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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
ASK FATHER: Converting to Catholicism. Do we need convalidation of marriage?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am in RCIA and am scheduled to be confirmed at Easter. I was raised Baptist and baptized as a teenager, as was my husband, but we had both left church and were only married civilly. I … Read More
ASK FATHER: Resources about Traditional Mass for newbies
From a reader… Quaeritur: Can you provide or refer me to a resource that explains the beauty of the Traditional Mass for those who have never experienced it – in a simple and easy-to-understand way? A soft-of Traditional Mass for … Read More
Economics of SEX
This video caught my eye, since I posted on the sidebar that I was reading Jay Richard’s Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (which the people who helped Francis write Evangelii gaudium could … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged economics, sex
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Could Pope Francis be the one to reconcile the SSPX?
At CMR Pat Archbold offers that, if Pope Francis can reach out so cordially to Protestants gathered at a conference, even send a video, then why shouldn’t he reach out to the priests and bishops of the SSPX. A darn … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Have a nice day!”, after the final blessing at Mass.
From a reader: Is it licit for a priest to say “Have a nice day” after the final blessing? When the Mass is over, priests and bishops can utter any banal cliché that pops into their distracted heads and not … Read More
Bp. Morlino on EWTN on current burning questions
His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino of the Diocese of Madison (aka “The Extraordinary Ordinary”) appeared with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN and spoke about a range of issues, contraception, divorce-remarriage, “pastoral approach”, Pope Francis’ video to Pentecostals, Francis’ alleged negative … Read More
Posted in Francis, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Morlino, D. Madison, Pope Francis
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Archbp. Predergast restricts eulogies at funerals.
Do you remember that a couple years about Bp. Robert C. Morlino banned eulogies in the Diocese of Madison? HERE Some people nearly lost their minds. Morlino was only being a “good son of the Church”, as Pope Francis describes … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest’s “Bug Out Bag” for TEOTWAWKI
From a reader: What items should a Catholic include in a bug out bag [BOB] besides the usual survival gear? What does a Priest’s bug out bag look like? I would assume supplies to administer the sacraments in an emergency. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, GO TO CONFESSION, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged bug out, bug out bag, fortified wine, Fr. Walter Ciszek, paracord, priest hole, raisins, rosary, SHTF, TEOTWAWKI
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Bruised: appliances tied to the Internet I recall something I read a few years ago, that someone hacked a guy’s…”
