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Monthly Archives: January 2010
23 January 2010
Pope Benedict invites priests to give a ‘soul’ to the fabric of the ‘Web’
First, may I direct you back to an editorial I wrote for the UK’s Catholic Herald?
From CNA:
Holy Father encourages online priestly ministry
Vatican City, Jan 23, 2010 / 10:24 am (CNA).- In his message for the 44th World Day for Social … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill
Tagged agora, Benedict XVI, digital continent, social communications
16 Comments
Small world… small connections…
I think most of you have read by now the story about the young man who is a hot baseball prospect, with the A’s, Grant Desme, who has chosen to verify a vocation to the priesthood at St. Michael’s Abbey … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
29 Comments
22 January 2010
Whiny WaPo slop on wymynprystsssssss
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
85 Comments
SSPX Districter Superior of Germany sends video thanks to Benedict XVI
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
Watch this… like… video… you know?
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.
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Posted in SESSIUNCULA
15 Comments
Good analysis from John Allen about Pope Benedict’s plan
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
Newsweek… wishful thinking
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
39 Comments
Results of Marist/KC poll: majority of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong
The results of a KC and Marist College poll:
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Technorati Tags: abortion, Knights of Columbus, Marist College
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras
Tagged abortion, Knights of Columbus, Marist College
19 Comments
Pope’s second book on Jesus of Nazareth is finished
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
3 Comments
Card. Kasper on the Pope of Christian Unity
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
NCR’s Joan Chittister compares apostate lesbian androphobe Mary Daly to the Mother of God
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
Old Mass/new Mass thoughts – part 7
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
20 Comments
HAARETZ: Editorial in defense of Ven. Pius XII
I saw this on the site of HAARETZ.
My emphases and comments.
22 Jan 2010
Much-maligned pontiff
By Dimitri Cavalli Some things never go away. The controversy over Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II was recently reignited when Pope Benedict XVI … Continue reading
Coadjutor for Los Angeles?
I have several e-mails right in my in-box this morning about a Coadjutor for Los Angeles.
What’s up?
Roger Card. Mahony has been Archbishop of Los Angeles seemingly forever.
On 27 February, His Eminence will turn 74 years old.
He was made Archbishop of … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: plain unfermented grape juice in chalice for Mass
UPDATE 22 Jan 1553 GMT:
I received this from the original questioner:
Thanks for the tip, Father.
Between you and me, we ordered the mustum, put it in the sacristy fridge, and Father used it without saying a single word.
Back to validity again, … Continue reading
