De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

I am finding it rather difficult to believe that the cowardly bishops were not waiting for something like the Cass Review before doing anything vaguely like teaching on the difficult and dangerous problem of the transgender agenda. Who can forget that our bishops pretty much sold us down the river back in 2017  and there are many examples of bishops promoting a pro-trans and queer agenda in our dioceses in the name of inclusion and love. They have facilitated Stonewall's infiltration of Catholic Schools and while some have acted with courage (John Wilson) others have completely failed to stand up to this pernicious ideology. Now the Cass Review has sounded the all clear and our meek bishops finally stick their heads over the trench to see how the fighting has gone. Now, post Dignitas infinata , the bishops of England and Wales confidently declare that they are in ‘absolute harmony’ with Vatican against gender ideology. Well that is a releif! Even so, they pointed out in a press c...

Gavin gives a particularly excellent explanation of why the only place to be to be close to Jesus is the Catholic Church in this, our latest Catholic Unscripted video. I really enjoyed Gavin's explanation of why he is a Catholic and his discussion of some of the arguments he has encountered from Anglicans as to why they are not Catholic. He goes on to discuss the abuse crisis and explains why we should not be surprised and why we must stand behind the sanctity of the priesthood.

Catholic Bishops of England and Wales announced yesterday that Pope Francis had appointed Msgr James Curry, Parish Priest at Our Lady of Victories, Kensington, a salubrious parish in West London, as Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster Archdiocese and Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria (Ramsbiriensis). This news will come to no surprise to anyone paying attention to Church politics in the United Kingdom. Msgr Jim, as he is known, has been long considered a favoured member of the “Magic Circle”, a self-selecting small pool of like-minded “insiders” who come through lines of patronage that can be traced back to one man. Archbishop Derek Worlock , the progressive former Archbishop of Liverpool and mentor to the current Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols . What is perhaps more of a shock is that it has taken so long to arrange his promotion, occurring as it does, at the end of Cardinal Nichol’s tenure as Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster – Nichols was 75 in 2020. It almost seems l...

Stika presents a microcosm of the sewage we're still mired in ... From Knox News Sentinel : Though he hasn’t been employed by the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville for nearly a year, former Bishop Richard Stika continues to make his presence felt, contacting whistleblowers directly with threats of a lawsuit, including one who is a key witness in the sexual assault lawsuit against the church. That lawsuit was filed by a former diocesan employee who alleges  a former diocesan seminarian raped him  and details how the diocese, led by Stika, interfered with the investigation and worked to discredit him. Knox News independently verified the interference, which led to the firing of an independent investigator. As complaints about Stika's leadership and handling of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct piled up in the diocese,  the bishop offered his resignation  and it was accepted by Pope Francis in June 2023. But Stika has continued to try to assert control over some of...

... is it always a violation of justice in a postlapsarian world to deprive some people of the truth?  Professor Janet Smith asks does everyone have the right to truth?  Evildoers sacrifice many of their rights. For instance, we deprive prisoners of their freedom of movement. When the community is under attack and resources are needed, private property can be taken to defend life and property. And, of course, the person poised to murder forfeits his right to life, which is why a policeman can fire his weapon with the intent to kill. Why, therefore, should we imagine that everyone enjoys an inviolable right to truth in all communications? Isn’t giving the truth to a Nazi like returning a loaded weapon to a madman? Does he have any right to the truth? By her analysis, something analogous holds for communication. In a sinless world our words and gestures serve only to convey the truth, but in a fallen world they promote civility, encourage, console, and on some occasions stymie t...