Tag Archives: Catholic identity

REVIEW: Courageous

Posted on 29 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I just watched the movie Courageous, about some men who decide they will make a special commitment to be better men and good fathers.
The context is Georgia and the milieu is decidedly Baptist, though one of the main characters is … Continue reading →

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Of penance and preparation and pilgrimage

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We are headed into a time of true spiritual warfare.  The signs of this are thick in the air about us now.
We would do well to get ourselves ready.  We need good examinations of conscience, good confessions, good Communions - always GOOD Communions. … Continue reading →

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Fr. Blake: “What we have failed to do is prepare our people for any battle over this issue.”

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

One dimension of the international kulturkampf is the promotion of unnatural unions as if they were “marriages” and the introduction of legislation to force these unions to be recognized as such, even in the face of reason.  After legislation is … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama owes you and me an apology!

Posted on 25 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Mr. President, you owe me and millions of American Catholics an apology.
You apologized to Islamic extremists and other Muslims abroad and in the United States for something done against the Islamic faith by mistake.
What you are doing to the consciences … Continue reading →

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Why Bishops must guard the name “Catholic”

Posted on 11 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Why do Bishops have an obligation to oversee which groups or publications can use the word “Catholic”?
There is a White House response to the online petition against his recent moves against the 1st Amendment entitled “Protecting the Health of Women … Continue reading →

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Dr. Peters (canonist) on Nancy Pelosi (public abortion absolutist)

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The mighty Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has posted on his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law a comment about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) statement that, as a Catholic, she will stand with the Obama Administration against the … Continue reading →

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Let’s go over this AGAIN. It’s our liturgical worship…

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“If the crisis of church life today is above all a crisis of liturgy, then the renewal of the church must begin with a renewal of the liturgy.”
Sound familiar?
This was the Swiss-born Kurt Card. Koch, President of the Pontifical Council … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI on the huge crisis we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z gets on his knees and begs you to act.

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In his address to the Plenary meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, His Holiness said this, which is merely one paragraph of his address in my rapid translation:
As we know, in vast areas of the world … Continue reading →

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“Collar Hollers” and EncouragePriests.org

Posted on 17 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Thanks to a commentator here, I just learned about
EncouragePriests.org
You can, apparently, send “Collar Hollers” graphics to priests, to give them a boost.  You can print them, send them by email, or use other social networking tools.
It looks as if this … Continue reading →

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Ann Coulter’s nonsensical remarks about Santorum the Catholic

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is possible to enjoy a person’s writing style and the sound of the gears whirring in the brain even while disagreeing with what you are reading.  People forget to remember that fairly often.
Thus, today I take strong exception to … Continue reading →

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