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Monthly Archives: January 2011
2011 About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards
I bring this to the attention of the readership: About.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards will showcase the best products, features and services in multiple categories, from technology to hobbies to parenting to religion. Nominations are now open, and will be … Read More
Some observations about the “memorial” service in Tucson
I watched some of the “memorial service” in Tucson last night. Here are some observations. First, we feel pain and concern for the the people affected. What happened in Tucson was gruesome, maddening, sad, demoralizing, disastrous, and revolting. It was, … Read More
Egyptian policeman shoots Christian girls
From Catholic Culture: Policeman shoots 4 Christians in Egypt Less than two weeks after a church bombing in Alexandria left 21 Coptic Christians dead, an off-duty policeman shot four Christians on a train, killing a 71-year-old man. A fifth person … Read More
Posted in The future and our choices
Tagged Coptic, Egypt, Religion of Peace, Sts. Nunilo and Alodia
21 Comments
21 Comments
SSPX Bp. Fellay criticizes Benedict XVI about Assisi meeting
From The Catholic Herald (which has a huge discount right now annual subscriptions to the full digital version): SSPX leader criticises Pope’s plan to hold inter-religious meeting By Anna Arco The leader of the Society of St Pius X has … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mass “in honor” of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have received a few emails asking me (again, this year) if it is appropriate to celebrate Mass (again, this year) in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I look forward to the day that Masses are … Read More
Michael Voris about tabernacles and, gasp, liberals!
Michael Voris has another indirect, deeply nuanced reflection, this time touching on issues such as the placement of the tabernacle in churches.
A note about The Tablet
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, the p.p. of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, posted this about The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill). Keep in mind this may be hard to substantiate. Shops seem to be closing all over Brighton, more … Read More
What’s in a name? A lot, as it turns out.
Once upon a time a couple liberals got really mad at me when I suggested that a Christian saint’s name might be a good thing for their little stupor mundi, rather than the trendy abstraction with an incomprehensible spelling. My … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged baptismal names, names
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126 Comments
Some details of the Anglican Ordinariate revealed
The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, has this about the structure of the Ordinariate for Anglicans coming into communion with the Roman Catholic Church. My emphases and comments. Church reveals fine details of ordinariate By Anna Arco Personal … Read More
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Anglican Ordiinariate, Anglicanorum coetibus
39 Comments
39 Comments
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