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Monthly Archives: August 2026
Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling
Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More
“They can always hurt you more.”
I was looking around on the blog for things I had written about Doctor of the Church St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Today is his feast. I found something I wrote in 2022 about the FACT that… “They can always hurt … Read More
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REMINDER – 19 August – St. John Eudes on BAD PRIESTS: “a most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world”
Today is the Feast of St. John Eudes, a great saint of the 17th c. A great missionary. He was a promoter of devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and spiritual writer. Canonized in 1920’s, he has a gigantic … Read More
Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru
Infovaticana reports that an official of the DDF – while in Peru in advance of Leo XIV’s upcoming visit – actively participated in a pagan ceremony, a rite of invocation to Mother Earth with distribution of coca leaves, breathing exercises, … Read More
ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: During Covid, the Bishop annointed my neice by means of a Q-tip. Valid? Yes. The Congregation for Divine Worship in a response to the USCCB saying that it is valid. HERE “The use by the minister … Read More
Tickets to attend the Beatification of Archbp. Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, 24 Sept
Tickets are available and can be purchased here: https://www.celebratesheen.com/ Regular tickets are processed through Ticketmaster. Scroll down for the special registration for Clergy, Religious, and Seminarians.
REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”
In the past week, the topic of the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (aka Extreme Unction) has come across my screen or conversation. A review is in order. The effects of the Sacrament of Anointing or Anointing of the … Read More
Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!
A priest friend has a pithy label for this sort of thing: “gay and retarded”. Harsh? Sure. Accurate? You decide. Infovaticana – ever more valuable – has, with video, a Mass celebrated in Spain on the Feast of the Assumption. … Read More
Cornelius on REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”: “How does the Apostolic Blessing (AB) fit in with this sacrament then? My understanding is that the AB releases one…”
