April 28, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Since the publication of Amoris Laetitia (AL), I do not recall ever seeing an official statement by the Archdiocese of Atlanta regarding its understanding of the eighth chapter of this apostolic exhortation. To my knowledge, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has never issued any specific communion guidelines or statements in … More Amoris Rumblings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
March 27, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Mr. Stephen Walford has again published on La Stampa’s Vatican Insider website (Amoris Laetitia: The Questions that really need answering) an attempt to attack those who sincerely seek clarification on questions arising from the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia. Mr. Walford is at it, again. And, like … More Answering Mr. Walford’s Questions on Amoris Laetitia – Really
(March 15, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) – March 15th, the Ides of March, is a day of “betrayal” in the annals of history. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day in 44 B.C. by those he might have had cause to trust. On this day, word comes from the “Anonymous” blog in Rome that the Dubia … More Dubia Cardinals Decide Against Public Correction of Pope?
(March 6, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) For those who have followed this blog at all in its short span of existence up to this point- you know the following of me. I do not believe Pope Francis intended to speak infallibly in Amoris Laetitia (cf AL 3) Chapter 8, either as exercise of his extraordinary … More Does Amoris Laetitia (297) Deny Hell?
(February 22, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) My last post (Honorius Redivivus) rebutted an argument advanced by Stephen Walford that Amoris Laetitia (AL) was an exercise of Pope Francis’ ordinary papal magisterium in which he developed a discipline that absolutely forbids communion to the divorced and remarried living more uxurio into one that might allow it … More Honorius Redivivus – Addendum
(February 23 – Steven O’Reilly) If one would like to see a prime example of the sorry state of Catholic thought these days among many in the hierarchy, look no farther than Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s interview with the Jesuit magazine, America. Reading it, my first gut reactions alternated between wanting to laugh (in disbelief) and to … More Cardinal Coccopalmerio Revises Act of Contrition?
Honorius Redivivus? By Steven O’Reilly (February 18, 2017) – I have long toyed with the idea of blogging. This itch has been held firmly in check by the conviction that a blogger should be one of two things: either a very interesting person or at least someone with something very interesting to say. Ideally, … More Pope Francis’ Predecessors come to the Defense of his Magisterium? Well–Yes and No, Mr. Walford
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