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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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The Big Lie of Mr. Cricket
Mr. Cricket (aka Andrea Grillo) has embraced the theory of The Big Lie. The “große Lüge” was coined by a certain 20th Austrian dictator and wielded by his propaganda minister. The idea is that when one lies, one should lie … Read More
My View For Awhile: The City of Big Shoulders
I’m getting a little ahead of myself, since I don’t head for the airport until later. Hence, I may as well provide a little retrospective on yesterday. We went downtown for some time at the club. Chicago is a great … Read More
A strong recommendation from Fr. Z
Dear readers, I warmly recommend the content of the blog of Fr. Ermatinger from “soup to nuts”. He has amazing talks, great sermons, and salutary messages. Just Go! HERE (PS: Right now he is talking about angelology.
“Oaf For A Day!”
It might be time to revive the old label “Oaf For A Day!” It hasn’t been used for a while. The increasingly useful Ad Vaticanum has it. Latest: Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz has criticised the Vatican’s June 17th Ruling … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1679
Welcome Registrant: Catherine Larker I can’t not post this: Among all the clips that have gone around on X, this one remains a favorite that simply refuses to get old ? pic.twitter.com/oREg2PDEKd — Enezator (@Enezator) August 10, 2026 White to … Read More
This has me concerned because personnel is policy.
This has me concerned. Now we read this. SCANDAL: Pope Leo appoints pro-female ordination and pro-LGBT consultors to the Vatican’s religious life dicastery. Appointees include Sister Patricia Murray, who has pushed women’s priesthood and addressed the “pain” and “woundedness” of … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1678 – scorn
Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More
Look! Up in the sky!
Not only is 12 August the height of the Tears of St. Lawrence… Put August 12 in your phone now. Genuinely. Before sunrise, six planets spread across the sky. Afternoon, the eclipse. After dark, the Perseids Meteor shower. Four events … Read More
The trip so far… Chicago… conference… etc.
UPDATED 10 Aug – way down at the bottom Originally Published on: Aug 8, 2026 UPDATE HERE about laptop FIRST post with travel woes – include TWO mis-landings and hours of delays and missed flight HERE After the horrible beginning, here … Read More
Daily NOT-Rome Shot 1677
From The World’s Best Sacristan™. Welcome Registrant: Neto White to move and mate in 4. NEW: Vatican CDF (Now DDF) consultation in 2016 rejected Medjugorje as supernatural — yet Pope Francis later green-lit devotion anyway. Italian journalist @DavidMurgia has published … Read More
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