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Monthly Archives: August 2021
ASK FATHER: Griping about canon lawyers and marriage “annulments”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My experience is that any marriage can be annulled on the grounds of gross immaturity or mental defect. (Didn’t know “porneia” was Greek for these terms….) And when canonists are asked about church laws regarding the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Canon Law
Tagged annulments, canon law
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Rome Shot 259
In 2005 the bones of St. Augustine were brought to Rome from Pavia to the Church of St. Augustine, where there is also the tomb of Augustine’s mother, Monica. It was the first time in 1617 years that they had … Read More
Catholics who support manifest evils … yes… they are “some kind of Catholic”.
I subscribe to very few print journals and magazines. I just can’t get through them all as they rain down on me. Hence, I am selective. One publication I do subscribe to is Touchstone. There was a powerful editorial in … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals
Tagged abortion, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Touchstone
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Cri de coeur – “Pape Benoît, intervenez pour nous!”
This came from a friend in France. While I warmly endorse the sentiment, I’m afraid this might be overly optimistic, that Benedict would intercede with Francis. That Francis would even bother to listen even if he did! He’d probably order … Read More
In Pittsburgh, they can always hurt you more.
Become a Custos Traditionis (HERE) and don’t forget a Novena to St. Ann (HERE). ___ When I saw the letter sent by Bp. Zubik of Pittsburgh to the priests of that diocese, I was so taken aback by its overreach and pastoral … Read More
Priest suspended, sent for psychological treatment for celebrating the Novus Ordo in Latin
Today I posted elsewhere something I wrote about before: Moral Injury. I originally wrote about Moral Injury because I had also, previously, written about how bishops use “psychological evaluation” – the Psych Strike Gambit – against priests to remove them … Read More
Talk about optics
The other day I posted about the implementation of Traditionis custodes … TC… by the Bishop of San Diego. In his pastoral care for the most marginalized group in the Church, he suppressed the TLM in the northern part of the diocese. … Read More
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