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Byzantine Catholic layman. Dominican tertiary. Husband, & father of 3. Doctoral candidate in theology, seeking the true, good, and beautiful.
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Where would you recommend a young Catholic family to move to? Preferably a place with a strong Catholic community, traditional liturgy (East or West), affordable cost of living, safe, a place where the family can plant roots, etc.
I'm open to suggestions!
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@vocalcry
Ah yes, that famously chaste period of time, known as *looks at notes* the Middle Ages.
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I’m as far-right and anti-open borders as they come & yet, because I am a Christian, I cannot cheer as migrants are run over in open water. Nations have a right to defend their borders, but that right is tempered by a true love for the alien sojourner.
Calvin does not know God.
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Now that Viganò has been excommunicated and in a state of schism, I look forward to the Catholic Church’s warm, friendly, and irenic ecumenical outreach to him. The Vatican should treat him like they treat Orthodox & Protestants: warm embrace, allowing the use of our churches…
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Just a reminder, 68 churches were burned in Canada due to this massive example of fake news.
Will Catholics, Anglicans, and Coptic Orthodox receive reparations for these costly lies?
No bodies found after spending $8 million searching for bodies at Kamloops Residential School
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No one cares about Roman Catholic attempts at “synodality”, aside from Church bureaucrats and academics.
If they are truly interested in being a “listening Church”, they would see this as one of the “signs of the times”. Young people desire traditional worship and sound doctrine
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Incredible scenes as tens of thousands of young people attend the Traditional Latin Mass outdoors as part of the Chartres Pilgrimage
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The visceral reaction of people against what Harrison Butker said (namely, that education is good, and women are naturally ordered towards marriage, child-rearing/domestic realm) shows how unserious of a society we’ve become.
“Noooo women must become wage slaves!”
Not quite.
Harrison Butker chokes up while discussing his wife, encouraging Benedictine College female grads to embrace motherhood.
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My
#Oppenheimer
hot take is this: no priest (let alone Christian) should watch a movie that has sex scenes/nudity in it. This would also apply to Game of Thrones, etc.
Let's bring back the concept of "custody of the eyes", as what we consume with our vision affects our soul.
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Things not allowed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral: the traditional Latin Mass
Things allowed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral: whatever this is
Yesterday, St. Patrick's Cathedral hosted the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, a transgender, atheist prostitute. Funeral was attended by hundreds of trans activists in thongs/fishnet/halter tops/fur. They celebrated the dead prostitute by mocking St. Cecilia, saying: "This whore.
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In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. John Lavorgna, a diocesan priest from my home diocese, who just passed this morning. I lived with him during my college/pastoral years of seminary, and he was an excellent mentor, a prayerful priest of Jesus Christ.
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Bishop Strickland lacks prudence at times, but it's quite troubling that Pope Francis would request his resignation while not doing so for Jean-Pierre Ricard who remains a cardinal (despite him admitting to sexually abusing a minor) and German bishops "blessing" same-sex unions.
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If only Bishop Strickland pushed for “blessing” same-sex unions, giving Holy Communion to abortionists, covering up serial sexual abuse, and banning the traditional Latin Mass, maybe he would still have a job today (if not a promotion!)
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The fact that there are more restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass than on “blessings” for same-sex couples tells you all you really need to know about the current state of the Church.
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Every time you hear someone use the LORD's name in vain, make a point to say aloud, "Blessed be His Holy Name!" While it may seem awkward & weird, it is a way of reminding people of how we Christians view the name of Jesus as holy, sweet, and powerful.
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The fact that
@CardinalBCupich
& the Archdiocese of Chicago have severely restricted the traditional Latin Mass because it is a threat to "Church unity," yet allows this "Mass" to take place every week at St. Sabina's, tells you all you need to know about their true motivations.
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Perhaps the real problem in the Church is not "rigid" Catholics, but Catholics who aren't rigid enough. Much of the sex abuse crisis can be linked to laxity—a collapse in discipline among clergy, a loss of asceticism, & abuse of power by those thinking they're above the rules.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: any cleric found guilty of abusing minors or vulnerable adults should undergo the rite of degradation before being handed over to secular authorities for a prompt execution.
This shouldn't be controversial or difficult to discern.
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The fact that the Vatican acts swiftly against priests celebrating the traditional Roman Rite, but does not act with the same speed and severity against German bishops encouraging their priests to “bless” same-sex unions, tells you all you need to know about Rome’s priorities.
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Cecilia Marie Monaco was born this morning at 6:18 a.m.
Please keep our (growing) family in your prayers today, if you don’t mind.
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@CurtMills
The problem is that US “conservatives” are often conserving nothing of value. The problem with the “right-wing” parties across the world isn’t that they’re too conservative. They’re not conservative enough.
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My favorite part of
#CatholicTwitter
is Holy Saturday, when I see all the posts from people who were received into the Church at the Easter vigil. Welcome to Christ's one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. And happy anniversary to those who also entered it on this holy night!
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In 1328, Bl. Henry Suso, a Dominican friar, had a vision of angels singing & dancing around the infant Jesus. It was from that vision that one of the most recognizable Christmas carols was born.
Here it is, sung by friars of the same Dominican Order.
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Please pray for the repose of the soul of my professor, mentor, and the chair of our Theology department.
Absolutely heartbreaking.
The man found dead with stab wounds in the Wilkins Township murder-suicide is 59-year-old Marinus Iwuchukwu. He’s a professor of religious studies at Duquesne University. County Police say the woman died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
@WPXI
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@rosadelauro
Then you clearly don't understand the Faith. You're an embarrassment to Italian-Americans and the Catholics of New Haven. I would ask for a refund of your Catholic schooling, because it clearly didn't instill into you the basics of the Faith
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Remember, everyone — it’s the traditional Latin Mass that causes scandal in the Church, and not *checks notes* bishops blessing same-sex unions in Germany, Fr. Rupnik raping nuns, and the head doctrinal chief writing pornography under the veneer of “mysticism”.
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@colormeloverly
Similarly, I hate how everything is now short-form. We used to have blogs, essays, documentaries. Now, we have Reels, TikTok, YT Shorts, etc. The former used to be ways to present information that required substantial thought. Now, we abbreviate the abbreviation.
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Among the many “proofs” for Catholicism’s veracity as the true Church of Christ is this: there is no single denomination or even religion that holds a truly consistent doctrine on the sanctity of human life as you will find in Catholicism.
Pro-lifers have no truer home than Rome
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Note the secular religion’s reaction to heretics.
If Butker praised Marxism, abortion, sodomy, same-sex unions, euthanasia, defunding the police, gender transitions for children, pornography, etc. the NFL wouldn’t care.
But Catholicism? That’s where the NFL draws the line!
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@stevenpmillies
"Let's support blaspheming Our Lord in order to *checks notes* own the conservatives"
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31 years ago, I received the Sacrament of Baptism in the traditional Roman Rite. I was 11 days old.
Though I have not always lived up to my baptismal calling, I am thankful for the LORD'S mercy, and for His imprinting of a sacramental character upon my soul that will never fade.
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On Sunday, I was received into the Order of Preachers as a lay member. Happy to live out my baptismal calling as a spiritual son of St. Dominic. My religious name chosen was St. Thomas Aquinas, my patron since childhood.
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The traditional Latin Mass should be defended by its own merits: its venerable history, its rich poetry, by the theology it espouses, the saints it raises, the beauty it inspires, the truth it preaches, the goodness it blossoms, the glory it gives to the Holy Trinity.
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@MattWalshBlog
Have you given up on Catholicism? Because the Church’s moral theology would condemn this position. We are never consequentialists or utilitarians. Read a book.
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At some point, you have to wonder: who is this even *for*? These people represent such a small portion of the world’s population, yet they are over-represented in just about every category.
The average human being looks upon this sort of thing with disgust, and rightfully so.
I'm not even Christian and this is so unbelievably offensive to me
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@AnnCoulter
Who's "we"? There's no half-measure to being pro-life. You're either for abortion, or against it. A pro-lifer who allows abortion in certain circumstances is an oxymoron.
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Pope Benedict XVI had a major influence on my life & thought. As prefect of the CDF & later pope, he maintained doctrinal orthodoxy in an otherwise turbulent era, and his love for traditional liturgy gave freedom & consolation to those nourished by the Latin Mass.
Rest in peace.
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@tonyannett
“Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly – it cannot compete in the market of leisure
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Most likely outcomes for the Synod on Synodality:
1. Same-sex unions will be “blessed”, but through sophistry:
“We’re not blessing same-sex unions; we’re blessing *people* who happen to be in same-sex unions. Regardless, this cannot be considered comparable to matrimony.”
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@catholiccom
Believe it or not, not everything needs to turn into AI. Especially Catholic apologetics.
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As I'm following the
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proceedings, I can't help but think that the whole meeting would be better if it took place in a monastery, and not in a comfortable hotel. This event looks less like an assembly of successors to the Apostles & more like a Google corporate meeting.
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One of the sadder parts of being a Catholic in 2023 is the reduction of the Church to ideology & headlines.
It is neither normal nor healthy to experience the Church in this way, and it is a relatively modern way to do so.
We don’t need to LARP as medieval peasants to see this.
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I do not typically like to amplify pop/YouTube “Catholic apologists,” but I think this Michael Lofton lad is a great case study in how hyperpapalism/“popesplaining” is an epistemic disaster.
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I have grown weary of Catholic “content creators”. What started off promising (“Here’s a video explaining the Solemnity of the Ascension”) has devolved into trite, sensationalist clickbait.
The endless production of “content” and its consumption has corrosive effects on the soul
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It’s very weird to have the same crowd begging for shared communion between Catholics/Orthodox, who do ecumenical prayer services with Protestant clergy, and who have “reasonable hope” that hell is empty to suddenly demand “submission to the Roman Pontiff or else.”
Or else what?
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We need to retire the idea that Catholic social teaching is somehow the “Church’s best-kept secret.” If anything, that’s *all* most people know: defend life, prefer the poor, protect the environment.
How many Catholics think the Immaculate Conception refers to Christ’s birth?
Catholic social teaching is often bemoaned as the “church’s best-kept secret.” But Mass-goers hear Catholic social teaching every day. We are told to give without counting the cost, not to worry about tomorrow, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
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For half a century, the Church has explained away historic schisms as a misunderstanding of language, a conflict of political interests, etc. We call non-Catholic Christians “separated brethren”, have ecumenical gatherings, etc. So what is Viganò *actually* lacking by schism?
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Sorry, I’m not going to take advice on what is “God-ordained” from the guy who needed to hop around fringe church communities just to receive a dubiously-“valid” ordination.
Haters gonna hate.
Protecting borders is for the safety of both the natives and the sojourner.
You do not have a country if you do not have borders.
Nations and tribes are God-ordained.
Take your demonic, globalist, one world government, one world religion nonsense elsewhere.
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Perhaps one day, Viganò will have a commemorative Vatican postage stamp made in his honor (like Luther), be given a church in Rome to offer liturgy (like Russian Orthodox, Anglicans) or be featured in a future encyclical about how “we’re all brothers” (other religions).
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“You must submit to the Roman Pontiff!”
“Or what?”
“You’re lacking the fullness of the faith!”
“Okay, and? So are Orthodox Christians & Jews. So we should start converting them too, right?”
“No you’re not allowed to do that!”
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In your kindness, and if you aren’t doing so already, please pray for Dr. Greg Hillis. He and I have interacted on this website for many years, and even in moments of disagreement, he has shown the utmost charity and patience. He is a man of true faith. Storm heaven with prayers!
Unfortunately, the cancer has spread. My oncologists are no longer talking in terms of years or even decades. We are all talking about months.
With my time I have remaining, I will pray and prepare.
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Sorry, you can’t have your “todos, todos, todos!”, inclusive, “building a bridge”, “stay where you are, you don’t need to formally convert”, “we’re all brothers”, “historic schisms were just misunderstandings in language” Church AND suggest Viganò’s soul is in imminent danger.
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@MichaelSWinters
@USCCB
@FranciscanU
The average age of your readership is 73. I think it's time to admit your approach has failed to capture young people's interest.
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Today, on the feast of St. Gregory of Nyssa (A.D. 335 - 395), my son, Luke Anthony, was baptized & chrismated in the Catholic Church.
In your charity, please pray that I fulfill my parental duties of helping him grow in faith, hope, and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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3 years,
2 children,
1 flesh (Gen 2:24; Mt 19:5; Eph 5:31).
Thanking the LORD today for the wonderful sacrament of matrimony.
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“Hagan lío!” (“make a mess!”)— except when it means creating solutions around Traditionis Custodes
“Synodality and listening to those on the margins”— except when the Global South largely rejects same-sex “blessings”
The rhetoric of Francis’ pontificate is empty and meaningless
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For the record, I think Viganò is wrong on many issues, including his quasi-sede stance on the papacy. But I’d also like to see some consistency on the part of those gloating over his schism, who think other historical schisms were just “differences in language”
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There is no such thing as a “conservative” politician or platform that does not vehemently reject abortion—in any case or circumstance. If you fail to safeguard and protect unborn human life, your attempts to “conserve” anything else will result in humiliating failure.
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@swilsonsmith
Well, for starters, it is not a "marriage", unless we are just legal positivists now.
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Four years of holy matrimony
Three children
Two Christians seeking theosis
One flesh
#SacramentOfLove
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Well, who could have seen “Fiducia Supplicans” coming?
Oh wait-
Most likely outcomes for the Synod on Synodality:
1. Same-sex unions will be “blessed”, but through sophistry:
“We’re not blessing same-sex unions; we’re blessing *people* who happen to be in same-sex unions. Regardless, this cannot be considered comparable to matrimony.”
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The beauty of the Catholic theological tradition is that you don’t actually have to choose between being a globohomo open borders/Great Reset, Moloch-serving Leftist and a ghoulish, LARP’ing as a minister–who gets sexual arousal from the poor being oppressed–atheist.
There is,
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For the record, schism is bad. I think Viganò made many mistakes, despite whatever valid criticisms he had. At the same time, I notice a double-standard in post-V2 ecclesiology that isn’t spoken of nearly enough. The only way out of this is to reaffirm traditional Church teaching
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@NCRonline
@MichaelSWinters
@JDVance1
Could you not substitute Vance for “Biden”, here? Would
@MichaelSWinters
be willing to do that?
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I was never really a fan of Frank Pavone, and mostly because I thought he was drunk off of his own fame, found it weird he was not tied to any Church institution (monastery, diocese, a priest w/o a parish) & far too partisan (explicit endorsement with Trump).
But I pray for him.
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@chaedria
“One of the best”
The guy uses his real name on Twitter & his header features him wearing a sweater of a college he attended. Do you somehow think you’re Sherlock Holmes now?
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It’s interesting how Trump’s lukewarm position on abortion & IVF was released on the same day as the Vatican’s
#DignitasInfinita
, which upheld the Church’s complete rejection of both.
While “leave it to the states” is better than “enshrine it as a federal law”, Trump is a coward
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@mlstrat
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
- Pascal
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How much of post-conciliar ecumenism has essentially boiled down to “Just stay where you are! You don’t need to switch Churches! Uniatism is an inappropriate method nowadays… we’re more into communion ecclesiology now!”
You can’t take teeth out and tell people to fear your bite
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While remaining and proudly Catholic, I must say that this is a very weak and poor argument against Orthodox Christianity.
If Catholic apologists want to be effective, they cannot fall into simplistic and reductionistic "gotcha's" that crash upon launch.
“Join the Orthodox Church”
Which one?
Yes, I’m aware someone made a soyjack meme about this in efforts to discredit this argument, but the argument still stands.
Which “orthodox” church? I’ll take that to be the Catholic Church, as that is the Church with complete orthodoxy.
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Things that are allowed at St. Stanislaus: “blessings” of homosexual couples
Things that are not allowed at St. Stanislaus: the traditional Latin Mass
I attended the TLM at this parish when I was in college. This is brutal. Pray for Archdiocese of Hartford.
🚨 Another Latin Mass CANCELLED.
Two minutes before Mass yesterday, St Stanislaus in New Haven, CT, was informed by
@ArchbishopBlair
that their Latin Mass will no longer exist as of January 14th.
Who's next?
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“Mr. Monaco, if you’re getting your doctorate in theology, why aren’t you teaching at a university?”
The university:
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It just seems odd that Pope Francis goes to extreme lengths to condemn "rigidity", as if McCarrick, Rupnik, Shanley, Weakland, Coccopalmerio, Ricard, Brouillard, and countless others were somehow these austere, rule-following, judgmental Catholics. They represent moral laxity.
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Any true Christian response to “Pride Month” will require:
Prayer– especially for those who struggle with same-sex attraction
Fasting, penance, & reparation– not only to heal the damage caused by our own sins, but also those of the world
Almsgiving– a sign of humility and love
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@ThomasPolega
Probably just as lazy as calling anyone who doesn't agree with you "the alt-right"
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This kind of sophistry is actually more dangerous than outright heresy. At least the Protestant revolutionaries *openly* rejected the Church's doctrine & authority.
Here, we have an attempt to undermine Church teaching slyly and subtly, while denying he is doing so.
In a new interview with
@Infovaticana
, Archbishop Fernández expresses an openness to same-sex blessings if they don’t “feed confusion” over the meaning of marriage between a man and a woman. :
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O truly blessed night,
when things of heaven are wed
to those of earth,
and divine to the human.
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Progressive Catholics: "I hope the Synod on Synodality results in blessing same-sex unions"
Conservatives: "I hope the Synod on Synodality results in a defense of Church teaching"
Me: "I hope the Synod on Synodality results in the burning of Rupnik's art and his prompt exile"
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@CatholicSat
This is messed up, and not even a funny April Fool's Day prank. A lot of people follow you for serious updates, and you got a lot of their hopes up with this.
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O Gladsome Light of the holy glory of the Immortal Father, heavenly, holy, blessed Jesus Christ. Now we have come to the setting of the sun and behold the light of evening. We praise God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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