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- Kathleen10 on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Wonderful news about Candace Owens and George Farmer. Thank you for continually pointing out that Holy Orders is one Sacrament.…”
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
US Catholic goes to the zoo about the new “graviora delicta” norms
You perhaps won’t be surprised if Bryan Cones of the über-liberal US Catholic threw a little nutty about the CDF’s new norms concerning graviora delicta, "exceptionally serious crimes". Here is the piece in all is wondrous weirdness with my emphases … Read More
QUAERITUR: I poured the Precious Blood down a sink
From a reader: I was reading your blog entry on "Graviora Delicta" and started to get a bit nervous. Awhile ago, I served as sacristan at a Jesuit high school. With no disrespect to the Society of Jesus, you can … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay claims Pope Benedict says the TLM privately
The fellow who sent the following added the mordant comment that if any Italian bishop were to resign because the Pope said the traditional form of Holy Mass, that would be reason enough for him to do it. The English … Read More
What happens when you take a coffee mug to Starbucks?
For the Just Too Cool file… A priest who reads the blog and who bought some "Oremus pro Pontifice" coffee mugs sent me this note and photo: I use them at Starbucks, and "they" have led to one return to … Read More
Just plain FUN!
Super biretta tip to Jimmy Akin! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI]
Wouldn’t it be fun to…
… tooooo… for example… … Rent a car with camper-trailer and follow the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France? Sans head butts. Great scenery, interesting people, fantastic food or ingredients for those who cook, fresh air. I am channeling my … Read More
Your good news
As we go into our weekend, let us know what your recent good news is – especially about grace working in your lives.
So much for the “relational wisdom of women”!
Remember that National Catholic Fishwrap piece, "Compromised hierarchy needs relational wisdom of women" by Charlene Spretnak? There is a news story from Germany today that Lutheran Bishopette Maria Jepsen of Hamburg has resigned. From AP: Report: First woman Lutheran bishop … Read More
OSV survey about “best of the (Catholic) web”
Our Sunday Visitor has a little survey going. The number of Catholic-oriented websites out there has exploded, and keeping track of the ones that are truly useful gets harder as they proliferate. OSV Newsweekly is pulling together a "best of … Read More
Card. Canizares Llovera: liturgical education, reintroduction to Christianity
From NLM we get the translation of an interview in German with the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, His Eminence Antonio Card. Canizares LLovera for the 3rd anniversary of the emancipation proclamation Summorum Pontificum. You can read the … Read More
Students ordered not to pray near Supreme Court
From FoxNews: Students Ordered to Stop Praying Outside Supreme Court Building By Todd Starnes Published July 15, 2010 A group of Christian students was ordered to stop praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 5 because a court … Read More
“Oremus Pro Pontifice” stuff
REQUEST: If you have ordered or received some of these buttons or mugs, etc., or any other Z-stuff – could you send photos? Also, send a note if any of these has started or helped a conversation.! ___ In light … Read More
Pelosi to receive award from Planned Parenthood
From LifeSite…. you can’t make these things up. Catholic Pelosi to Receive Planned Parenthood Award for Stopping Stupak Abortion Funding Ban By John Jalsevac July 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed devout Catholic, will receive … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Oriole edition
A different way to present the feeder: I still need to figure out the settings on the camera so that I don’t have to convert the video to something I can post easily using the Podpress plugin for WordPress. Anyone … Read More
Of St. Bonventure and how Pope Benedict is “Bonaventuran”
Today is the feast St. Bonaventure. You might check out an oldie PODCAzT I did in 2008. PODCAzT 64: Bonaventure on Christ “the door”; Interview – Fr. Timothy Finigan Also, I posted this back in 2006 about how the "Pope … Read More
QUAERITUR: Baptisms in Advent
From a reader: Our fifth child is due on November 24. To allow for the possibility that he might be late, we attempted to schedule a private baptism on Gaudete Sunday. My pastor says that no baptisms can be celebrated … Read More
Some comments on the new norms concerning Graviora Delicta
The Holy See has revised some norms concerning "exceptionally serious" crimes against faith and morals. All the delicts will be handled by the tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Besides the Church’s three great tribunals (Segnatura, … Read More
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Chances are you’ll next hear something anti-Catholic if first you hear…
CMR has an amusing post which you should check out. Top ten clues that you’re about to hear something anti-Catholic. … Broken down by percentage points here are the chances you’re about to hear something anti-Catholic if you hear: 44% … Read More
Obamacare in fact funds abortions
I hope the sisters of the CHA are proud of themselves. I found this story on the site of Jill Stanek. Obamacare to fund abortions in Pennsylvania; heat on Dahlkemper Quote: … less than 4 months after Obamacare’s passage, and … Read More
Does McBrien believe in the Devil and in the reality of possession?
National Catholic Fishwrap‘s darling McBrien (the one who ridicules Eucharistic Adoration and those who participate in it) now makes fun of exorcism and demonic possession. McBrien think that the only type of exorcism that matters is the pre-baptismal exorcism in … Read More
Kathleen10 on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
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