[ebb tide]

I have found that many converts are some of the most orthodox Catholics.

[scouter]

As a member of the Ordinariate I am especially pleased.

[GCC Catholic]

Named to his current post in November 2015, Lopes is a former priest-secretary to Cardinal William Levada, who headed the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, and later served as a doctrinal official in the congregation.

This bears repeating, especially in light of Cardinal Müller's recent announcement of his decision to not address the question. Bishops are starting to line up on one side or the other.

Pray, and hard.

As an aside, I had the pleasure of studying under Bishop Lopes a few years ago, and found him to be solid -- so this is no surprise to me.

[soycd]

It ain’t helping in africa where they pinch them off faster than they can ovulate.

[Unam Sanctam]

God bless Bishop Lopes and the Ordinariate!

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Thank God!
Some clarity and doctrinal continuity in this mess.

[Jeff Chandler]

Lopes joins other American bishops, including Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia and Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, Arizona, who have issued similar directives.

God bless Bishop Olmsted. We got one of the good ones.

[piusv]

Can someone point me to pre-Vatican II teaching that teaches that a divorced and civilly remarried couple can receive communion as long as they are not sexually active. Because it seems to me that, given a couple’s sex life is private and no one would really know that they were truly chaste, such a couple would still cause scandal if they received communion.