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- Maura on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “And their language…The Vatican will BAR…nice strong language which shows how they truly feel. It’s a different level of opposition…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “I used to get outraged when I’d see stories like this. Now I just laugh. This is what they take…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Ubi caritas…. So much mercy since 2013.”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Maybe the organizers can offer to bring their boyfriends.”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Boy, certain folks REALLY hate Pope Benedict XVI… They must try to erase anything to do with Summorum Pontificum.”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “They really do hate us. Where is our Holy Father in this? Is he knowingly allowing this cruelty? I can’t…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Another case for SSPX necessity. They all add up.”
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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
After Paris… How do you feel these days? Safe? Less safe?
I don’t know about you, but over the last year or so I have become increasingly disciplined regarding my situation awareness. When I get out of my car, I look around to see where everyone is. When I walk out … Read More
In other news…
There was a big earthquake. From Japan Times: Magnitude-7 quake sends tsunami toward Kyushu; Sendai atomic plant checking for damage A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake off Kyushu early Saturday produced small tsunami but no major damage, authorities said. The U.S. Geological … Read More
Prayers for the dead and wounded and – God help them – hostages in Paris
Prayers for the dead and wounded and God help them – hostages in Paris and friends and families of the same. Ce soir nous sommes tous Français. Coordinated attacks by terrorists at multiple locations in Paris may be something along the … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, GO TO CONFESSION, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Paris, terrorists
55 Comments
55 Comments
On The Road To Salvation… a mobile confessional!
This is very cool. Fr. Z kudos to the one who came up with this. From KATC TV in the Diocese of Lafayette. Someone converted an ambulance into a mobile confessional. Be sure to watch the video. TEXT: LAFAYETTE … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged ambulance, confession, sacrament of penance
14 Comments
14 Comments
Hard views of Pope Francis from Spectators
I bring to your attention a couple hard-hitting pieces not for the purposes of depressing you, but informing you. I’ve advised elsewhere that if this pontificate, or perhaps “parenthesis”, is getting you down, then stop paying so much attention to … Read More
Posted in Francis, GO TO CONFESSION, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Damian Thompson, George Neumayr, parenthesis, Pope Francis
70 Comments
70 Comments
Rome – Day 3: Synod Free Zone, Abbatial Mass and – Fr. Z rants
I have been – mostly on purpose – in a Synod Free Zone in the last few days, even though I am at Ground Zero. Yes, I am hearing a lot. No, I am trying not to let it … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Olympian Middle, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Coetus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
34 Comments
34 Comments
Pope Francis wants a transformation of the papacy and a synodal Church
Since the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Francis – or could we coin a new phrase? The “periphery of Pope Francis”? – I have been saying that his aim is to weaken the Roman Curia. HERE and HERE and … Read More
END OF WORLD! #Synod15 or Globe Killing Asteroid?
We don’t know the time or place, but we will on day die and face our Judge. I saw this at NASA after a priest friend alerted me to it. He went to confession … I’m just sayin’. At Express I saw … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio #SilentKey priest ham… R.I.P.
I received a note from a member of Juventutem today: Silent Key: W8QXL Bishop Boyea reports the passing of Msgr. Tony Majchrowski (96), until now the oldest serving pastor in the Diocese of Lansing. In addition to his long and … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, GO TO CONFESSION, Ham Radio, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged CQ, Ham radio
2 Comments
2 Comments
Pope Francis goes to confession “every 15 or 20 days”.
Check out Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession During an interview with a Portuguese radio station, Pope Francis spoke about his own discipline with the sacrament of penance. HERE At the end of the interview, the Pope … Read More
Posted in Francis, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged confession, Pope Francis, sacrament of penance
24 Comments
24 Comments
Maura on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “And their language…The Vatican will BAR…nice strong language which shows how they truly feel. It’s a different level of opposition…”
