. . .On September 12, 2006, almost 5 years to the day from 9/11, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a watershed lecture at the University of Regensburg. He argued that Islam & the modern West hold a significant tenant in common: a voluntarism that puts will above reason. For classic Islamic thinkers this meant that Allah was not bound by any restraints of reason, including the principle of non-contradiction, & for modern philosophers, it led to a division between faith & reason & eventually to relativism. . .
. . .”I got to be personal — he’s a good friend & he’s a tremendous leader. I kind of hope he doesn’t resign. We need him. He’s been a great source of reform in the past. . .
. . .we track the prophecies of corruption in the Catholic Church beginning with the vision of Pope Leo XIII in 1884 (& St. Michael’s Prayer) & move up through Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 & Our Lady of Akita in 1973. We also discuss Our Lady of Good Success. . .
. . .anyone who is praising the announcement on Wednesday of Pope Francis’ convocation of the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences for a meeting in February on clerical sex abuse has not been paying attention. . .
. . .Tom Burnett was a devout Catholic. He began attending daily mass in 1998. When his wife asked him why he was doing this he told her: ‘I feel like God is calling me to do something, & I don’t know what it is. But I know it’s going to have a great impact on a lot of people. The reason I’ve been going to daily Mass is because I feel like if I can be closer to God, then I’ll know what his plan is for me.”. . .
