Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity

Recent LCWR statements – context for the Holy See’s smackdown

Today the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith smacked down, hard, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.  This is, as you may remember, the group of leaders of communities of women religious (not all the religious themselves, but the … Read More

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The Tablet inserts another extremist into the “foot washing” debate!

The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill) has printed a piece about the washing of women’s feet during the Holy Thursday Mass. Let’s see what this extremist has to say, with my emphases and comments. Priests should not wash women’s feet, says … Read More

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ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.

I want about 15 minutes of your time. If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention. Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 … Read More

Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, REVIEWS, The future and our choices, Year of Faith | Tagged , , , ,
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Jesuit-run Gonzaga University rejects Knights of Columbus?

This is absurd. The last acceptable prejudice around these days is to hate faithful practicing Catholics who accept the Churches teachings on faith and moral. Now the acceptable prejudice is creeping into the catholic community itself. I read at Catholic … Read More

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Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun and the Congressional Medal of Honor

Fr. Emil Kapaun will posthumously receive the Congressional Medal of Honor today. He received the Bronze Star in life and, after death, the Distinguished Service Cross. As a POW in a Chinese camp during the horrible winter of 1951 he … Read More

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Indulgences, blessings for a priest’s First Mass – ATTENTION BISHOPS & ORDINANDS! ACTION ITEM!

Here is something useful from Ed “the academic” Peters. NOTE TO BISHOPS and ORDINANDS: It would be great were you to make this known to people before the opportunity has passed!  Consider putting a note about this things in the … Read More

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries | Tagged , , , ,
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Pope Francis and the cuillère à sauce individuelle and grand liturgy

Last night I watched a movie I haven’t seen in years from a brand new blu-ray disk (thanks CEF!) on the big hi-def screen: Babette’s Feast. This movie has it all. I can say “everything” now because it is the Pope’s … Read More

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What does Fr. Z really say? A response to critics on the left and the right.

Back on 2 April – which in blog years is like a decade ago – I offered a brief manifesto about how I think we ought to approach Pope Francis. In fact, there are any number of entries I have … Read More

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CNN insinuates that Archbp. Vigneron “dialed back” his words about promoters of same-sex marriage and Holy Communion

There is a deeply flawed, perhaps even mendacious, piece on CNN about Archbishop Vigneron’s comments about Catholics who promote same-sex marriage and reception of Holy Communion.  I posted about that HERE. The CNN article suggests, implies, hints, that the Archdiocese … Read More

Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Biased Media Coverage, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , , , ,
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Fishwrap’s Winters responds

Over the National Schismatic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters has responded to something I wrote HERE. Winters is mostly wrong about things, but he occasionally right and, when he is, I have happily said so here. Winters opens with a little … Read More

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