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- moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I saw that “mirror image” elsewhere a day or so ago. The creature seen in the mirror image has a…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “You know how sometimes you can’t believe how wrong “conventional wisdom” is? Now think about a society where people rely…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding the portrait… I find myself thinking of Cruella deVil. Weren’t her rooms furnished all in red & black, with…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Father, in this screwy world, how are you able to hold your tongue and act in charity to those who…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding Google’s AI agent: I am a systems engineer (software/hardware/modeling). My question is: can I get it to open the…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Poitiers France; firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church Tues 14 May due to an arson attack. The statue of The…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The concept of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has been around almost as long as computers were, and is basically the application…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the important thing to realise about “AI” is that it really is smoke and mirrors. It seems “clever”…”
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- on 13 May – Our Lady of Fatima: Three points, one that worries, one that consoles, one that puzzles: “When St. Paul said “We see now as in a mirror, darkly” — he wasn’t talking about seeing himself in…”
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- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the portrait of his face is very powerful. Is the fading a premonition of the monarchy. Is there…”
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Monthly Archives: July 2021
This story has it all. Grand backdrops! Carabinieri … in clerics? JESUITS!
When the movie is made, it must star Peter Sellers as the Capo of the Guardia di Finanza‘s Bunko Squad on load from the Paris Sûreté, at one point impersonating an Argentinian in white. From Crux: Undercover as priests, Italian … Read More
D. Richmond: Another cancelled priest
The internecine war on priests continues. Fr. Mark White has been in the news before. He is a priest of the Diocese of Richmond. He wrote on his blog about the sex abuse crisis until the Bishop of Richmond told … Read More
Wherein Jesuit Fr Thomas Reese kicks in a goal for the other team
Archlib Jesuit (tautology?) Fr. Thomas Reese at RNS has perhaps scored an auto-goal (aka own goal). In a plaintive mewl, Reese laments the cool reception and, I suppose, implied resistance to Francis. “It’s the beginning of the end!” Get this: … Read More
Imagine the shock of the Jews, who knew their Scripture, when they heard Jesus say…
“Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.” Genesis 9:4 From the very beginning, when God instructed humanity about our stewardship rights and responsibilities, the consumption of blood was forbidden by divine decree. Later, in … Read More
UPDATED – ASK FATHER: My mother in law put the “evil eye” on me and terrible things happened.
UPDATE 14 July 2021: When I posted about a new book from a priest friend I hadn’t yet gotten into it. Now I have. It is fascinating and some it pertains to the post, below. The Trouble with Magic: Our … Read More
Excellent piece today at Crisis: The War to Destroy the Eucharist
Do NOT miss this terrific article at Crisis by Jerome German: The War to Destroy the Eucharist. He treats the issue of withholding Communion from errant public figures but does so with amazing clarity. Tastes: […] We walk among saints and monsters. … Read More
Of a late Monsignor, the Most Catholics of Gins, and the Stele of Thermopylae
I saw a re-tweet from the head of the Latin Mass Society, Joseph Shaw, announcing yesterday as the anniversary of the death of the famous Msgr. Alfred Gilbey. Today is the birthday of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey (1901-98), Cambridge University’s longest … Read More
ASK FATHER: RUMOR – Will the attack on Summorum Pontificum be on Friday, O.L. of Mt. Carmel?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I just read on Rorate that they expect Francis to issue his new motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass this week Friday. Do you think it was deliberate that they chose to issue … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a pastor delegate to a deacon the faculty to witness marriages of non-subjects?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a pastor where a wedding is held delegate faculties for a deacon to assist at marriages in his parish over subjects that are not his? My wife and I were married by a Deacon in … Read More
UPDATE: Wine from the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux – sale extended!
If you missed it before, in honor of the Tour de France, which passed through their vineyards (from the time of the Avignon Popes – think Châteauneuf-du-Pape) the monks of Le Barroux have extended the sale of their fine wine … Read More
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Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On!
Yesterday, Italy beat England in soccer (football) to win the European Championship. When Italy won, the cheer in Rome was apparently so great that it showed up on seismographs that measure earthquakes. Which reminded me of one of the most … Read More
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Coalition For Cancelled Priests
I call to your attention a group that had been formed called Coalition For Cancelled Priests. There are, it is said – and I believe it – hundreds of cancelled priests in these USA, languishing in limbo. There are various reasons … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest refers to his role as “waiter” not “bouncer”.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I heard a priest refer to his role as, “not the bouncer to the Eucharistic banquet but the server [as in waiter].”Most analogies fall flat, but this one hit a dissonant chord that I can’t quite … Read More
VIDEO: A close look at the pipe organ and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
The Second Vatican Council said that the pipe organ had pride of place among all the instruments used in church for sacred music. The pipe organ is the “king of instruments”. Here is a super-geeky close examination of the massive … Read More
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