Semper Fi Catholic

great..

“In these moments I feel that I am in even closer communion with God,” Benedict XVI said, greeting Diekmann with “a warm two-handed handshake”. Just as he always did when he was Pope, the Editor-in-chief said looking visibly moved.

Purgatory is a great gift given to us for the sake of our souls. It allows us to be cleansed and pure, ready to embrace the Beatific Vision for all eternity.

legalized abortion, homosexual so-called “marriage,” pornography, contraception, divorce and remarriage. .. and on.. i believe these strands of evil will coalesce into a rampaging movement of unmistakable character and viciousness. We see the start of it already. Maybe that might prompt a coordinat...

The right wing media is informed primarily by Calvinism.. its not surprising they have little sympathy.. and less understanding of the deeper roots of his advocacy.

God placed a vast treasure in the human conscience.. and the ability to access it as a resource.... or ignore it as burden of responsibility.. by way of another gift.. Free Will.

It's the main instrument i use in prayers in the Capital Mercy forum. I like to think its having some effect in this world as well as the next (joined with those of others).. executions seem to be way down.

PapaB had a unique ability to synthesize the patrimony of the Church and the solutions to the crises the world (and the Church) faces now. I've thought his primary contribution has been in the "Dynamic Continuity with the Past", especially in resolving the confusion and fragmentation in the Church t...

Marriage has existed in the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church since its origins, under very strict guidelines (not for bishops or curia, no marriage after oridination.. ). But its been the practice of the Latin Church for a millenia, and that was deemed in accord with the revelation of the Church...

PapaB has a way of cutting through the chaff to get to the pure wheat.

However, the Pope emeritus closely follows the works of his former students, and personally chooses the themes of discussion from among a set of three which the members of the Schuelerkreis present to him at the end of each annual gathering. In recent years, they have focused on the theology of the...

Jesus, I trust in You.

Yep.. i don't think minimalism and abstraction (the two are related).. has worked in art, architecture, literature, poetry and other forms of modern culture.. and it definitely has deformed and impoverished the liturgy.

Good article, Kevin.

You have a treasury of great images of PapaB, Marie.

Seems to intersect most construtively with John's Revelation.