Author Archives: Ron Conte

Communication of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 16 Feb. 2019 “On 11 January 2019, the Congresso of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the conclusion of a penal process, issued a decree finding Theodore … Continue reading →

This website is worth a read: https://wherepeteris.com/

On his Canon Law Blog, Dr. Ed Peters gives us the usual, overly complicated look at why Canon law doesn’t clearly excommunicate persons whom it seems to excommunicate because it’s all so complicated. But as Peters has pointed out, the … Continue reading →

A miracle has been approved http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/13/190213b.html by the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints and Pope Francis, attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Cardinal Newman is soon to be Saint … Continue reading →

Homosexuality is not the cause of the Church’s abuse crisis The post is mainly a set of quotes on the subject. The empirical evidence is very clear. Just as in secular society, most child abusers are not gay men. They … Continue reading →

Why did the Cardinal issue this Manifesto? My guess is that he found out Pope Francis is about to issue a teaching with which the Cardinal disagrees, so he is setting up a fortified doctrinal position to resist that papal … Continue reading →