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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Catholic priest beheaded by practitioners of the ‘religion of peace’? So it seems, yes.
Just in case you were tempted to FORGET… From The Blaze (not the only source… there are videos…: CATHOLIC PRIEST ALLEGEDLY BEHEADED IN SYRIA BY AL-QAEDA-LINKED REBELS AS MEN AND CHILDREN TAKE PICTURES AND CHEER Syrian Catholic priest Francois Murad … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr Franҫois Mourad, Islam, martyrdom, Syria, The Religion of Peace
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79 Comments
Reconciled traditional Catholic groups has its first ordinations in union with Rome
Brick by brick! The group called the Transalpine Redemptorists, founded in 1987 and once associated with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), were reconciled with the Church some time ago. They had a big step forward recently with their first … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged SSPX, Transalpine Redemptorists
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Catholic priest killed by Islamist troops, possibly beheaded
On News.va I read that there is going to be some sort of Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee meeting (HERE). I also read (HERE) that practitioners of the “religion of peace” murdered a Catholic priest, Fr Fran?ois Mourad, in Syria near the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Genuflecting when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed
From a reader: When I was in grade school (1990’s), I was taught by a very devout teacher that one should genuflect (kneel?) on both knees with a slight bow of the head when entering/leaving the pew during adoration of … Read More
Wherein the First Gay President lectures an African nation
The First Gay President didn’t have his way with the President of Senegal: Sanctimonious Obama rebuffed by African president on gay rights President Obama got off to an awkward start in Africa where he urged tolerance and equal rights for … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged homosexual activist, Pres. Obama, Senegal
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30 Comments
A study in contrasts
I saw this juxtaposition of quotes about the Supreme Court’s DOMA decision at Pundit and Pundette: Pres. Barack Obama: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, … Read More
America Magazine (aka “The cool kids’ table”) rises above petty distinctions
From the WaPo comes some promotion of the Jesuit mystique. Here is a great example of how the MSM promotes liberal Catholics as the cool kid’s table. America Magazine is seemingly going to eschew the “liberal” and “conservative” dichotomy, rise … Read More
Diocletian/Obama’s Anti-Christian Edict
We have always known it would be this way, of course. From CNA: Obama’s Final Word: Catholics Must Buy/Provide Coverage for Abortion Drugs (CNSNews.com) – The Department of Health and Human Services today released the final text of the final … Read More
ROME: Sacra Liturgia Conference – Day 4
My usual Roman bar breakfast. The days begins. We are about to have a talk by Msgr. Newton of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, for former Anglicans. He is reading a paper for Msgr. Andrew Burnham. Newton is … Read More
Fr. Z muses and rants
There is an especially awful story about clergy in Rome circulating right now. Once upon a time, I was walking under the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square with an especially well-placed curial official, nay rather, institution. I asked him if … Read More
