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07/09/2011
Benedict XVI tries to interpret Vatican II and Tradition so as to make them compatible, but God’s Truth cannot be bent.
Benedict XVI tries to interpret Vatican II and Tradition so as to make them compatible, but God’s Truth cannot be bent.
As for the outside world, let parents observe their children’s gifts and steer them accordingly towards any schooling in reality.
If the whole modern world is a wasteland, concerned parents must make truly Catholic homes for their children, from the youngest age.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.