Israel against Hamas: two options, one big risk
Israel is faced with a strategic dilemma: conquer Gaza and eliminate Hamas militiamen or limit military raids and allow Hamas to survive, compromising the credibility of its security policy.
Belgian pro-euthanasia bishop excommunicates himself
Bishop Johann Bonny disagrees with the Magisterium on end-of-life and moral absolutes in general. A position that automatically places him outside communion with the Church. But a kind of 'synodal impunity' applies.
«This is how British doctors caused my sister Sudiksha’s death»
"They tried to break her will and in the end denied her medicine, causing her cardiac arrest": the shocking details of the death of the 19-year-old, known as ST, suffering from a serious genetic disease, who English doctors and judges had decided should die against her will.
Hamas: terminal of an international terrorist network
Stunned by Hamas’ violent attack on Israel, it’s easy to forget the Islamic fundamentalist ideological matrix of the Palestinian armed movement that controls Gaza. A brief historical excursus on its origins and future plans.
Laudate Deum, catastrophism replaces Catholic faith
The Apostolic Exhortation published on 4 October converts the thesis of man-made global warming into dogma just as the Pope questions fundamental truths of the Church.
Modernist Synod aims to make Church liberal democracy
What categories of thought underlie the new synod? Evident are the influences of existentialism, Marxism, and Hegelianism, to the detriment of metaphysics. The aim is to insert procedural liberal democracy, which the Social Doctrine of the Church has always condemned, into the Church.
DOSSIER: The Synodal Tower of Babel - The Bussola Conference
Cardinal Burke: “Synodality contradicts the true identity of the Church”
“The Synod that will begin tomorrow conceals an agenda that is more political and human than ecclesial and divine.” “The will is to profoundly change the hierarchical constitution of the Church is clear, with a further consequence a weakening of teaching on morality as well as discipline in the Church.” The speech of cardinal Burke at the Conference “The Synodal Tower of Babel”
- The photo gallery of the conference
Confusion: Vatican smokescreen for Synod
Synod, answers (or presumed answers) to the Dubia, Apostolic Exhortation on climate change: so many important events presented simultaneously to halt in-depth debate and assessments. And in the meantime a forthcoming open clash threatens the Synod.
The sheep in place of the shepherds, the Synod subverts the Church
The Synod has been distorted with its opening to non-bishop members. In the new Synodal Church it is the people who instruct the bishops on the meaning of the Faith. This is the liberal project denounced by Newman, with grave danger for souls.
Pope’s answers to dubia: paradigm of confusion
From the blessing of homosexual couples to the penitent's repentance: as with the first dubium, also in the answers to the other four dubia by the five cardinals, the Pope does not clarify. First he says one thing and then another.
- Francis raises more doubts than the Dubia
Yes, yes, or perhaps not: Francis raises more doubts than the Dubia
The response to the "first version" of the questions posed by the five cardinals offers clarity on only one point: the blatant refusal of the Supreme Pontiff to respond in a timely manner, preferring to leaving gray areas and glimmers of possibilities "ad usum synodi".
Vatican claim Pope replied to Dubia is a sensational mystification
The attempt by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith together with Vatican Communication to cushion the blow caused by the publication of the five cardinals’ dubia, conceals the truth: the pope did not really respond and there is much more to say.
