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  • Pope Francis: «There is corruption in the Vatican. But I’m at peace» [Catholic Caucus]

    02/09/2017 1:00:58 PM PST · by ebb tide · 10 replies
    Corrier Della Sera ^ | February 9, 2017 | Antonio Spadaro
    Some are, I might say, ‘restorationist’: they seem to offer security but instead give only rigidity. When they tell me that there is a Congregation that draws so many vocations, I must confess that I worry. Others are Pelagians: they want to go back to asceticism, do penance. They seem like soldiers ready to do anything for the defence of faith and morals ... and then some scandal emerges involving the founder ...
  • Confused how some Catholics can be labeled "Pelagians"?

    08/04/2013 11:14:42 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 67 replies
    rorate caeli ^ | 11th Sunday after Pentecost | Unknown priest in "full communion"
    Confused how some Catholics can be labeled "Pelagians"? Recently, there's been a lot of fingerpointing at traditional Catholics. Some of it is the same old, same old (insert stale Pharisees joke here). Some of it, however, is very new and very confusing. Some Catholics have recently been identified -- more than once -- as "Pelagians." This will undoubtedly bolster the morale of other Catholics while, yet again, making life next to impossible for the traditional-minded parish priest who is, now more than ever, being accused by his flock of putting himself "above the Church" by his devotion to reverence in...