ROME 26/10– Day 15:

Pizza biana and mortadella with black truffle. DAMN.

I stopped to buy flowers for the apartment. Say HI to Pippo and Anastasia!

From the top, I’ll remind you the REVIVED “Birettas For Seminarians Project” HERE Also, I can take some Mass intentions HERE

And some medieval fun for Thursday…

Happy Thursday 🙂 https://t.co/dY4lED87Jb
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) October 15, 2026

And this about the increasingly deep synodaling dreck…

Sigh. The “vision of Vatican II” is basically another version of the banal and problematic (or worse) spirit of Vatican II, and has little or nothing to do with the conciliar documents.
In October 2023, I wrote:
“It is difficult, frankly, to see the current synodal documents as anything other than third-rate, flawed texts that water down or ignore completely central aspects of ecclesiology, soteriology, and eschatology, as found in Sacred Scripture and Tradition in general or in the Vatican II documents specifically. If the Synod is to lead to a deeper understanding of the Church, her role in salvation, and her desire to expand the Kingdom of God, it will have to free itself from the bureaucratic brambles and laborious drivel that dominate its documents.
“Speaking of such, the IL contains several exhortations to ‘build an increasingly synodal Church’ and ‘building a more synodal Church.’ And, this statement: ‘The radical call is, therefore, to build together, synodally, an attractive and concrete Church…’ (#26). Which brings to mind another great quote, this from the late Pope Benedict XVI, who, in his essay on the Church and the scandal of sexual abuse, flatly stated: ‘… a Church that we build can offer no hope.’ (What is Christianity? [Ignatius Press, 2023]). What we need now is a return to the doctrinal clarity of the Vatican II texts.” (Link: https://t.co/pXqXBDS484)
The desperate and obvious gaslighting is tiring.
— Carl E. Olson (@carleolson) October 14, 2026

St Teresa would want you to figure it out.

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