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WaPo politics writer, NYT, on the SSPX, LCWR, CDF, USCCB. Reading this may make you a little stupider.

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

WaPo has a story on the recent efforts of the CDF and USCCB to help the poor confused women of the LCWR to faithful, orthodox Catholicism. The piece was written by a political writer, the deeply confused, Melinda Henneberger in … Continue reading →

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U.S. Bishops Issue Call To Action To Defend Religious Liberty

Posted on 12 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the website of the USCCB:
April 12, 2012

Urge strong lay involvement
Outline threats to First Freedom at all levels of government and abroad
Call upon dioceses to pursue religious liberty fortnight, June 21-July 4 [Mark your calendars.  Get things going.]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops … Continue reading →

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The Ides of March. Wherein Fr. Z rambles aimlessly and eventually comes full-circle.

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today has been known as the Ides of March for a very long time.
In the Roman way of keeping time with a calendar, days of the month were reckoned from fixed points… which weren’t completely fixed. Every Roman month had … Continue reading →

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Sunday Monday Supper: for my reading group

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I belong to a reading group which has been meeting on and off for many years. We are about to launch into some of the so-called Metaphysical Poets… on Monday. I am doing the cooking. Since … Continue reading →

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Another Vatican Goat Rodeo

Posted on 9 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Catholic World News:
Another Vatican PR blunder: cardinals’ bios from Wikipedia
In another embarrassing public-relations gaffe, when Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, the Vatican released short biographies of the prelates that had been taken verbatim from Wikipedia without attribution.
Father … Continue reading →

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‘Did you see that hoopoe?’ cried the man in the black coat.

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted about my mediated encounter in a gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a story-telling Hoopoe. HERE.
All of a sudden, the memory swarmed into my my, like an able-seaman into the foretop.
A Hoopoe makes an important … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: BEARDS! FACIAL HAIR! BISHOPS! SEMINARIANS! DRAMA! SCANDAL!

Posted on 4 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I am now wondering about beards for clerics of the Roman Rite (if, as Benedict once asked, the Latin Rite still exists). [If Benedict existed... some scholars of late-antiquity have their doubts...] It is my understanding that priests … Continue reading →

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On the preparation of Christmas Pudding: advice sought

Posted on 16 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Since Stir-Up Sunday is upon us and it is time to make the Christmas Pudding, I thought consult in advance with some of you who have experience.  I made one last year, of course.  It was wonderful.  I shared it … Continue reading →

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What is this thing?

Posted on 13 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Okay, you smart people out there.
What is this thing?
Which I think it’s used in the kitchen.  Or maybe not.  A sewing thing?
No, it isn’t mine.  No, I don’t have a better photo.  No, I haven’t a clue.

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“what a tomorrow for the future is any term that can be comprehended in cipher or counters?”

Posted on 16 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As I wind down a day, I am listening to a reading of Patrick O’Brian’s Clarissa Oakes, known in the USA as The Truelove.
Martin, an Anglican minister but sailing in HMS Surprise as surgeon’s assistant, not being a great preacher, … Continue reading →

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