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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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Monthly Archives: November 2009
In homage
From Vincenzo, the official WDTPRS photoshopper, comes this homage to guerrilla warfare at the meeting of the USCCB.
An important issue of seminary formation
During the USCCB plenary meeting there was a riveting report from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice about sexual abuse of minors by priests. Armed with statistics, she hammered seminary formation in the 60’s and 70’s. An increase in … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: Are you stooopid or something? Fr. Z rants.
I don’t know about you, but I am a little tired of the suggestion (from churchmen who shall remain nameless, out of respect for those who are offended by gender-exclusive language) that people are too stooopid to understand the new … Read More
Registration glitch resolved
I mentioned Zuhlsdorf’s Law in another post. Apparently, and for no reason I can discern, the self-registration function here switched itself off. I was wondering why I didn’t see new registrations coming in for my thumbs up (or down, as … Read More
How to be wrong every time: another WaPo blogger screws up
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, a blogger with Newsweek/WaPo, has the amazing penchant for being wrong. You might remember some of his other accomplishments along these lines, for example, his ululation when Bp. Martino of Scranton resigned. Or his agreement with Planned Parenthood. … Read More
Posted in Green Inkers, The Drill
Tagged Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Bp. Trautman, Newsweek, On Faith, translation
41 Comments
41 Comments
Grrr!
Instead of posting or writing, I am in a cage match with technology. Zuhlsdorf’s Law* clicks in again! My printer died and no workaround will fix it. I have tried it on three different computers. *Zuhlsdorf’s Law: Whenever you … Read More
Reminder: POLL ALERT! WaPo, D.C. and Catholic Charities
POLL ALERT! WaPo, D.C. and Catholic Charities
Thanks for the response!
Thanks for the response to… PODCAzT 93: 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
Liturgical translation drama at the USCCB. Is it finally over?
You have to admire Bp. Trautman. He kept his powder dry and his plan of attack hidden, saving his very last musket ball for the end. He raised a motion that the bishops should see the Gray Book of the … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged @usccbmedia, antiphons, Bp. Trautman, Gray Book, telecaretv.org, translation, Twitter, USCCB
101 Comments
101 Comments
The only thing worse than NOT being talked about…
This comes from the ultra-dissenting fishwrap the National Catholic Reporter. [Cardinal] George questions role of independent Catholic mediaBishop Trautman says Vatican II liturgical norms being violatedNov. 17, 2009By Jerry Filteau BALTIMORE Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the … Read More
B on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As an acolyte at a Novus Ordo parish, when I help distribute Holy Communion I slowly and very carefully/softly place…”
