Day's Links

In yet another idiotic move, the post-Vatican II Church has decided to celebrate the division that came about as a result of Lutheranism, having issued  a communique entitled " FROM CONFLICT TO COMMUNION  Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017". The documente was evidently issued last year. I was worried this would happen.

There is a very good discussion on the illiberalism and flawed concept of liberalism. Joseph Shaw argues that people who call themselves social conservatives will always fail in discussions with those terming themselves liberals unless they are willing to attack the premise that liberalism in itself is a good thing. It is sad that many people speaking out against the sacking of Brancon Eich at Mozilla have missed this point, he insists, and I completely agree with him on that.

"In 1969, the Church granted 338 annulments in the US; in 1974, the number was 28,918; and in the 1990s roughly 40,000 per year were granted." This we are told in a piece on why we need more canon lawyers.