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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Disquiet in Hell over The Present Crisis
Take this story with a grain of salt. From The Onion. Satan Refuses To Accept Any More Catholic Priests In Hell NINTH CIRCLE, HELL—Stressing that the situation in the underworld was quickly spiraling out of control, Satan, the Great Tempter … Read More
A hope filled note from an old friend.
From an old friend, a hopeful note. Also, he shows that Catholics can have a sense of humor. Dear Fr. Z, Everyone I spoke with after Mass today feels as I and many of your blogreaders do — we are … Read More
Asperges me et super jellonem decaeruleabor.
Here is a photo of Card. Farrell, the understudy of non-Card. McCarrick for some many years in Washington DC, now the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Family, who also said that priests are not able properly to prepare couples … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Lighter fare, You must be joking!
Tagged Card. Farrell
19 Comments
19 Comments
HERESY PANDEMIC!
Now that I look at that post title, I can see why you might think that I am channeling the Id of Trad-dom. In fact, today I had an informal lunch with some young priests: guys drop in between 12-2 … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Lighter fare, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries
Tagged pandemic
14 Comments
14 Comments
Fr. Z CALLS FOR “SPECIAL PROSECUTOR”!
Enough of this! It’s time for Pope Francis to appoint an “Indagator Particularis… Special Prosecutor”. He will have to be a “Burke’s Law” kind of guy, who will find out who knew what and when. A “Burke’s Law” kind of … Read More
FLYING ELECTRIC SPACE SPIDERS!
News especially for P… …from SpaceWeather: SPIDERS AND SPACE WEATHER: Did you know that spiders can fly? Biologists call it “ballooning.” Spiders spin a strand of silk, it juts into the air, and off they go. Airborne arachnids have been … Read More
What could possibly go wrong? – UPDATED
UPDATE 20 July: They opened the sarcophagus and found… “a mummified family of three swimming in red liquid.” HERE ___ Originally Published on: Jul 11, 2018 From Science Alert: A Massive, Black Sarcophagus Has Been Unearthed in Egypt, And Nobody … Read More
Budding young feminist archeologists
Make some popcorn and look at a piece at Fishwrap about young feminists sitting at the knees of Sr. Joan “Triumph in Tahir” Chittister, learning from her Yoda-like wisdom. It’ll be a nostaglic read. My emphases and comments. Young women ask difficult questions … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Lighter fare, Women Religious
Tagged feminists, Joan Chittister, Tom Fox
22 Comments
22 Comments
Cobblestones, new vestments, and swag for Zed Heads
The last couple of days have involved a lot of TV coverage. The person who invented the DVR deserves prayers. Everything is recorded, so I can blast through commercials and jump around. Yesterday I tuned in – sort of – … Read More
Progress of the Vatican Cricket Team
Here is something fun, from a reader and friend in London (slightly edited): The Vatican Cricket Team and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 11 combined to form a Christian Team which played against a multi-faith team made up of Jews Muslims, … Read More
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