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Daily Archives: 16 April 2012
Of things Lyrid, Saturnine, Solar and TEOTWAWKI
From Spaceweather comes, first, benign news and, then, news that one of these days is going to precede TEOTWAWKI:
LYRID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is approaching the debris field of ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to … Continue reading
National Eggs Benedict Day … Coincidence?
A friend has informed me that, in addition to it being Pope Benedict’s 85th birthday, it is also.. and I didn’t know this… National Eggs Benedict Day.
Coincidence? I think not.
Thus, I urge you all to make or to eat Eggs … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Eggs Benedict
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QUAERITUR: Priests, valid absolution of sins, and the faculty to receive sacrament confessions
From a reader about something I raised HERE.
In a recent post you wrote, “bishops and priests have Christ’s own power to forgive sins and they do so validly with the Church’s permission, indicated by a ‘faculty.’” Does this mean that … Continue reading
SSPX options and the Pope of Christian Unity
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity.
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli’s Vatican Insider of the Italian daily La Stampa. My emphases and comments.
The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X writes to his priests: “We are waiting, an agreement … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
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Ad multos annos Pope Benedict
Say a prayer for Pope Benedict today on his 85th birthday.
He is now one of the oldest of Popes in history.
Here is a shot of my Vatican Curia wall calendar.
Close up of the birthday item.
UPDATE:
I read in the UK’s best … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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UK: British atheists try to block new Catholic schools
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald comes this dreadful tale:
Humanists to mount legal challenge against new schools
By MADELEINE TEAHAN on Thursday, 12 April 2012
A legal challenge will be launched against the building of two new Catholic schools in … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged anti-catholicism, atheists, BHA, bigotry, bigots, kulturkampf
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Your Sunday Mass and sermon notes
Was there a good point in the Sunday sermon you heard? Some point of Mass apart from the norm that earned special attention? Share it here.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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