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Where Peter Is

WPI Perspectives: Dr. Phyllis Zagano

Here’s the audio version. We had a glitch with the video, which will hopefully be fixed shortly: Where Peter Is · WPI Perspectives With Phyllis Zagano   In the latest episode of WPI Perspectives, I enjoyed having the chance to catch up with Dr. Phyllis Zagano in a wide-ranging discussion about the Church...

DDF response to Card. Duka’s questions on Amoris Laetitia

Due to the media circus surrounding Cardinal Burke’s dubia 2.0 and 2.1 this morning, the publication of a second Vatican document appears to have gone largely unnoticed. Responses by Cardinal Fernandez to questions about Amoris Laetitia posed by Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka, OP, Archbishop emeritus of Prague, were also posted to the DDF...

Unofficial translation of pope’s response to Dubia 2.0

Update: Vatican News has now published a “provisional English translation”. This morning, Cardinal Raymond Burke and four other Cardinals published two sets of “dubia” that they sent to Pope Francis this summer. They submitted the first set of dubia on July 10, and received a response from Pope Francis on July 11. Unsatisfied...

Have You the Same Attitude?

A reflection on the readings of October 1, 2023 — the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. When available, the audio of this homily will be available here. For three Sundays in a row, including today, we have had a different parable: the parable of the unforgiving debtor, the parable of the workers in the...

The story of Dred Scott’s first tombstone

Earlier today, a dedication ceremony was held for a new Memorial Monument in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, at the gravesite of Dred Scott. Scott was an enslaved man who is best known for  his role as the plaintiff in Scott v. Sanford, an 1857 Supreme Court case deciding that African Americans were...

Which Pope said this?

I thus had a favourable opportunity to renew my sentiments of esteem for the Muslims and for the Islamic civilizations. At the same time, I was able to insist on the importance of Christians and Muslims working together for humankind, for life and for peace and justice, reasserting that the distinction between the...

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?

We spend most of our lives hiding behind our true selves. It’s pitiful, honestly. I’m nearly 50 years old and I still spend much of my time worried about what others will think. Does it really matter? A few years ago, I was convinced I would die of a mysterious viral disease and...

The Rise of Anti-Catholic Catholicism

Prior to my conversion to the Catholic faith, I witnessed various forms of anti-Catholicism — ranging from casual to extreme — within the Protestant milieu in which I grew up. Comments such as “Catholics are going to Hell,” “The Pope is the Antichrist,” “Catholics are idolatrous pagans,” “The Catholic Church killed millions of...

Pope In Marseille – Rupnik Scandal – Strickland Watch

Dominic and I return for another discussion on important topics in and around the Catholic Church, including the pope’s recent trip to Marseille, the controversy surrounding priest and artist Marko Rupnik, and the latest on the controversial Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler. Notes: (1) Pope Francis visited the French port city of Marseille,...