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4 Lingering Questions After ‘Dignitas Infinita’…
By most accounts, Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican’s new declaration on human dignity, has been received by the Church largely without a hitch. In fact, it might be one of the least controversial high-profile documents we’ve seen from the Francis pontificate in recent years. This is especially true when compared to the last declaration issued by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández and the Dicastery for...
Dinosaurs probably didn’t roar. This is what they really sounded like…..
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When Ideology and Blasphemy Meet…
In May 1993, the “World Russian People’s Council,” a “meeting place” for those “concerned about the present and future of Russia,” was created at the instigation of Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk (now Patriarch of Moscow and head of the Russian Orthodox Church). Kirill is now the presiding officer of the Council, which met on March 27 in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, built to replace a...
Remembering miracles, a gambling man, and radical reality…
Remembering miracles, a gambling man, and radical reality Skip to content Pillar subscribers can listen to this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DR Happy Friday friends, This newsletter is coming to you from swinging London, where we are on a family visit. It is, sadly, a long way to come, and we don’t manage it as often as we would like. The kid was surprisingly good on the plane ride over, ...
I’m sad to see Lent gone. And I prefer to carry it with me throughout the year…..
Skip to content I’ll continue to honor Lent in my heart all the year. The reason is neither “Catholic guilt” nor “Jansenism.” It is that Jesus rose from the dead so that we might imitate him, take up our own crosses, and experience truly what it means to be an Easter people, freed to love and serve God no matter the cost. It sounds mildly heretical. No doubt some would call it, without historical ...
Iraq’s Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako Returns to Baghdad After Self-Imposed 9-Month Exile…
Iraqi cardinal returns to Baghdad after 9-month absence Skip to content Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako returned to Baghdad Wednesday at the personal invitation of the country’s prime minister, nine months after leaving the Iraqi capital. Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, pictured during a June 2023 visit to London, England. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. The leader of the ...
Do Human Beings Have Infinite Dignity?
The Vatican’s new document, Dignitas Infinitas, published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) begins, “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter.” I believe this statement to be misleading and in need of clarification, because on...
I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust…..
I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. <!– –> Uri Berliner, a senior business editor at NPR, says he started sounding the alarm internally when he noticed a bias creep into the network’s coverage. (Pete Kiehart for The Free Press) Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners ho...
SSPX Priest, Former U.S. District Superior, on Trial in France for Abusing 7 Children…
The name Stella Maris has its origins in a 5th-century translation by St. Jerome of the Hebrew name for Mary, Miryam. Written as Stilla Maris, it meant “Drop of the Sea.” Through what was likely a transcription error, this was later changed to Stella Maris: “Star of the Sea.” It has been a beloved title of Mary, especially for seafarers before the time of modern navigation, when they relied...
Piers Paul Read, the writer of ‘Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors,’ has written an excellent new ‘History of Catholic Church’…
LONDON — “I thought I would like her to know about the Church not just because I’m a Catholic but also because it is part of our culture,” says Piers Paul Pead, speaking to the Register. The “her” he is referring to is his non-Catholic granddaughter, currently a student at Oxford University. She is, he says, “clever” but freely admits that she knows nothing about the Catholic faith. She was the ca...
From Papal Secretary to Nuncio? Reports of a Diplomatic Role for Archbishop Georg Gänswein Unconfirmed…
Gänswein currently resides in his home region of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, southern Germany. He has been without any official role in the Church following instructions from Pope Francis that he should not live in Rome. While speculation is again running rife on social media about Gänswein possibly being sent to an exotic posting, neither the German prelate nor the Vatican have confirmed an appo...
Dignitas Infinita isn’t a perfect text, but it’s a strong one…
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | Apr 09, 2024 I was pleasantly surprised by the latest declaration from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity. I say this because of the tendency of the current pontificate to place greater emphasis on the aspects of human dignity the modern Western world tends to agree about (such as peace among ...
