Did Cdl. Bergoglio disagree publicly with Pope Benedict?

Monday, 17 February 2014 21:32
Richard Chonak
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Here’s a little piece, just for the record.

There’s a bit of talk on the net lately based on a March 2013 piece in the Telegraph which portrays “Pope Francis’ run-in with Benedict XVI over the Prophet Mohammed“. It says that Cdl. Bergoglio sharply disagreed with Pope Benedict’s magisterial lecture at the University of Regensburg in 2006.

I’ve seen this story cited as a justification for making one’s own critique of the Pope. After all, if Bergoglio thought it’s OK to diss Benedict’s statements, no

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Verdict Watch for Medjugorje

Sunday, 19 January 2014 23:41
Richard Chonak
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The jury has finished its deliberations and submitted its judgment to a higher authority. Now we’re on verdict watch. What will it be?

I refer, of course, to the disputed apparition case of Medjugorje.

It’s A Wrap!

What has the Holy See said?

2014-01-18 Vatican Radio

(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, confirmed on Saturday that the international commission investigating the events in Medjugorje held its last meeting on 17 January. The commission, created by the Congregation for the Doctrine of

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Songs for next Christmas

Friday, 27 December 2013 01:35
Richard Chonak
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John Schultz and his brother Fr. Steve, co-founders of this blog, were kidding today about making a Christmas album together. It’s not too far-fetched an idea; after all, they were both music majors, and they have performed Christmas music together before. For example, here
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Certainly proper and dignified. But the song titles that their friends suggested ran in a different mode:

“Boar’s Head (Deli) Carol”

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“Is Pope Francis against Medjugorje?”

Wednesday, 02 October 2013 14:18
Richard Chonak
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medjugorje_map-391x278Here is a short item from the news site Corrispondenza Romana. It doesn’t indicate any sources, so I’m not sure how reliable it is, but here it is for your information. The translation (and any mistakes in it) are mine:

Last Saturday, September 7, at his morning meditation in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis, speaking on the theme “there is no Christian without

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