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More shots of the Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke

Posted on 14 December 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On 8 December, His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke offered a Pontifical Mass at the Throne at tiny St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, WI. We were squeezed in to capacity both in the sanctuary and the church itself. It was … Continue reading →

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ACTION ITEM: Rapid response to help a priest

Posted on 14 December 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Dear readers, without going into details, I suggest a rapid response of charity for a priest whom I believe to have been falsely accused of something and poorly treated thereafter… for a long time in a kind of hellish diocesan … Continue reading →

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Sending snail-mail 2019 Christmas cards

Posted on 14 December 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If you would like to send me Christmas greetings or cards, please send by snail mail, if possible with really cool stamps. As I have done in years past, I’ll try to post all the places whence they were mailed from around … Continue reading →

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ADVENTCAzT 2019 14: Guard the Faith from assault

Posted on 14 December 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is ADVENTCAzT 14, for Saturday in the 2nd Week of Advent. Fr. Troadec talks about “human respect”. [US HERE (English) – UK (French original) HERE] Then we go back many centuries to Clement of Alexandria. An Act of Contrition rounds us out. … Continue reading →

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Daily Archives: 14 December 2019

More shots of the Pontifical Mass with Cardinal Burke

ACTION ITEM: Rapid response to help a priest

Sending snail-mail 2019 Christmas cards

ADVENTCAzT 2019 14: Guard the Faith from assault

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