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.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
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.
The wicked pope, if he was pope in any true sense, and to the extent he ever was pope, is dead.
We pray for his soul.
We pray for a Catholic pope to take the seat he occupied.
God gave him more than enough time to repent of his many sins, his many heresies and his many attacks on the Faith.
We are all sedevacantists now.
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