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Monthly Archives: January 2014
ACTION ITEM! An idea for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity!
Today we begin the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Admit it. You forgot this, right? I must confess that, in the past, I have been a little… what to say… lukewarm?… about this Week for Christian Unity. But we … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty
Tagged bakery, cakes, ecumenism, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
54 Comments
54 Comments
Benedict XVI “defrocked” 384 clerics in 2 years. Liberal praise to follow…. maybe?
According to AP, and this was also clarified by the papal spokesman Fr. Lombardi, Pope Benedict XVI “defrocked” almost 400 priests for the crime of sexual abuse of children – in a little more than 2 years. We are talking … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Benedict XVI, clerical sexual abuse
49 Comments
49 Comments
Pres. Obama declared 16 January “Religious Freedom Day”?!?
I saw at the blog of Syte Reitz in an entry labelled “The Deceiver” that – I am not making this up – Pres. Obama had declared Thursday 16 January to be “Religious Freedom Day”. Religious Freedom Day? It takes some … Read More
St. Anthony and the blessings of horses and pigs
Speaking of pigs, once upon a time in Velletri, the main city of of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni, at the Church of St. Anthony the Abbot, I did on this day outside the homonymous church stand in cassock, surplice, … Read More
Dear, NSR… Between a rock and a hard place, are you?
I have been thinking about the meltdown the editors and staff of the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) must be having, as they gathered at their water cooler this week. Michael Sean Winters dropped that the writers were gathering in … Read More
You just can’t make up this stuff!
I saw something over at Fishwrap by Jamie Manson, whose credentials are only too-well-known. Bear with me for a moment. In order to get my point across I have to repost something I offered in 2012. Enjoy and then … Read More
March for Life 2014?
Are any of you going to Washington DC for the March for Life?
The Feeder Feed: Of cardinals and pigs and … grilling….
A reader asked about “Ray”. “Ray” is every Cardinal (the member of the finch family) who has occasionally appeared on these electronic pages. Since I moved from the Sabine Farm to the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue, I have not … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, The Feeder Feed
Tagged bird feeder, birds, cardinals, feeder, Rocket J. Squirrel, Z-Swag
18 Comments
18 Comments
Archbp. Cordileone on AG Eric Holder’s attack on definition of marriage
From the site of the USCCB: General Holder Acts Contrary to Supreme Court Decision By Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone Last week Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government will recognize so-called “marriages” performed in Utah between persons of … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Archbp. Cordileone, Defense of Marriage, Eric Holder, marriage, Utah
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60 Comments
amenamen on Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions: “Necessity? Can. 932 §1. The eucharistic celebration is to be carried out in a sacred place unless in a particular…”
