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Category Archives: Hard-Identity Catholicism
“People can do just about whatever they want.”
The events of the last few days prompt me to go back to something I read at LifeSite waaaaay back on 8 July (which in blog years is about a decade). Bp. Thomas Tobin of Providence nailed it when he said, … Read More
PODCAzT 150: Leo XIII on Right Christian Conduct and the “bent of our age”
For this 15oth PODCAzT I offer Pope Leo XIII’s 1888 Encyclical Exuente iam anno, On Right Christian Conduct. Despite the claims of many, the Church began neither with the Second Vatican Council nor the Pontificate of Francis. There are inestimable treasures available … Read More
SILENT NO LONGER: A priest speaks out!
This post is aimed in a special way at priests and bishops out there – office holders in the Church of awesome spiritual authority, as teachers, as wielders of prophetic potential – but who are not yet committed to doing something to help Holy Church, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Last prayer at the point of death
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Forgive the morbid nature of my query, but with the nature of the world today (and the mindset of an undertaker) a question has been on my mind. If one were to know death was imminent, … Read More
The Pink Sisters
From KIII TV in Texas. These sisters are a sister order to that of a holy sister with whom I worked in Rome. CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – In a time when our world is thirsty for hope and peace, … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Women Religious
Tagged Pink Sisters, women religious
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For those of you consciously engaged as the Church Militant…
I was sent this image. I had to share it. I could, wag that I am, replace those darts with the names of a few liberal tweeters. But that might be just a tad bit mischievous. Keep smiling. Keep that shield up. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Be The Maquis, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged Church Militant
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ASK FATHER: Future spouse doesn’t want kids to attend Novus Ordo, but I do.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am engaged to a girl who was raised attending a SSPX chapel her entire life. We will be married by a diocesan priest in the traditional form. She is unsure whether she can receive communion … Read More
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