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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Yay. Sounds like another way to be “nice” and “include” the priest in Confirmation. IMHO most of these situations will…”
- on ASK FATHER: Question about the impacts of Excommunication: “I’m pretty sure the state of the priest’s soul does not change the fact that the Eucharist is being conferred…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “I’ve had my fair share of some rough homilies, from some retired priest talking about his “chick magnet” from back…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “I did walk out of a daily Mass once when the priest was going on and on and on about…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “My church- and liturgy-history readings are unsystematic and the opposite of rigorous to put it mildly, but how is the…”
- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “A wonderful and dearly departed Priest was given the faculties to Confirm when he was a Military Chaplain. Those Faculties…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “If a homily is bad or terrible (in terms of content, up to and even including outright heresy) isn’t there…”
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Category Archives: On the road
ROME DAY 22: Lights, egg, and sweets
Sunrise in Rome was at 7:29 and Sunset 18:19 and the Ave Maria still at 18:30. I’ve had a couple days I’d rather not talk much about. I had a meeting at a certain shop and started to get things … Read More
ROME DAY 21: Doohickey, Spiffy Alley, and Flower Therapy
Sunrise 7:27. Sunset 18:19. Ave Maria: 18:30. First things first. Does anyone know what this doohickey is? Especially for MA, who wanted to get in to see this church, Santa Maria in Aquiro. This was one of the ancient diaconal … Read More
ROME DAY 20: Great saint, tourist inferno, and fury
The Roman Sunset was 7:28 the Roman Sunset 18:21 is and the Ave Maria is 18:30. today I made my way through several of the rings of tourist hell, like Dante in search of my reason. Indeed the reason why … Read More
ROME DAY 19: Altar v. Altar, Heart, Food Play
In Rome the Sunrise was at 7:27. Sunset will be at 18:22. Ave Maria at 18:30, this time. See? For the Sunday, the pastor at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini asked me if I would be celebrant for the principle Mass. … Read More
ROME DAY 18: Gardens, Trees, No Roundup
The rose at 7:26 in Rome today and it will set at 18:24. The Ave Maria bell will be neglected, as usual, at 18:45. Yesterday, I trotted over to the Porta Sant’Anna and met a couple friends for a walk … Read More
ROME DAY 17: Che Guevara, Baby Socks and Clam Sand
0724 1825 1845 The madness of the Amazon “walking together” Synod continues. Outside the unofficial church of the squatting amazonians and their accomplices this woman was holding forth to Swiss TV. Note the shirt. Inside (there is a video) a … Read More
ROME DAY 16: Saints, Stamps and Sole Music
7:23 is when the Sun rose, which in turn will set at 18:27 and the Ave Maria should – but won’t – ring at 18:45. One of the things that was causing a lot of stress some time ago is … Read More
ROME DAY 15: Folders, Funky Tomatoes, and Foolish Altars
Sunrise… 7:22… Sunset… 18:28 and the Ave Maria is at…. ? Why 18:45, of course. And somebody finally bit and asked “What is that Ave Maria bell? Is that the Angelus?” No, it is not the Angelus, which is said … Read More
ROME DAY 13: A Suicide, a Life Hack, and an ALERT to Roman Seminarians
You will want to know that the Sunrise in Rome was at 7:21 and that Colors should sound at 18:30, 15 minutes before the poor little Ave Maria bell sounds. It has been a really busy couple of days, so … Read More
PODCAzT 178: Fr. Weinandy and the possible “Internal Papal Schism”
Today I go back to 8 October 2019 and a piece by Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., at The Catholic Thing: Pope Francis and Schism. This is important. Last night I heard at the official presentation of the book … Read More
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
