by Dr. David Marzak | Feb 7, 2017 | Catholic Church, Christianity
New Era World News HIDDEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A TUMULTUOUS THEOLOGICAL TREMOR, a tremor intended to shake the pontificate of the Pope Francis, hidden in this aftermath can be found unsubstantiated volatile rumblings such as the following that give an indication what...
by Dr. David Marzak | Jan 31, 2017 | Catholic Church, Christianity
New Era World News CHARACTER ATTACKS ON POPE FRANCIS from a hand full of far right traditionalists have become common place. A few months ago it was Amoris Laetita, this week it is about scandals and abuses revolving around the Sovereign Military Order of Malta....
by Dr. David Marzak | Jan 10, 2017 | Catholic Church, Christianity
THE ISSUE OF THE APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION, Amoris Laetitia is still in the air. However, this morning it took a sharp turn towards closure; it did so for two reasons. One, Pope Francis punctuated his push for pastoral theology both clarifying his intent and...
by Dr. David Marzak | Dec 22, 2016 | Catholic Church, Christianity
THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, IRELAND, Diarmuid Martin, and Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the Prefect for the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (The Holy Office) have weighed in on the theological dimensions of Pope Francis’ Post Synodal Exhortation, Amoris...
by Dr. David Marzak | Dec 13, 2016 | Catholic Church, Christianity, Latin America
WE WERE NOT PLANNING A THIRD ARTICLE on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, but just when it was presumed that enough had been said, we were presented with a letter from Pope Francis to the Argentine bishops, which has been accosted by...
by Dr. David Marzak | Dec 8, 2016 | Catholic Church, Christianity
AS PRESENTED IN PART ONE, Pope Francis is doing his theology from an integral heart-mind unity, that is, integral dogmatic and pastoral theology. Because pastoral decision making is often “fuzzy” because it deals with “grey”...