Yearly Archives: 2010

Lost Roman Chinese Legion

This is for your Just Too Cool file. From the Daily Telegraph with my emphases: Chinese villagers ‘descended from Roman soldiers’ By Nick Squires Genetic testing of villagers in a remote part of China has shown that nearly two thirds … Read More

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Not for the weak of heart or stomach. The hideous truth.

CMR reports on the hideous truth. Vegetarians around the planet were horrified to learn today that the popular Thanksgiving dish for vegetarians called Tofurkey doesn’t actually derive from the vegetarian bean curd known as Tofu but from a very small … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Reservation of Precious Blood in home of a sick person

From a reader: My father-in-law has been battling tongue cancer (which has spread to his lymph) and has been housebound for nearly 5 months. Moreover, he hasn’t eaten any solid foods for nearly 10 months. He has a feeding tube … Read More

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RECENT POSTS and THANKS TO READERS

It has been a busy day. Here is one reason: Prayer Request – Mothership Problem And because the Mac using PC snarkers have chimed in, I have started a “Get a Mac” fund. Here are some recent posts: Fr. Fessio … Read More

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POLL ALERT: Justification of “mercy killing”

There is a poll on the site of the New York Daily News attached to a story about an 88 year old man who shot his wife in the head to end her suffering. As of now. UPDATE 24 Nov … Read More

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Fr. Fessio on what Pope Benedict really said: USEFUL ANALOGY ALERT

USEFUL ANALOGY ALERT “Pope Approves Padded Pipes for Mugging” You would do well to read this carefully and use it in conversations. Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ,  wrote a piece for Reuters which means that it will get a little visibility. … Read More

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Queen Elizabeth warns Church of England synod

The “head” of the Church of England gives the “body” of the Church of England a warning. From BBC: Queen gives warning to Church of England synod The Queen has spoken of the “difficult” and “painful” choices facing the Church … Read More

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Fox News website headline: LIE – They should be ashamed

This is the sort of shallow, asinine, perhaps even mendacious BS we all knew would crop up in the mainstream media. NOTA BENE:  This headline is a LIE. Note also that the URL for the story indicates something quite different. … Read More

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HUGE GLOBAL POPE NEWS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND MEANINGFULNESS

My friend Greg Burke, the Rome correspondent for Fox News, has an article about the Pope’s new interview-book and the biggest news to come from it. Keep in mind, folks, that the whole Condom Conundrum, is energy-consuming frivolity compared to … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Dispensation for Americans to eat meat on Friday after Thanksgiving?

From a reader: The folks at Rorate Caeli have posted that Pius XII granted an indult for Americans to eat meat on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Is this indult still in effect? I don’t know.  Probably not.  Also, it doesn’t … Read More

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