Crisis in the Church
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Synodality and Bouyer's Ecclesiology of Power. Catholic World Report
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It is part two of my reflections on the ongoing discussion of synodality. And this will be my last essay
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"Synodality": A "Listening" Church??
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It is my take on the current "synodal" process going on in the Church. And even though I
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The New Word on Fire Liturgy of the Hours and Bishop Barron Derangement Syndrome
“With every day that passes, the conflict between tendencies which set Catholic against Catholic in every order - - social, political, philosophical - - is revealed as sharper and more general. One could almost
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Live Youtube interview on Wednesday night at 8:00 PM: Larry Chapp and Zac Crippen
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Interview with Larry Chapp and Zac Crippen on the "Creedal" podcast. Topic: Traditionis Custodes (again).
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Pope Francis vs. the Traditionalists: It was Never About the Liturgy
Posted below is my take on the recent kerfuffle over the traditional latin Mass. I am hoping the new subscriber list has been properly transferred to the new platform and
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Mary Untier of Naughts: Thinning the Veil
God’s Grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of
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My Latest Podcast Interview with Kale Zelden: The Bourgeois Church of “Watchers” and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
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Larry Chapp Interview on the “Open Door” podcast: The Current Situation in the Church and Culture
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Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: A Reader’s Excellent Email Prompts a Question: Has the Church Erred in the Past or in the Present?
Blog Master’s Note: What follows is a wonderful email I got from a reader who is a convert to Catholicism from Protestantism. Other than that little detail I will
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Guest Blog: Thoughts on Spiritual Abuse, Rewilding, and the Discalced Laity
What follows is a guest blog post by Dr. Philippa Martyr, who has posted on here before. This is a follow-up in a way to my last blog post
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The Bourgeois Church of Spectators and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
“What does the word bourgeois actually mean? … The word designates a spiritual state, a direction of the soul, a peculiar consciousness of being.” “The bourgeois, even when he is a
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The Destruction of the John Paul II Institute in Rome and Why it Matters
Before I proceed I want to be clear about a few things. I do not think, as some radical traditionalists claim, that Pope Francis is a heretic. Nor do I
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A Conversation about Bogus Mysticism and the Rule of Fear
Blog Master’s note: As I put the finishing touches on my next blog post on the recent motu proprio from Pope Francis I got this wonderful and delightful essay
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Maritain’s Donkey: American Violence and Eucharistic Incoherence
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.” Matthew 11:12 In his book “The Strangest
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Interview with Kale Zelden and Larry Chapp. Two Main Topics: 1. The German Synodal Path and 2. Bishop Robert Barron
Linked below is my latest podcast video with Kale Zelden on his show “Sideshow Kale.” In the section dealing with Bishop Barron, Kale, though a big admirer of Bishop Barron,
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A Call Within A Call for Renewal: Father John Gribowich Reflects on His Own Vocation and the Current State of the Church
This is a guest blog by Father John Gribowich who is the co owner of our Catholic Worker Farm and a priest in the diocese of Brooklyn who is on
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Interview with Zac Crippen and Larry Chapp on the Creedal podcast. Topic: The Numbing Down of the Church: Lukewarm, bored Catholicism
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Interview with Kale Zelden and Larry Chapp on “Side Show Kale”: Part Three of the Numbing Down of the Church
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The Universal Call to Holiness: Part One. Political Liberalism, the Public Unreality of God, and the Bored Catholic
“I pray with St. Augustine, ‘Lord, that I may know myself, in order to know Thee.” Dorothy Day, (“The Long Loneliness”) After my last series of posts on the “numbing
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Interview with Kale Zelden and Larry Chapp on the Numbing Down of the Church
Linked below is my latest interview on the “Side Show Kale” videocast. We continue our discussion of the Numbing Down of the Church.
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The Numbing Down of the Church: Part Four: The Universal Call to Holiness and the Semi-Donatist Option (sort of)
“In the early days of the Church, it appeared at first as self-evident that Christians must also be holy in the fullest sense of the word. Accordingly, the struggle
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The Numbing Down of the Church: Part Three: The Tridentine Traditionalists and their Vendetta against Vatican II
“You are the way the truth and the life. You are the beginning of the new creation. Give me the courage to venture this new beginning, not merely in the
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Video Interview with Kale Zelden. Topic: The Numbing Down of the Church
Last week I had the wonderful experience of being interviewed by podcaster Kale Zelden. Our conversation was focused on my latest blog series on the numbing down of the Church,
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