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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
A priest’s prayers before and after making his own confession
Firstly, animi caussa, 1st Vesper for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost from the Breviarium Romanum. Try HERE More for the brethren. Here is something I haven’t posted for a while. It’s from an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before … Read More
German Synod (“walking together”) wants to debate whether priests are needed in the Catholic Church
From Ed Pentin… Germany’s #SynodalWay wants to debate the question of whether priests are still needed, deciding by a narrow majority on Friday that the responsible working group should investigate the question of whether priests are needed in the Catholic … Read More
Springtime! US diocese to eliminate 70% of its parishes
Speaking of the Diocese of Black Duck, I saw this in the fever swamp… My home diocese announced a plan to restructure the diocese and eventually eliminate 70% of the parishes. It’s a necessary move based on changing demographics and … Read More
I just had a momentary waking dream….
I just had a flash of an American bishop calling a simultaneous meeting of all the clergy of the diocese together with a press conference… Thank you for coming. I’m Jude Noble, Bishop of the Diocese of Black Duck. I’ve … Read More
FOUR men entered seminary in all of IRELAND this year – UPDATED
UPDATE: From a reader: Hi Father, long time follower, I would like to respond to your remark on Ireland. Perhaps I don’t need to register to tell you about the good news in Ireland. Before Traditionis Custodes, the ICKSP is … Read More
Little Flower, pray for us.
Today is the Feast of St. Thérèse de Lisieux. I call upon her intercession today in a special way, for myself and for my benefactors. One of my two 1st class relics of St. Thérèse, to whom I am grateful.
If it is the case that the homosexualist agenda is harming the Catholic Church then…
You definitely should take in the piece at The Catholic Thing by David Carlin. It ends… I submit that a papal letter on homosexuality is long overdue. The theory and practice of homosexuality, not to mention the great tidal wave … Read More
TAN Books is doing it’s part in troubling times… just as it always has.
In the 70s and 80s when there was another wave of CHURCH GONE WILD™, TAN Books held the line. TAN provided good books and also did so generously, even sending life-rafts of books to seminarians. TAN is still trying to … Read More
