Daily Archives: 13 May 2009

Mere coincidence?

My friend, the amazing Fr. George Welzbacher, of St. Paul, observed over lunch that Eugenio Pacelli was on this day in 1917 consecrated bishop. Also on this day Our Lady of Fatima appeared for the first time. 92 years ago … Read More

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Anxious NCR editorial – They KNOW they are losing and they are terrified!

The ultra-left-wing National Catholic Reporter has an editorial in which they reveal their darkest fear: …the goalposts have shifted in the U.S. episcopacy in the past decade – and they have swerved in a decidedly rightward tilt on both the … Read More

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Ad multos annos Fr. Ray Blake!

Our friend Fr. Ray Blake, parish priest of St. Mary Magdalene in Brighton and author of the homonymous blog has celebrated a milestone. 25 years of priesthood. There was a solemn Mass for the jubilee.  His Hermeneuticalness was subdeacon! Would … Read More

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CNA: National Review writer interviews Archbp. Burke on airplane

From CNA comes this: Archbishop Burke: Catholics could not have voted for Obama with ‘clear conscience’ President Barack Obama / Archbishop Raymond Burke Washington D.C., May 13, 2009 / 06:03 am (CNA).- Returning to Rome after addressing the National Catholic … Read More

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Readers in or near Cleveland, Philadelphia, Atlanta

Last night I attended a fine event in Minneapolis.  Talk radio hosts Bill Bennett, Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager are holding "townhall" meetings in several cities around the USA. They take questions from a moderator and from the audience and … Read More

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