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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
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It is an old story that, while we may need somebody like Dominic to convert the heathen to Christianity, we are in even greater need of somebody like Francis, to convert the Christians to Christianity.
— G.K. Chesterton
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"Is the Catholic Church who she claims to be?"
From Al Kimel, the Pontificator:
The Salty Vicar has published the following letter he recently received from an individual inquiring into the Episcopal Church:
I am seeking to learn more about the Episcopalian Church. I am currently taking RCIA classes at my local Catholic church and want badly to convert but am assailed with doubts for the […]
Investigating NFP: Pius XI
Thisentryis part 2 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPClick here to read the previous post in this series.
It's time to get our hands dirty by digging into the writings of recent popes to find out what they had to say about contraceptive issues. Let's start with Pius XI's 1930 Casti Connubii, which was […]
On Cartoon Villains
Funky alerted me recently to an article by Annie Gottlieb, an accomplished and interesting author and friend of Ales Rarus, who advertises what purports to be a serious opposition to traditionalism in Towards a New Revelation (or, Why I Am Not a Traditionalist) over on AmbivaBlog. Since this site is frequented by a good […]
TCitMW: Responses to Critics
I wish to thank all those who have contributed their opinions to the discussion what ways the Church
can/should change in the next pontificate and ways it cannot/should notchange. Some of the responses have come in the form of full blog entries, rather than comments. I'd like now to offer rebuttals and […]
