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03/26/2011
It can be argued that the tectonic instability contributing to Japan’s recent disaster resulted from the sins of men causing the Flood.
It can be argued that the tectonic instability contributing to Japan’s recent disaster resulted from the sins of men causing the Flood.
Japan’s terrible earth- and sea-quake remind us that suffering can be a punishment or warning or an occasion to practise virtue.
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.