tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6445509203122597989..comments2024-03-28T20:30:48.788+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Blessed John Storey ...Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52164731464883332242022-06-03T18:41:17.454+01:002022-06-03T18:41:17.454+01:00The Queen does not give her assent to bills for th...The Queen does not give her assent to bills for them to become statutes. She cannot refuse them nor does she do anything to assent. Every now and then it is simply announced in Parliament that [names of recently passed bills] have received the Queen's assent, which in fact HM has had nothing to do with it and cannot have anything to do with it.<br /><br />The former King of the Belgians (PDLeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171018485666034406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64178726558533787182022-06-03T01:23:08.210+01:002022-06-03T01:23:08.210+01:00Dicis recte, Magister.
AvB.Dicis recte, Magister.<br /><br />AvB.Albrecht von Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996637489269911349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-11160350278650114812022-06-02T21:47:53.657+01:002022-06-02T21:47:53.657+01:00I make no guesses about what Elizabeth II thinks o...I make no guesses about what Elizabeth II thinks of abortion. I refer only to the objective fact that her royal assent ("La reine le veult") was given to the Abortion Act. <br /><br />The King of Belgium declined to sign an Abortion Act.<br /><br />The idea that it is OK to give ones constitutional assent to an immoral and murderous piece of legislation because one "can't Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-83137482735596499452022-06-02T13:45:46.697+01:002022-06-02T13:45:46.697+01:00Two points.
First, related to the post itself. I ...Two points.<br /><br />First, related to the post itself. I don't think we should confuse the changed times. Elizabeth I may have had a great deal of say in determining the law of England. Elizabeth II has none. Therefore, we cannot derive from the UK's abortion laws that HM supports abortion.<br /><br />Secondly, related to the two earlier comments. Does being a Catholic mean we cannot PDLeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171018485666034406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58586082645511571692022-06-02T01:39:09.580+01:002022-06-02T01:39:09.580+01:00Yes, they should have.
AvB.Yes, they should have.<br /><br />AvB.Albrecht von Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996637489269911349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33076213046386914502022-06-01T11:45:34.971+01:002022-06-01T11:45:34.971+01:00Should faithful Catholics have supported the Armad...Should faithful Catholics have supported the Armada? I thought I read somewhere that when the news of its defeat reach the English College in Rome, they went straightway to the chapel to sing a Te Deum in thanksgiving.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824005176362146901noreply@blogger.com