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Obama’s judicial appointment who helped craft Roe v. Wade
From LifeNews: The Senate will vote on Monday on Andrew Hurwitz, President Obama’s pro-abortion nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Obama added to his pro-abortion record by placing yet another abortion activist in nomination … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest walking around the church during his sermon
From a reader: May a priest give his sermon off the altar and peripatetically — wander into the aisle of the nave to deliver it? I am not aware that there is any legislation which specifically forbids a bishop, priest or … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest follows new translation but continues to say “for all” rather than “for many”
From a reader: My pastor uses the new translation of the Mass with the exception of the words “for many” at the consecration. He continues to use the words “for all.” I find that this bothers me. I would appreciate your opinion on … Read More
Media coverage of the LCWR: ignorance, bias and laziness, sloppy and incomplete
This is a little dated, but it helps to explain some prominent errors about what is going on the the Holy See’s reforming efforts concerning key women religious. This was by Ann Carey on NRO. Nun Too Accurate Reporting By … Read More
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Thank you for your prayers while I was ill. Some posts as they scroll along: Fishwrap’s Sr. Maureen Fiedler uses her ruler on those pesky Wisconsin Bishops! The Bold And The Beautiful I’m on pins and needles! A critic of … Read More
Obama receives a key endorsement
Hey, this is a coveted endorsement! O’Grady: Castro Endorses Obama The dictator’s daughter gets a visa to make speeches here while the regime continues to hold an American hostage. President Obama has received yet another endorsement, this time from the … Read More
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Fishwrap’s Sr. Maureen Fiedler uses her ruler on those pesky Wisconsin Bishops!
Readers want me to fisk one of our favorite contributors to the National Catholic Fishwrap, the perennial Sr. Maureen Fiedler. Alas, I two tags for Sister, the other is here. This week Sister has knuckle-slapped the Bishops of Wisconsin … Read More
The Bold And The Beautiful
I have been mulling over the recent support given by the Catholic Theological Society of America to Sr. Margaret Farley. Let’s be clear about a large slice of the group. There is in the CTSA a serious percentage of self-legitimating … Read More
I’m on pins and needles!
If I am not mistaken, tomorrow, Tuesday, the leadership of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR – a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns) will be meeting with the leadership of the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith. What … Read More
A critic of the CDF Note about Sr. Farley’s dreadful book
Several people sent me links to an piece on Religion Dispatches about pro-abortion Mary E. Hunt’s defense of pro-abortion RSM Sr. Margaret Farley’s dreadful book. My readers wanted me to fisk Hunt’s arguments. Since I have a little jet lag … Read More
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Geeky and Beautiful
For your “Look! Up In The Sky!” file, you Transit of Venus fans will want to watch the ultra-hi-def video of different views of the transit. This is from the Sun people at NASA and Astronomy Pic of the Day, … Read More
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