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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- jhogan on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-12 – Brainstorming!: “I would like to laugh at the bishop’s situation and ideas; unfortunately, it is far too close to the truth…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Okay, let’s presume for a moment that the spin being put on this is correct – it was a scheduling…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “The attitude of the Ecclesia Dei groups (I don’t know how they are referred to now) is puzzling to me.…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Months ago there was a huge event announced for the same day, almost at the same time, in St. Peter’s…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “In all due respect to @JamesM I don’t think the quotation from Pope Leo has anything to do with liturgy.…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Every Catholic who loves the patrimony of the Roman Catholic Church is not really wanted in the new ‘synodal direction’.…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Of course, the Vatican/Pope is well aware of the message being sent. They apparently think it’s their club and we…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “But seriously… while I assume this decision was not made personally by Pope Leo, there have been enough “insults” lately…”
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
A wonderful photo to cheer you up
One of the best things I’ve seen for a while. A moving truck near the White House. Biretta tip to Pamela Geller – o{]:¬) Meanwhile, in just a few short days…
Clericalism: bad and good
At The Catholic Thing there is a post today by Fr. Mark Pilon about clericalism. I am for clericalism. That is to say, I am for good, beneficial clericalism. I am against bad clericalism. Both Pilon and I make distinctions. Here … Read More
Coming to a neighborhood near you?
How would you feel were your parish church to be vandalized and desecrated? Yes, yes, I know that many of them already were, by the vandals within the Church who wreckovated so many beautiful churches and who build so many monstrosities … Read More
How Pope Francis handles abuse cases and the CDF
At the American Conservative see Rod Dreher’s piece “Pope Francis & Child Abusers”. Dreher references Doughery’s “blockbuster” column at This Week. The Catholic Church has long been plagued by sickening scandals involving priests abusing children. And there is reportedly another scandal … Read More
Shared Communion with Protestants? Sacrilege and Blasphemy
UPDATE: From a friend in email: It would seem to make little difference in pastoral practice at this point, I think, to admit Lutherans to Communion: most of our own Catholic people don’t believe in the Real Presence and … Read More
‘They’ll lynch us!’, Catholics beg for assistance in evicting illegal migrants
A dire notes as the year begins. First, from Express about Catholics under siege at a parish near Milan. ‘They’ll LYNCH us!’ Church PLEADS with police for assistance in evicting migrants A CHRISTIAN priest has pleaded for help in evicting … Read More
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Your Good News
Let’s start out the year with your good news, your good hopes for this new year of salvation.
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2017
Right out of the gate this year! ObamaCare (aka “Affordable” Care Act) will be repealed. Construction will begin on The Wall. Pres. Trump’s first international trip will be to Jerusalem. Pres. Trump will appoint two Justices to the Supreme Court. … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Obligation? Let us know. For my part, for the Extraordinary Form (it isn’t the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God), on this Octave of Christmas … Read More
jhogan on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-12 – Brainstorming!: “I would like to laugh at the bishop’s situation and ideas; unfortunately, it is far too close to the truth…”
