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Just For Nice

This is really nice. A little relief from the grim. I love the Viennese tradition of decorating the monstrance with flowers on the feast of Corpus Christi. pic.twitter.com/QF4o0ER7TV — Peter Anthony (@FrPeterAnthony) June 3, 2021

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“Katonda!” The Feast of St Charles Lwanga, Martyr. Best patron saint for LGBT month!

“Katonda!”   This year today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, but in 2022 I will with real pleasure be able to celebrate, using the Traditional Missale Romanum, the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga.  The decree Cum sanctissima allows for the … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Cursed by a witch through a dating site. Now really bad things are happening.

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Hi Father, Here is a hard one, and a subject you would probably rather avoid.  But I truly need to talk to someone and I hope you can offer a few words of advice. What happened … Read More

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In the first days of the year 2020 an unknown virus which came from China sewed distress and many dead in the whole world. Moreover, the Palio of July and August was not run. This stone is intended to call … Read More

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A repressive document against the Traditional Latin Mass would be a disaster for those who promulgate and enforce it

At Catholic Culture Phil Lawler has some thoughts about the rumored document that would enervate Benedict XVI’s “emancipation proclamation” Summorum Pontificum.  Such a document, as rumor has it, could be a kind of ecclesiastical “slave act of 2021”* which would return diocesan priests … Read More

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RECENT POSTS and THANKS!

Things scroll off the main page pretty quickly, so here is a reminder of some recent posts. Also, this is an opportunity to thank my benefactors.  Some of you have sent things from my wish list.  Some of you have … Read More

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NEW can. 1379 § 3 makes a canonical crime an attempt to ordain a woman to ANY of the three sacred orders (episcopate, priesthood, diaconate)

Yesterday I wrote about the new Book VI of the Latin Church’s Code of Canon Law. This new Book VI, dealing with offenses and punishments, completely replaces the older version. Some changes are mere rearranging. Others are more substantive. Yesterday … Read More

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ACTION ITEM: Fathers, do not wait any longer.  It’s time.  Get things in gear NOW.

I’ll lead off with a mind exercise.  It is possible that the rumored document that would undo Benedict XVI’s “emancipation proclamation” Summorum Pontificum is actually founded on a well-constructed campaign of disinformation.  It could be a psy-op designed to get “trads” to … Read More

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