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Category Archives: You must be joking!
Wherein Fr. Z has a little fun with Jesuit mockery
A few days ago Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese, who had been relieved of his post as editor of America Magazine when Card. Ratzinger was Prefect of the CDF, and who now writes for the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) came … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Fr. Thomas Reese, ordination of women, Phyllis Zagano, women deacons
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Historic Church Turned Into a Mosque with Taxpayer Funding
This makes me angry. From Independent Sentinel: Historic Church Turned Into a Mosque with Taxpayer Funding Muslims are converting a former Roman Catholic church into mosque. The plan, approved by US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board, is … Continue reading
LESBIANS! UNITE AGAINST OPPRESSION!
This entry has a convoluted origin, but here goes… I saw a story at Stream about a lesbian couple who are suing New Jersey, which is oppressing them. Get this… Erin and Marianne Krupa, a lesbian couple struggling to get … Continue reading
New Commission on Deaconesses formed
Here is something pretty bizzare… This has come out of the blue like a… that thing that comes out of the blue. A bolt? A raise in your health insurance premium? A sprained ankle? My point is that, as I write, none … Continue reading
Posted in The Coming Storm, You must be joking!
Tagged deaconesses, deaconettes, Fr. Robert Dodaro OSA, Phyllis Zagano, women deacons
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Excommunicated women’s ordination advocates meet with official of Secretariat of State
It is possible that some wywympryst wannabes, representatives of the militant women’s association Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW), are supposed to meet with someone in the Vatican. Via Eponymous Flower and Katholisches.info. I think most of these wymyn and those who … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, You must be joking!
Tagged Aime G. Martimort, deaconesses, deaconettes, ordination of women
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A Litany to Sr. Joan Chittister (… no… really!)
You’ve seen the recent stories about leaders of US women religious being summoned to Rome for to explain the situation. On the heals of another such story today (HERE) comes this, which I spotted at Church Militant. Apparently the US … Continue reading
There’s “That’s wrong!” and then there’s …this…
Someone ought to have a few words with this … fellow. From a reader… I hope that this isn’t really a photo of Mass. Maybe it’s some, I dunno, bible church group doing their thing. But I fear that it … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, You must be joking!
Tagged abuse, sacrilege
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They don’t even try to hide it anymore: demonic ceremony for opening of new tunnel
From, from St. Paul to the Romans Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? (As it is written: For thy sake, we … Continue reading
Nancy “The Theologian” Pelosi rides again! Same-sex ‘marriage’ is perfectly “consistent” with Catholic Faith
It has been awhile since Rep. Nancy “The Theologian” Pelosi said something stupid about Catholicism. It’s her turn again! At LifeSite I read: Nancy Pelosi: Gay ‘marriage’ is ‘consistent’ with Catholic teaching WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) — House Minority Leader … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liberals, Sin That Cries To Heaven, You must be joking!
Tagged can. 915, homosexuality, Nancy Pelosi
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Atheists sue US House chaplain for not allowing non-prayer “invocation” in the House
From The Catholic League: Atheists Sue U.S. House Chaplain May 6, 2016 Bill Donohue comments on an atheist group suing the U.S. House chaplain: Thursday, May 5, was America’s annual National Day of Prayer. So of course the anti-prayer Freedom From … Continue reading
13 yr old 8th grader uses $2 bill – school freaks out, police called, threats and ignorance ensue
From time to time we hear about the idiocies that public schools perpetrate. Here’s another which caught my eye in the wake of controversy about changing the $10 or $20 bills. From Joe For America: SCHOOL CALLS POLICE ON GIRL … Continue reading
The slide continues… rock in the Sistine Chapel
We saw that the Sistine Chapel was rented out to Porsche. We had the projections of critters on the facade of the Vatican Basilica. Now we have rock music in, again, the Sistina. From Reuters: U2’S THE EDGE BECOMES FIRST … Continue reading
Believing in two genders is a ‘hate crime’ at (Jesuit) Loyola Marymount:
More idiocy at a Jesuit-run school. Surprised? Form The College Fix: Believing in two genders is a ‘hate crime’ under police investigation at Catholic college ‘You can have your opinion’ as long as it doesn’t ‘deny my existence’ It’s uncommon … Continue reading
I’ve heard of “flying bishops”, but … not this
I saw at katholisches.info via the curiously-named Eponymous Flower an … what’s the word … oddity, hopefully unique. Not my translation: The new Archbishop of Palermo, recently appointed by Pope Francis, Msgr. Corrado Lorefice, swung himself in a bicycle … Continue reading
Wry observations about #AmorisLaetitia (aka Familiaris divortio) to make a point
First, we have now a nickname for the new Letter. Familiaris divortio Thanks to The Great Roman™! Next, I am gobsmacked by something I heard. US radio talk show host Michael Savage has been reading – on air – … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, You must be joking!
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Familiaris divortio, Michael Savage, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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