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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Daily Rome Shot 633 & adversarial developments
Welcome new registrants: nopremx Urszula MSCatholic Meanwhile,… Black’s King is exposed. White to move and force mate. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a … Read More
The Demos Memo… written by the late Card. Pell
In Lent of 2022, at the time of the rare consistory of Cardinals in Rome, a “memo” emerged penned by the pseudonymous “Demos” in the style of yesteryear. The Memo was about the state of the present pontificate. It offered … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 632 and a new adversary
Photo by The Great Roman™ (He has a great eye.) Meanwhile,… get chess stuff. Do you have a good set? White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. … Read More
A new decree in a US Archdiocese seeks to limit “ad orientem” worship, but it is based on a FALSE translation. Here we go again.
Yesterday I received a PDF of a new “Decree” from the Archbishop of Cincinnati, Dennis Schnurr. HERE The Archbishop has introduced a new “policy” on ad orientem worship. There must be in every parish or “cluster” (they say “family”) of parishes at … Read More
ATTENTION – New Site! “Reverent Catholic Mass Let Us Help You Find a Reverent Catholic Church Near You!”
I bring to the attention of the readership and interesting site called Reverent Catholic Mass Let Us Help You Find a Reverent Catholic Church Near You! The site reads: Trying to find a reverent Catholic Mass or acquire resources to … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 631
Welcome registrants: Abp Laud and Tortoise Gethsemanegirl palestrinadei StCatherineofSiena Card. Pell consecrated my regilded chalice on 5 November 2022 in Rome. I will remember him at Mass when I use it. He was friendly and good to me over the … Read More
Cardinal Pell: R.I.P. With a VIDEO of his superb interview about the death of Benedict XVI
I am so sad to hear of the death of George Card. Pell at 81 years. I got along quite well with him years ago, because he was involved in the Vox Clara committee working on the English translation of … Read More
Concerning decades of trench warfare: two recommended readings today. Don’t miss them.
I warmly recommend that you go to NLM where Peter K has posted about the minutes of Commission of Cardinals back in 1986 about the use of the 1962 Missale Romanum. I read those minutes, and more, way back when … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 630 and Mittens the Kitten, Destroyer of Worlds
Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile,… NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE I look forward to the new … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can we pray to the Poor Souls in Purgatory to intercede for us?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: On a recent podcast a priest said that asking a specific person in Purgatory to pray for you/us is necromancy. Thoughts? My first reaction is that Father seems not to understand the difference between conjuring spirits … Read More
Fr. Reader on Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: “Yes.”
