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Category Archives: Lighter fare
QUAERITUR: Who is bishop of the Moon?
Under the recent entry about titular sees, the question arose about which bishop would have jurisdiction over the Moon. I think there are conflicting claims. I heard once that Rome itself had jurisdiction. However, there is another claim. Sometimes it … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Archbp. Borders, D. Orlando, jurisdiction, moon
29 Comments
29 Comments
Putting things into perspective
From xkcd.
Life imitates art! The American Catholic Council’s “Litany of Lament”
From the American Catholic Council’s program. On the opening day they had a moving and meaningful paraliturgy which included the Litany of Lament. Here it is from their program. I add some comments: (When the female lector reads, FROM THE … Read More
Hello Detroit! ACC UNDERWAY!
See who’s speaking! http://americancatholiccouncil.org/files/2009/05/ACC_convention_brochure_3-2011.pdf UPDATE: A priest friend just asked if the was a special cargo plane for the big puppets. UPDATE: Do the airlines charge extra for all the extra baggage the speakers are hauling around? UPDATE: Here’s Joan … Read More
ALERT! DISCLAIMER! ALERT!
I note with concern on the site of the Wall Street Journal that the European Court of Justice, in one of 11 decisions released on Thursday, ruled that France needs to do more to protect Cricetae cricetae, the Great Alsatian … Read More
But wait! There’s more!
Have any of you ever ordered something through those fast talking and annoying TV ads?
If web browsers were cars
This came from one of our readers. It originated on the site of Regina Web Services. Enjoy! If Web Browsers Were Cars… IE6: original VW Beetle: at the time of launch it was the browser. Netscape Navigator was dead, Mozilla … Read More
NCFishwrap’s little problem with the Extraordinary Form and “altar girls”
NCFishwrap today surfed the little server girl issue over its mosh pit. catholic reporters that that are, they left off attacking Bp. Finn for a minute or two to post – at long last- the news that the PCED has … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Throwing a Nutty, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged altar girls, mosh pit, NCFishwrap, slam dance, UE 28
28 Comments
28 Comments
An Arizona Analogy
A friend sent this. People will surely have differing views on the Arizona illegal-immigrant legislation, but you have to hand it to Gov. Jan Brewer for this response. Arizona governor vs. Phoenix Suns owner – I’d say she makes a … Read More
Your iPhone: where chicken entrails, dice and Magic 8 Balls converge
Superstitious practices have abounded for as long as we have been around. Even the snake in the garden, I suppose, was tempting our first parents into a sort of superstition when it, The Enemy, suggested that we could be as … Read More
george on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@hayden I have the feeling that you are fine demanding obedience when it’s to something you either prefer or don’t…”
