[lee martell]

I read the first two words “POPE ATTACKED”, and I got very nervous. Never mind. I have to remember, we commonly use the word ‘attack’ to mean criticize nowadays.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

We live in desperate times.

[ebb tide]

According to Die Zeit, the officials juridically “tear to pieces” the Pope’s motu proprio (papal decree) on annulment reform, accuse the Holy Father of giving up an important dogma, and assert that he has introduced de facto “Catholic divorce”.

It's good to see there's still a few Catholic bishops in Germany.

[Ann Archy]

It’s the Barack Obama Papacy.

[ebb tide]

Cardinal Kasper’s comments come as tensions rise ahead of the Ordinary Synod on the Family in October. Yesterday, it emerged that 50 concerned theologians have appealed to Pope Francis to uphold the teachings of Humanae Vitae (Bl. Paul VI’s encyclical banning contraception) and Veritatis Splendor (Pope St. John Paul II’s 1993 encyclical underlining the Church’s moral teaching).

The signatories, who include Jesuit Father Kevin Flannery, professor of moral philosophy professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and philosophy Professor Robert Spaemann, a close ally of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, argue that a specific paragraph in the Instrumentum Laboris (working document) for the synod is gravely flawed, effectively emptying Humanae Vitae of its central teaching.

Update 12 Sept: Some additions to the text and improvements to the translation have since been inserted in this post.