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Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants
#Synod2018 – Wherein Fr. Z rants
“For God so loved the world that He did not send a committee.” “If I ought to write the truth, I am of the mind that I ought to flee all meetings of bishops, because I have never seen any … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants: the tyrannies of #sodoclerical euroweenies with their self-centered, condescending effeminate blather
The old phrase is: Piscis primum a capite foetet. Over the many years I have been either going to or living in Rome, it has been interesting to see how the styles and modes change in the ecclesiastical shops. These … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged sodoclericalism
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15 Comments
Read and weep: Soviet style “psych” tactics used against priests by bishops.
What I am about to post, read carefully. Over the last few months I have been contacted by diocesan priests (and a religious) who were being sent by their bishops (superior) to be “evaluated” at one of these psych clinics … Read More
THIS IS WAR! Wherein Fr. Z calls on bishops and priests to FIGHT BACK as priests and bishops!
Preliminary note: For the last two nights, I have had nightmares. Last night was as bad as anything I have ever had and it was incredibly real. As I wrote this post, I had the dreaded BSOD. Hasn’t happened for … Read More
Lay Rage in Chicago, Mary Eberstadt takes names, and Fr. Z rants
I find myself once again in The City of Big Shoulders, Chicago. The last couple of days have been fascinating, as I have met an interesting priest with an interesting story and had the chance to hear about what some … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants: A baptized person in the state of grace is terrifying to demons.
I’m a bit shell-shocked from the blast of information that is pouring forth. It took me 3 hours to triage my email. Thank you to everyone who have sent kind notes. Thank you to everyone who has sent links. Thank … Read More
ASK FATHER: “I now have doubt about sorting the doctrinal from the papal opinion.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: All this confusion with the death penalty has caused me to doubt the authority of what I assumed were books of bedrock Catholic Doctrine. Of course there was the first JPII Catechism, then his revision, both … Read More
Pope Francis changed the Catechism about the death penalty. What next? Wherein Fr. Z opines.
I wonder if the recent move of the Holy Father to change the text – the teaching of the Church – of the paragraph in the Catechism of the Catholic Church about the death penalty will generate enough buzz to … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, capital punishment, Catechism of the Catholic Church, death penalty, development of doctrine, John Henry Newman, Juan Manuel de Rosas, lived experience, Pope Francis, Realities are more important than ideas
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75 Comments
McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Before anything else… Lots of people are really angry, indeed enraged. Horrid situations such as those caused by men like McCarrick are painful. We can make choices about how to view them. Anger is appropriate, but not to the point … Read More
Charivari Rob on Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates: “The Korean apothecary chest is beautiful. The chest of drawers with two clock-like faces intrigues me. The top is pretty…”
