Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
Evil too, will always be part of the mystery of the Church. And when we see what men, what the clergy have done in the Church, then that is nothing short of proof that he [Christ] founded and upholds the Church. If she were dependent on men, she would long since have perished.
One can readily admit that the Magisterium's manner of expression does not seem very easy to understand at times. It needs to be translated by preachers and catechists into a language which relates to people and to their respective cultural environments. The essential content of the Church's teaching, however, must be upheld in this process. It must not be watered down on allegedly pastoral grounds, because it communicates the revealed 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.”
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
"Only 25% of couples are bonded in a traditional form of marriage". I presume this only applies to the U.S. but it is indicative of the dark times in which we live.
In response to yet another in the daily barrage of Bergoglian scandal, the best I can do is to quote Mundabor:
At this point, words fail. New ones at least. So it is fitting to repeat the old ones:
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar