To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
“If you believe what you like in the Gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.”
Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation. Otherwise, celibacy itself would lose its meaning as a renunciation.
In proclaiming the faith and in administering the sacraments every priest speaks on behalf of Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ.
The piece on the Tridentine Mass - mislabelled Latin liturgy since even the Novus Ordo is a Latin liturgy - certainly brought a lot of comments and the discussion is predictable.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar