Daily Archives: 16 August 2021

Some “nuns” are really going to pot

I see that the LCWR recently had their annual confab, but alas by Zoom or some such. They’ve had some meetings that were so weird that you would think they were all smoking hash.  You can see what they are … Read More

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ASK FATHER: The priest said, “I forgive you” and not “I absolve you”

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is my confession valid if the Priest says, “I forgive you” instead of “I absolve you”? Everything else sounded normal. Thank-you Once again we have an example of some jackass priest who thinks he is being … Read More

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16 August: St. Joachim (1962MR)

Today in the traditional Roman calendar is the Feast of St. Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Joachim’s name in Hebrew means “he whom YHWH has set up”. His feast was not in the 1570 Missale Romanum. It … Read More

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Rome Shot 248

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