Category Archives: ACTION ITEM!

SCOTUS to hear unnatural “marriage” case. It’s time to do reparation, invoke God with powerful prayers.

Posted on 17 January 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

So, the Supreme Court will finally have to get into same-sex stuff. I don’t want to call it marriage. The best I can do it call it “marriage”. Whatever the civil, legal terms are used, it it impossible … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The future and our choices |
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LONDON DAY 1: “Blognic”? After the 6:30 Mass?

Posted on 12 January 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Several people have written about meeting up with me while I am in London (which is only for a few days). I don’t know if people regularly go to The Coal Hole after the 6:30 PM Mass at Corpus Christi … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Blognics, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, On the road, Our Catholic Identity, What Fr. Z is up to | Tagged blognic, Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane
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22 Jan: Pontifical Mass (TLM) after March for Life!

Posted on 9 January 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On Thursday, 22 January in Washington DC, at 4:00 PM, after the March For Life, there will be a Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool celebrated by His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois. Mass is … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Emanations from Penumbras, Events, Just Too Cool, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Campus Telephone Pole, What Fr. Z is up to | Tagged Bp. Paprocki, March for Life, Nellie Gray, Pontifical Mass
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Confraternity of Catholic Clergy’s “Statement in support ofMarriage”

Posted on 9 January 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The conference I attended in Rome, held by the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, has concluded. The CCC groups represented were from Australia, Ireland, the UK, and USA. The CCC issued a joint statement, HERE, which follows (my emphases): Statement in … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Fr. Z KUDOS, Mail from priests, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood | Tagged Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, marriage, matrimony
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Card Burke interview on “hot button” topics. Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 7 January 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At my old stomping ground The Wanderer (I had a weekly column for 11 years) there is an interview with His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke. Read the whole thing there, but here is a sample of Part One of the interview, … Read More →

Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, ACTION ITEM!, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants | Tagged Card. Burke, divorced and remarried, Extraordinary Form, pyrrhic victory, Synod of Bishops
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Plenary Indulgences 31 Dec and 1 Jan

Posted on 31 December 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today, the last day of the year, you have an opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, by taking part in the recitation or singing of the Te Deum in a church or oratory. Tomorrow, 1 January, … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged plenary indulgence, Te Deum, Veni Creator Spiritus
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KC, MO: anti-Catholic atrocity scheduled before Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Posted on 26 December 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When anti-Catholic atrocities take place, Catholic bishops should act. I read in the Kansas City Star (a McClatchy paper), that some “Lutherans” are going to host a sacrilegious, fake catholic “ordination” of a woman by the usual wymyn suspects. HERE It … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, You must be joking! | Tagged D. Kansas City-St. Joseph, ecumenical dialogue, ecumenism, ELCA, graviora delicta, Lutherans, ordination of women, sacrilege, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, wymyn
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UPDATE: Thom Peters’ extraordinary life and faith

Posted on 11 December 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I direct the entire readership to an article in the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald (recently revamped into a magazine format and for which I have a new, revamped column). They did a story on Thomas Peters (son of … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Urgent Prayer Requests | Tagged Thomas Peters
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ACTION ITEM! Online Support for Card. Burke! – UPDATE

Posted on 12 November 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been watching the online petition in support of Card. Burke as a “Thank you!” for his service. It’s time to really fire this up. This is an ACTION ITEM! HERE As of now there are 20018 signers. Let’s … Read More →

Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis | Tagged ACTION ITEM, Card. Burke
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An evil site and occasion of sin. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 9 November 2014 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE BELOW (Fishwrap closed it’s comments.) ___ Original Published on: Nov 9, 2014 ___ If ever you needed proof of what an evil site and occasion of sin the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) has become, just have a look at the … Read More →