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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: My View
Not so cool in Manhattan
On the flight coming in to NYC last night I was able to do some work online, with the airplane’s wifi. In this moment I was tracking the flight on a non-liturgical iPad. I was given when they came out … Read More
NYC: 5-11 July
I will be in NYC, Manhattan, from 5-11 July.
The Feeder Feed: oddities
There is a lot of activity at the feeders right now, but only sparse fare, I’m afraid. But some interesting sights have come around. This wren is declaring its mastery of this little house. Thrashers have particularly beady eyes. This … Read More
The Feeder Feed
Some shots from the feeder. The expert grape jelly eater. A young male Oriole has found the bonus of a spider in his jelly. Young make Red-Breasted Grosbeak. A not so young male Red-Breasted Grosbeak. A seriously annoying young Hairy … Read More
QUAERITUR: concelebration and seeing the elements – and Fr. Z rants
From a priest reader: I’ll get right to the point: is it not required that a concelebrant be able to see the matter he is consecrating? I am certain that it is, but I am not able to defend this … Read More
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Sunday Supper – 4
Once upon a time I asked you readers to determine whether I should make Coq au vin or Boeuf Bourguignon for a Sunday supper. You decided on the beef and so I dutifully made Julia Child’s version from Mastering the … Read More
The Feeder Feed: baby edition
There are new birds at the feeders. They are literally new: some of them are babies. Some shots will following in the next days. Here is a adult male Hairy Woodpecker with baby in tow. The young one makes a … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Renaissance edition
Here is a painting at the Metropolitan in Manhattan, depicting Eve with Cain and Abel, an unusual subject. It is by the Florentine Bacchiacca (+1557 – Francesco d’Ubertino). It once included the figure of Adam, and so this painting was … Read More
Is there a campaign to block Card. Pell’s appointment as Prefect for Bishops?
You can bet even the hint that Australia’s Cardinal Pell might be the next Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops made liberal blood run cold. Lately we have read rumors that Cardinal Pell is ill, that Cardinal Pell did this, … Read More
“Opportune and necessary.”
I use the following good news as a stepping stone into a little rant of my own. A reader with the Latin Mass Society in the UK sent me a copy of a letter they received from the Pontifical Commission … Read More
WVC on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “To add to Fr. Kelly’s post, Diane Montagna has posted even more information. Trying to blame the pilgrims and the…”
