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Monthly Archives: November 2014
¡VIVA LA SOTANA! A video about …
A reader sent me a a link to a video trailer for a Spanish language documentary about the cassock. Yes, the cassock. While the video struck me as being perhaps a little saccharin. I’ll give them a pass for being … Read More
Happy 239th Birthday, Marines!
Happy 239th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! Oorah and thank you.
A palindrome for St. Martin’s Day
From a reader from back on 11/11/11: I thought that you and your readers might find this legend of Satan, St. Martin of Tours, and two exquisitely long palindromes, to be of interest particularly on this palindromic day of 11/11/11. From The … Read More
Good comments on Card. Burke and on a serious translation error
I had intended to write today about the translation error in the English version of the recent Synod’s final document. However, over at The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal covers the issue well and says many of the same things I had … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Card. Burke, Robert Royal, Synod of Bishops, translation
19 Comments
19 Comments
An evil site and occasion of sin. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
UPDATE BELOW (Fishwrap closed it’s comments.) ___ Original Published on: Nov 9, 2014 ___ If ever you needed proof of what an evil site and occasion of sin the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) has become, just have a look at the … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Biased Media Coverage, Cri de Coeur, Dogs and Fleas, Green Inkers, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Burke, combox, decorum, Fishwrap, Michael Sean Winters
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A 5-year old shows us how it’s done
For those snobby dopes out there who think Joe and Mary Bagofdoughnuts in the pews are too stoopid to handle Latin or that hearing some chant is toooo haaaard. Here is a 5 year old singing the common Christian table … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged chant, ex ore infantium, Gregorian chant, Latin
27 Comments
27 Comments
ASK FATHER: TLM vestments for military installation
Today seems an especially good day to post this request, from a priest: I write with a request that some of your readers may be able to assist with. I am starting preparation to offer the EF at our military … Read More
Liberal media ‘Lord of the Flies’ dance begins over Card. Burke’s reassignment
The liberal Lord of the Flies dance has begun with the appointment of Card. Burke to the Knights of Malta. What better way to see what the extreme Left is doing than to see how HuffPo provides us with AP’s … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Liberals, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged AP, Card. Burke, Frances D'Emilio, yellow journalism
80 Comments
80 Comments
10 Nov – Wash DC – CUA – Conference on Economic Freedom – Fishwrap’s Michael Sean Winters ATTACKS!
I saw this at the site of Catholic University of America: Conference on Religious and Economic Liberty The Acton Institute and The Catholic University of America School of Business and Economics will hold a conference on “The Relationship between Religious … Read More
The Loosing of the Leash: Card. Burke appointed to Knights of Malta
And so the shoe has dropped. From today’s Bolletino. Nomina del Patrono del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta Il Santo Padre ha nominato Patrono del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta l’Em.mo Card. Raymond Leo Burke, finora Prefetto del Supremo Tribunale … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Card. Burke, Knights of Malta, Synod of Bishops
38 Comments
38 Comments
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