De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Amazing Gospel this Sunday, wasn't it? Mark 8:27-35 Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ This came directly after Pope Francis told children in Singapore "All religions are paths to reach God". Tell that to the Incans or the Mayans Holy Father! The Vatican tried to nuance this by altering the Pope's words when they published a transcript, but given that it was recorded on video, and everyone was wise to it, they eventually changed it back (do they or the Pope have any credibility left to squander?). Obviously he (the Pope) was trying to avoid offending non Catholics but if you can't expect the Pope to talk about Jesus, what on earth do you expect him to talk about? If you believe that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and that none can come to the Father except through Him (see Jn 14:6), how does it help t...

I thought this was quite cheery positive and accurate from Michael Matt: The case is that this is bad, and now it is on full display for everyone to see. The Pope attacking rigidity is not attacking "Trads", he's attacking "anyone who still believes the infallible doctrines and dogmas of mother church trump the shackles of a militant political correctness and a tyrannical new world order" these are "the enemies of Francis". That's EWTN, Catholic Answers, Ascension Press, Scott Hahn, etc, etc. Not the SSPX! What's good is that Francis is revealing this so clearly that more and more Catholics are waking up to the damage of novelty. Priests and Bishops included. Matt sees the evidence of this as increasing numbers of clergy are listening and engaging with the holy cause of restoration and the truths always taught by the Church. I am a Father who has committed my life to the Church, given of my time to learn about the Tradition an...