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Monthly Archives: October 2013
[*heavy sigh*] Archbp. Marini’s “nostalgia” for the “spirit of the council”
Does anything about the following strike you as supremely ironic? From CNS: Vatican II continues to mark ecclesial life today, says archbishop BY MARY SOLBERG Catholic News Service ERIE, Pa. (CNS) — Archbishop Piero Marini, a Vatican official, recalls watching … Read More
Card. Burke, Bp. Pozzo leave conference during Magister’s criticism of Pope Francis
I has just left Rome, I think, or I would have been at this event, to be sure. (Rome) to a scandal occurred in Rome during the presentation of the conference proceedings on the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on the … Read More
Day 9: Of saints and black pasta
Today began with Mass in the crypt of San Marco! We were at the altar where the tomb of St. Mark was for hundreds of years before it was moved upstairs. On the way over the basilica we had some … Read More
Your Good News
Do you have some good news for the readers? Today is the last day of the pilgrimage I have been with. Everyone seems to have benefited and we are, to my knowledge, all the better for it. Now I pray … Read More
SSPX funeral for Nazi war criminal
The SSPX has a house near Rome at Albano. I can’t confirm this story, but it’s out there. HERE I am working from my phone today. Surely some of you can dig into this. It is a work of mercy … Read More
Day 8: From lilies to lions
Today we had Mass, early, and then journeyed by train (farewell little buses) from storied Florence to fabled Venice. Some shots. Panorama shots are distorted but interesting. We went pretty much straight to lunch from the hotel. I started with … Read More
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima and (thriving) Benedict XVI sighting
As you know the statue of Our Lady of Fatima came to Rome and returned to Fatima. I was in Rome the last time she arrived. Alas, because I am with a pilgrimage I just missed her this time. However, … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, I'm just askin'..., Just Too Cool
Tagged Benedict XVI, Damian Thompson, Our Lady of Fatima
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19 Comments
SSPX seems poised to confirm a formal schism
I read at Rorate about a strong speech given by SSPX Bp. Bernard Fellay which is effectively a denunciation of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict and – yawn – you know the rest. Here is a sample: “The situation of … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Cri de Coeur, Francis, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Vatican II
Tagged Bp. Fellay, schism, SSPX
165 Comments
165 Comments
Pope Francis disappoints feminists, LCWR once again
His Holiness Pope Francis has again disappointed the proponents of female machismo everywhere. At News.va read about his address to the Women’s Section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on the 25th anniversary of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s … Read More
Posted in Francis, Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns
Tagged feminists, LCWR, Mulieris dignitatem, Pope Francis
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10 Comments
Fighting the Obama Administration’s program of pain and dependence
I like this. A lot. From WND: Thousands of Americans have taken the government shutdown into their own hands, literally, as they stormed into the nation’s capital, tearing down barricades blocking off the World War II Memorial on the National … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged liberals, Pres. Obama, Semper paratus
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24 Comments
MEDJUGORJE: A miraculous healing from ALS?
I limit my writing on Medjugorje to almost nothing. However, I hadn’t seen this in the Anglophone press. My translation from Affari Italiani: Medjugorje, nuovo miracolo: guarisce malato di Sla Medjugorje, new miracle: a healing from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Christian … Read More
Day 7 – Florence: pici, paintings, and anti-popes
Brief notes. Mass this morning. Visits to the Medici chapel and San Lorenzo. The Duomo and Baptistry. I have a Novus Ordo comment concerning the Duomo. Later. [… It’s later now. Here is the the above mentioned “Novus Ordo thought”. … Read More
Exemplary fuzzy thinking about Pope Francis
At Hell’s Bible there is an op-ed which exemplifies some of the fuzzy thinking going around about Pope Francis. The basic idea is that Pope Francis is the very bestest and most wonderfulest ehvur. He’s going to get rid … Read More
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Day 6 – Florence: cells and seminarians
This morning early we went to San Marco, the old Dominican convent with the cells painted by Beato Angelico. It was great to be there before the hoards arrived. We had the place to our selves. It is always moving … Read More
Pope Francis embraces USCCB’s “pastoral priorities”
A lot of people have written to me expressing their feeling that Pope Francis has “pulled the rug from under them” or even, melodramatically, “stabbed them in the back”. These are people who are, usually, deeply involved in the pro-life … Read More
Day 5 – Umbria: Things Benedictine and Franciscan
This morning we left Rome for Norcia, where there is a new monastic community in that place said to be the birthplace of St Benedict. The weather has really cooperated. It has poured rain but it let up just as … Read More
Europe: Abortion to be a “human right”?
We lacked only this last confirmation of how wickedly obtuse people have become. This is perverse. From CNS: EU May Declare Abortion a ‘Human Right’ (CNSNews.com) – European lawmakers this month will vote on a measure that promotes abortion as … Read More
A German Diocese gets wacky: Ed Peters comments
Ed Peters has an important post at his place. A German bishop essentially declared himself the Church’s lawgiver (read: Pope) and dispensed with the universal law. From In The Light Of The Law: This is why we have Canon 428 October … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged Archd. Freiburg, Bp. Zollitsch, can. 428, can. 915, Ed Peters
15 Comments
15 Comments
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