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- Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
- Topic: Pope Benedict reacts to criticisms of his letter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1518
Re: Pope Benedict reacts to criticisms of his letter
Pope Benedict, in his response to Aschmann’s critique, reminds her that she does not once mention God, while he wrote that “a world without God can only be a world without meaning.” He also quotes his own words of the April letter, according to which society in the West is forgetting God and, with ...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:13 pm
- Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
- Topic: Benedict XVI pays a surprise visit to Castel Gandolfo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1390
- Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:43 pm
- Forum: Called to be Catholic?
- Topic: Why Priestly Celibacy?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1122
We are not easily led to believe that the abolition of ecclesiastical celibacy would considerably increase the number of priestly vocations… The causes of the decrease in vocations to the priesthood are to be found elsewhere—for example, in the fact that individuals and families have lost their...
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:07 pm
- Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
- Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3431
It seems to be Francis' modus operendi, to send those in disfavour, into some kind of Coventry of official silence. Card. Burke, Card. Mueller, PapaB. Don't know if its a very constructive way of healing rifts.. or simply an acknowledgement that he doesn't really have a response. Certainly if we kno...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:39 pm
- Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
- Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3431
Benedict was also a major contributor to Vatican 2 as a theological advisor. But something went off the rails in the implementation. I think the Church will ultimately have to call a Vatican 3 to sort out the practical, concrete aspects of all of its abstract idealism once all this fascination and s...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:22 pm
- Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
- Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3431
Full text. https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-church-and-the-scandal-of-sexual-abuse This letter could be read as a scathing critique of the priorities and the principles of the Francis Pontificate. It paints a picture of indulgence, dismissive of moral theology in the overarching interests o...
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:37 pm
- Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
- Topic: Say thank you to Pompeo and Trump
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2304
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: Called to be Catholic?
- Topic: Why Pray to Saints in a Novena?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1536
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:17 pm
- Forum: Capital Mercy
- Topic: California governor imposes death-penalty moratorium
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2970
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:27 pm
- Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
- Topic: Protect Babies Who Can Feel Pain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1147
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
- Topic: Official Petition: CONDEMN INFANTICIDE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1141
- Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:14 pm
- Forum: Divine Mercy
- Topic: Worry and regret can be useless and harmful
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2626
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
- Topic: Blaspheming Our Lady
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1383
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:21 pm
- Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
- Topic: Stop bashing the Catholic Church!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1779
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Orthodoxy in Print
- Topic: Finnian and the Seven Mountains
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3401