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Category Archives: Hard-Identity Catholicism
Wherein Fr. Z rants: A baptized person in the state of grace is terrifying to demons.
I’m a bit shell-shocked from the blast of information that is pouring forth. It took me 3 hours to triage my email. Thank you to everyone who have sent kind notes. Thank you to everyone who has sent links. Thank … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses on bears, demons, and spiritual calibers
This is a little offbeat. I need to blow off some My father sent an article, as fathers do. It is a riveting article about people who experience attacks by bears by using handguns. When you live in the north … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I would like to incorporate fasting…”
In his Letter to the faithful of the Diocese of Madison, Bp. Morlino (aka The Extraordinary Ordinary) recommended the observance of Ember Days in September as days of fasting and abstinence in reparation for sin. He reminded us that “some demons … Read More
After LGBT pro-sodomy parade, Orthodox priest cleanses city with Holy Water
I saw this at ChurchPop. I really like the idea. Orthodox Priest Cleanses His City’s Downtown with Holy Water After LGBT Parade @cityod, Twitter / Odessa Media Talk about spiritual warfare. An LGBT pride parade took place this last weekend … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers one of the hardest posts he has ever written – UPDATED WITH YOUR COMMENTS
This foreword was written after I wrote the rest, as forewords usually are. This is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever written. It was physically uncomfortable to hack this out, and I had to stop several times and walk … Read More
PROPOSAL to all the Bishops of these USA for your November 2018 Meeting
PROPOSAL TO ALL THE BISHOPS OF THESE USA FOR YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING These times call for action that priests and bishops are truly ordained for: wield spiritual authority given by Christ Himself. Let’s use all our spiritual weapons. Prayer, fasting, … Read More
Card. Burke interviewed by Raymond Arroyo. The Cardinal’s advice.
His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke (whom Clement XIV-II would give the title “Indagator Particularis in perpetuo)” was on Raymond Arroyo’s show last night. Here is the full video. I set it to start at the interview. Among interesting moments … Read More
Fr Z calls for solidarity
I saw this tweet from Ed Pentin: Benedict XVI en route to Fatima 2010: “…today we are seeing it in a really terrifying way: that the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I now have doubt about sorting the doctrinal from the papal opinion.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: All this confusion with the death penalty has caused me to doubt the authority of what I assumed were books of bedrock Catholic Doctrine. Of course there was the first JPII Catechism, then his revision, both … Read More
Non-Catholics and Catholics alike wonder about changes to CCC 2276 on death penalty
Non-Catholics and Catholics alike are drilling into the decision of Pope Francis to change Catechism of the Catholic Church 2267, which now says that capital punishment is “inadmissible”. He does not say that it is intrinsically evil, which would be crystal clear. … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Dennis Prager
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excalibur on The trip so far… Chicago… conference… etc.: “Superdawg, a hot dog bun with vegetables and a piece of meat.”
