St. Pius V Corner: Kissing KissAnime Goodbye, Again

One must try to form a practically certain conscience, since it is never lawful to act with a practical doubt about the lawfulness of an action. A direct solution to doubts of conscience in matters of frequent occurrence and lesser importance can usually be obtained by reflection, by investigation and by asking counsel. Such a … Continue reading St. Pius V Corner: Kissing KissAnime Goodbye, Again →

St. Pius V Corner: Kissing KissAnime Goodbye

Theft, as we have seen, is the secret taking away of what belongs to another, against their reasonable wish... The use of any unlawful dealing with the property of another against their wish is theft, such as when a tramp makes himself at home for the night on another's premises, or when a passenger travels … Continue reading St. Pius V Corner: Kissing KissAnime Goodbye →

Moreover the sacred canons of the Church prescribe that ancient Oriental rites legitimately introduced should be scrupulously retained... Indeed the liturgy of the Ruthenians can be no other than that which was either instituted by the holy fathers of the Church or ratified by the canons of synods or introduced by legitimate use, always with the express or tacit approval of the Apostolic See. If variations have occurred in this liturgy in the course of time, they have been instituted after consultation with the Roman Pontiffs and for the express purpose of freeing such rites from any taint of heresy or schism and expressing Catholic teaching more correctly and clearly for the preservation of the faith and the good of souls. Accordingly, nothing other is intended by the deceptive pretext of purifying rites and restoring them to their original condition than the preparation of pitfalls for the faith of the Ruthenians of Chelm, whom evil men are striving to tear from the bosom of the Church and to hand over to heresy and schism.
Pope Pius IX, Omnem Sollicitudinem (13 May 1874)

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