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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Towards Closure: possible reactions from the Catholic Left on the death of Usama Bin Laden
The über-Left likes President Obama, and so there is silence about Libya. But they don’t like covert military actions. They are on the horns of a dilemma! What are the symmetries between what is done to the USA and then … Read More
Fortune Cookies: Wherein Fr Z rants
I ask you. Is it too much to expect that something labelled “fortune cookie” should have a fortune within? Instead, to the very last cookie, they are in reality purveyors of platitudes. Platitude Cookies. For example: I find misspellings charming … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: Which was Fr. Z’s?
I was out with a priest friend for the afternoon. He came into town to visit me and have some RnR after his Holy Week and Easter exercises. We visited several churches, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then had … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, On the road, POLLS, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Manhattans, Martinis, poll
70 Comments
70 Comments
Duck Time
We are out for Beijing Kao Ya. More to come! More… It was suggested that th thing on the left was a favorite of a priest friend in St. Paul, which he dubbed “Rat On A Stick”. On the way … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Beijing Kao Ya, Chinatown, New York City, Peking Duck
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10 Comments
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On a lighter note:
QUAERITUR: Chapel veils revisited – What color?
From a priest: A quick question: a woman approached me wondering if there was anything inappropriate in wearing a white veil as an older, married woman. She was told by another parishioner that white is only proper for young women … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Lighter fare
Tagged chapel veils, head coverings, women
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63 Comments
23 April: Talk Like Shakespeare Day…. POSTPONED?
A had a note from a reader: Father Z: thank you for supporting Talk Like S. Day in the past. Because it falls on Holy Saturday, will you defer it this year to a later date? Quoth I in response … Read More
Card. Burke on women covering their heads in church
The great Canonical Defender, Dr. Ed Peters has an interesting note on the use… here we go again… about women wearing head coverings in church. He has something from Cardinal Burke in the topic. But first, in a nutshell here … Read More
Mercilessly grilled under the lights
Okay… grilled is a little melodramatic. I was at the Newscorp Building where Fox News Channel is ensconced to tape some Q&A for some upcoming projects my good friend Greg Burke, FNC’s Rome correspondent, is preparing. Some people will probably … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Lighter fare, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged FNC, Fox News Channel, Greg Burke, Newscorp
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13 Comments
The Feeder Feed: unhappy edition (with a REQUEST… and some useful Latin)
This is not my shot. I found it on the Twitter feed of Glacier National Park via Disputations. Behold, Sialia pissedofftica, aka the Bluebird of Unhappiness. It is the winter that will not end. With that… if you use Twitter … Read More
