Daily Archives: 22 January 2010

Whiny WaPo slop on wymynprystsssssss

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

More brilliance from WaPo‘s religious analysts on their usually bizarre religion blog.
This time they are coiled up with wymynprysssstsssssss….
My emphases and comments:
Faithfully, if not obediently, Catholic
By Katie BalestraSaturday, January 23, 2010; B02
Inside a red brick house in Falls Church, Bridget … Continue reading →

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SSPX Districter Superior of Germany sends video thanks to Benedict XVI

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On kreutz.net you will find a story, in German, about a video from the former superior of the SSPX Fr. Schmidberger thanking the Holy Father for the lifting of the excommunications of the four SSPX bishop.  Fr. Schmidberger is now … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, Pope of Christian Unity | Tagged , | 30 Comments

Watch this… like… video… you know?

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

With a tip of the biretta to CMR enjoy this video, have a good chuckle, and then make it your personal project to show it to at least five young people.
[flv]10_01_22_Ronnie_Bruce.flv[/flv]

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Good analysis from John Allen about Pope Benedict’s plan

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend John L Allen, Jr., the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded columnist for the ulta-dissenting National Catholic Reporter has a piece in Forward, a Jewish daily.
Take a look at the full piece, but here is something of interest to WDTPRS readers.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Drill | Tagged | 15 Comments

Newsweek… wishful thinking

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am watching the live coverage of the March For Life in Washington DC.
As I watch I have in my mind an article I read in the appalling Newsweek.
 Who’s Missing at the ‘Roe v. Wade’ Anniversary Demonstrations? Young Women.Krista Gesaman
Today … Continue reading →

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Results of Marist/KC poll: majority of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The results of a KC and Marist College poll:
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Pope’s second book on Jesus of Nazareth is finished

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I missed this the other day… from CNA:
Pope’s second book on Jesus of Nazareth is finished
Vatican City, Jan 20, 2010 / 09:12 pm (CNA).- After meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience, American Rabbi Jacob Neusner, prolific writer, … Continue reading →

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Card. Kasper on the Pope of Christian Unity

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been saying, and others are now saying, that Benedict XVI is the "Pope of Christian Unity".
I received a note from a friend that the German page of Vatican Radio has an interview with Walter Card. Kasper, President of … Continue reading →

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NCR’s Joan Chittister compares apostate lesbian androphobe Mary Daly to the Mother of God

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some things you couldn’t make up if you tried.
In the ultra-dissenting fishwrap NCR that perennial gaff generatrix Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB. has compared the late apostate lesbian androphobe Mary Daly to… wait for it… the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I am not … Continue reading →

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Old Mass/new Mass thoughts – part 7

Posted on 22 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Under another entry there has been some consideration of the age of Catholics who prefer the newer form of the Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo. 
Some suggest that people of a certain age may be more interested in the … Continue reading →

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