Continuing the theme that the “progressives” in American Catholicism are those restoring those things which were good and vital which were was tossed out or ignored after Vatican II, I thought I’d turn towards the nuns again. Orders of women’s religious that opt for the habit are booming; those who decline the habit are frequently… Continue reading LCWR v. CMWS: Which Really Represents Progress?
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Liberal? Progressive? Heretic?
My aunt, a Benedictine nun, drove me back to the airport yesterday, and one of the things she mentioned on the way back was that the terms “liberal” and “conservative” are problematic in the Catholic context, but perhaps unavoidable. Liberal and conservative are fine terms when the issue is one of a discipline or non-religious… Continue reading Liberal? Progressive? Heretic?
Great New York Times Article on the Glories of the Old Mass
The New York Times has taken an interesting direction in the last year or so. Before you could count on the Times to offer what they felt was the whole spectrum: commentators who were anti-Catholic specifically, commentators who were anti-religion of all sorts, and commentators who didn’t care about religion or find it relevant. If… Continue reading Great New York Times Article on the Glories of the Old Mass
The Restoration Will Not Be Televised
Father David M. O’Connell has stepped down as president of D.C.’s own Catholic University of America. Under his twelve year watch, the school went from being a hotbed of dissent and heresy to one of all-too-few outstandingly Catholic universities, making the Cardinal Newman Society’s list of authentic Catholic colleges (sadly, only 21 US Catholic colleges… Continue reading The Restoration Will Not Be Televised
The Two Views of Church
I. The Two Ways of Viewing the ChurchThere are two ways of looking at the Church. I don’t mean here “visible v. invisible,” but rather the fundamental way that orthodox and heterodox Christians differ in their conception of the Church. They are, broadly: As a divinely-ordained body created by Christ, entrusted with a sacred and… Continue reading The Two Views of Church
Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
I. Introducing Dr. HuntI try and avoid calling into question anyone’s claim to be Catholic. I might say that they’re a dissident, theologically liberal, or even heterodox Catholic, but I don’t like saying “Catholic” with quotation marks. God knows their heart, and if we start parsing through everything they’ve said to compare it with Church… Continue reading Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
The Price of Converting to Catholicism
I’d wondered how anyone could oppose the Vatican’s action in making things easier for Anglicans to convert. After all, they sent a letter stating their collective desire to become Catholic, but wanting to keep their flock together. Certainly, you can legitimately think that the right thing to do is for these Traditional Anglicans to patch… Continue reading The Price of Converting to Catholicism
The Vatican’s Shaking Things Up!
Dr. Jeff Mirus over at Catholic culture puts the pieces together, arguing that the Church is “on the prowl.” Rather than sitting back and waiting until the next scandal hits, or focusing on maintaining the Status Quo, we see the Vatican reaching out actively in a number of areas: Vatican diplomats at the UN have… Continue reading The Vatican’s Shaking Things Up!
The Traditional Anglican Communion Responds
Catholic and even secular newssources have been abuzz with news of a coming Apostolic Constitution that sounds as though it was all Anglicans to become fully part of the Catholic Church while maintaining the distinct elements of their liturgy which they hold dear – in short, something similar to what was done in the creation… Continue reading The Traditional Anglican Communion Responds
Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist
One of the things I find bizarre in Catholic/Protestant relations is the things which seem to be huge issues to Protestants (Catholics views on justification and our alleged over-devotion to Mary) compared to the things which are shrugged off (Catholics worshipping the Eucharist). I don’t see how someone can simultaneously think it’s so gravely sinful… Continue reading Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist