Uncle Joe. If the bomber acquiesces to the nature of God as Absolute, which as St. Anselm argued, is so by necessity, otherwise He wouldn't be the Absolute- the highest thing in all reality must necessarily be Absolute. I would then ask our bomber if, God could make a triangle with four sides or a circle with two sides, or a 7 sided cube. Can he make a rock too heavy for himself to lift? He might say, God can do anything? Can he lie, or do evil? Yes, he might reply. Well, … [Más]

I wonder if the perpetrators are either German theologians who are doing research on the application of Social Theory or effeminate seminarians with German theology professors.

@Uncle Joe. I think Socrates, along with St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas would have said to the suicide bomber, that the essence of a supreme transcendent infinite Absolute Being- God, is the absolute of all perfections, goodness, beauty, truth, logic and love. These properties of the Logos are reflected in all of the created cosmos and both in quantitative and qualitative reality. Thus, if one says that I just got a message from God to lie, steal, and cheat on my spouse- or to carry out … [Más]

I would add to this discussion, along with the honest and politically incorrect explication from Uncle Joe (I mean that as a compliment!), that Islam is theologically voluntaristic, while Christianity is essentialist. This was also debated by Socrates and Euthyphro on the nature of the essence of piety. Voluntarism says that what makes something right, true and good, is solely based upon the will of God. Essentialists posits that virtue, goodness and truth have within them necessary and … [Más]

Thanks Uncle Joe for making the VII’s CCC ambiguous wording on this topic more clear.

The kid, initially gave a natural response from the given of reality. A marriage is between "a husband and wife". The mother begins her deconstructed mind control on the little girl, by saying what if a girl wants to marry a girl, and so, on. A little thinking demonstrates that the conceptualization of husband and wife are properties of male, and female, much the same as son and daughter. Thus, a woman cannot both be a husband and wife, and neither can a man be both also.

Something, I have difficulty in understanding, and at times find troubling.
The new Catechism says that "Islam is in the plan of salvation." How is that? St. Thomas Aquinas taught that Islam is a Christian heresy. How can a heretical sect be in the plan of salvation? Islam teaches that Jesus was not divine; Catholicism teaches that he is identical with God. Through logic, the law of non-contradiction- they both can't be right. Perhaps, there "may be" some Muslims on a personal individual level … [Más]

Looks like Pope Francis out Jesuit-ed the Jesuits. Brilliant!

@TomLuka, Ich stimme, und auch diese Erfahrung gemacht, dass, wenn ich zwei Jahre in Regensburg Bayern lebte über 20 Jahre her. Sie lernen schnell wie ein Amerikaner in Deutschland, dass es ein heikles Thema und nicht in der Nähe zu gehen.

Wenn Sie interessiert sind, gab es eine gründliche und engagierte Analyse und Widerlegung des Nationalsozialismus im Jahre 1943 geschrieben, von der thomistischen Philosoph Alan J. McSweeney. Es war seine Doktorarbeit: The Social Role of Truth According to … [Más]

Jeder wahre und gute Journalistin wäre höflich um ein Interview gebeten haben, und dann, wenn man ihnen sagte nein, höflich verlassen haben die Szene. Dieser Narr ist weder.

Für die Liebe des Himmels, this guy Vöhringer is a real blödmann.
As they say in Germany, he has a bird in his head!

The disciplinary rule of celibacy is not doctrine or dogma. St. Peter the first Pope, and some of the Apostles were married, and Jesus chose them. There were also some married priests in the early medieval period. So, there is a precedence for allowing married men to become priests in some cases within the Latin rite. It definitely would undermine the lavender mafia in the Church.

Great article! It take the mail to the right address...straight to the top.

viel Dank Vater Reto, für Ihre klare Lehren. Deine Worte sind ein Hauch frischer Luft.

Das Problem mit Skeptikern ist, dass sie nicht skeptisch Skepsis. Außerdem, eine intrinsische notwendige Wesen, wie ein Dreieck, kann nicht bezweifelt werden, weil es sie gibt sich selbst, von sich. Das Wesen Gottes, des Guten und des Schönen kann auch auf diese Weise bekannt sein.

Sehr toll! Wie lautet der Name von diesem Film?

Dies scheint, wie double talk, eine Kapitulation vor den Feinden der Kirche. Hoffentlich wird der Papst die Dinge richtig zu stellen.

We can never win the war against Islamic-fascism with military might and political correctness. Unless we are willing to do battle in the world of ideas in the international arena in refuting the disvalues that Islam teaches as values, such as the treatment of women, people they find offensive, and women, and a vigorous defense of human rights, which can be shown to be true, right, good and universal, then we are consigning our own civilization to the dustbin of history, and are defeated.
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This issue is going before the US supreme court, which will hear the cases concerning same sex marriage in the spring, and a ruling is expected in the summer. Pray the court does the right thing and supports traditional marriage.

Dies ist ein Beispiel für einen Amtsmissbrauch durch die Hierarchie. Wenn der Präsident von Deutschland hielt an meinem Haus und sagte mir: "Ich bin der Präsident" können Sie Ihre Frau und Kinder verlassen müssen und leben in einer anderen Stadt. Ich respektiere das Büro, aber der Präsident als Person nicht bekommen würde meinen Respekt noch würde ich gehorche dem unerhörten Befehl. Anstatt Missachtung Gottes Haus, sollten die Gemeindemitglieder haben alles still stand auf und … [Más]

If you read the above quotes from Pope Benedict's motu proprio, and omit the word bear, and insert the words...altar girl, jazz band, protestant hymns, holding hands during the Pater Noster,masonic lodge members, clown faces, the same logic applies.
Nevertheless, if at least 30 parishioners in a given diocese are sincerely attached to the “insert novelty here” they may submit a signed petition to their bishop for such a Mass to be allowed in their diocese.

Let us not forget Cardinal Avery Dulles, who made the erroneous assertion that one could still be Catholic and disagree with Church teachings. There is probably a bronze statue of him somewhere on campus.

The clown mass, once thought a relic of a dying progressive theology has been institutionalized.

@BM- you made some good points. I agree, the crisis in the Church has come from the top down. There is no denying it. In addition, you are right, that a council’s documents should not have to be hermeneutically analyzed ad nauseam. All previous councils, further defined the truths of dogma, but VII did not do this. This condition is a crisis that is deconstructing the Church, but I don’t think that it will ever be annulled, or mistakes admitted by many in the hierarchy. Personally, I just … [Más]

IMHO, I think that one has to make a distinction between the writings of the VII Council Fathers of the Church and the hermeneutics and interpretation of the documents. I have read some of the documents, and they can be interpreted within a continuity of tradition. However, many progressives who were able to infiltrate teaching and seminary positions, as well as positions within the Church herself promulgated a noetic re-orientation that interprets it as a break from tradition albeit the … [Más]

@PNeri- how true! The pro-homosexual militant advocates don't want mere tolerance or the right to be wrong. They want to force everyone to accept their perversion as normal, and if you read their advocacy websites (if you can stomach it) it doesn't end with so called gay marriage, the next step is to take over the public school K- 12 and state college curriculums.

Yet, another sour fruit of the VII interpretation of discontinuity.

Yes, I agree. Not to worry though, in addition to the new Saints, we have the new upgraded reified new-evangelization going on in Rome, which will be the tweeking of ecumenism's pluralistic missionary spirit of showing Buddhists, Taoists, Animists, Pantheists, Hindu, Muslims and Jews that they are already Catholics albeit imperfectly, and there is no need for becoming a formal Catholic.

Oops, I just went back and re-read it. Its a novena. Even so, after a mass, all entertainment venues should not be allowed on sacred ground. Its still blasphemous and irreverent.

This is the circus maximus par excellence! My neo-cat conservative friends will say, "but this is an abuse." Saddly, or hilariously, it is actually not. The rubrics of the novus ordo mass do not specify a specific style of music, or give any rubrics for the attire of the laity, other than being modestly dressed according to the customs of the community. Thus, the argument that this is an abuse fails, because it is a legitimate option, according to the regulas of the OF mass, the same ones that … [Más]

A few years back, before we switched to the TML, I remember attending a mass at a local parish in my area, on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe- around Dec 12th. All of a sudden when the mass began to start a group of Aztec dancers began dancing up behind the procession, whirling and twirling, shaking the maracas and playing pan pipes. They danced up and all around the altar, giving the tabernacle a pseudo-blessing with feathers, and yelping in high pitch. The mostly, young people were … [Más]

Biden, is reminiscent of a drunk traveling salesman in a Holiday Inn lounge. Gay marriage...ha, ha, its no big deal. Abortion and the deaths of millions of innocents...tee hee, its no big deal. Gazillion dollar debt that our kids and grandkids will be paying... ho, ho, its not a big deal. Iran nukes, hee, hee, nope not a big deal. All that matters is that I feel fine. The real joke is if he looked in the mirror!

Will the real VII please stand up? What is exactly the specific and detailed interpretation of VII? I'm not in the SSPX, but I'd, also, like to know that.

Sad, but in a word it demonstrates that the majority of rank in file Catholics are not only spiritually apathetic, but willfully indifferent. They have become so secularized, protestantized, liberalized, and busy with the things of the world that they just don't care, even if their Church is being dismantled. If the world gets to disconcerting, rather than praying the rosary they flee to the protective cocoons of their living rooms to play X-box.

I take no joy in saying this, but sadly this secular criminal court did what Rome failed to do.

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Beauty is never boring...eliminate the novelties in the mass that are in discontinuity with tradition; fill the stripped down banal architecture with the artistic aura of God's glory, especially around in the asp of the churches and around the altar and tabernacle; add a little Latin and chant.
Fr. Baron is even somewhat conscious of this because I noticed in his video series “Catholicism”, he always went to traditional Catholic churches, with beautiful art and architecture. He never goes … [Más]

Of course, there is a hierarchy of evils, as explicated by St. Augustine. Moreover, as this Father and doctor of the Church has said in his writings that in a difficult situation, one should choose a lesser evil. Nevertheless, that the lesser evil is evil, it is still an objective evil, and we should always try to avoid it. This form of a graded absolutism is not relativism, situation ethics, making one’s private subjectivity authoritative, or a form of modernism- incorporating modern moral … [Más]

To which is the case, as one of my astute students pointed out to me that if this question about the nature of marriage comes up in a college classroom, most people will out of a fear of being labeled a bigot, acquiesce to the liberal LGBT party line, or remain silent. However, when they privately enter a voting booth, the great majority vote against so called same sex marriage, demonstrating that the majority of American's in their heart of hearts know that it’s against the natural moral law … [Más]

@ACL- Bene explicasti, meus amicus. I never thought about the ban including women religious, which if it doesn't already, should also apply.

The Church has the 1961 ban, but still the progressive idea that pederdasty of homo-erotic attractions to young men is only psychological disorder that can be overcome with psycho-therapy. Saddly, this attitude relfected by fr. Benedict Groeschel, a monastic and seminary prof, is still in currency among many Church leaders.

"Fr. Groeschel, who has hosted television shows on EWTN and has authored numerous books, discussed sexual abuse in part of a National Catholic Register interview published … [Más]

Lol, what a load of new-age garbage. So, many contradictions, fallacies and illogical assertions, I couldn't stop laughing.If I didn't know her story, I would suspect her of being a schizophrenic.

Not every action by a Pope, Cardinal or Bishop in history is of the Holy Spirit or in harmony with Him. Some actions, as when Our Lord rebuked St. Peter before His passion, are from the enemy.

orare pro episcopis

Um Himmels willen, wo ist das Cookie-monster?

90% of the English bishops thought they could work and dialogue with King Henry VIII, and many pre-WWII German bishops thought they could work with the Nazi's (there are even historical photos showing two German bishops at a gathering of Nazi officials giving the Hitler salute). However, we saw what happened historically and conclude with the question: can one really compromise or dialogue with evil? It would be different if Archbishop Dolan showed up to the dinner and in his opening speech, … [Más]

Typical of the giddy and irreverent silly atmosphere so present in the Church today. Its the, "everyone is going to heaven anyway, so, lighten up people," and, "serious religion is a downer." I once, heard a priest say at the end of the Holy Mass, while the altar boys were clearing the altar "hey, the dinner (mass) is not over until the dishes are put away, ha, ha." And, another time, my family was asked to bring up the gifts, and the priest took the wine from my daughter and said to her, "you … [Más]

I would add, for all Catholics to consider boycotting all DFS funds as well. The money has gone to secular and leftwing organizations, like ACORN that while they may partially assist low income groups, also promote contraception and abortion. Why not just give to well established orthodox and traditional organizations? Or start your own uncompromisingly Catholic charity.

Die dummen und schwindlig Atmosphäre, die Musik banal, ist mit der Wirkung der meisten jungen Menschen sind die Ablehnung des Glaubens und nicht praktizierend. Die progressive Theologie hinter dem Kinder-Masse ist eine der desacralizing und bringen die transzendente auf eine naturalistische Ebene. Die Schönheit einer hohen Liturgie, vor allem in der traditionellen lateinischen Messe ist nie langweilig, weil es die absolute Schönheit Gottes widerspiegelt, aber diese Kinder schauen aus ihren … [Más]

Maybe the president will congratulate and thank Archbishop Dolan on the CSR's 5 million dollar donation to CARE? The President might say, "we are on the same page; I think we can work things out on this HHS thing."

I tried to debate Mr. Voris' point and Lifesite news' finding about the 5 mil in Catholic donations that were funneled to CARE through the USCCB's CSR, in the online Catholic Register article on the HHS mandate. Basically, no one would touch the scandal and otherwise ignored it. A couple of posters just kept referring me to the USCCB's bioethicist and chief, that under thomistic principles one could materially cooperate with evil, if the overarching aims of those one is assisting is mostly good … [Más]

Holy dancing? Some progressives will say, "wonderful, wonderful, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Rastafarians, Scientologists, Atheists, all coming together, all distinctions disolving into to one world religion and utopia with no poverty, racism, ...phobias, just pure happiness and joy, and no dogmas or oppressive legalistic rules, just the spirit that moves."

Reality is something different from the progressive pipe dream. True happiness comes from doing one's duty in service to God first, then … [Más]

Sehr volkstümlich. Sie müssen eine bayerische sein, wie der Papst, es zu schätzen.

Sad to say, Temperance, yes. I once attended a parish in Texas, a couple of years ago that flew him in for a youth conference. His homily at Mass, included all the ghetto-esque paeans and phrases like, wuzz up, my peeps, and haters.

Dear Bishop, on "laws in Arizona and Alabama which allow law enforcement to check on the status of suspected illegal immigrants", what is exactly un-Christian or un-American about it? I was once stopped in Germany for speeding, and upon the Polizei discovering, due to my accent, that I was an American, asked to see my passport, which was valid and up to date. Was that un-Christian or un-European?...I think not! As a sovereign nation they had every right.

@PINA1960 Good points. I have always found that women have been some of my best philosophy students, and I encourage them to become philosophers.
Your dialogue is reminiscent of the Iliad, where king Agamemnon retorts to Achilles upon hearing the logical refutation of violence by Briseius, “the mighty Achilles silenced by a… girl.” I agree with you, that as a gender, manly sex has historically let down not only our Lord, but the ladies also. What’s the answer? I would say for men to … [Más]

Fur shizzle...its transcendenzel. Shout out to all the homies for Big B16 in the V, from the A to the O, ize gots to go.

The so called manifestations of this conference has all the ingredients of Gnosticism. I cringe when I hear Catholic Charismatics claim that the Blessed Mother was the first Charismatic. The conversation soon turns sour, as if I were a wet blanket, when I point out the movement is actually modern and more recent in the Catholic Church (early 1970's), which has no continuity with Sacred Tradition. As Pope Benedict has said, any innovation that has no anchorage in what came before it in tradition … [Más]