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by KarlB
Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
Topic: Pope Benedict reacts to criticisms of his letter
Replies: 2
Views: 1508

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 ...
by KarlB
Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:13 pm
Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
Topic: Benedict XVI pays a surprise visit to Castel Gandolfo
Replies: 2
Views: 1380

:D
by KarlB
Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: Called to be Catholic?
Topic: Why Priestly Celibacy?
Replies: 1
Views: 1110

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...
by KarlB
Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
Replies: 10
Views: 3404

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...
by KarlB
Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:39 pm
Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
Replies: 10
Views: 3404

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...
by KarlB
Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:22 pm
Forum: Benedict Pope Emeritus
Topic: Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal
Replies: 10
Views: 3404

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...
by KarlB
Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:37 pm
Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
Topic: Say thank you to Pompeo and Trump
Replies: 2
Views: 2179

signed and sent, in the hopes that'll it'll provide an example for the rest of the West to fight the Culture of Death that now permeates it.
by KarlB
Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: Called to be Catholic?
Topic: Why Pray to Saints in a Novena?
Replies: 2
Views: 1525

:thumbs up: :)
by KarlB
Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Capital Mercy
Topic: California governor imposes death-penalty moratorium
Replies: 2
Views: 2817

Well good for the governor. I think he should apply the same conscientious actions with respect to the issue of abortion and for the same motives.
by KarlB
Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:27 pm
Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
Topic: Protect Babies Who Can Feel Pain
Replies: 2
Views: 1137

Signed it. I seems it could have gone farther but any acknowledgement that the fetus is a human life with God endowed rights is a step in the right direction in culture in which we live.
by KarlB
Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:20 pm
Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
Topic: Official Petition: CONDEMN INFANTICIDE
Replies: 1
Views: 1131

It took my signature even though I don't have U.S. Zip Code. It's really unconscionable.
by KarlB
Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:14 pm
Forum: Divine Mercy
Topic: Worry and regret can be useless and harmful
Replies: 1
Views: 2221

:)
by KarlB
Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:30 pm
Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
Topic: Blaspheming Our Lady
Replies: 2
Views: 1377

signed and sent. insanity. :x
by KarlB
Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:21 pm
Forum: Petitions Worth Signing
Topic: Stop bashing the Catholic Church!
Replies: 3
Views: 1767

:x .. signed and sent!
by KarlB
Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: Orthodoxy in Print
Topic: Finnian and the Seven Mountains
Replies: 2
Views: 3262

Ragnar Lodbruck, leader of the Greath Heathen Army.. and his sons Ivar the Boneless and Bjorn Ironside. Great raiders of coastal monasteries, Paris and the Christian kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, Wessex (c. 870). Seems a great source material for adventure and mission. :D