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- moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I saw that “mirror image” elsewhere a day or so ago. The creature seen in the mirror image has a…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “You know how sometimes you can’t believe how wrong “conventional wisdom” is? Now think about a society where people rely…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding the portrait… I find myself thinking of Cruella deVil. Weren’t her rooms furnished all in red & black, with…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Father, in this screwy world, how are you able to hold your tongue and act in charity to those who…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding Google’s AI agent: I am a systems engineer (software/hardware/modeling). My question is: can I get it to open the…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Poitiers France; firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church Tues 14 May due to an arson attack. The statue of The…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The concept of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has been around almost as long as computers were, and is basically the application…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the important thing to realise about “AI” is that it really is smoke and mirrors. It seems “clever”…”
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- on 13 May – Our Lady of Fatima: Three points, one that worries, one that consoles, one that puzzles: “When St. Paul said “We see now as in a mirror, darkly” — he wasn’t talking about seeing himself in…”
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Number of Cardinal electors drops to 112
From CNA: Number of cardinals eligible to vote for Pope drops Vatican City, Dec 18, 2009 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- Vatican Radio reported today that yet another cardinal has reached the age of retirement. Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Archbishop-emeritus of Warsaw, … Read More
USCCB statement: ‘Compromise’ would make citizens pay for others’ abortions
From the USCCB: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘ABORTION COMPROMISE’ DOES NOTADDRESS CORE PROBLEM IN SENATE HEALTH BILL, SAYS CARDINAL DINARDO, BISHOPS’ PRO-LIFE CHAIR ‘Compromise’ would make citizens pay for others’ abortions Senate should mirror House of Representative’s Hyde amendment … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abortion, Card. DiNardo, health care reform, USCCB
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Intriguing book by SSPX – “The Problem of the Liturgical Reform: A Theological and Liturgical Study
The kind folks at Angelus Press, the publishing arm of the SSPX, recently sent me a copy of The Problem of the Liturgical Reform: A Theological and Liturgical Study by the Society of Saint Pius X. I have no doubt … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Angelus Press, Paschal Mystery, reform, SSPX
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Catholic Herald Op-Ed: “We need a sharper divide between priests and laity”
From The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, comes this opinion piece, with my emphases and comments. We need a sharper divide between priests and laity Dominic Scarborough presents a plan for recovering a true understanding of … Read More
College prof compares Cross to swastika
An alert reader found this story on the site of a Texas TV station: College Crucifix Ban Prompts Lawsuit Published : Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009, 3:00 PM CST Melissa Cutler FOX 4 News MESQUITE, Texas – Joe Mitchell says … Read More
Fr. Z pleads with readers
I get a lot of e-mail every day. It is not unusual for me to get hundreds in the course of a single day. May I plead with you about a few things? Please don’t send e-mails with no subject … Read More
Speaker Pelosi “thanks God” for tax-payer funded abortion language
About the new Senate Bill, from Lifesite: [Pelosi said] the Senate bill "doesn’t have a public option, doesn’t expand Medicare for the (age) 55 to 64 group, and has abortion language that is completely different from the House – thank … Read More
Save The Liturgy…. Say the Black…. WDTPRS…. stuff
I have had a few people send e-mails asking to repost the addresses to my shops for coffee mugs, etc., in different countries. Glad to oblige! I have been punishing these mugs, microwaving them for long periods and putting them … Read More
Benedict XVI may approve John Paul II as “Venerable” on 19 Dec
From Rome Reports Benedict XVI to declare John Paul II venerable at the Vatican December 17, 2009. The late Pope John Paul II is one step closer at getting a spot on the altars, now that Benedict XVI will name … Read More
The Feeder Feed
I have only a single male Cardinal coming around to the feeder. There is a female lurking somewhere also, but I haven’t seen her for a while. They are very alert and skittish. He does go up on the feeder, … Read More
Ineffabiliter sapiens, sapienter infans
Yesterday I wrote my column for the Christmas issue of The Wanderer. Inter alia I delved into what St. Augustine said about the eternal Word becoming an infans, "incapable of speech", as the Lord’s way of teaching humility. Augustine explores … Read More
They finally got around to it: Milingo dismissed from the clerical state
In the "It’s About Time" folder, comes this news from VIS about the dismissal of Emmanuel Milingo from the clerical state: For a number of years the Church has followed with great concern the difficulties caused by the regrettable conduct … Read More
Card. Hummes: Without prayer, priests die of starvation.
From CNA: Cardinal Hummes calls priests to strengthen ministry through prayer Vatican City, Dec 16, 2009 / 06:57 pm (CNA).- The prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, encouraged priests this week not to neglect prayer because … Read More
WDTPRS – Ember Wednesday “Missa Aurea” – Collect (1962MR)
Today, Ember Wednesday of Advent, those who have the use of the older, traditional Roman Missal, offer worship to God with the so-called Missa aurea, the "Golden Mass". There is a strong Marian overtone to today’s Mass formulary. The Roman … Read More
Catholic reporter fired because he disagrees with homosexual “marriage”
From CNA with my emphases: Catholic reporter fired over comment on same-sex ‘marriage’ campaign Portland, Maine, Dec 15, 2009 / 09:56 pm (CNA).- A localized media frenzy has ensued after a Catholic reporter was let go from his 19-year position … Read More
A Gaudete Rose report
It is nice to see that His Hermeneuticalness had a Solemn Mass at Blackfen and used their new rose set. The Mulier Fortis has photos.
Card. Murphy-O’Connor won’t be in the House of Lords
I picked up from Paolo Rodari’s blog, Palazzo Apostolico, that the Holy Father denied permission to His Eminence Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, to enter the House of Lords. Not only is the Cardinal still a member of the … Read More
Is the White House threatening pro-life Sen. Nelson (D-NE)?
This is from the Catholic Key, blog of the newspaper of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph: Evil’s Afoot – Pray for Senator Ben Nelson If a Senate source is accurate, things are getting nasty for the pro-life Senator from … Read More
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