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Saga of Amoris Laetitia - A collection of articles and thoughts

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JMJ

Ok - so I have a few minutes to chronicle some of the latest.


First, we have the article Stan Gets Stapled: Is Catholic Answers Becoming Protestant Answers? from The Remnant.  While I like Tim Staples, he is an engaging speaker etc, however Christopher Ferrara nails it.



I have only one thing to add to the analysis: If a woman is living in sin with a man for the material (money etc) support of her children - how does this differ materially from prostitution?  At the basic level both are in a sinful relationship for material gain at the cost of great spiritual loss.

I know that 'internal forum' is a big buzz word right now in the Catholic Church but seriously why would a priest issue of external forum judgement on an internal forum disposition that only God can judge.

Talk about pride.

Next we have the article Benefit of the Doubt Presumes Doubt from Unam Sanctam Catholicam.  The best line is this:
"Always give people the benefit of the doubt" means that before assuming the worst, we assume the best. Only if the best proves incorrect do we then assume the worst. 
Catholics have an obligation to start from the 'benefit of the doubt' position until it proves to be proven incorrect.

The author rightly points out that Catholics have been giving Popes the benefit of the doubt for the last 25+ years!  Is it too much to ask a Pope to speak like a Catholic Pope???

Then there's this article from OnePeterFive: Cardinal Koch: Martin Luther Would Have “Found His Own Council” in Vatican II.  Frankly, the title says it all and the content takes it to the logical conclusion.

Lastly we have this from Vox: The Pope of insults; Bergoglio lets it rip, but just who is it that he railing against? Is this psychological projection?  (original article can be found here at LifeSiteNews). My wife has noticed that more often than not, when someone accuses us of a particular fault, the accuser has every appearance of being guilty of the fault. Looking at the Pope accusations against faithful Catholic, the phrase 'psychological projection' seems to fit.

What are my thoughts on all this mess?

Simple, it has been a long time coming and I'm betting on a significant intervention via earthquake if the Pope doesn't start at least acting like a Catholic.

I have one thing to say if the Pope wants us 'Trads' to jump onto this particular bandwagon:




P^3

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