Monthly Archives: May 2026

ROME 26/5– Day 49: short

Sunrise in Rome was at 5:50 and sunset will be at 20:24. The Ave Maria is in the 20:45 cycle. It is the traditional Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine and the Feast of the Dedication of Santa Maria “ad Martyres” … Read More

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13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.

In today’s Bollettino there is “Declaration” from the one named as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Statement by His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, 13.05.2026 … Read More

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ROME 13 May 609 – Exorcism, screaming demons, terrified people fainting

No, this is not about the take over of the Church by “walking together” ideology propagandists. This is about the Dedication of the Pantheon in Rome as a church in 609. Dear readers, this is the sort of thing that … Read More

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Dealing with some misleading … not quite fake… news

Yesterday I nearly had a syncope when I saw a tweet that Leo XIV had given the “highest diplomatic honour” to the Ambassador to the Holy See from vicious IRGC in Iran to the Holy See. HERE I noticed a … Read More

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ROME 26/5– Day 48: Good news

5:51 was the time of the Roman sunrise. 20:25 was the time of the Roman sunset. 20:45 was the time when the “Ave Maria” Bell ought to have wrung for the Roman Curia.  However, it rang on my spiffy “Ave … Read More

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Vestment Instruction from The World’s Best Sacristan™

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ROME 26/5– Day 46 & 47: Shall I tell you a story?

Today, the 11th of the month saw the sunrise on Rome at 5:52. It will duly set at 20:22. The Ave Maria Bell in the curial reckoning should ring at 20:45.   A new cycle as of today.   This is … Read More

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How many times have written on this blog…

At Crisis there is a good piece by Joseph Pearce (who has written about Shakespeare and Tolkien and Literary Converts is a must read) about “The Resurrection of Beauty”, specifically in sacred liturgical worship and in the architecture, etc., that … Read More

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WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical goop. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

I am going to drag you – again – through my standard and sustained rant about liturgy, punctuated by Latin vocabulary and Neoplatonism. Consider this a different sort of “food post”. I will apply what I rant about to the … Read More

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ASK FATHER: A point about papal pronouncements and the truth

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a question about papal infallibility. I started to think about this when learning more about the council of Florence. The Filioque is true. It didn’t need either the pope or a council to proclaim … Read More

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