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Daily Archives: 7 January 2014
Ex ore infantium
There are lots of these “unknown people show their hidden talents” TV shows now. Sometimes they produce some surprises. This one? Wow. 9 years old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBMfgLvRZJs&feature=player_embedded Mi piace, è bella… bella. She is singing a well-known aria from Puccini’s short Gianni … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Gianni Schicchi, opera, Puccini, talent shows
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Teacher trashes 1st graders Christmas gifts: “Jesus is not allowed in school”
More liberal tolerance. From The Blaze: TEACHER REPORTEDLY SEIZES FIRST-GRADER’S CHRISTMAS GIFT AND TRASHES AFFIXED RELIGIOUS STORY A first-grade teacher in California told a student that “Jesus is not allowed in school” before removing a religious story the child affixed … Read More
The National ‘c’atholic Reporter’s combox travails. Wherein Fr. Z responds. (UPDATE: John Allen leaving!)
I saw over at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) that the promethean neopelagian powers-that-be have closed the comboxes on all their posts, articles, entries. “¡Vaya lío!”? Not so much, I guess. Apparently Fishwrap’s editors didn’t like what people were writing. … Read More
REVIEW: Travel-size 1962 Missale Romanum – AT LAST!
Looking for a gift for a traditionally-minded priest? Looking for a gift for a soon-to-be-ordained seminarian? Looking for materials for your budding Extraordinary Form Mass group in your parish? Looking for the right stuff for your own home’s private chapel … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father took away our kneelers! What can we do?
From a reader: Our very new parish pastor removed our Communion kneelers this past Sunday. They had been in standard use for at least the last 10 years if not longer. Many parishioners are quite upset, but he certainly isn’t … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do the faithful have the right to make a confession anonymously?
From a priest: Do the faithful have the right to anonymous confession? If anonymous confession is not available, are they excused from confession until they can get to an anonymous confession? Do priests have a right to anonymous confession? Can … Read More
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