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.
Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable. But it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. In the end, only the truth can be pastoral.
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth – that is not living, but existing.
For many people today, practical atheism is the normal rule of life...If this attitude becomes a general existential position, then freedom no longer has any standards, then everyting is possible and permissible.
In proclaiming the faith and in administering the sacraments every priest speaks on behalf of Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ.
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.
An interesting pastoral letter from the high priest Caiaphas which satires the silence of the post-Vatican II Church on important issues.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar