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Yearly Archives: 2018
ASK FATHER: Are we are in the End Times?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Okay, I know that this is may be “edgy” given the fact it deals with prophesy, so hoping you can pull me back from the ledge. Am I crazy to think that Heaven is literally SCREAMING … Read More
Fr. Murray’s Open Letter to ex-Card. McCarrick. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
My good friend Fr. Gerald Murray of the Archdiocese of New York posted an Open Letter to ex-Cardinal McCarrick, also originally a priest of the same Archdiocese. Fr. Murray really lays it on the line, in spiritual terms. It’s strong … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Mail from priests
Tagged Fr. Gerald Murray, L'Affaire McCarrick, mercy
3 Comments
3 Comments
Cri de Coeur about lost innocence and The Present Crisis
I received this. It may be helpful to some of you. Frankly, quite a few seriously meaningful notes have come. This is a fruit of The Present Crisis that the Enemy probably didn’t foresee.
Card. Müller: “the real danger to today’s humanity is the greenhouse gases of sin and the global warming of unbelief”
Was was alerted to an item in German. It seems that Gerhard Ludwig Card. Müller gave quite the sermon last Saturday in Rome for the ordination of Michael Sulzenbacher, SJM. The whole text in German is on kath.net Here are … Read More
Thoughts on fatherhood and how priestly identity is undercut by short terms as pastors
At Crisis there is a thoughtful piece about fatherhood and how priests are assigned to parishes. Permanent Assignments for Parish Priests Long Overdue The first part of the article is a something that every young man looking forward to marriage … Read More
More Jesuit idiocy – BUT WAIT! There’s more!
This is something that was perpetrated in a JESUIT church in NYC, the once and still mostly beautiful St. Francis Xavier, which is part of a large and once important High School. Watch and bite your lip till bloody. This … Read More
Henry Sire: “Archbishop Viganò is now living in fear of his life, quite literally.”
From the Twitter feed of the author of The Dictator Pope. 1) IMPORTANT NEWS: my sources confirm that Archbishop Viganò is now living in fear of his life, quite literally. As everyone knows, Archbishop Viganò went into hiding after his … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm
Tagged Archbp. Viganò, Henry Sire, The Dictator Pope, The Viganò Testimony
23 Comments
23 Comments
ASK FATHER: Can a Dominican Tertiary priest use the Dominican Rite?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: On Sunday, even after concelebrating a conventual Mass with the Dominican Friars, I was drawn to assist at an E.F. Mass at a local FSSP parish, and I’m glad I did. Which brings me to my question: Does … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Dominican Rite
10 Comments
10 Comments
Lay Rage in Chicago, Mary Eberstadt takes names, and Fr. Z rants
I find myself once again in The City of Big Shoulders, Chicago. The last couple of days have been fascinating, as I have met an interesting priest with an interesting story and had the chance to hear about what some … Read More
There are more than one “lavender mafia”
The brilliant Benjamin Wiker, author of the indispensable and highly entertaining (in an alarming way) 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn’t Help has penned a piece at the National Catholic Register (the non-evil NCR) about the various “lavender … Read More
Katherine on 11 October: Maternity of Mary. A tale of an antiphon, image, and a little street chapel.: “More information on the ex voto hearts, please! I have one hanging on my kitchen wall. It was a gift…”
