Daily Archives: 27 February 2014

@Pontifex Latin Tweet

Each day there are tweets from Pope Francis’ account.  They post more or less the same content in different languages.  Someone is busy! Today we have this, in Latin: Debiliores domi ultro curamus. Qua re humani generis ne imbecillitatem neve … Read More

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St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows: Patron of Handgunners

Today is the feast of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Gabriel Possenti, according to the calendar of the Novus Ordo. In the older, traditional Missal we find that 28 February was given to him.   His date is most … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Resources about Traditional Mass for newbies

From a reader… Quaeritur: Can you provide or refer me to a resource that explains the beauty of the Traditional Mass for those who have never experienced it – in a simple and easy-to-understand way? A soft-of Traditional Mass for … Read More

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Did the Last Supper enable the sex abuse scandal?

Ex-priest and Fishwrap beacon of light Eugene Cullen Kennedy, still alive, has a mundivagant piece at said Fishwrap (aka the National Schismatic Reporter) entitled “Did the Council of Trent enable the sex abuse scandal?” No, really. He went there. He … Read More

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Pope Francis’ Holy Week Schedule

In today’s L’Osservatore Romano I saw the Holy Father’s upcoming schedule for Holy Week. Notice anything interesting? What we won’t be seeing:  

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Economics of SEX

This video caught my eye, since I posted on the sidebar that I was reading Jay Richard’s Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (which the people who helped Francis write Evangelii gaudium could … Read More

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JUST TOO COOL: Is there a way to put this on my wish list?

If only I could put THIS on my amazon wishlist! This is an 1849 Colt .31 caliber revolver made for the Pontifical Swiss Guards! Documentation indicates that some of these revolvers were sent “either to Vatican guards or possibly to … Read More

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RECENT POSTS and THANKS and MASS FOR BENEFACTORS

Remember to check the YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS thread. And now… JUST TOO COOL: Is there a way to put this on my wish list? GUEST POST: The fruits of ‘ad orientem’ worship in a parish. From the Religion of … Read More

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GUEST POST: The fruits of ‘ad orientem’ worship in a parish.

My friend Fr. Richard Heilman, who seems to have mastered perpetual motion, has a great letter to a priest posted at his place. You will recall that I posted photos of Fr. H dragging the table altar out of church … Read More

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