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on Daily Rome Shot 571, etc.: “aaahhhh…Santa Pudenziana! [Santa Pudenziana… ahhhh yes! Just down the street from this church which is Santa Prassede.]”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “@j stark “There is a danger though that to live with a desire for nostalgia results in absolutizing a thing…”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “Those trads with the mother staying home have answered the question for their family on how to best raise their…”
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on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “Tony O, thank you for mentioning Bishop Torres. I remain horrified that not enough Catholics are horrified, by his “Roman…”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “@TheCavalierHatherly There is a danger though that to live with a desire for nostalgia results in absolutizing a thing that…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “@Lurker59 “Though give me the sanctimonious of traditionalists any day over the sanctimonious of the heterodox.” – both are dangerous…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “To paraphrase Charles Coulombe: Nostalgia is a desire, not for the past itself as it was, but as it ought…”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “We have been in the “Trad Movement” as it is now called for over 40 years. We were raised in…”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “@Notsoserious09 It strikes me that people confuse cravenness for meekness and that people don’t have obedience to Christ and the…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “[I think you are too far out over your skis here. There are some things are are objectively sinful. There…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “Hi Fr, quick question. If the Church sought harmony in the Mass and how it expressed itself; what do you…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “Fr a black and white view of morality [?] – The human exprience is unique; life is harsh at times,…”
on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “I recall the German prelates on the tarmac “welcoming” Benedict by refusing to shake his hand—the video is enormously painful…” on Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon: “The problem isnt just Rome but also Traditonalists. Rome is responding to a volitile and, at times, politically aligned Trad…”
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Thank you for acquainting me (and probably many another) with this antique Roman statue apparently excavated sometime during the laying of the foundations of the Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli (so, c. 1515?), and nicknamed Abate Luigi and used for pasquinades. In an enjoyable 18 September 2014 article at italianways.com, Alberto Manodori Sagredo notes “after its original marble head was stolen, all the successive copies that Comune di Roma had made to replace it have been taken by thieves as well.” Its Italian Wikipedia article says the verse you quote was posted after a 1966 decapitation, and Sagredo says, “Thus Abate Luigi exclaims, in perfect Roman dialect”… – and follows the text with this translation: “To the person who stole my head: / you better bring it back immediately / else, you’ll see, just like that / they’ll give me a position in the government. And I’d find that very annoying!”