Saga of Amoris Laetitia - A collection of articles and thoughts

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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News Roundup: October 19, 2026

+ JMJ Well ... I was looking in my blog drafts and found this list from after my News is an Addiction post. So ... yep ... not totally able to disconnect from the news world at this point. Frankly, I haven't read all of these articles - they catch my eye as I check for SSPX news regarding the exco's etc. So let's consider these topics as part of a higher level chronicle. They may not be key inflection points but helps to understand the flow of the world as perceived by the authors and myself who captured them as a snapshot in time. P^3 1 Popes Past Present and Future Benedict XVI and the Reforms of the Second Vatican Council: Re-Catholicizing the Liturgy—Part I - Adoremus RORATE CÆLI: France: Pope Lays Down the Law on Euthanasia RORATE CÆLI: "I went to France to preach the Gospel -- the Defense of Life is something that the Church believes very deeply" RORATE CÆLI: Image of the Day: the Pope at the Rebuilt Notre-Dame de Paris RORATE CÆLI: Leo XIV and the Place...

The Debt Canadian Traditional Catholics Owe to Fr. Yves Normandin (RIP)

+ JMJ On this All Souls day, I'd like to remind all Traditional Catholics in Canada the debt that they owe to Fr. Yves Normandin (RIP). Fr. Normandin stepped into the breach in the 1970's offering the Tridentine Mass across Canada for close to a decade before returning to his diocese for a number years before returning to the SSPX. I had the grace to visit him in Quebec twice and each time left with a greater appreciation of the fruits of his efforts. All of us 'old-timers' probably remembers Masses in Chapels, Homes, Halls, Funeral Homes, and event convention centres. I make the assertion that this laid the ground for all the Traditional Mass Communities, SSPX, FSSP, Diocesan and others. Probably a pretty safe assertion! In addition to praying for the repose of the Soul of Fr. Normandin, I'd ask you also pray for the repose of the soul of his Mother. I remember seeing her picture once and everyone has a Mom and she is worthy of our prayers for producing such a so...

Morning and Evening and other sundry Prayers

+ JMJ Along the theme of P^3 (Prayer, Penance, Patience), and for my own reference ... here is a collection of Morning and Evening prayers from the Ideal Daily Missal along with some additional prayers. In this crisis of the Church, I do not think it is possible to do too much prayer, penance and have patience. P^3

SSPX: Requiescat in Pace - Nov. Devotions

+ JMJ Recently, the St. Gertrude prayer was recommended to me and given my devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, I thought it a good inclusion in the morning prayers and post it here for as a reminder for November - the Month of the Holy Souls. P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org “Forget not the dead and hasten to pray for them!” - such is the Church's recommendation, beautifully summarized by St. Augustine. In Purgatory until the End of the World Our Lady Herself referred to Purgatory when, at the first Fatima apparition in May 1917, she was asked by Lucia about the souls of two young village girls who had recently died. The Virgin answered that the first one, Maria das Nevas, who died when about 16 years of age, was in Heaven. But of Amelia, a young lady of 18 years at her death, "will be in purgatory until the end of the world.” The disclosure about Amelia’s prolonged period of expiation never fails to shock and trouble. We are so easily misled to believe that Heaven is our natura...

The News is an Addiction ...

+ JMJ People seem to be mesmerised by train wrecks. They just can't turn away as the disaster creeps forward along train tracks towards the crossing where a car, truck, bus, trailer awaits its destruction. Trads have been watching the train wreck that is this crisis of the Catholic Church for decades. The trade war between the Canada and the US has reminded me that the news is addictive. The first time I was addicted what from 2009 to 2014 when I was closely following the Rome / SSPX discussions. I was at work watching a live-stream as Bishop Fellay disappeared into the Vatican. The lead-up to this moment had been intense as the 'resistance' got freaked out and the cultural cracks between doctrine and conspiracy theory widened. In the decade since then other things have emerged, wars, rumours of wars, conspiracies, celebrity Catholics etc. Now we have a new addiction and its name is Trump. Lately, no matter how much I try, I find myself wonderin...

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