Tag Archives: Roman Catholicism

Romanità and Conclave Watching

Posted on Wednesday, 13 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Well, obviously the doors are closed, and if we hear of secrets being divulged through some form of modern technology, then there’s big trouble. I haven’t heard or read anything. That’s not the question. What I am afraid of is … Continue reading →

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1989 in Rome

Posted on Tuesday, 12 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the real 1989 I was a student at Fribourg University. A friend knocked on my door and told me the Soviet empire had imploded. You must be joking! – I said, but saw the amazing footage on TV. The … Continue reading →

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Conclave

Posted on Tuesday, 12 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I offered my Mass today for the Cardinals going into Conclave in Rome this afternoon. Yes, it does matter to those of us who are “outside” because the way the Roman Catholic Church fares will affect all Christian communities. I … Continue reading →

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Derailing the Train

Posted on Friday, 8 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Cardinal Kasper plotting an anti-Ratzinger progressive Papacy If this is true and this man gets his way, one can only imagine the pain this will cause to everyone who had hope in the incomplete attempts by Benedict XVI to bring … Continue reading →

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How to Recognize a Fake Cardinal

Posted on Friday, 8 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Naturally, click on the image to get full size. Have fun!

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Pius IX Cover-up?

Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just been on the phone with someone who told me about Hubert Wolf’s Die Nonnen von Sant’Ambrogio: Eine wahre Geschichte. Apparently, this is about an extremely perverted Jesuit priest in nineteenth-century Rome who had the most influence on … Continue reading →

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French Letter Purveyors Fiddle while Rome Burns

Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Papal contender: condom use a ‘duty’ in some circumstances – one would expect nothing less from The Tablet. Two observations: Benedict XVI already broke the taboo by saying that condoms were justifiable to prevent the spread of AIDS. All moral … Continue reading →

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No Way Out

Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My wife just sent me this, asking me what I can do without infringing the Highway Code: It almost seems to be an image of the Church these days! Highway codes seem to be about the same in most countries. … Continue reading →

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Ecclesial Prophecies

Posted on Wednesday, 6 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Much has been made of sayings and writings by Benedict XVI and men like Cardinal Christoph von Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna in Austria. I had the latter as one of my professors at Fribourg. He normally taught dogmatic theology in … Continue reading →

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Towards the Unknown

Posted on Tuesday, 5 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not being a Vatican watcher, I was more attentive to the first signs of spring here in France and took the boat out to sea for the first time this year. It was uneventful. As always at the beginning of … Continue reading →

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