Category Archives: The Drill

Need a review of what’s up with the LCWR?

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If some of you are wondering what is going on with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, there is a good summary piece at the National Catholic Register.  That’s the Register, not the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap… which is … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: “No more terrible Latin.”

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
I regularly use a limited amount of Latin in the OF at weekend Masses. Most parishioners really appreciate it, but after catechesis and so on a few just won’t give up their protest.
Last Sunday I preached on Otranto … Continue reading →

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Ramifications of the new normal

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

With the rise of the homosexualist agenda I am seeing more news reports, on both sides of the pond, about state sponsored “anti-bullying” campaigns for children in schools.
I really dislike bullies, which is one reason why I go after liberals … Continue reading →

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How the LCWR, Magisterium of Nuns, get around the Church’s teaching and hierarchy

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I missed this the other day. On review, it is important enough to post about.
Over at Fishwrap, the National Schismatic Reporter, there is an interview with the head of the LCWR, Sr. Florence Deacon, from 7 May, while she was … Continue reading →

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Card. O’Malley to boycott Boston College when they honor pro-abortion Irish PM

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I wrote HERE about Jesuit-run Boston College’s plan to have anti-Catholic catholic, pro-abortion Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny speak at commencement and then confer on him an honor.
Outrageous. Shades of Notre Shame.
Now I read at the site of the Cardinal … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Ember Days during Octave of Pentecost… penitential?

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
For those that follow the 1962 calendar or simply follow the traditional penitential days, are the ember days in the octave of Pentecost days of fast? It would seem not since the octave days, similar to Easter, are … Continue reading →

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“feeeelings… wo wo wo feeeeeeeelings….”

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It took them a few hours to get organized, but Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter), in its capacity of LCWR spin surrogate, has started to twist Pope Francis’s address to the UISG (HERE) into something that it is not.
Here is … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’ outstanding address to international leaders of women religious

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today Pope Francis met with some 800 leaders of women’s religious institutes from around the world in an organization called the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). Think of an international version of the LCWR.
This meeting of women religious in … Continue reading →

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Why do liberals try to make religious life so … small?

Posted on 7 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Since there is a great deal of liberal hooting at the latest women religious, LCWR, Bus-Nun type goat rodeo, let’s turn the clock back a bit and look at something at Religion and Politics about the Nashville Dominicans.
The article is longish, … Continue reading →

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Collegiality’s dark underbelly

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a trend you need to be aware of.  Indeed, this is a virus you need to help inoculate others against.
Here are a couple examples of the virus that is spreading.
First, turn your attention a piece on the site … Continue reading →

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