Category Archives: You must be joking!

Nope.  Not in the church. Just, nope.

Posted on 2 April 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Shall we get all the silliness out at once?
This comes to you from the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Abbeville, LA.
I looked around on the Youth Group’s Facebook page (I dislike Facebook more and … Continue reading →

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More sacrilegious silliness. Blessed Sacrament by drone. Reason #856 for Summorum Pontificum

Posted on 2 April 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Who thinks this is a good idea?
Trick question. It’s not a good idea.
Behold, São Geraldo Magela parish in the Archdiocese of Sorocaba.

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“Superhero Vigil” at parish in @DioceseOfScr

Posted on 1 April 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the Diocese of Scranton, for the Easter Vigil at Corpus Christi parish in W. Pittson, PA.  Superhero Vigil Mass.  HERE

Does this this good to you?

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Facebook v. The Lord

Posted on 1 April 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I dislike Facebook.  I have a page, or whatever you call it, but I don’t like it.  I don’t understand why anyone does.
In the last week or so, Facebook (*spit*) has lost some $6 Billion… with a B… of value.
They … Continue reading →

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Jesuits, the College of the Holy Cross, cowardice and blasphemy

Posted on 28 March 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 29 March:
A friend at Holy Cross wrote:
Thanks for posting on the Holy Cross blasphemy. A clarification: Elinor Reilly, the courageous student who exposed Liew’s publications in a “Fenwick Review” article (the paper was founded by Fr. Paul Scalia) is … Continue reading →

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How bad was the Three Days of Darkness this year?

Posted on 21 March 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

How bad was the Three Days of Darkness (3DD) this year?
It seems that the LA Religious Ed Conference hits new nadirs every year, and there is no end in sight.
Couple the heterodoxy, the teachings offensives to pious ears, the sentimentalist … Continue reading →

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Lettergate produces a casualty: Msgr. Viganò. Well… not quite.

Posted on 21 March 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Lettergate has produced a casualty… another casualty, the first being the Truth.
Or did it?
The Prefect of the Secretariate for Communications, Msgr. Dario Viganò  – who so botched the the handling of the pro-Francis booklet roll out by unscrupulously slicing and dicing … Continue reading →

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Card. Kasper: homosexual relationships are analogous to marriages

Posted on 15 March 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Card. Kasper, ladies and gentlemen.   The Gift that Keeps on Giving.
From LifeSite:
Cardinal Kasper: Homosexual unions are ‘analogous’ to Christian marriage  [Sure! Both of them involve carbon-based life forms!]
March 14, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Walter Kasper, whose theology appears to … Continue reading →

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Alexa gizmo laughs randomly. Creepy.

Posted on 7 March 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you have one of those Alexa gizmos? Brrrrrrr! No thanks.
 
At Engadget I read:
Alexa is randomly laughing, and it’s creepy as hell (updated)
Mercifully, Amazon is fixing it.
If you have an Alexa-powered device, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was haunted: … Continue reading →

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BRAZIL: Did these bishops allow women to concelebrate Mass?

Posted on 22 February 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader alerted me to this from fratresinunum.com about bishops in Brazil who allow two women to concelebrate Mass with them.  It is in Portuguese.  Not my translation:

Two women “concelebrated” the Mass with bishops of the CNBB. Is this already … Continue reading →

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