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Casti Connubii – Defending Catholic Matrimony from Attack – Part 7
This article is available for download. You can download it and print it for private use and for private sharing but it cannot be reproduced in any other publication. To download a print copy click here – Casti Connubii – Part 7 It is important to remember that Pope Pius XI is writing ‘Casti Connubii’ in the year 1930. Ninety five years have passed since this encyclical was written... Read More
A Comparison Of World War II and Modern ‘Culture-War(s) – Part 1
It seems to me that wars (or, indeed, other types of conflict) soon give rise to debate about ‘who started it?’ If asked by one of the participants, or a supporter of such, the question gives an impression that underlying it is an accusation that ‘the other side’ started it, and a further implication that a combative response to the causation was justified. ‘The other side’ claims, of course,... Read More
Casti Connubii – Defending Catholic Matrimony from Attack – Part 6
This article is available for download. You can download it and print it for private use and for private sharing but it cannot be reproduced in any other publication. To download a print copy click here – Casti Connubii – Part 6 After having extolled the great dignity of matrimony and examining its fruits, Pope Pius XI turns his attention to the attacks on matrimony. Matrimony comes from God... Read More
‘VICTORY,’ ‘SUCCESS,’ And Other Debatable Judgments…
The relativism which seems to pervade large parts of the world shows itself mainly in the realm of ‘value-judgments’ (‘How do we know what is good or bad?’ ‘How can we know?’ ‘Who’s to judge?’ etcetera). A corollary of such uncertainty is that the meaning of words is undermined to the point of being lost, so that even if people believe that they know what a word means they... Read More
Casti Connubii – Defending Catholic Matrimony from Attack – Part 5
This article is available for download. You can download it and print it for private use and for private sharing but it cannot be reproduced in any other publication. To download a print copy click here – Casti Connubii – Part 5 Pope Pius XI continues expounding Catholic Church teaching on the goods of marriage. He is still speaking about the good of indissolubility. “And if this stability seems... Read More
A Catholic’s Analysis Of Exclusion – Part 2
(The first article in this series can be read here – A Catholic’s Analysis Of Exclusion – Part 1. The lettering in this article has been changed from how it was initially published to reflect that it follows on from Part 1) May it be emphasised that in the exercise of his supreme authority a Pope instructed all Catholics to anathematise (exclude) purveyors of errors which he listed. Nearly... Read More
Casti Connubii – Defending Catholic Matrimony from Attack – Part 4
This article is available for download. You can download it and print it for private use and for private sharing but it cannot be reproduced in any other publication. To download a print copy click here – Casti Connubii – Part 4 In the last article on this great encyclical ‘Casti Connubii’, Pope Pius XI began to look at one of the most contentious issues for many Catholic women... Read More
A Catholic’s Analysis Of Exclusion – Part 1
When Donald Trump’s policy of building a wall along the U. S. – Mexico border was in the news, Pope Francis was reported to have advocated a contrary policy of (metaphorically) building bridges. Probably His Holiness would not have needed to ponder for long before realising that each of those alternatives is useful in appropriate circumstances. It depends on the desired purpose. Bridges facilitate access, and walls facilitate security,... Read More