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- Fr. Kelly on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Within the first couple of years of his papacy, I recall (but I have not been able to find the…”
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- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I wonder how the majority of priests, deacons, and bishops feel about several Catholics leaving Mass immediately after communion. No,…”
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Category Archives: Liberals
March For Life VIDEO! Obama for the … Unborn?!?
Some people are getting it. Liberals, even – to their eternal shame liberal catholics – are hijacking pro-life language as a way of promoting strict gun-control as if it were a pro-life issue. What they are really trying to do is silence … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 2nd amendment, Catholic Health Association, Fishwrap, gun control, hypocrisy, LCWR, liberals, March for Life, Nuns On The Bus, Pres. Obama, pro-life
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9 Comments
Are liberals baffled by the rising of the Traditional Roman Rite? Yes. And terrified.
Over at Real Clear Religion there is something that I am finally getting around to talking about and that you should look at. Here are some high points with my emphases and comments. The Rise of Latin Mass Youth by George … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI, reform, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Economist, traditional Catholics
35 Comments
35 Comments
Mr. Roy Bourgeois gets his letter
I detect in myself a touch of schadenfreude as I read of this new at the site of the Fishwrap, whose editors have pressed poor Roy to their collective bosom for so very long. Bourgeois receives official Vatican letter dismissing him … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged deaconesses, Fishwrap, graviora delicta, Maryknoll, ordination of women, Roy Bourgeois, women deacons, wymyn
36 Comments
36 Comments
Fr. Anscar Chupungco, OSB – R.I.P.
Fr. Anscar Chupungco, OSB, a well-known and influential liturgist, has died. He was 73. I will remember him in my prayers, sincerely. In my opinion he created a lot of damaging confusion to our understanding of liturgical worship and inculturation. … Read More
A mordant look at the wrong notion of “active participation”
From the amusing Eye of the Tiber: Culver City, CA––Parishioners of St. Raymond Catholic Church in Culver City, California were forced to jump into action during Mass early Monday morning when it appeared that only one priest would be available for the consecration. … Read More
The next frontier for homosexualists will be the legal age limit
Remember my post about The 2020 annual LCWR Assembly? The assembly’s theme would be “Age: The Final Frontier“. Now I read this in The Guardian: Paedophilia: bringing dark desires to light. The article isn’t calling for laws to allow paedophiles to … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged age limit, LCRW, paedophilia, The Guardian
49 Comments
49 Comments
Is training in the Extraordinary Form forbidden at St. Mary’s College in Oscott, England?
I have been sitting on this for months, but… As a preamble, let me repeat something. The Supreme Pontiff’s 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum established juridically that the Roman Rite has two forms, not one. Thus, if a man has not … Read More
“During Pres. Obama’s third term…”
I have sometimes made a passing comment about what was going to happen to us during the third term of Pres. Obama. The usual sort of person pooh-poohed that. “But Father! But Father!”, they chortled, “You can’t be serious! That’s against … Read More
Church of England to allow homosexual bishops in civil partnerships
There is a story at CNA/EWTN that made me chuckle a little. What for what is wrong with this (including the terminology). London, England, Jan 4, 2013 / 06:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church of England has decided to permit … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglicans, Church of England, homosexuals
24 Comments
24 Comments
Perhaps we should start calling him “Henry IX”?
Perhaps we should start calling him “Henry IX“, along with “The First Gay President”? From FoxNews: Obama calls Conscience Clause for Military Chaplains “Ill-Advised” By Todd Starnes Religious liberty advocates are concerned after President Obama said a conscience clause that … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Archd. Military Services, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Henry IX, military chaplains, National Defense Authorization Act, Pres. Obama, religious freedom, religious liberty, Rep. Todd Akin, The First Gay President
20 Comments
20 Comments
Fr. Kelly on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Within the first couple of years of his papacy, I recall (but I have not been able to find the…”
