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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Bishops of England and Wales about passage of same-sex ‘marriage’
From the Bishops of England and Wales (emphases mine): Statement on on the passing of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act Statement by the President and Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales In receiving Royal Assent, … Read More
SSPX ITALY condemns Pope Francis for visiting refugees – UPDATED – distorted news account?
UPDATE 18 July: There are some comments in the combox which help us get to what SSPX Italy really said. Take a look and decide if Gazzetta distorted the story. ______________ From Gazzetta del Sud (their translation): Lefebvrists chide … Read More
St. Paul: A big small victory for religious freedom!
In my native place, more anti-Christian news, but with a small victory: City of St. Paul stops fighting statue of Jesus atop bluff by Bill Keller ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) See Video HERE [Watch. This man is an inspiration.] There’s a … Read More
When clowns attack
WARNING: This may make your eyes and ears bleed. No. Really. It is hard to know how to react to this. I have so many thoughts and emotions at once. Preliminary observations: I think what you are going to see … Read More
Mary Stachowicz – murdered by “gay” man – a Martyr for the Faith, says Bp. Paprocki
Preambles: Homosexuals often commit the most physically brutal crimes that the police see. [UPDATE: Some people in the tweetosphere are having a spittle-flecked nutty about the sentence I wrote, above. At least I think that is why there is a … Read More
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
Today marks 25 years since Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a famous address in Santiago, Chile to the Chilean bishops. Context: In the months immediately preceding this address, Archbp, Marcel Lefebvre of the SSPX had signed an agreement with the Holy … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1988, Archbp. Lefebvre, Chile, continuity, desacralization, hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture, Joseph Card. Razinger, Second Vatican Council, SSPX, superdogma
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POLL: To which super-Catholic place would you go for self-exile?
There is a fun post at Catholic Vote: Top 5 place for self-imposed exile for Catholics. I’ll send you over there in a moment. I want to mention, however, an idea that I have seen on some blogs: a “redoubt” … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can I have a job at a Lutheran church?
From a reader: I recently got laid off from my job, and have been doing whatever side work I can find until I find a stable job. One of these jobs has been to help in a Lutheran Service, by simply changing … Read More
Under Obama Administration: hostility increases toward military chaplains
We Catholic citizens of these USA need to support the Archdiocese for Military Services. From National Catholic Register: Religion in U.S. Military Policy The Family Research Council’s report notes that pressure to impose ’a secular, anti-religious culture’ has intensified over … Read More
GUEST POST: A 1st TLM experience
From a reader (some editing and my emphases): I have been an avid reader of your blog and I really appreciate the seriousness of the Catholic issues that you present here, as well as your witty, and often humorous remarks. … Read More
WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old: “Something that bothers me about statements being made about those “against” Traditionis Custodes is the consistent idea that “we now…”
