ROME 26/10– Day 12: “A church that cannot worship must be entertained, and …”

On this 12th day of my Roman sojourn, the 285th day of the year, the sun rose over the seven hills at 07:17, casting its first golden benediction upon increasingly dark domes, bell towers, and the ever more loathsome seagulls.

The weary orb will withdraw beyond the Janiculum at 18:36, leaving nine minutes for the city to gather its thoughts before the Ave Maria bell should ring at 18:45 for the Roman Curia to stop drafting yet more memoranda about commissions to study the feasibility of forming a committee about discussing Laudato Si in light of Amoris laetitia.

This is what the Salve Regina sounded like at the end of Mass on Sunday.

And…

The World’s Best Sacristan™ snagged a photo of me carrying the restored “ex voto” displays to the Little Chapel Up The Way™ dedicated to Mary “Sucurre Miseris“.

People saying the Rosary there.

I picked up this great quote from Fr. McTeigue:

“A church that cannot worship must be entertained, and men who cannot lead a church to worship must provide entertainment.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer – a protestant pastor who died in 1963

Right?  Isn’t this what we are seeing all across the Church today?

Dancing idiot priests?

But the TLM must be suppressed.

And… this video (below) concerns THE BOOK, the “Five Cardinals Book” –  Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church – which was sent to all the members of the “Robber Synod” and then stolen from their mail slots by the “walking together” mandarins.  That was the Synod when we got that garbage from Kasper that plagues us today, even TODAY, in the meeting of the discernment taking place now in Rome about Amoris laetitia.

This guy is GREAT. And he is a reader!

Where are therapists getting their training?? https://t.co/V3mOl9lNNz

— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) October 12, 2026

I love this about my gal.

St. Thérèse’s sister Celine’s original oil painting of St. Thérèse is among the most prized and priceless treasures of the national shrine and museum in Darien, Illinois.

Sister Celine expressed that it is the most authentic representation of her sister, even better than the 47 pictures she photographed and painted of her.

— Bree Solstad (@BreeSolstad) October 12, 2026

White to move and mate in 4.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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Communiqué de la Maison générale de la FSSPX : Le recours contre le décret d’excommunication suit son cours à Rome

À la suite du communiqué de la Maison générale du 13 juillet 2026 annonçant le dépôt d’une démarche préalable auprès du Dicastère pour la Doctrine de la Foi, la FSSPX informe que les voies de recours prévues par le droit canonique ont depuis lors été poursuivies, dans le respect des délais et des procédures établis par le droit.

Par ces démarches, les évêques de la Fraternité entendent exercer le droit que leur reconnaît l’Église, en demandant l’examen des objections juridiques et doctrinales qu’ils ont formulées à l’encontre des textes du 2 juillet.

Dans l’attente de la suite qui sera donnée à ces démarches par les autorités compétentes, la Fraternité entend observer la discrétion requise par la nature de ces procédures. Elle invite prêtres et fidèles à demeurer unis dans la prière à l’intention du Saint-Père et de toute l’Église, dont la loi suprême est le salut des âmes.

Menzingen, le 13 octobre 2026

https://t.co/MguMJblrr0

— FSSPX Actualités (@FSSPXFR) October 13, 2026