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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
ActonU – UPDATE – Friday
And so the final day of Acton University begins. We had Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form and, to obtain the indulgence, had public recitation of the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Breakfast (croisant and jam … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Acton Institute, Acton University
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12 Comments
Long interview with Card Levada about the mean Vatican picking on the nuns… NOT.
My friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L Allen Jr (still alas with the Fiswrap) has a fascinating and long interview with the Prefect of the CDF Card. Levada about the LCWR and Sr Farley and “being mean to nuns”. Must read. … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Magisterium of Nuns, The Drill
Tagged Card. Levada, John L. Allen, LCWR
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16 Comments
Benedict XVI establishes Anglican Ordinariate in Australia
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. From The Catholic Herald: Pope Benedict XVI has established a personal ordinariate in Australia and named a Lancashire-born former bishop of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) to lead it. The ordinariate, the … Read More
Bishops “relieved” of their duties
At Chiesa Sandro Magister has a piece about bishops who have been deposed from their sees. It is longish, but here is some of it. You can read the rest there: VATICAN CITY, June 15, 2012 – The old-timers of the … Read More
SSPX offered a Personal Prelature
To review: The Holy See gave the SSPX a “doctrinal preamble”. The SSPX studied it and proposed in return some modifications. The Holy See and Holy Father studied the modifications. Then the CDF and SSPX Bp. Fellay had a meeting, … Read More
Sick of the LCWR? There are other sisters out there, you know.
The LCWR’s leadership will now debate whether or not they want the Church’s true Magisterium in their lives. They are poised to become irrelevant. Then, irrelevant, the biological solution will have its way with them and all their institutes, which have no … Read More
Card Levada makes pointed comments about LCWR
The nearly ubiquitous John L Allen, Jr., still and sadly writing for the Fishwrap, reports for the same the following. I insert some emphases and comments: Vatican official warns of ‘dialogue of the deaf’ with LCWR [a subsidiary of the … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay in Rome to receive Pope Benedict’s decision about the Doctrinal Preamble. PRAY!
Three people have come up to me with questions. I am getting text messages on my phone. It seems SSPX Superior Bishop Bernard Fellay is in Rome to meet with officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith … Read More
What are YOU doing to defend your religious liberty? No. Really. What?
The First Gay President, Pres. Obama, and his administration have been eroding our first liberties. He is attacking the First Amendment, this time through the Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS). The most aggressive pro-abortion president in history is … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Emanations from Penumbras, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Fortnight for Freedom, HHS, HHS mandate, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, The First Gay President
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29 Comments
COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR (i.e., the meeting they had)
From VIS: COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR Vatican City, 12 June 2012 (VIS) – Given below is the text of an English-language statement released by the director of the Holy See Press Office concerning a meeting held at the … Read More
Ave Maria on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-12 – Brainstorming!: ““I know how to look like I’m completely listening and that’ll make the guys feel like their voices are being…”
