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April 2016

April 30, 2016

Interacting With the Spaemann Interview on Amoris Laetitia

Dr. Robert Spaemann, a retired German philosophy professor---why is it always the Germans?---who was an...

April 29, 2016

Steve Skojec Embraces Inner Sith; Approves of 1 Vader 5

It was bound to happen. I am glad I could help contribute, entirely as a...

April 28, 2016

The Definition of “Common Teaching” and What That Tells Us About Limbo

Limbo apologist Kevin Kukla is at it again. In the comment section of one of...

April 27, 2016

Pope Agrees to Discuss Infallibility With Hans Kung. This is What it Means.

April 27, 2016

Did Pius V Condemn Cajetan on the Baptism of Desire?

In a recent post, I noted that Cardinal Cajetan, in his commentary on the Summa...

April 25, 2016

Does Amoris Laetitia Tell Us Not to Judge?

Note: This is Part 2 of a five-part response to Dr. E. Christian Brugger's critique...

April 25, 2016

Is Amoris Laetitia’s Discussion of Culpability a “Serious Problem”?

At Catholic World Report, Dr. E. Christian Brugger has posted an article entitled "Five Serious...

April 21, 2016

Some Further Responses to Limbo Apologists

At the National Catholic Register, Dr. R. Jared Staudt has responded to my two articles...

April 19, 2016

Life Site News Gets a Pope Story Wrong. Again.

And it's by Jon-Henry Westen again; wonders! Been there, done that. In this latest example...

April 16, 2016

Pope Francis Gives Another Interview; False Reporting at 1 Vader 5 Begins Forthwith

Mr. Steve Skojec, of 1 Vader 5 infamy (he calls it 1 Peter 5; he's...

April 14, 2016

“Integrating Weakness”: Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia

In Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis speaks of the "law of gradualness"; John...

April 11, 2016

Things Pope Francis Says in Amoris Laetitia That Few Will Mention

Everybody's talkin' 'bout communion, confusion, disunion, second union, this union, that union, revolution, evolution Let's...

April 11, 2016

Steve Skojec Says Amoris Laetitia 298 Condones Adultery. Steve Skojec is Wrong.

People send me links ("Did you see this??"); I don't seek out these things anymore....

April 08, 2016

The Most Important Section of Amoris Laetitia

Paragraph 7 of Amoris Laetitia is the most important section, and it tells us ...But...

April 07, 2016

New York Times Attempts to Read Tea Leaves Ahead of Amoris Laetitia

At the New York Times, there is an article today optimistically titled "How Pope Francis’...

April 06, 2016

What You Need To Know Before Friday’s Release of Amoris Laetitia

The Vatican is publishing a papal exhortation on Friday. *** If you like the content...

April 01, 2016

Is Doubting the Resurrection “Good for Christians”?

In a recent article in the Washington Post, Jacob Lupfer argues that "doubting the Bible...