Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston
Analysis

Ecumenism and Canon Law

June 15, 2013 R. Michael Dunnigan 0

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, recently permitted the United Methodist Church to celebrate an ordination service at the Catholic Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston. This event has set in motion a […]

Analysis

What To Do About GU?

June 13, 2012 R. Michael Dunnigan 0

“The report of my death has been grossly exaggerated.”  — Mark Twain Father Michael Orsi argues in a June 4, 2012 article for Crisis that, although Exorcist author William Peter Blatty’s contemplated canonical action against […]

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Justice and Reconciliation

August 8, 2011 R. Michael Dunnigan 0

In May 2011 the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, the Roman dicastery responsible for questions connected with the traditional Latin Mass, issued the instruction Universae Ecclesiae. That instruction concerns the implementation of Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict […]

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The Lamp and the Leaven

May 8, 2011 R. Michael Dunnigan 0

Since Pope Benedict XVI promulgated his apostolic constitution on welcoming the faithful of the Anglican tradition back into the Catholic Church, many questions have arisen. These questions touch on such controversial subjects as the application […]