Pope Francis poses for a selfie during a gathering of youth delegates at the Pontifical International Maria Mater Ecclesiae College in Rome, ahead of the Synod of Bishops on young people in 2018. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Ecclesial synodality is something very old and, at the same time, something very recent. It is an integral part of the tradition of the Church.
As the report of the International Theological Commission,
Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church (2018), says in the opening section: Synod is an ancient and venerable word in the Tradition of the Church, whose meaning draws on the deepest themes of Revelation.
What do the unanswered criticisms of Amoris Laetitia teach us today?
(Roberto de Mattei) Five years ago, on 8 April 2016, the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Amoris Laetitia, the most controversial document of Pope Francis’ pontificate, was published. This document is the outcome of a process initiated by Walter Cardinal Kasper’s intervention in the February 2014 consistory. Cardinal Kasper’s thesis on how the Church should renew its marriage praxis formed the leitmotif of the two synods on the family in 2014 and 2015. Unfortunately, the final exhortation
Amoris Laetitia turned out to be even worse than Cardinal Kasper’s report. While the German cardinal had asked some questions,
Pressure Intensifies on Catholic Church to Change Teaching That Homosexuality Is ‘Intrinsically Disordered’ 04/20/2021 at 4:53 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
According to analysts, the continuing push to remove this phrasing from the Catechism of the Catholic Church is rooted in a broader campaign to legitimize homosexual acts.
By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, April 20, 2021
VATICAN CITY Pressure continues to be exerted on Church leaders to remove the language of Catholic teaching that states that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and “under no circumstances can be approved” pressure that critics believe is part of an effort by some groups and individuals to normalize the sinful behavior within the Church.
04/05/2021 at 10:37 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Roberto De Mattei, OnePeterFive, March 31, 2021
Editor’s note: Today we are pleased to reprint, with the author’s permission, the following essay from Prof. Roberto de Mattei, an eminent scholar of Church history and one of the most notable thought leaders of European traditional Catholicism. Herein he offers helpful guidance on the matters of both the moral liceity and the questionable efficacy of COVID vaccines issues facing many Catholics, particularly those most susceptible to Coronavirus or those who are faced with mandatory vaccination to retain employment.
The essay below references a book, already published in Italian and soon to be available in English, entitled, “On the Moral Liceity of the Vaccine.” We do not have a link to purchase the book at this time. This essay first appeared at Corrispondenza Romana.
Can we reject Magisterial Teaching if it wasn’t believed Always, Everywhere, and by All?
The True Meaning of the Canon of St. Vincent of Lérins
“Cafeteria Catholicism” is a fitting label often used to describe the position taken by overt Modernists and other pseudo-Catholic liberals (especially politicians) who like to pick and choose which Church teachings to accept and which ones to reject. Usually what is accepted is those things perceived as politically correct, expedient, or simply non-offensive (for example, the existence of God, the importance and power of prayer, belief in an afterlife, or the importance of loving our neighbor); whereas what is rejected is usually those teachings that are politically incorrect, offensive to modern man, or somehow inconvenient or burdensome (for example, the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation, the prohibition against worship with non-Catholics, the reality of an eternal hell for unrepentant sinners, or most sins against th