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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Card. Collins: “receiving communion is not obligatory at Mass”
The Archbishop of Toronto, His Eminence Thomas Card. Collins has said something that I have been hammering at for years. HERE It is NOT obligatory to receive Communion at Mass. Also, people who may not receive Communion are STILL OBLIGED … Read More
Seeking Jesus outside Church? Pope Francis says: “Dangerous and harmful”
His Holiness Pope Francis said during his last Wednesday audience before the summer break that those who believe that they can have a relationship with Jesus outside the Church are on a harmful and dangerous path. From AsiaNews, which has … Read More
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Deep pockets undermine Catholic teaching through bribes
What a cheery day. I direct the attention of the readership to this piece from the aptly-named Crisis: Marginalizing Catholic Teaching One Grant at a Time George Soros’ Open Society Institute is most often blamed for attempting to neutralize the abortion … Read More
Catholic Identity and You
I turn to my email and find a link to a piece by the Vaticanista Marco Tosatti who writes for La Stampa. He drills into the travails of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. HERE (My translation) In sum, in … Read More
Just for fun.
I want one of these! (Sorry about the awful music. Watch anyway, to the end.) Keep a couple of those in a Faraday cage, against the day.
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Ass. of US Catholic Priests met in St. Louis. Average age….
Tom Fox of the National Schismatic Reporter (aka The Fishwrap) posted about a group of priests who just met in St. Louis. A friend sent an email with the link and the comment: I believe that this defines the words … Read More
Kids Divorce Stories
I received this from Jennifer Morse, from the Ruth Institute, whom I saw again during Acton U. We now have a special blog called Kids Divorce Stories where people can go and write anonymously. about their experiences. I posted a link … Read More
Bp. Paprocki’s Pastoral Letter: Ars celebrandi et adorandi
His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois, who is not afraid to use exorcisms, has issued a pastoral letter called Ars celebrandi et adorandi… The art of celebrating and worshiping. He has taken his title, surely, from … Read More
Happy Birthday 1962 Missale Romanum, the Missal of St. John XXIII! [puff… sip … puff]
Today is the 52th “birthday” of the 1962 Missale Romanum! Spiffy! And because it is the Vigil of my Name Day, I shall enjoy a cigar from a box of small Macanudo from one of you readers (a priest, as a … Read More
Francis and the Franciscan Friars have a meeting
Andrea Tornielli tells us that the Holy Father granted an audience to the embattled Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Oddly, we didn’t hear about this meeting before. It happened on 10 June. Usually the Pope’s meetings are listed in public … Read More
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Liberals hating on Pope Francis, who just refuses to get with their agenda!
Liberals will eventually turn on Pope Francis. There are even some indications at The Fishwrap that this is starting. Francis’ style doesn’t seem conservative at all, but he is NOT going to change doctrine. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to support a friend’s vocation to the priesthood
From a reader: Father, I have a close friend who has been as close as a brother to me who is discerning the priesthood. I think he would make a wonderful priest or even religious brother. What steps can I … Read More
“We declare him excommunicate and anathema.”
In case you haven’t seen this. Never gets old. It’s the slight pause before … pain that really does it. We could just adopt this rite as it is.
“It was going to come down to just him and me.”
May I recommend that you stop over at the blog Shoved To Them (where do these interesting names come from?) and peruse THIS. Here is an excerpt: [My husband] worried about our safety, so he made sure that I had a … Read More
“Don’t Tread on Me”
I liked this from Military.com: Navy SEALs Order More ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Patches The U.S. Navy is ordering more “Don’t Tread on Me” flag patches eight months after it was reported that Navy SEALs had stopped wearing them because … Read More
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How do you use the precious allotment of time which you have been given?
I saw this at Acton Power Blog. It made me put on my Patristiblogger hat for a while: Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which measures the amount of time people spend doing … Read More
ASK FATHER: Newly wedded couple kissing during wedding Mass?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Do you think it is appropriate for a newly wed couple to share a kiss at their wedding mass? If so, the only place in the Ordinary Form I can think of it happening is at … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Excommunication after abortion and absolution
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When I was very far away from the Church in apostasy, I asked a girl to take emergency contraception (not sure if she was pregnant). I knew that this was an excommunicable act, but I persisted … Read More
