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There definitely should be broad permission for priests of the Latin Church to celebrate the novus ordo for stable groups who request it.

what zeno said

There's no doubt that the traditional Latin Mass moved many Catholics to love God. There's also no doubt that the Ordinary Form has moved people to love God. Exactly ... why is it that you would eliminate any tried and true path to God. Combined with the Ordinary form, are we not stronger, do we no...

so well said ... gherkin for VP

Does anyone have any insight into this? Why with the 333 million people in the US, have Biden and Trump ended up as the best picks? They are so obviously physically and mentally unsuitable for such a position regardless of their political views I find it fairly incredible to equate the two men at a...

The Church has had to address the false belief about a Catholics obligation regarding childbearing, numerous times in the past. I need some help here Stella. I'm just not understanding what it is you're saying here so perhaps some concrete examples, actual "in print" sources explaining wh...

Can you explain the right legal approach to the charge of paying a sex provider to be silent on what she provided , to ensure a presidential candidate wasn't questioned about the sex transaction? The problem with your statement is your assumption they had a sexual relationship. Trump denies it, the...

John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh ( the physical [my insert] )counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. If I understand it correctly, Jesus is really and truly present, but not physically present, as that would limit Him in space and time. Rat...

That is crazy cross ... it even looks like Jesus !

One must be careful with lifesite. They can be eager to publish negative things without carefully checking them first. For sure, just learned my lesson. Although Lifesite did publish, it was an article submitted by ... The following is an open letter by Father Jesusmary Missigbètò, an African pries...

Oh, I wish you would These responses, which retain all of their validity, consider the removal of the uterus to be morally licit when there is a grave and present danger to the life or health of the mother, and hold as illicit, insofar as they are methods of direct sterilization, the removal of the...

I have been married to my wife since June of 1979. Before that we lived together, for 6 months, shared an apartment, a bed and intimacies only reserved for the married. Our sin is/was just as bad as any sin committed by any homosexual living in the same shadow of sexual noncompliance with the law of...

Don't be angry Stella... I was under the impression, because women were doing it ( or else why bring it up in the first place) the Pope and those others were basically allowing for birth control without a pill or any other destructive device as a "pre" birth control so they wouldn't need a...

Seriously, some of you believe that Pope Francis is teaching heresy? ProZak my friend. I seriously do not think you read the article I supplied,... as such here are samples of heresy according to some of the most learned scholars in Catholic school of thought, per this article https://www.lifesiten...

Thought that was impossible? Thought this was tongue in cheek ... I guess not? Here's a response that covers the matter pretty thoroughly ... https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/priest-bishops-cardinals-correct-pope-francis-heresies/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa This should help in ...

Congratulations Father, this is very happy news indeed. The Dominicans just got that much stronger and you got that much closer to the Lord you obviously love. I hope this adventure we call life is filled with ever strengthening hope faith and love in your many days as a Dominican yet to come.

Here, I think is an awfully good compendium of the "protestant inquisition" that lays out all the bad actors and their hatred of one another. http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#1111111111111 If you combine all 7(?) I think of the Catholic Inquisitions ...

Speaking of Eric Clapton ... my favorite of his is Crossroads, the band Cream, 1968, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9HvSdcaL4 Cream, consisting of Eric Clapton, lead and vocals, Jack Bruce, bass and Ginger Rogers drums with a heavy jazz influence was the first true Super band it was originally wr...

I can hear it now...if this "clarification" is given any attention at all it will be... Vatican says no room for dissent from document approving blessings for same sex couples. "Evidently, there is no room to distance ourselves doctrinally from this Declaration or to consider it here...

I'm a Zeppelin hater and for some reason Oh yeah, I get this. Both my sisters loved The Rolling Stones .. I couldn't stand for that, :nono: even though I must admit their universal popularity and literally dozens of #1 hits for 50 years! Longevity alone should have them on the list... just not mine...

:clap: The arrival of the secular new year always prompts some deep thinking, doesn't it? So naturally I've been trying to figure out my favorite 10 bands/performers. I can't do it. I feel like we had this discussion at least once on the old board, but since it's gone we might as well have it again....