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    Sins that priests can't absolve

    In case anyone is wondering why abortion receives such a penalty, but not murdering an adult, I read that when the civil authorities do not or cannot punish a crime they should, the Church sometimes fills the void by providing a penalty. Since murder of a born person or, say, sexual assault (to...
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    It is not possible to find Jesus outside the Church.

    Pope Francis' homily today: Pope's Homily on Feast of St. George | ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Some exerpts: And so the Church was a Mother, the Mother of more children, of many children. It became more and more of a Mother. A Mother who gives us the faith, a Mother who gives us an...
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    Traditionalist Catholics Attack Pope Francis

    I've seen articles where the SSPX leaders or members criticize Popes (they do it a lot), but the original text of what is being referenced in this article does not do so (at least the text I have seen). Fellay just expresses hopes as to what the Pope will do--and Pope Francis has been saying...
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    Pope Pushed to Appoint Women to the Curia

    As was mentioned, there's already women in the curia.--this isn't all that radical, like the media is making it (it's weird how so much this Pope does is made out to be a radical departure from his predecessors, when it really isn't at all). I don't like the idea of adding more just for the sake...
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    What is the Catholic view of "Hell" these days.

    Scripture does describe Hell as separation from the presence of God: 2:Thess 1:9 They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, Our Lord also uses imagery that implies an absence (in parables He describes...
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    Pope Francis Does it Again! "Unblocks" Canonization for Romero

    How and why was it being "blocked"? His cause passed the doctrinal audit by the CDF in early 2005 (back when Ratzinger was the head). From what I've read, Romero did not espouse any of the problematic aspects of Liberation Theology. Both of the last two Popes referred to him as a martyr for the...
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    Pope: answering God with the heart protects against ideologies

    I remember a talk I saw by Scott Hahn on EWTN a long while back where he explained this in an interesting way. Let's say that using only my reason or intellect, I concluded that all the doctrines of Catholicism were true. That would amount to nothing more than a nice coincidence that God and I...
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    “The decision to form a group of cardinals is the fruit of the Second Vatican Council

    As was mentioned, this isn't really new. This is how the curia came to be in the first place. Likewise, Pope Paul III established a similar group of nine Cardinals, most of which were diocesan bishops or religious, back in the 1500s to help reform the curia, especially with regard to financial...
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    Small communities?

    This is the kind of thing which will vary depending on the participants and oversight. It can range from something fairly edifying to the blind leading the blind into the pit. My experience with them in college was they ended up being a mediocre Bible study, where no one had the real knowledge...
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    Pope Francis affirms Doctrinal Assessment and reform of LCWR

    Nothing surprising here, although maybe to some. COMMUNIQUE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONCERNING A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENCY OF THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS IN THE USA "Archbishop Müller informed the Presidency that he had recently discussed the...
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    Pope Francis' Address to Members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

    Dear Members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, I am happy to welcome you at the end of your annual Plenary Assembly. I thank the president, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, for his greeting and his concise exposition of the topic which was the object of attentive reflection in the course...
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    Any Anglican Catholic Ordinariate people here?

    All the Catholics I know were very happy to see so many join the Church and were also interested in experiencing some more good liturgy, etc. The only Catholics I could even imagine being unwelcoming are judgmental people (who don't think the conversions were sincere, but more of an...
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    Do people not like Pope Francis?

    What would be your opinion of your bishop or Patriarch if he eschewed traditional vesture and titles and innovated with the liturgy (it wasn't the prison inmates which was problematic, but the two women)? Would they even dare to do so? If not, why not? Also, isn't this some of the kind of stuff...
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    Ecumenism

    Again, the goal of ecumenism is not a vague "being together" like some are implying (which I have already provided copious citations disproving). The end goal is unity in the Catholic faith in the Catholic Church. The union achieved through Anglicanorum Coetibus is an example of the true...
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    Pope Francis to consider closing Vatican bank

    This is a tough question. The points made by "defenders" in the article are good ones. Those functions are very valuable to the Church's ministry and independence and are not easily replaced, especially in situations where places becomes more hostile to the Church, as has happened in the past...
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    You Know How Catholics Like to Sit in the Same Pew Every Sunday...

    What is this picture from? Is it a Mass? Also, the Church looks like its underwater in the Carribbean or Pacific, where the water is really blue.
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    One God: No More, No Less

    Yes, philosophically, atheism is much more closely related to idolatry and polytheism than classical monotheism is. Here is some more good stuff on why the "one god further" argument is born of ignorance and makes no sense: Edward Feser: The “one god further” objection Edward...
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    Cosy is confused

    Jesus wasn't showing them that He was not their leader, but rather how true leadership should be carried out. Leadership should be carried out in a spirit of service, not in an arbitrary or oppressive manner--like the Gentiles who lorded it over their subjects. That's also why when the...
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    "Pope Francis was last straw": Magdi Allam, high-profile Muslim convert baptized...

    Just in regards to whether he was really converted, etc. People can be really converted and then fall away (in this case into schism or heresy, it seems). We don't believe in OSAS or anything like that, whose proponents have to explain away the phenomenon of converts falling away by...
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    Christians, Muslims, and the "One God"

    It's not arbitrary, but based on objective principles. There is a big difference between committing idolatry (an impediment to salvation, since worshipping creatures precludes theological faith) and not. It is important for the Church to recognize where a person's beliefs are sound and where...