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Monthly Archives: October 2014
The Robber Synod!
Given today’s events in the hall of the Synod, when the bishops rose up as a body to fight against the obvious manipulation carried on by the leadership of the Synod (Card. Baldisseri). The Synod was being stolen from … Read More
¡Hagan lío! Synod Bishops revolt against leadership and get their way – UPDATE!
BIG UPDATE BELOW! ____ Apparently the bishops at the Synod are tired of being manipulated. They created a little lío of their own. In full view of the Pope, they rose up pretty much as a body and rebelled against … Read More
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VIDEO: Holy League – Trailer
Alas, they took no account that in the Extraordinary Form the Feast of Christ the King is the last Sunday of October. Still!
13 October? I’m just sayin’
A priest friend sent this (with editing): Makes one ponder… Oct. 13, 54 Nero becomes Roman Emperor Oct. 13, 1884 Pope Leo XIII’s vision leading him to write the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel Oct. 13, 1917 The Miracle … Read More
Card. Kasper’s observations about Africa – UPDATE: Interview REMOVED!
UPDATE 16 Oct 1700 GMT: Card. Kasper’s interview at ZENIT has, as if by magic, disappeared. ANOTHER UPDATE! Card. Kasper denied giving the interview, but Pentin had openly recorded it and it was on the record! HERE Pentin posted it. … Read More
Is the leadership of the Synod dealing from a stacked deck?
Italian journalist Marco Tosatti, who writes for the Italian daily La Stampa, hit it directly on the head today. He points to some facts. You decide. HERE in Italian. My translation: Un Sinodo un po’ taroccato? A Synod a bit … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is Jesus a human person? Catechism 101
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Did Jesus Christ true God and true man, become a human person? No. The Second Person, the Eternal Son, God from God, took our human nature into an indestructible bond with His divinity and was born … Read More
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Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
A few people have mentioned that Card. Burke suggested praying devotions to the Holy Face of Jesus. I wrote to someone in Hong Kong (which I would like to visit), who put me on to a site dedicated to Devotion … Read More
ASK FATHER: Anointing in the Time of Ebola
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I´m writing from Spain where sadly, a nurse is extremely ill with Ebola virus. She was infected while treating a Spanish missionary who was brought back from Africa to get treated. My question is this: imagine … Read More
NEW Z-SWAG! (This one might surprise you.)
It’s time to have a little fun. Over at the piranha tanks of Fishwrap‘s combox, you readers – you – were being ridiculed as … “Zed-Heads”. For those of you who may not know, “Zed” is a British English way … Read More
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