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- Christopher M on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “We held a Twitter space this evening and prayed the rosary for the church, the Holy Father and the SSPX.…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “No one is mentioning the elephant in the room. Rome wants the SSPX to explicitly state that the Novus Ordo…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1653: Procession with the chains of St. Paul: “Thanks to the Archconfraternity for all their efforts and hello to The World’s Best Sacristan(TM)! It was fun to spot…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “In his very interesting 25 June One Peter Five article, “When Pope Leo Allowed Illicit Episcopal Consecrations”, Father Matthew Dimock,…”
- on ASK FATHER: Frequency of confession and confession of venial sins: “I remember being told Venial sins are forgiven during the penitential rite of Mass.”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “Honestly, the number of olive branches both publically and privately that have been offered to the SSPX since JPII has…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “Regarding the accusation that the SSPX is guilty of “neo-Feeneyism,” it is worth considering that the recent SSPX Profession of…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@R2D The SSPX doesn’t wholesale reject NA. That is why they could and were going to sign the 2011 Doctrinal…”
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Category Archives: Hard-Identity Catholicism
Military chaplains harassed, mocked for quoting Scripture during chaplain training
From Citizen Link: Military Chaplains Sue Over Harassment, Attack on Christian Faith by Bethany Monk Those who serve our country often greet reveilles before the sunrise. They don the uniform. They represent our country, and they continue to make sacrifice … Read More
QUAERITUR: Good traditional prayer books.
From a reader: Firstly, thank you for such a wonderful blog. Your analysis, insights, humor, and pastoral concern are all blessings in my daily life. Of particular interest are the prayers that you post. I came into the Church this … Read More
GUEST POST: Preaching about confession
From a transitional deacon: I’m an avid reader of the blog. I have noticed how often you mention confession in the blog and wanted to relay this short little bit of my experience this weekend. I’m a newly ordained transitional … Read More
GUEST POST: “I finally realized what appeals the most to me in the Extraordinary Form.”
From a reader: I finally figured out why I love the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. I attended the Requiem Mass for All Souls at ___ in ___ this weekend. The Priest and the servers were composed of the younger Priests in … Read More
Some thoughts on Holy Innocents, Manhattan
Let me tell you a little about Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan. I have written about the place many times but usually from the point of view of their upcoming Masses and events. It has also been my honor to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Hard-Identity Catholicism, I'm just askin'..., Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Archd. New York, Extraordinary Form, Fr. Rutler, Holy Innocents, Manhattan, TLM
26 Comments
26 Comments
Weigel on “traditionalists”
I saw this at First Things: Protesting Too Much Matthew J. Franck At National Review Online over the weekend, the familiar-to-First Things-readers George Weigel published a talk he gave recently in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the course of which he … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged George Weigel, traditionalists
53 Comments
53 Comments
IRAN: Christians sentenced with 80 lashes for drinking communion wine
In North Africa during the reign of Diocletian, at Abitina, a group of 49 Christians were convicted of celebrating Mass. The local bishop had caved in to Diocletian’s anti-Christian edicts, but some Christians went ahead and worshiped on Sunday with … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Religion of Peace
Tagged Diocletian, Islam, Religion of Peace, sine dominico non possumus, Sts. Nunilo and Alodia
4 Comments
4 Comments
QUAERITUR: Can a rector or bishop forbid seminarians or priests use of the cassock?
From a reader: In my diocese there are a small number of seminarians who wish to wear their cassock after their first year of study at the seminary. They have approached the bishop and rector about doing so, but both have refused to … Read More
Bp. Paprocki: same-sex marriage activists no to be admitted to cathedral
Bp. Paprocki seems to be a “hard identity” Catholic. We need “hard identity” Catholicism. That doesn’t mean being mean. That means being clear. “Hard identity” Catholicism doesn’t reject compassion or diplomacy or joy. That’s what liberals do. “Hard identity” Catholics … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Paprocki, CCW, D. Springfield in Illinois, doorkeeper, homosexual activists, minor orders, porter, same-sex marriage
27 Comments
27 Comments
QUAERITUR: Forcing people to pray “spontaneously”. (Turn the tables on ’em.)
From a professed sisterly readerette: Many teachers on our staff are involved with the Charismatic Movement, including our principal. At the end of our faculty meetings she goes around the table requiring each teacher to make a spontaneous prayer. I am not comfortable … Read More
Christopher M on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “We held a Twitter space this evening and prayed the rosary for the church, the Holy Father and the SSPX.…”
