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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Daily Rome Shot 1035
Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – UK HERE WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At no extra cost, you provide help for which … Read More
Feminists will not like this
At the Italian news agency ANSA we find out a little more about what Francis has said to the gathering of priests of the Diocese of Rome ordained during the last 10 years, some 150. The Pope, ‘chattering is women’s … Read More
More on Confirmation and quizzing
A little while ago, I posted about bishops quizzing and slapping confirmands. In that post I had the responses of several bishops about their experiences and practices. HERE One of my correspondents (and fellow ham) who attends an SSPX chapel … Read More
Explaining what Francis really meant, etc.
A few items caught my eye… First, I’ve been reading the explanations of what Francis really meant to say when he explicitly complained that in Italian seminaries there was excessive “faggotry” and that “fags/queers” (checche) shouldn’t be in seminary, even … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1034
Never mind about the inaccuracies in the audio, this is great. Corpus Christi Procession in St. Peter’s Square with Pope Pius XII, in the Holy Year of 1950. Also in procession is the Corporal of Bolsena, which contains the blood … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1033
The World’s Best Sacristan™ sent me a little video of entering the church, so I found some photos and zipped it up with music by Domenico Zipoli who in 1715 was the organist at the Jesuits great Church in Rome, … Read More
I’d watch THIS movie anytime!
Keep watching to the end. It’s not long. I simply could not not share this.
TERRIFIC NEWS! Norcia, Italy’s San Benedetto monastery is now an ABBEY!
By a decree of 25 May 2024, the Priory of Saint Benedict in Monte near Norcia, Italy, was elevated to an Abbey! The new Abbot is Dom Benedict Nivakoff, OSB, the first Abbot there since 1792. This is great news. The monastery … Read More
What the Council Fathers intended about Latin. v. What we got.
What the Council Fathers intended about Latin. v. What we got. Peter K links to a piece at NLM: Fr. Gabriel Díaz-Patri, researching the debates at Vatican II on Latin in the liturgy, demonstrates that the Council Fathers were told … Read More
Brian64 on ROME 26/10– Day 27: Vigil: “I think father was referring to the cars: “Say the black; do the red.””
