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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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Father Thomas Kennedy on 7 July: CATHOLIC Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Beckett –: “I plan to attend this mass. Anyone else?”
William Tighe on Daily Rome Shot 1373 – Dedication: ““I am from the Diocese of Syracuse, and because of the dedication and hard work of a team of laypeople,…”
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1375 – Roast PIG: “White to move and win. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers”…”
Liz on Viewing oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit through the lens of a video: “Midlife Stockman seems like such a good guy. The world needs more of what he does. Prayers for those suffering…”
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Charivari Rob on Viewing oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit through the lens of a video: “Not: By all means – disagree with the reasoning that was used (and there were all sorts of competing reasoning…”
JMody on Daily Rome Shot 1373 – Dedication: “Who knew the archbishop and so many of his peers were such avid readers of Belloc? If we could just…”
Dantesque on Viewing oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit through the lens of a video: “This brought to me memories of a time I was involved in helping tidy up a sacristy (it hadn’t seen…”
Fr. Reader on Daily Rome Shot 1373 – Dedication: “I work in a country in which less than 1% of the population is Catholic, perhaps close to 0.6%. This…”
jhogan on Daily Rome Shot 1373 – Dedication: “I believe (and hope) there many bishops out there who are not actively hostile to the TLM. A lot of…”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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- Daily Rome Shot 1375 – Roast PIG
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- Viewing oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit through the lens of a video
- Daily Rome Shot 1373 – Dedication
- 1st Sunday after Pentecost: Soul Food
- News of the Church 15 – 15 June 2025
- Daily Rome Shot 1373 – TRINITY!
- “O vos omnes sordidi mementote retrorsi…!” More joy in Detroit.
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Trinity Sunday 2025
- Diocese of Charlotte and the “Salt March to the Sea”
- Here we go again! Comments on forcing table altars and forbidding Mass “ad orientem”.
- Why reverent, traditionally-oriented Novus Ordo Masses may soon come under attack.
- Pentecost Saturday: We Are Our Rites – Wherein Fr. Z rants
- OLDIE PODCAzT 61: Pope Leo I on a post-Pentecost weekday; Fr. Z rambles not quite aimlessly for a while
- “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues – UPDATED (It’s even worse)
- From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 06-02-25 – Falling into the trap
- Pentecost Friday: tearing it up
- Is this something to worry about?
- PODCAzT 60: Pentecost customs; St. Ambrose on the dew of the Holy Spirit
- SSPX: Habemus Papam! Pray or Speculate?
- OLDIE PODCAzT 59: St Leo the Great on Pentecost fasting; Benedict XVI’s Pentecost sermon – UPDATED
- Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.
- Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.
- ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?
- Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow
- OLDIE PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
- 7 July: CATHOLIC Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Beckett –
- VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia
- OLDIE PODCAzT 57: John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell
- Daily Rome Shot 1372 – Confirmation
Let us pray…
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
China: Bishop abducted and escapes
Biretta tip to Argent for this alarming story from China… o{]:¬\ who in turn got it from AsiaNews. Read this and think about whether the PRC is really interested in proper relations wtih the Catholic Church. Rome (AsiaNews) – A … Read More
Common Declaration of Benedict and Bartholomew
The text was originally released in FRENCH only. As I write, I am listening to it being read in English via Vatican Radio. Here is the text, which I publish after the reading is completed for reasons of the Press … Read More
Address of Pope Benedict before the Ecumenical Patriarch
ADDRESS OF POPE BENEDICT before the Ecumenical Patriarch (my emphasis and comments) This Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Patron Saint of the Church of Constantinople, brings us back to the early Church, to the … Read More
Divine Liturgy in Constantinople
I am right now watching the end of the Divine Liturgy of the Ecumenical Patriarch as Pope Benedict attends. The liturgy has ended and the Patriach is giving an address. My (spoken) Greek is a little rusty. But so far … Read More
Another caption call
"The Divine Liturgy is going to last how long!?"
The “Fourth” Secret of Fatima
I occasionally read books about the so-called “Third Secret” uttered by Our Lady of Fatima. Lot’s of people believe that the real text of the “Third Secret” has still not been made public despite the hoopla a few years ago … Read More
Bp. Carlson asks for prayers
Bp. Carlson underwent preventative surgery today, asks for prayers From the Saginaw Catholic Times:Saginaw Bishop Robert J. Carlson will undergo surgery on Tuesday, Nov. 28, to remove a section of his colon. There is no cancer in the area … Read More
Job security
I already wrote about this little piece on the Vatican website before, but in light of the departure of His Holiness for Turkey I reviewed it and am driven to ask you a question. Here is the first line of … Read More
“The Nativity Story” and more about Mary’s “painful” childbirth
I had lunch today with a great Marian expert from Syria, a Greek Melkite Antiochian Catholic who is a professor at the Oriental Institute here in Rome. I asked him about the Eastern teachings and traditions about Mary’s giving birth … Read More
Request for a caption
The Holy Father is on his way to Turkey. Have a caption? "Don’t worry. See you next Friday … my place!"
They are noble, these … basilicas in the mist…
As I have told you, Rome has been foggy… and YES, I am aware of the irony of that statement. As I was writing another entry, I saw that the basilica dome was slowly becoming visible as the morning mists … Read More
Pro Pontifice
From the the Enchiridion of Indulgences, #25: A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a spirit of filial devotion, devoutly recite any duly approved prayer for the Supreme Pontiff (e.g., the Oremus pro Pontifice): V. Let … Read More
Parish Mission Statements
I stumbled on an interesting blog called The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen where some tough talk is going on. It’s refreshing. The entry that caught my eye concerned parish "mission statements" which I have always found pretentious and silly, … Read More
In honor of the Pope’s visit to Turkey
Pray for the Pope and that the trip will have a good outcome.
China: “…a fatal blow to dialogue…”
The Pope is heading to the cusp of Asia and Europe. There are delicate political and religious issues at stake. Meanwhile, at the other end of Asia…. there are delicate political and religious issues at stake. The Chinese are at … Read More
AAAAAHHHHRRRRGGGGG! Just kidding.
Somebody PLEASE wake me up! Biretta tip to Mark Shea o{]:¬)
Walking to work
I walk everywhere in Rome. I get on a bus about three times a year,.. if I must. I walk to work. That includes the Press Office of the Holy See. No, I don’t work for the Press Office, so … Read More
Getting worked up over “The Nativity Story”?
The Catechism of the Council of Trent has an interesting paragraph suggesting that we not over complicate the situation: Article 36. How To Think and Pray About Christ’s Virginal Conception These points of teaching comprise the substance of what appeared … Read More
Roman fog
We have had a lot of spooky fog at night this last couple weeks. Here’s an interesting shot last night from (different) window looking toward St. Agnes in the P.za Navona. UPDATE: For an update on the difference one night … Read More
Trent & “Nativity”: Did the Blessed Virgin experience labor pains?
In the new movie "The Nativity Story" which premiered yesterday at the Vatican, the Blessed Virgin is depicted as having pain from labor and childbirth. It must be granted that the pain she is depicted as having was not has … Read More