Displaying items by tag: Catholicism
When the moral imperative to pay taxes for the common good becomes socialism
Catholic social doctrine is as old as Pope Leo XIII, and continues to exercise the minds of Catholics everywhere. Pope Francis, as ever, has something to say, and, as always, it has the potential to ruffle feathers and push the boundaries of what Catholics have traditionally believed. What do we make of his recent intervention on taxation and wealth distribution?
Hope Down Under? Australian Bishops Slow to Implement Traditionis Custodes
Pope Francis's recent Motu Proprio, Traditionis Custodes, has been seen as many things. Certainly it has been seen as a major and sad setback for traditional Catholicism and the celebration of the Old Mass. How is it playing out in Australia? Will the Bishops play ball? Republished from The Remnant.
Losing Our Religion
Will Covid kill the Church? It is a question that demands our attention.
The Gutter Press
Not all those Catholic priests accused of historical sexual misconduct have the good fortune to have their reputations restored through the Australian legal system, as Cardinal Pell, mercifully and eventually, did. The case of Fr John Fleming has yet to be resolved in his favour, but the fight goes on. As does the disgraceful abuse of this good and holy priest, by those who originally nailed him to his cross.
The ‘I hear, I listen, I believe’ mantra
The #MeToo movement has claimed some high profile scalps. I believe you - always - they say. Some of the accused are innocent, and the legal battles continue. Law Professor Gabriel Moens has explored the implications. Originally published at The Epoch Times.
The Persecution of George Pell
The editor of Quadrant magazine, Keith Windschuttle, as written a cracker of a book on the George Pell case. It is much needed, in order to provide some balance in the face of the various tirades previously published by sworn enemies of Cardinal Pell's. It should be read both by those who already know the case well, and by those who do not.
When Judges Get It Wrong - the Case of John Fleming
Tract 90. Liturgical Peacocks - Look at Moy, Look at Moy
Many Catholics (and High Church Anglicans) are beyond dismayed at the vandalising of their liturgies by modernist and post-modernist clergy who refuse simply to "say the black and do the red". It is time that rock-star pastors realised the damage they have done to sacred traditions and to the beauty of God-shaped and God-oriented worship, and abandoned their ego-driven ways.
Cancelling Jesus: White, Colonialist Male
The Cancel Jesus Project is well and truly underway. The killing of the statues proceeds apace. The attentions of the revolutionaries have already turned to Christian icons. Killing God is an old project. We are now witnessing the final phase.
Attacking the seal of confession in Australia
Laws which mandated breaking the seal of the confessional were enacted in two Australian states last week. In Victoria, the penalty for failing to report child sexual abuse admitted in confession is up to three years imprisonment, while in Tasmania, the maximum penalty is 21 years’ in prison - which is the same penalty in that state for crimes such as rape.
