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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Daily (not this time) Rome Shots 1092
The tomb of St. Matthew in Salerno. Welcome new registrant: AgapeLove I have been on the road, travelling to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin. Card. Burke says hi! Meanwhile, in chessy news, I regret the the … Read More
VIDEO: A message of encouragement from Card. Burke to Fr. Z’s readers with an invitation
Card. Burke was kind enough to record a message to you, my readers. He also extends an invitation which I hope you will take both to heart and to action. HERE
5 August: Our Lady of the Snows
In Rome on 5 August 358, there was a miraculous snow fall to indicate the location of the Basilica to be built in honor of the mother of God. On the anniversary, white rose petals fall from the ceiling of … Read More
Daily Rome Shots 1092
Welcome registrant: ICH Churchy news: I just read that there is ONE seminarian for the Archdiocese of DUBLIN. One seminarian. Chessy news: In the team tournament in Astana, there was a strange moment in a game between the highly unlikable … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 11th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 18th) 2024
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 11th Sunday after Pentecost, … Read More
This is the Vatican reaction…
Here it is. Le Saint-Siège a été attristé par certaines scènes de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Paris et ne peut que se joindre aux voix qui se sont élevées ces derniers jours pour déplorer l’offense faite à … Read More
My View For Awhile: Anti-antinomianism
I bring to you attention a new book published by Emmaus Press, a branch of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. On The Demonic by Archbp. Fulton J. Sheen. US HERE – UK HERE (not yet) I brought it … Read More
Daily Rome Shots 1091
This is completely crazy! Take in Nepo’s expression as he watches Magnus have his … hat handed to him. Rapport stuns Carlsen (and Nepomniachtchi)! ?? Richard Rapport beats ?? Magnus Carlsen in a crucial win, helping ‘Chessy’ defeat ‘WR Chess … Read More
Replacing the stained-glass window of Notre-Dame de Paris
At The Catholic Thing there is a thoughtful piece about the project and mindset to replace the windows of Note Dame in Paris with some 21st century … efforts. The idea fills me with horror, as it does the writer, … Read More
(A few) bishops want an apology for the Parisian Blasphemy
Not enough. It’s a start. Please, more bishops? BREAKING: 27 prelates (including Cardinal Burke, @ArchCordileone, Bp. Schneider & Cozzens & Paprocki @diospringfield) issue letter to #Olympics committee re the opening ceremony, demanding they “repudiate this blasphemous action and apologize to … Read More
Fr. Reader on Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: “Yes.”
