amoris laetitia
The Church of Wussies: this is why John the Baptist was Beheaded
I’ve gotten sick of hearing the phrase “oh, if they do that, it will cause a schism.” Almost always there is some quasi-pastoral calculus as to why we should suffer a stupidity in order to keep the faithful in the Church. Communion in the hand, for instance. A stupid, mind-numbing, pernicious attack on true faith. Rather than correct…
Ad Absurdum: Contextualizing John the Baptist for Amoris Laetitia
At some point in this mess over the consternations on the problematic Amoris Laetitia, it occurred to me that John the Baptist and St. Thomas More have a lot to say about it. There are a lot of voices in the swirl… well, every voice it seems besides that of Pope Francis. One can make the argument, and…
