Daily Archives: 26 April 2010

Looking for reactions to the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I would like to ask your help.
If you would care to write some reactions to the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the anniversary of the Holy Father’s pontificate… if you watched it on TV or … Continue reading →

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“It was a Mass that fosters vocations.”

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Many of you have expressed how you wish you could have attended the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  You have probably read various accounts posted in the Catholic blogosphere.
Here is from from The … Continue reading →

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Request from Fr. Z: go now to thank Bp. Slattery

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Diocese of Tulsa has created a page with Bp. Slattery’s sermon and also a moderated combox for comments.  You don’t have to register.
May I request you readers to go over to that site, boost their stats in a way … Continue reading →

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Inhabiting the digital universe with a believing heart

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I read the following from VIS.  It is here in Italian:
INHABITING THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE WITH A BELIEVING HEART
VATICAN CITY, 24 APR 2010 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father addressed participants in the congress: "Digital Witnesses. Faces and languages in … Continue reading →

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If on the East coast, then why not the West coast?

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

L.A. Catholic wrote about the spectacular Traditional Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC and then mused:
Wonder when the Latin Mass will next be celebrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels here … Continue reading →

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Lunch… Chinese Noodles!

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There are advantages to being in Chinatown!
The is a small walkdown place where noodles are made on the spot… right out of central casting: Chinatown Express!

They make dumplings too! Must try soon.

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | 11 Comments

An example of a journalistic rush to judgment

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A curious piece in the Financial News with a stupid headline:

Vatican backs new equities index
Phil Craig26 Apr 2010
Investors are being invited to put money into a new Catholic equities index that is being backed by the Vatican, at a time … Continue reading →

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Straight from the void between their ears….

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate have captured a photo of what appears to be the prelude to what may be an invasion of Earth by the Zorkons.

The red cube, according to Messa in Latino, is what is currently used as the … Continue reading →

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Hell is definitely cooler than heaven

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Laudator:
H. Allen Smith, "The Achievement of H.T. Wensel," in Clifton Fadiman, ed., The Mathematical Magpie (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962), pp. 141-142 (at 142):    The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed, but it must be less … Continue reading →

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The UK’s Foreign Office and John 15:18

Posted on 26 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A couple days I noticed a story in the Daily Telegraph about the memos circulating in the UK’s Foreign Office about the Pope’s upcoming visit.
Here is a taste.
Ministers apologise for insult to Pope
The Government has apologised to the Pope over … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | 17 Comments