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Yearly Archives: 2018
J.R.R. Tolkien to his son in the 60’s about the Church and bad or stupid priests
I saw – HERE – an excerpt from a letter of J.R.R. Tolkien to his son in the 60’s, about the time of the Council. He writes about the Church and bad or stupid priests. You speak of ‘sagging faith’, … Read More
Card. Cupich: Francis has better things to do. People who resist him a racists. Rabbit hole!
Okay, that’s it. I posted this within a different post, but it deserves its own place, for the record. Chicago’s Card. Cupich, who surely owes his rise to a certain someone, has reacted to The Present Crisis and the Viganò … Read More
Had Benedict XVI made the sanctions known, then creepy McCarrick wouldn’t have been near the 2013 conclave
I know that a lot is coming at you right now. This made me put my sandwich down and think. My friend Fr. Gerald Murray, whom you see on the web and on EWTN especially with Prof. Royal, penned a … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Mail from priests, The Drill
Tagged conclave, Fr. Gerald Murray, L'Affaire McCarrick, The Viganò Testimony
30 Comments
30 Comments
Quis custodiat custodes? About a Jesuit in Francis’ inner circle @AntonioSpadaro and his special interest
The Roman writer Juvenal penned in his Satires a line which has become an apophthegm about oversight. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who is keeping an eye on the guards? This could be a byword today in The Present Crisis. Who … Read More
Bottom line: “the criteria for credible allegations are more than fulfilled”
The MSM and catholic media are running their feet off carrying water for the homosexual mafia, the “gay lobby” as it is called in Italian with borrow words. The general lines of attack against The Viganò Testimony and the support that … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants: A baptized person in the state of grace is terrifying to demons.
I’m a bit shell-shocked from the blast of information that is pouring forth. It took me 3 hours to triage my email. Thank you to everyone who have sent kind notes. Thank you to everyone who has sent links. Thank … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses on bears, demons, and spiritual calibers
This is a little offbeat. I need to blow off some My father sent an article, as fathers do. It is a riveting article about people who experience attacks by bears by using handguns. When you live in the north … Read More
Italian journalist: “How Archbishop Viganò gave me his memo. Here’s why I decided to publish it.”
UPDATE 28 August: Italian Vaticanist Marco Tosatti was also involved. See this AP story in English: HERE It concludes: Tosatti said Vigano didn’t tell him where he was going after the article came out, knowing that the world’s media would … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, The Drill
Tagged Aldo Maria Valli, Archbp. Viganò, The Viganò Testimony
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34 Comments
Bp. Morlino @MadisonDiocese on #TheViganòTestimony – “the criteria for credible allegations are more than fulfilled”
His Excellency, Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino had first written a letter for the faithful in the Diocese of Madison, entrusted by God and the Apostolic See to his care. He has been Bishop of Madison for 15 years. HERE … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Robert Morlino, The Viganò Testimony
18 Comments
18 Comments
“And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse…”
From The Four Quartets East Coker […] IV. The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer’s art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart. Our … Read More
KerryH on ROME 26/10– Day 11: 100 year old WW2 Vet: “The last WWII veteran in Tripp, SD, population 567, (third largest city in the county), age 102, died some ten…”
