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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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- Daily Rome Shot 1115 – Different St. Martin today
- Continue the Rome shot posts? I dunno.
- 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 37: For awhile…
- “Sometimes the scalpel is the honey.” Wherein Fr. Z rants about “the parable of the wheat and tares”.
- Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate
- WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate
- Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”
- WDTPRS: A charming translation for the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo – 4 November
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 34: Requiem for deceased benefactors
- CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.
- ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls
- ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 32: All Saints
- ACTION ITEM! 1-8 November PLENARY INDULGENCE for the Poor Souls
- What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? “Placáre, Christe, sérvulis”
- If you are a priest or seminarian, this is your immediate homework. A judicial decision from the Roman Rota roundly condemned publishing lists of “credibly accused” clerics.
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – All Saints (Vetus Ordo and Novus Ordo)
- MAIL CALL: A note about St. Expeditus and an online shrine
- ROME 26/10 – Day 31: Blast from the … present!
- Is the needle moving?
- ASK FATHER: If a priest explains away a mortal sin, and the penitent believes him, is the absolution valid?
- ROME 26/10 – Day 30: With apologies to the Bard
- RIP Patrick Stewart … my competitor!
- ROME 26/10 – Day 29: hard to read inscription
- ASK FATHER: Definition and the duties of a pastoral associate.
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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Israel’s chief rabbinate severs ties with Vatican
I saw this on the wires. My emphases and comments. Israel’s chief rabbinate severs Vatican ties Jan 28 04:04 PM US/EasternBy IAN DEITCHAssociated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s chief rabbinate severed ties with the Vatican on Wednesday to … Read More
Elie Wiesel attacks Pope over “Holocaust bishop”
If this gets wearisome, stop reading. Elie Wiesel attacks pope over Holocaust bishop [What a dreadful title]Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:33am EST By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict has given credence to "the most vulgar aspect of … Read More
Pope Benedict speaks about SSPX during Wednesday Audience
A reader sent me this text from the Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience today: Before greeting the Italian pilgrims, I still have three announcements. The first: I have learned with great joy the election of Metropolitan Kirill as new Patriarch … Read More
A raging debate to be settled
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Soften, O Lord, their hearts
From a priest reader: Something I was thinking about tonight with regard to how we should PRAY for the SSPX:I think we need to pray for all the priests of the Society, for the softening of their hearts, because in … Read More
Springfield, IL: regular TLM returns
Brick by heavy brick: I am happy to report that regular celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass will be returning to Springfield, Illinois. It will be the weekly Saturday (7 a.m.) Mass at Blessed Sacrament Parish (www.bsps.org) beginning this Saturday, … Read More
WSJ: Speaker Pelosi’s (D-CA) “loopy” ideas
The WSJ makes my point. As I wrote before: The Social Security system will probably collapse because, as the population ages, not enough people pay into it to support those who will draw from it. How many abortions have there … Read More
Philadelphia Bulletin on TLM
I posted the other day about a Mass celebrated by Fr. Gerald Carey at St. Paul’s Church in South Philadelphia. This is in from a Philadelphia news source The Bulletin. My emphases and comments. Past Is Prologue At Latin Mass … Read More
Economic stimulus package suddenly less “stimulating”
I read that Pres. Obama has worked to remove from the economic stimulus package the funding for contraception that Catholic Speaker of the House Pelosi (D-CA) was so quick to defend. Neither Republicans nor Obama have indicated where they may … Read More
Statement by SSPX Superior about Bp. Williamson’s opinions on Jews in WWII
From the SSPX – the NCR translation from the Italian Statement of His Excellency Bernard Fellay, Superior of the Fraternity of St. Pius X We have become aware of an interview released by Bishop Richard Williamson, a member of our … Read More




















