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ROME 26/10– Day 15: munch
Pizza bianca and mortadella with black truffle. DAMN. Over at Pippo’s flower stand for a sit down and munch and chat. I stopped to buy flowers for the apartment. Say HI to Pippo and Anastasia! From the top, I’ll remind … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Are the faithful who go to the SSPX being sacramentally forgiven in confession, or not?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father We spent many years with the sspx in South Africa. Cardinal Brislin has now sent a letter specifically saying they no longer have jurisdiction for confession in the country. The sspx says his announcement … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Is it possible for the structure of the Church to be the ‘wrong’ church, while the ‘true’ Church is elsewhere?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: One of the most used terms regarding problems in the Church is that it is indefectable, implying that there is no need to worry about this or that issue, soon God will resolve it. But there … Read More
ROME 26/10– Day 14: Great scissors
Today our yellow star appeared to rise over Rome at 07:19. It set a while ago at 18:33. For the Roman Curia the Ave Maria Bell had to ring at 18:45. Welcome Registrant: alvesfc I’d buy a VW just because … Read More
ROMAE, die XIII commorationis, A.D. MMXXVI: Campana nos admonet aeternitatis.
Hodie sol super septem colles ortus est hora VII et XVIII minutis, occasurus hora XVIII et XXXIV minutis. Campana autem Salutationis Angelicae, secundum cursum horarum Curiae Romanae, hora XVIII et XLV minutis pulsanda est. Sol suo cursu, Curia suo calendario … Read More
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ROME 26/10– Day 12: “A church that cannot worship must be entertained, and …”
On this 12th day of my Roman sojourn, the 285th day of the year, the sun rose over the seven hills at 07:17, casting its first golden benediction upon increasingly dark domes, bell towers, and the ever more loathsome seagulls. … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-06 – Chester And Bp. Dozer
October 6th 2026 Dear Diary, Dozer* stayed last night. He came over on his day off. We grilled steaks and had drinks while Fr. Gilbert went to Razzo’s for some necessarities, like lasagna and a cheesecake. Earlier in the day, … Read More
ROME 26/10– Day 11: 100 year old WW2 Vet
The sun’s morning chores began in Rome at 07:16. They ended at 18:37. The Ave Maria Bell cycle for the Curia has changed to 18:45. There are only 82 days left in the calendar year. It is the Feast of … Read More
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