The insufferable Mr. Weigel

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I frequently go to the Remnant’s web site, though very rarely do I find anything worthwhile. They clearly have an axe to grind and are never happy except when they are miserable.

May I point out that Christ reigns IN OUR HEARTS. Any attempt to link support it by act of civil law goes against what He Himself said. “My Kingdom is NOT of this world.”
 
The hard copy mailed newspaper is better than their Web site.

Talk about insufferable!, though … have you all ever listened to Bill Donovan? Over at Catholic League?

He takes NO PRISONERS.

Very Catholic.

When you’re right, you’re right.
 
It is amusing to see the Remnant protest against those who claim exclusive access to the truth. It does seem true that we tend to see most clearly our own faults in others.
 
:rotfl: that article is funny

It seems a bit below the standards of “the remnant”, though, to make ad hominem attacks like that! Or is it just schoolyard name-calling?
 
The remnant newspaper is staffed by very off the map ultra-trad catholics. If fact they are close to Sedevecantists.

I’d avoid them like H1N1.
 
bpbasilphx said:
I frequently go to the Remnant’s web site, though very rarely do I find anything worthwhile. They clearly have an axe to grind and are never happy except when they are miserable.

May I point out that Christ reigns IN OUR HEARTS. Any attempt to link support it by act of civil law goes against what He Himself said. “My Kingdom is NOT of this world.”
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You really need to read Quas Primas. It is the encyclical Pius XI wrote when he established the Feast of Christ the King, in 1925. It is short and easy to understand. It basically says the exact opposite of what you wrote above. Here’s another quote from a different encyclical that also contradicts what you wrote (and what George Weigel said):

Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei: As a consequence, the State, constituted as it is, is clearly bound to act up to the manifold and weighty duties linking it to God, by the public profession of religion.** Nature and reason, which command every individual devoutly to worship God in holiness, because we belong to Him and must return to Him, since from Him we came, bind also the civil community by a like law. For, men living together in society are under the power of God no less than individuals are, and society, no less than individuals, owes gratitude to God who gave it being and maintains it and whose everbounteous goodness enriches it with countless blessings. Since, then, no one is allowed to be remiss in the service due to God, and since the chief duty of all men is to cling to religion in both its teaching and practice-not such religion as they may have a preference for, but the religion which God enjoins, and which certain and most clear marks show to be the only one true religion – it is a public crime to act as though there were no God. So, too, is it a sin for the State not to have care for religion as a something beyond its scope, or as of no practical benefit; or out of many forms of religion to adopt that one which chimes in with the fancy; for we are bound absolutely to worship God in that way which He has shown to be His will. All who rule, therefore, would hold in honor the holy name of God, and one of their chief duties must be to favor religion, to protect it, to shield it under the credit and sanction of the laws, and neither to organize nor enact any measure that may compromise its safety. This is the bounden duty of rulers to the people over whom they rule.** For one and all are we destined by our birth and adoption to enjoy, when this frail and fleeting life is ended, a supreme and final good in heaven, and to the attainment of this every endeavor should be directed. Since, then, upon this depends the full and perfect happiness of mankind, the securing of this end should be of all imaginable interests the most urgent. Hence, civil society, established for the common welfare, should not only safeguard the wellbeing of the community, but have also at heart the interests of its individual members, in such mode as not in any way to hinder, but in every manner to render as easy as may be, the possession of that highest and unchangeable good for which all should seek.

It would be good for you to read the above encyclical and Quas Primas. It just too bad George Weigel did not read them, and accept their teachings, before saying what he did on national TV, and mocking the social reign of Jesus Christ.
 
fultonfish said:
The hard copy mailed newspaper is better than their Web site.

Talk about insufferable!, though … have you all ever listened to Bill Donovan? Over at Catholic League?

He takes NO PRISONERS.

Very Catholic.

When you’re right, you’re right.
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Think you mean Bill Donohue.
 
Well. Perhaps the leading note concerning a “preemptive strike on Vatican -SSPX discussions” is the most telling.

Time will tell what the Vatican lays down as the authortive answer to the SSPX questions.

My bet is there will be a few people left stadning around with their mouths open, eyes agape. And George Weigle won’t be one of them. Will Ferrara? Or will he continue to spin whatever webs he chooses to weave?
 
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