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Daily Archives: 7 October 2012
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Autumn Sighs
Autumn Sighs
By Cyril Robert
In pensive mood I trod
My garden plot one day;
October’s smile was weary so!
It’s green was gloomy gray.
Where are the strains of summer gone?
Its sun the livelong day?
With sudden sadness I then thought
On how all human things decay.
Two … Continue reading
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First, a commercial: Years ago an acquaintance who participated on the old Compuserve Catholic Forum started her own online rosary business. She made the most beautiful – and also strongest – rosaries … Continue reading
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Chinese priests and nuns forced into government “study classes”
Another hurtful article by Nicole Winfield of AP about the SSPX
Uhhh… “Demosthenes”!
1st Sunday of October: Plenary Indulgence – Supplication to the Madonna of Pompeii
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I get many requests by email asking for prayers. Many requests are heart-achingly grave and urgent.
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Chinese priests and nuns forced into government “study classes”
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has a piece online which gives a glimpse of the Church in the USA during Pres. Obama’s third term. Obama would probably love to have, I am sure, an American Patriotic Catholic Association … Continue reading
Another hurtful article by Nicole Winfield of AP about the SSPX
In his interview with the National Catholic Register, posted online in two parts on 2 and 4 October, the Prefect of the CDF, Archbishop Gerhard Müller said of the dealings of Rome and the SSPX:
“I believe that these problems will be resolved … Continue reading
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Tagged AP, Archbp. Müller, Associated Press, Nicole Winfield, SSPX
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