The Principle of Double Effect and Intrinsically Evil Acts

Posted on 13 May 2016 by Ron Conte

The Principle of Double Effect (PDE) has been badly misunderstood by most teachers of Catholic ethics, and it is often misrepresented. The main problem is that you cannot understand the principle of double effect, unless you first understand the three … Continue reading →

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Women Deacons: Objections and Replies

Posted on 13 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Does the Catholic Church have the authority and ability to ordain women as deacons? If so, should the Church ordain women to the diaconate? This post considers several common objections to the ordination of women deacons. Objection 1: Women are … Continue reading →

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My prediction: Pope Francis will ordain women deacons in 2016

Posted on 12 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Here is the news report: Did Pope Francis Just Pave the Way for Women Priests? First of all, the holy Pontiff was only talking about women deacons, not women priests. The news media, as usual, distorted the Pope’s comments. Second, … Continue reading →

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If you think there is a Translation Error in Humanae Vitae…

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Ron Conte

If you think there is a translation error in Humanae Vitae, where is your scholarly or theological argument? If you think that Church teaching, on the grave moral matter of contraception, has been badly misunderstood due to that translation error, … Continue reading →

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Janet Smith’s new translation of Humanae Vitae

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Janet Smith has decided that Humanae Vitae contains a translation error, which, when corrected by her, results in a stunning change in Church doctrine, suddenly limiting the condemnation of contraception to the marital state. This claim is contradicted by many … Continue reading →

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Heresy and Contraception Outside of Marriage

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Christopher O. Tollefsen: “contraceptive acts are intrinsically wrong, and not merely always wrong within the marital context.” Tollefsen: “even commentators such as John T. Noonan, who believe the Church teaching to be changeable, accept that the Church has throughout its … Continue reading →

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Some Catholics have No Faith At All. Literally.

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Ron Conte

I am not speaking rhetorically. Some Catholics, who attend Mass and receive Communion, lack all three theological virtues: love, faith, and hope. They are not in the state of grace, due to one actual mortal sin or another. And at … Continue reading →

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Catholic Hypocrisy on the Contraception Mandate

Posted on 10 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Certain prominent Catholic teachers have, for many years now, been promoting a radical revision of Catholic teaching on contraception. They have proposed a new understanding of that teaching, such that contraception would be moral in many cases. Some claim that … Continue reading →

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The Humanae Vitae Translation Error cohort

Posted on 7 May 2016 by Ron Conte

This post is part one of a series. Cohors What is a “cohort”? Noun: “1. a group or company … 5. an accomplice; abettor”. [1] The HV Translation Error cohort, as I have dubbed them, are a relatively small group … Continue reading →

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Does the Holy Spirit choose the Pope?

Posted on 7 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Each Roman Pontiff, for many generations now, has been chosen by a conclave of Cardinals. Most Cardinals are Bishops, so they are ordained to the episcopal degree and certainly are able to exercise the non-infallible Magisterium individually. Each Bishop can … Continue reading →

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Heretics have become Teachers in the Catholic Church

Posted on 6 May 2016 by Ron Conte

The Church is, in one sense, holy and spotless. For Her teachings are guided and guarded by the Holy Spirit, and She has the Son of God as her Head. She is indefectible, and so her teachings and her head, … Continue reading →

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Michael Voris versus Mark Shea on Bishop Robert Barron

Posted on 4 May 2016 by Ron Conte

Michael Voris has accused Bishop Robert Barron of teaching a form of the heresy of universalism, based on Barron’s assertion that “perhaps” no human persons are ever condemned to eternal punishment in Hell, and that we may “reasonably hope” that … Continue reading →

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