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- Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
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Category Archives: Dogs and Fleas
Pres. Obama has made Putin Leader of the Free World
Sometimes it seems that I am living in a Salvador Dali landscape: clocks melting of tables and all that. Even as I hear about unions turning on the First Gay President over Obamacare, I find an op-ed in today’s Hell’s … Read More
How the Catholic Left will support Pres. Obama’s attack on Syria.
I was going to write it, but over at CatholicVote (keep praying for Thom Peters’ complete recovery!), Matt Bowman beat me to it with a great look into the wacky world of the Fishwrap‘s (aka National Schismatic Reporter) support of … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, The Drill
Tagged Fishwrap, irony, National Schismatic Reporter, NCR, NSR, Pres. Obama, Syria
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67 Comments
Hasta la vista, baby! One step closer to ‘Romanorum coetibus’!
Those of you who have been reading here for a while may remember my urgent pleas that the Anglican communion issue provisions in some form of document that could be called Romanorum coetibus (as a response to Benedict XVI’s Anglicanorum … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Lighter fare
Tagged Episcopal Church, Fishwrap, Missouri, National Schismatic Reporter, NCR, Romanorum coetibus
19 Comments
19 Comments
Sr. Joan calls for revolt against medieval monarchical genderizing restorationist authoritarianism!
Where in the world is Sr. Joan? For a while I have been wondering where Sr. Joan Chittister has been. Shouldn’t she be back in Egypt again, helping the Egyptians to sort out there problems? Shouldn’t she have been … Read More
“I have a dream…” is possible only when you are allowed to be BORN
I saw this on CNS (video link HERE): Martin Luther King’s Daughter: ‘Life Begins In a Woman’s Womb’ August 26, 2013 By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – Bernice King, the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said on Thursday … Read More
Irish Govt. to force Catholics to perform abortions. Law allows for no exception or conscience objection.
From the Dignitatis Humanae Institute: Irish Government Set To Compel Catholic Doctors To Perform Abortions Rome, 16 August 2013 “Even nations with the most permissive abortion laws do not normally go so far as to trample on the basic right … Read More
Church invaded by pro-abort attackers, confessionals and altars desecrated
I have been saying that we are going to see more direct, physical attacks on the Church – on churches – from both pro-homosexuality and pro-abortion (pro-sterility and pro-death) advocates. I saw this at CNA with my emphases and comments: … Read More
DETROIT: “If I had a city….”
Detroit has joined the ranks of the bankrupt. When I have been driven around in Detroit I had a sense, in some neighborhoods, of what the Russians did to Berlin: looked like a war zone. What caused the phenomenon “Detroit”, … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1967, Detroit, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, race relations, riots
56 Comments
56 Comments
Catholic Health Ass. bends over for Pres. Obama’s HHS “compromise”
From Seattle Times. Here is how the secular press views the bone-head BS stupid move of the Catholic Health Ass. When you hear the words Catholic Health Association you should start thinking: CANON 216 And now the news: Catholic hospitals accept … Read More
Dogs and Fleas: Texas edition
Question… rather.. quaeritur: If a Catholic chooses to work in politics and help with a campaign for a candidate, should the aforementioned Catholic try to ascertain beforehand the candidates positions? Just asking. From LifeSite: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) … Read More
Nuns on the Bus: the pro-abortion sequel
It’s time again to break out that old fav: The Nuns on the bus go ’round and ’round! The last time these dissenters got on their political … hobbyhorse, they went ’round and ’round with a wymynpryst. HERE This time … Read More
Denial, Mrs. Pelosi, is not a river in Egypt
From The Washington Examiner: Nancy Pelosi: Kermit Gosnell case ‘really disgusting’ During her press conference this afternoon, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked if she was aware of the Kermit Gosnell case and asked whether Congress should hold hearings … Read More
Shades of Notre Shame! Jesuit-run Boston College to honor pro-abortion ‘catholic’ Irish PM
Did you see that Jesuit-run Boston College is going to have the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as their commencement speaker and then give him an honorary degree? HERE Shades of Notre Shame! Enda Kenny, catholic, promoted abortion in Ireland. … Read More
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) seems to flip on same-sex couple adoption
I suspect that the liberal cafeteria catholics out there who yammered against Congressman Ryan for his budget proposals will now be as silent as little butterflies about this new development. From the site of the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee: Paul … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged adoption, D. Madison, Rep. Paul Ryan, same-sex marriage
47 Comments
47 Comments
Pres. Obama says he “couldn’t be prouder” of NARAL and Roe v Wade
Here’s a note of special interest to Catholic quislings who supported President Obama in both elections. From LifeSite: Obama tells NARAL activists to ‘celebrate’ Roe, says ‘I couldn’t be prouder’ of them WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – President … Read More
USCCB to Pres. Obama: your supposed “accommodation” falls short
Today the U.S. Bishops issued a statement about the supposed “accommodation” proffered by the Obama Administration in regard to the anti-1st Amendment HHS Mandate. HHS Proposal Falls Short In Meeting Church Concerns; Bishops Look Forward To Addressing Issues With Administration … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, anti-catholicism, health care reform, HHS mandate, Obama Administration, Obamacare, Obamatax, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pres. Obama
26 Comments
26 Comments
Without ladies, you will never have gentlemen
Over at the National Catholic Register there is a piece by Pat Archbold which I liked. I have written about this topic before, but not for a while now. My theory is that each year a new wave of young barbarians … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged gender, gentleman, ladies, sex
92 Comments
92 Comments
More about Obamatax – Will families be ready to pay $20k per year?
More about From CNSNews: (CNSNews.com) – In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Religious Liberty, The Drill
Tagged HHS mandate, Obamacare, Obamatax, Pres. Obama
30 Comments
30 Comments
Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
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