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Monthly Archives: November 2018
ASK FATHER: Could the Church make “communal services” the norm for the Sacrament of Penance?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, In John 20:22-24, it says “And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you … Read More
UPDATED BRICK BY BRICK in Florida! New Sunday TLM established.
UPDATE 17 Nov 2018: From a reader… more movement in Florida. I think this was cut and pasted to me, but… oh well. Father Z – thought you’d like to see Florida is headed in the right direction. From Fr. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged D. Palm Beach
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5 Comments
Latin-less Priests and Homeschoolers – UPDATED
UPDATE 17 Nov: I’ve received some interesting emails since this discussion about Latin began in these electronic pages. First, Thank you for writing such an awesome blog. I am a big fan. In your recent blog about the future of … Read More
More Jesuit antics in that ‘caput malorum omnium’ the Church in Germany
Putting the pessima in corruptio optimi pessima. From a reader: Dear Father, Apparently, the Vatican has accepted P. Wucherpfennig SJ as rector of the Jesuit High School Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt, Germany. He was recently denied the nihil obstat by … Read More
ASK FATHER: Could Latin be suppressed? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
In a post yesterday, I wrote about the possibility that, before too long, the TLM might wind up being the “last Mass standing”. Why? Demographics are burning quickly and the present day hierarchy has only thrown more accelerant on the … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants
More and more I’ve been musing, under the shadow of shifting demographics and the Church’s self-devastation wrought by those in the stratosphere of power, about the short and long term of the Novus Ordo and TLM. I’ve been wondering if, … Read More
A solid “state of the question” VIDEO about The Present Crisis
When we write scholarly papers or monographs or theses, or even in depth blog posts, analyzing a burning question, we often begin with a status quaestionis section: What is the state of the question? This morning Michael Voris posted a “Vortex” … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Michael Voris, The Present Crisis
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17 Comments
In how many ways is this creepy?
We might make a list of how many ways this is a creepy. From Fox: Man, 35, reportedly marries computer hologram Surrounded by nearly 40 people, a 35-year-old man reportedly married a virtual hologram earlier this month. Akihiko Kondo, who … Read More
HEADS WILL ROLL! A new “You won’t believe your eyes ugly” altar
You know about the flesh-eating amoeba that attacks brains? Part of the problem in the Church today is the worldly, spirit-eating amoeba that is eating the souls of bishops. This is from La Repubblica. Here is a new altar in … Read More
Why homosexualists hate Papa Ratzinger so much.
Fr. John Hunwicke has at his place a thoughtful piece about why some people hate Papa Ratzinger so very much. I think he has it right. He reposted some items which still hold up. For example, from … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host: “Prof: I wouldn’t psychoanalyze the guy from afar based on this. Nor would I assume that he doesn’t know what…”
