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Monthly Archives: May 2009
27 May 2009
Oath of The Supremes
The Constitution does not give any details about the Oath of Office to be taken by Justices of the Supreme Court.
Article 6 covers oath:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all … Continue reading
Kmiec: Sotomayor’s experience trumps all
If you think that Judge Sotomayor’s nomination wasn’t planned to be another wedge between Catholics with a clear identity and those who are rather on the Catholic Lite side, here is Doug Kmiec’s take in the, where else, National Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Kmiec, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
24 Comments
Margaret Thatcher met Pope Benedict XVI
Sancte Pater informs us that …
Margaret Thatcher met Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his weekly general audience today.
The 83-year-old former British prime minister, who led the country from 1979 to 1990, had earlier in the day laid … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool
84 Comments
My emphases and comments
I see more and more people are using the [Z-Method] in fisking texts!
My emphases and comments, of course.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
24 Comments
Fun! “iConfess”
With a biretta tip o{]:¬) to my friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus…
Posted in Lighter fare
9 Comments
“Curiosity”
This is fun!
NEWS RELEASE: 2009-089 May 27, 2009
NASA Selects Student’s Entry as New Mars Rover Name
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old … Continue reading
Michael Novak rightly vents about L’Osservatore Romano
In National Review Online Michael Novak vents about the recent "Westpolitik" blunderings of L’Osservatore Romano.
My emphases and comments.
May 26, 2009, 4:00 a.m.
All the Confusion Fit to PrintThe paper disappoints.
By Michael Novak
For several weeks now, L’Osservatore Romano has published … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged abortion, L'Osservatore Romano, Michael Novak, Pres. Obama
48 Comments
Request of prayers for a new bishop: Most Rev. Lee Piché
In your charity, will you please pray for a friend of mine?
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the Most Reverend Lee Piché as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
17 Comments
26 May 2009
Do Catholics need a dispensation to marry “non-Catholic” SSPXers?
Interesting. This is from a reader:
Some French Bishops, according to this, are considering marriages between a SSPX faithful and another Catholic as a mixed marriage.
Les mariages se multipliant en ces temps de printemps, il est désormais possible de découvrir le … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
60 Comments
Wedges
It seems suddenly okay that a nominee to the Supreme Court be … *GASP* …. Catholic!
On the website of The Boston Globe comes this on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to SCOTUS.
My emphases and comments.
Sotomayor would be sixth Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Linking Back, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged City of God, liturgy, Pres. Obama, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
52 Comments
QUAERITUR: Latin version of a Spiritual Communion prayer
I need help from readers for a question sent via e-mail.
I cannot find my copy of The Raccolta with Latin and English texts of prayers which at one time had been conceded indulgences.
Someone asked my for a Latin version of … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
24 Comments
QUAERITUR: taking Communion with Precious Blood out to the sick
From a priest reader:
Have you ever come across a vessel designed for bringing the Precious Blood to the sick? I have a parishioner to whom I regularly bring communion, but she is now on an absolutely no gluten diet, so … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Mail from priests
23 Comments
Pres. Obama and the Supremes
Pres. Obama announced his nomination to replace Justice Souter on the SCOTUS:
Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
From what I am hearing and reading, she seems pretty far to the left. She is certainly not an originalist. … Continue reading
Posted in The future and our choices
60 Comments
turn down the lights and just listen
Last evening I listened to part of an audiobook, a recording by Simon Vance of one of the Aubrey/Maturin series, the 5th in the series, Desolation Island.
This book has a few of the best passages in the entire series. … Continue reading
25 May 2009
New blog for video reflections in Mandarin
Eternal Light is a new blog, originating from the Holy Land. It provides reflections in Mandarin Chinese.
Posted in Just Too Cool
1 Comment
