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- Not on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “All to real. That is why we pray for Priests.”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Well, I agree with Fr. Tommy that it could never be a diocesean retreat center. That being said, no one…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “I remembered those words vividly, having encountered them in one of Michael Davies’s books very many years ago (God rest…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “ROFL! Thank you for the humor and everything else in this “diary entry”! Our worthy bishop has demonstrated once again…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “This is made abundantly clear to me every time I attend a Novus Ordo funeral. Good gravy, the difference is…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “I appreciate the candor which I so miss in the NeoCons who live in denial and keep saying everything is…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Honestly, I think one can now assume that anyone doing unauthorized nookie, that goes against vows, is also stealing unauthorized…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “Surprising to hear this. Given his contributions to setting the Psalms to music in the vernacular, I would have assumed…”
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Category Archives: Hard-Identity Catholicism
“Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism….”
At First Things George Weigel has a short piece about how Benedict XVI was right in his memorable, controversial Regensburg Lecture in 2006. He has prompted me to go back to review what Benedict said. Weigel gives a précis: Eight … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Religion of Peace
Tagged Annum sacrum, Benedict XVI, consecration, Islam, Islamism, jihad, Regensburg Lecture, religious freedom, religious liberty
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38 Comments
¡Hagan lío! TLM now more than ever!
In the midst of disorienting news, here is orienting news. I saw this on the Twitter feed of Fr. Nathan Siray, @frnathansiray: “First of many…”. It warms the cockles of my beady-black heart. Fr. Z kudos. Fathers, we are living … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged ¡Hagan lío!, Extraordinary Form, Fr. Nathan Siray, TLM
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10 Comments
Synods and Sausage: having a Church isn’t for the squeamish
The opening of the Synod on the Family draws closer. Books in various languages are to be released in which marriage and Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried are studied, with a special eye on the proposals of Card. … Read More
“There are not a series of rules made up by the Church; they constitute divine law, and the Church cannot change them.”
Today in the liberal Italian daily Corriere della sera there is an article about the forthcoming book Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church (in English by Ignatius Press HERE – UK link HERE). The books is being rolled … Read More
Summorum Pontificum 7 years on. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today is the anniversary of the implementation of Summorum Pontificum. The Motu Proprio will surely be recognized as one of the most important achievements of the too-brief pontificate of Benedict XVI. It has already created a huge knock-on effect in … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Olympian Middle, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Benedict XVI, Blackfen, Exodus 1:8, Fr. Steven Fisher, Fr. Tim Finigan, Marshall Plan, Nehemiah 4:18, Romans 12:20, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Veuve Clicquot
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52 Comments
12 Sept 1683: The Battle of Vienna and the Holy Name of Mary
The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire were at war. Vienna had been under siege for months. On 11 September a coalition of Christian forces, a Holy League blessed by Bl. Pope Innocent XI, arrived with Jan III Sobieski, … Read More
The hard truth about marriage, mercy and Eastern “oikonomia”
I have been posting about the soon-to-be-released book by five cardinala and four scholars called Remaining In The Truth Of Christ. This book is a defense of the Catholic doctrine marriage. It is an important book, some of it may … Read More
ASK FATHER: Doubts about annulment for 1st marriage, guilt about 2nd
From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a deeper conversion experience I had a love for my first wife that I did not have before. It seemed that after my conversion the love of Jesus was flowing through me for her. I … Read More
UK: Parish resuscitated by Extraordinary Form. New Evangelization continues
On whichever side of the Pond you are, you can be sure that reviving a parish doesn’t have to be rocket science. We have all heard of parishes which, though moribund, have been revived through the use of Catholicism. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Brick by Brick, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Michael Campell, D. Lancaster, New Evangelization
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21 Comments
GUEST POST: “I celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass before today’s exorcism…”
Time and again, priests tell me that when they learn the traditional form of Holy Mass and begin saying it, it changes them profoundly. Today I received this note from a priest (slightly edited): I finished the [Saint John Cantius … Read More
Not on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “All to real. That is why we pray for Priests.”
