tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post1627657848192803835..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: The BBC, Edward Stourton, and an ex-Jesuit mock and misdescribe IndulgencesFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-31643672648546269432015-12-24T19:33:57.527+00:002015-12-24T19:33:57.527+00:00I have no wish to give any credence to the idea th...I have no wish to give any credence to the idea that the BBC is in any way impartial but Mr Stourton seems to have slipped up on one occasion:<br />http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/ed-stourton-offends-twitterati.html<br />Highland Cathedralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519428794618769856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30253333380213197782015-12-23T20:20:26.094+00:002015-12-23T20:20:26.094+00:00Quite recently, they referred to Hans Kung as a Ca...Quite recently, they referred to Hans Kung as a Catholic theologian. They are a bit behind the times. His licence to teach was revoked in 1979! (Yes, that far back!)annmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09623314203099896293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-41418459616407292132015-12-22T19:41:03.152+00:002015-12-22T19:41:03.152+00:00I fear that, to the BBC mindset, the “balance” rul...I fear that, to the BBC mindset, the “balance” rule does not apply when you are discussing anything so obviously absurd as Catholic teaching. It won’t change because all BBC journalists (roughly speaking) think in the same way. They believe that to think in any other way is not open and fair-minded. Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512517651788519121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88998390157730490802015-12-22T18:05:46.571+00:002015-12-22T18:05:46.571+00:00@B Flat: you said "How I wish I really unders...@B Flat: you said "How I wish I really understood how one is to embody the Sermon on the Mount in Christian public life!...But ecumenism, and multiculuralism militate against Christ and His teaching, just as foreign relations always did for Christendom. War is inevitable when the aggressor is emboldened by our meekness, unless we abandon any defence of our corporate existence."<br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67448516270303403462015-12-22T13:22:33.440+00:002015-12-22T13:22:33.440+00:00Dear Father,
Your stamina is amazing!
I had to gi...Dear Father,<br />Your stamina is amazing! <br />I had to give up listening to the Sunday programme several years ago because, it was increasingly frequently, and finally always, upsetting my peace of mind just as I was preparing physically to go to Divine Service. I find continuous silent prayer much better while dressing in the early morning.<br /><br />Regarding fairness, and lack of bias in B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-16613117271878238182015-12-22T11:58:24.650+00:002015-12-22T11:58:24.650+00:00Since the promulgation of the Novus Ordo Mass we h...Since the promulgation of the Novus Ordo Mass we have not said the final prayers at the end of Mass which had 10 years indulgence attached to them by Pope Leo XIII. Just work that one out over some 50 years! Not only may we be going to suffer longer in Purgatory but the omission of those prayers and the last Gospel (surely the most beautiful text ever written) have increased the evil and the Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-62399277355766971262015-12-22T08:54:22.440+00:002015-12-22T08:54:22.440+00:00I'm afraid the Sunday programme has form with ...I'm afraid the Sunday programme has form with its incestuous relationship with that dreadful magazine. I was among a number of people who complained about this two or three years ago and the BBC did seem to take it seriously at the time; I was contacted by a BBC producer. But it seems they have gone back to their old ways.<br /><br />The BBC has virtually abandoned serious religious Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544688308069901005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58669368355341247042015-12-22T02:47:04.354+00:002015-12-22T02:47:04.354+00:00I am an Australian and I live in Australia. I know...I am an Australian and I live in Australia. I know nothing about our authorities agreeing to extradite a former monk to the UK on sexual charges. Maybe only the BBc is privy to this matter. However, I can state, with some authority (read The Australian newspaper online) that there are very many Australians who object to the lack of balance in the reports from "our" ABC. We have just hadJARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53868652099129174572015-12-21T21:27:08.361+00:002015-12-21T21:27:08.361+00:00@ Michael Leahy,
Yes, and I thought I had drawn t...@ Michael Leahy,<br /><br />Yes, and I thought I had drawn the distinction in respect of the evidentiary weight of the source, i.e. I noted I 'read' it somewhere. Notwithstanding, in reaching my own personal conclusion, I also weighed its overall probative value in light of the totality of other facts and known utterances of Pope Francis which are of public record.<br /><br />I did take Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6226938256096657492015-12-21T20:39:40.286+00:002015-12-21T20:39:40.286+00:00It is a constant source of regret and pain to me t...It is a constant source of regret and pain to me that we have so short-changed the Holy Souls in Purgatory since Vatican II. In my youth we were taught to avail of every<br />opportunity to pray and gain indulgences for them. It was an act of charity, certainly. But, conscious of our own future needs, it had the aura of “do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you” and “laying up GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69551495555173616152015-12-21T20:13:44.648+00:002015-12-21T20:13:44.648+00:00Mr Ronan, if I may? Was that "annihilation&qu...Mr Ronan, if I may? Was that "annihilation" comment not a hearsay one courtesy of some atheist? If so, hardly a cast-iron source?Michael Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044897013849386271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-47182473851846224882015-12-21T19:44:13.529+00:002015-12-21T19:44:13.529+00:00Expecting the BBC to be reasonable and balanced wh...Expecting the BBC to be reasonable and balanced when matters relating to the Catholic Church are discussed is totally unrealistic. The final response I got (after many attempts to get a reasonable response from them) when I objected to John Humphrys (Today programme) saying that the terms ‘priest’ and ‘paedophile’ were almost synonymous was that it was perfectly acceptable for Humphrys to make Highland Cathedralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519428794618769856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27200165511650748712015-12-21T18:19:51.143+00:002015-12-21T18:19:51.143+00:00Stourton:- Benedictine educated I think!Stourton:- Benedictine educated I think!Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66050549483071610032015-12-21T16:31:42.253+00:002015-12-21T16:31:42.253+00:00My understanding is that the time periods were to ...My understanding is that the time periods were to show the time period necessary, in the eyes of the church, to merit the same remission of sin and its effects. At any rate, the time periods have no effect on God, who applies the merits to the deceased since the church, having power of the keys only over the living, reaches into the treasury of merit and asks God to apply it as he sees fit for Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6053716702361057292015-12-21T15:19:52.838+00:002015-12-21T15:19:52.838+00:00Meanwhile... Sandro Magister's most of the eve...Meanwhile... Sandro Magister's most of the event article reinforces what these two are saying.... Albeit from a differing perspective.UnanimousConsenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004463214744625063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-11091475289620358542015-12-21T15:08:35.816+00:002015-12-21T15:08:35.816+00:00I shall be careful here, Father, as I have read (&...I shall be careful here, Father, as I have read ('read', mind you) that Pope Francis subscribes to an opinion that souls of the wicked are not damned, but annihilated. I think a fair reading of his many other statements would lead one to intuit he does not subscribe to any punishment for other souls, i.e. Purgatory, for which an indulgence for the remission of unexpiated sins might be Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-35146673169922208122015-12-21T13:01:38.366+00:002015-12-21T13:01:38.366+00:00By 'abolished' do you mean that all the pr...By 'abolished' do you mean that all the previous periods of time linked to prayers and other deeds and acts have been abrogated and that they are not applicable anymore? Sounds very radical, doesn't it?Philippe Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561550619552789306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69953431531458140192015-12-21T12:36:48.741+00:002015-12-21T12:36:48.741+00:00Fr.The BBC is venomous with regards to Catholicism...Fr.The BBC is venomous with regards to Catholicism-especially the Traditional True types.They only deal with lapsed or heretical ones like Stourton!God Bless.philipjohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128964006463059159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58614574807538009302015-12-21T12:19:25.651+00:002015-12-21T12:19:25.651+00:00When there is no balance; no “aequitas”, we wind ...When there is no balance; no “aequitas”, we wind up with “iniquitas”. Sad!Andreas Meszaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427763145710882785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-62205690689765839312015-12-21T11:14:30.959+00:002015-12-21T11:14:30.959+00:00This is not the first time Pope Francis has emphas...This is not the first time Pope Francis has emphasized the importance of and granted indulgences. He did so for those participating in World Youth Day in Brazil. Perhaps our two commentators do not share the Holy Father's belief in God's mercy. Parochushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515609670679245409noreply@blogger.com