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Monthly Archives: October 2023
Sometimes you’ve just had enough of the stupid
Yup. Nice tackle. Holding? Nah. I hope her whole community is like this. Yup.
Mala tempora currunt.
You remember the “Birettas for Seminarians” Project? It’s dormant now, I think. Dunno. That said, this came in today from a concerned cleric. Synodal [“Walking Together”] fuss brings to light the terrible problem of underdressed Vatican Monsignors. Please, let’s try … Read More
Apart from the process itself during “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is something in particular being pushed?
The point of the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is the process itself. The process is the content, the message. That does not mean that there are not sidelines, some of them dominant. One of them is the normalization of … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 18: little plates of little foods
Sunrise 07:23. Sunset 18:27 Ave Maria 18:45 It is the 291st day of the year with 75 left to go. This is the Feast of St Luke. Welcome registrant: damez35 Out with friends last night who were heading home today. … Read More
EXPLICIT: Impose “synodality” (“walking togetherity”) and the other stuff will follow
This is from Catholic Vote. Everyone, I’ve been saying all along that whatever “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” might produce in terms of texts or recommendations for some papal document, none of that makes a difference. The real content is … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 17: #freejimmylai
The sun rose in Rome at 07:22. It is a truly beautiful October day, classic. The sun will set at 18:28. The Ave Maria bells in better times would ring forth at 18:45. Welcome registrants: ThomasT20 Hoyt1940 Richard the Lionhearted … Read More
Card. Pizzaballa: “I would offer myself in exchange for the children kidnapped by Hamas”
Something noteworthy that some might not see. From ANSA Pizzaballa, mi offrirei in cambio dei bimbi rapiti da Hamas: Pizzaballa, I would offer myself in exchange for the children kidnapped by Hamas: “Absolutely yes”. Thus the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal … Read More
1st World Problems or We Are In Serious Trouble
For the most part, I try to tune out of much of the “world news”. I asked The Great Roman™ to tell me what is going on in Ukraine and in Israel/Gaza because I am rather disconnected … no TV, … Read More
In 2011 the World Council of Churches was pushing the demon Pachamama
I saw something interesting in an XTweet about the demon idol Pachamama and its being venerated in the Vatican Gardens and scandalously carried into St. Peter’s and an associated demon cult bowl being placed on the main altar. The X … Read More
Adventures in Sunday Worship: Winnie The Pooh and Sunday Mass
Remember! There’s only one expression of the Roman Rite. Right? We turn our adventurous eyes today to Zimmerman, Minnesota and Christ Our Light parish. Fr. Kevin Anderson, pastor, demonstrates how very badly things can go wrong when there is a … Read More
WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old: “Something that bothers me about statements being made about those “against” Traditionis Custodes is the consistent idea that “we now…”
