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- moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I saw that “mirror image” elsewhere a day or so ago. The creature seen in the mirror image has a…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “You know how sometimes you can’t believe how wrong “conventional wisdom” is? Now think about a society where people rely…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding the portrait… I find myself thinking of Cruella deVil. Weren’t her rooms furnished all in red & black, with…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Father, in this screwy world, how are you able to hold your tongue and act in charity to those who…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding Google’s AI agent: I am a systems engineer (software/hardware/modeling). My question is: can I get it to open the…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Poitiers France; firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church Tues 14 May due to an arson attack. The statue of The…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The concept of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has been around almost as long as computers were, and is basically the application…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the important thing to realise about “AI” is that it really is smoke and mirrors. It seems “clever”…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 24-05-12 – Bp. Fatty v. Confirmations: “I will pray for you.”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 24-05-12 – Bp. Fatty v. Confirmations: “Sorry to hear this, Old Historian.”
- on 13 May – Our Lady of Fatima: Three points, one that worries, one that consoles, one that puzzles: “When St. Paul said “We see now as in a mirror, darkly” — he wasn’t talking about seeing himself in…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1021: “Regarding to the Butker speech… The video already has nearly half a million (!) views on YouTube. I truly believe…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the portrait of his face is very powerful. Is the fading a premonition of the monarchy. Is there…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1022: different kinds of matches: “1. g5×h6 If . . . . . R×a6 (exposing White’s knight to K×b4) 2. K-g5# (discovered) Otherwise: 2. Q-g8#”
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Canonist Ed Peters on the changes to law for marriage nullity procedures
You will want to have at least a glance at largifical canonist Ed Peters take on the changes to Canon Law for the Latin and the Eastern Churches concerning the procedure for handling marriage cases which were announced yesterday. A … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged annulm, canon law, Ed Peters, marriage, nullity
21 Comments
21 Comments
Card. Burke’s address at Steubenville about the marriage and the Synod
At Steubenville, His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke gave an address tonight (Tuesday 8 Sept) which you all will want to watch or listen to. He and other speakers talk about the working document, the Instrumentum Laboris for the upcoming Synod … Read More
Welcome Aboard New Registrants!
UPDATE 8 Sept: To the lady who called via Skype… I don’t call people back. Drop me an email and we can work out a way to get you registered. Meanwhile, try using a different browser to register. To participate … Read More
Pope Francis has changed canon law procedures for “annulments”
Today we received the texts of the two Letters Motu Proprio from His Holiness Pope Francis which change the Codes of Canon Law concerning the procedures for declarations of nullity for both the Latin and the Eastern Church. The texts are … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged annulments, canon law, canonical process, declaration of nullity
83 Comments
83 Comments
ASK FATHER: Blessings by lay people at Communion
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve been a Catholic for 12 years. Ever since I was baptized, extra-ordinary ministers of communion (in addition to the priest or deacon) have given blessings to those who are not receiving the Body of Christ. The most common … Read More
Refugees Refusing Aid Because It Has A Red Cross On It
Yes, there are true refugees. I don’t think they are all refugees. We shall see. Meanwhile, some are rejecting aid because there is a Red Cross on the packages. What do you think will come of this… migration? May the … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Religion of Peace
Tagged Europe, ISIS, Islam, Red Cross, refugees, Syria, The Religion of Peace
42 Comments
42 Comments
8 Sept: Nativity of Mary
Here is the entry in the Roman Martyrology for today’s feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Festum Nativitatis beatae Mariae Virginis, ex semine Abrahae, de tribu Iuda ortae, ex progenie regis David, e qua Filius Dei natus … Read More
7 Sept: International Buy A Priest A Beer Day!
I almost missed it, but I was saved by one of you readers – DR in Germany – who sent a donation using the button on the sidebar and included a note about IBAPABD. So, if anyone else wants to … Read More
ASK FATHER: What constitutes solid baptism prep?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What constitutes solid “prep” for parents of an infant to be baptized? I (34, married, 4 kids) have been charged by our pastor with prepping the parents (one Catholic, one non, first child) of an infant … Read More
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Fr. Z’s Voice Mail
I have received a few more voice mails. It has been a while since I posted about them. Here is this one, from across the pond. A second came in just after I posted this, reacting (in part) to the … Read More
Rules to be severely changed for upcoming Synod in October
At Monday Vatican Andrea Gagliarducci has news about changes to be made in the procedure for the upcoming Synod in October. Last year the organizers of the Synod changed rules in order to more easily ram through their agenda. This … Read More
Canonical process for marriage cases to be changed
The Bolletino is … packed today with news that I don’t consider all that good. There will be a presser tomorrow at the Sala Stampa. Two Motu Proprio Letters will be rolled out on the reform of the canonical process … Read More
The View From The Fainting Couch: Pentin’s book provokes the vapors
Burke Derangement Syndrome™ has struck again! Michael Sean Winters of the Fishwrap has swooned upon his fainting couch at the news of Edward Pentin’s new book about what happened at the Synod of Bishops last October. More about Pentin’s new Smoking Gun Book™ … Read More
WDTPRS – 15th Sunday after Pentecost (EF): Sailing rough seas
Today’s Collect survived the long knives of the Consilium to live on the in the Novus Ordo editions of the Missale Romanum on Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent. Figure that one out. We find it in the 8th … Read More
Summit Dominicans in the NY Times!
I am not a fan of the New York Times (aka Hell’s Bible) but they got something right this week. The Summit Dominicans (the “Soap Sisters”) are featured in the Style section. HERE Bucking a Trend, Some Millennials Are Seeking … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – Of shops, a video, a Latinist digression, QSL card, prayers
I will set up and turn on my rig sometime during the day and in the evening. Perhaps some of you might use the combox to set up some scheds. I didn’t post last Saturday because I was travelling. But … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm
Tagged Ham radio, Ham Radio Saturday
85 Comments
85 Comments
Brick by Brick in London’s Corpus Christi in Maiden Lane
I have posted updates from time to time about the wonderful restoration work being done at Corpus Christi Church in Maiden Lane, London, near Covent Garden. Fr. Alan Robinson has the task in hand and is making great progress. I’ve … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Mail from priests
Tagged Corpus Christi, London, Maiden Lane, Our Lady of Walsingham
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Uniting Communities in Shakopee, MN
Some time I wrote about a parish in my native Minnesota, St. Mark’s Church in Shakopee, which has implemented Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form with preaching also in Spanish. HERE Fr. Erik Lundgren, the pastor, sent a few photos. … Read More
Explaining the Year of Mercy “abortion forgiveness faculty”
For the Year of Mercy the Holy Father has given to all priests the faculty to absolve from the censure that is incurred by the crime (not just sin) of successfully procuring an abortion. This has created a bit of … Read More
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