Yearly Archives: 2010

Wimbledon Marathon Match: Mahut v Isner

Anyone watching this? The match was carried over to today due to darkness yesterday. As I write they are tied 38-38. Records are being set. Longest match in Wimbledon history. UPDATE: Wow… UPDATE: And now 54-54 UPDATE 56-57 Will this … Read More

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USA lives to play another day

Goals disallowed… hitting posts…. USA! In case you are wondering… there were no baseball games on at this hour.

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Richard McBrien’s favorite bishops! Make popcorn.

When John Paul II came to the See of Peter in 1978 the Church was in the verge of splintering.  One of the late Pope’s greatest accomplishments was to drag us back from the edge of schism.  Over many years, … Read More

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Alverno (Catholic) College has abortion advocacy groups on website

You might want to know about an online protest to Alverno College – a Catholic institution. Here is the link. Alverno College links to 10 abortion advocacy groups on their web site. Since the Alverno College’s site is too fancy … Read More

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A new Prefect of Palaver?

I understand the intrepid Andrea Tornielli says Basel’s Bishop Kurt Koch could be the new Archon of Alliteration … ehem… Administrator of Assonance, … no, that’s not it … the new Capo of Concord… the new Director of Dialogue… ugh… … Read More

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What Would Pres. Bartlett Do?

President Bartlett would not fire Gen. McChrystal. BTW… here is another example of a volcano influencing history. It seems McChrystal and staff were stuck together for a long time because of the volcano in Iceland. Oops. Do you get the … Read More

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RECENT POSTS OF INTEREST

Please be sure to check these entries: QUAERITUR: concelebration and seeing the elements – and Fr. Z rants Card. George’s interview with John Allen: “the nature of the Church” Singer Andrea Bocelli: Doctor Told Mom To Abort Me WDTPRS: Collect … Read More

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L’Osservatore Romano on The Blues Brothers… for English readers

You might have read that the Vatican’s increasingly strange newspaper L’Osservatore Romano had a fluff piece on that famously "Catholic" movie The Blues Brothers. I like The Blues Brothers.  After all these years it still makes me laugh… perhaps because … Read More

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QUAERITUR: concelebration and seeing the elements – and Fr. Z rants

From a priest reader: I’ll get right to the point: is it not required that a concelebrant be able to see the matter he is consecrating? I am certain that it is, but I am not able to defend this … Read More

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The war on fatherhood

Usually the average parish bulletin "pastor’s page" is… well… suboptimal. But not at the little parish St. John’s on the east side of St. Paul, MN where the mighty Fr. George Welzbacher is pastor. He has a highly crafted Pastor’s … Read More

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