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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Soooo thirstyyyy
The road is long and dusty. You are parched… or you just fancy a sip of something. POLL CLOSED Which refreshing beverage do you prefer? Water (still or sparkling) (43%, 775 Votes) Adult Beverage (includes Irish Coffee & Long Island … Continue reading
Posted in POLLS, SESSIUNCULA
78 Comments
EWTN picks up the ball on the CatholicVote.org pro-life ad
Patrick Madrid caught that EWTN will air the CatholicVote.org pro-life ad which NBC refused. Irondale, AL (EWTN) – See the pro-life commercial NBC refused to air during the Super Bowl on EWTN Global Catholic Network this Sunday Feb. 1, beginning … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
13 Comments
John Allen’s take on the SSPX excommunications
Check John Allen’s piece on the SSPX thing going on. My friend the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen, Jr. is, of course, the fair-minded columnist for the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter. Let’s look, with my emphases and comments. In the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
102 Comments
A lighter moment
And oldie but a goodie from Creative Minority Report… just to lighten things up a bit.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Vatican to Visit U.S. Women Religious Institutes
The excellent blog of the diocesan newspaper of Kansas City, MO, The Catholic Key has an interesting piece. You remember the Apostolic visitation of seminaries? Vatican to Visit U.S. Women Religious Institutes Breaking. Just came across my desk. More to … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
31 Comments
The Tablet on Rome and the SSPX – revealing their true fears
From Robert Micken’s of the far-left leaning English weekly, The Tablet. My emphases and comments. Benedict’s high risk strategy Benedict XVI and the Lefebvrists 31 January 2009 Robert Mickens The Pope has described it as an act of paternal mercy. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
39 Comments
S. African Jesuit argues against the new liturgical translation
A reader alerted me to the following from Jesuit magazine America, which I share with my emphases and comments. The Good WordA Blog on Scripture and Preaching South Africa & Liturgical ChangePosted at: 2009-01-27 11:08:00.0Author: Chris Chatteris, S.J. In many … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
29 Comments
Need another reason to reconcile the TAC and SSPX?
A reader alerted me to this from The Telegraph. Priests [not] stage fashion show The latest fashions among the clergy were on display in Devon as local priests [not] swapped pulpits for the catwalk. Last Updated: 1:40PM GMT 30 Jan … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
23 Comments
Bp. Williamson’s health – UPDATED
UPDATE: 23:35 GMT Some people have freaked out that I posted some fairly well-founded reports that Bp. Williamson was perhaps gravely ill. I clearly stated where I got the reports and I what my motives were. If his health is … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
25 Comments
SSPX Bp. Williamson mans up
From the always vigilant Rorate this is the apology sent be SSPX Bp. Williamson to His Eminence Dario Card. Castrillon Hoyos, President of the P.Comm. Ecclesia Dei. It was written to 28 January 2009. Apology Letter of Bishop Richard Williamson … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, SESSIUNCULA
85 Comments
A good day
Now we must all pray that in the near future men of good will can work out differences with humility and charity towards each other.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
20 Comments
I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a poll response today
Some say the burger is the perfect food group. So what’s it gonna be? A hamburger? A cheeseburger? Of course, you can add all sorts of other things, such as lettuce or tomato, or a smear of mustard or mayo. … Continue reading
Posted in POLLS
84 Comments
The Remnant: SSPX reconciliation by 2 February?
The traditional Catholic paper The Remnant has a piece by a frequent comment writer here, Brian Mershon, about a possible reconciliation of the SSPX with Rome perhaps by Candlemas, 2 February. I will not parse Mershon’s whole piece, for it … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
78 Comments
Are pro-lifers falling into the FOCA Trap?
I received this very interesting note from a staffer of a US Congressman whom I will not identify for obvious reasons. I have his permission to share this: My emphases Fr. Z: As a Congressional staffer, I am extremely concerned … Continue reading
Posted in The future and our choices
59 Comments
Card. Castrillon: Bp. Fellay recognized Vatican II
The johnny-on-the-spot site Rorate has two good pieces you would do well to look at. First, there is an entry called Cardinal Castrillón: Relevant declarations to Corriere della Sera Also check Corriere. Here is a salient point or two: The … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
15 Comments
Dissenter Leonardo Boff against Pope Benedict on SSPX
And now… another dog bites man story from a washed up dissenter. This is in from ANSA: Liberation theologian and dissenter Leonardo Boff has determined that the lifting of the excommunications of the four SSPX bishops was a mistake. It … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
28 Comments
A good note from Alcuin Reid on the SSPX development
Several alert readers have sent me the following which I finally tracked down to our friends at NLM. Go check them out and spike their stats. The piece says it is from The Catholic Herald, the best Catholic paper in … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
15 Comments
An interesting notion
As I have been writing again and again, people of good will can disagree on really hard questions rising from the Council’s documents on points that are not clear. We can argue about how to approach ecumenism or religious liberty. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
7 Comments
