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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
You can never really “leave the Church”.
I occasionally get an message from someone who explains in self-righteous high dudgeon that she is leaving the Church because of [INSERT FLIMSY EXCUSE HERE]. Over at his excellent blog, Ed Peters looks at a case of someone who said … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged apostasy, can. 209, can. 845, defection, LG 14, schism
44 Comments
44 Comments
Excellent address by Archbp. Chaput on the attacks on religious liberty
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has some remarks on religious liberty which I found on the site of the Witherspoon Institute. My emphases and comments. Our First Right: Religious Liberty […] Simply put, religious freedom is a fundamental natural right … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: Billboards for CONFESSION! Promoted by which bishop?
I think the world of Bp. Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa. He initiated a liturgical renewal in the diocese, he has been supportive of the Clear Creek Monastery, he sponsored workshops for exorcists. A few more bishops like this … Read More
Another voice calling for “Romanorum coetibus”
I have often written that the Church of England needs to issue their document Romanorum coetibus, by which they will give a safe-haven to catholic liberals who want to keep their large puppets and pottery, 60’s music and the ordination of … Read More
“That’s not the way it is in the Church.”
A quote sent by a priest friend. “In the state, for example, one day we have the Reagan administration, and the next day the Clinton administration, and whoever comes next always throws out what his predecessor did and said; we … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged continuity, Joseph Ratzinger
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Michael Voris on attacks on Francis and Benedict
Michael Voris has some good things to say about the negative reactions to Pope Francis.
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Benedict XVI, Michael Voris, Pope Francis
60 Comments
60 Comments
Solemn is not the enemy of humble
A priest friend sent this quote from C. S. Lewis, A Preface to Paradise Lost: This quality will be understood by anyone who really understands the meaning of the Middle English word solempne. This means something different, but not quite … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged humility, solemnity
37 Comments
37 Comments
Dear Traditionalists,…
I had this from a reader. He said he was not advocating these things. However, liberals will advocate them. I’ve got some other suggestions. But first the wacky liberal stuff: I have an idea for a blog topic – how … Read More
Bp. Vasa (D. Santa Rosa) getting blow-back for requiring Catholic teachers to adhere to Catholic ways
Remember what Bp. Vasa is doing in Santa Rosa? He is requiring that teachers in Catholic schools live – gasp! – according to Catholic teachings and mores. Imagine such a thing! The Cardinal Newman Society, which focuses on the … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Bp. Vasa, Cardinal Newman Society, CNS, D. Santa Rosa
43 Comments
43 Comments
Of the Pope’s mozzetta…
I read on an Italian blog (and so this is at the level of rumor for now) that the Roman ecclesiastical tailor shop Gammarelli sent a mozzetta over the the Apostolic Palace. A mozzetta is the elbow length red cape, … Read More
Suburbanbanshee on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate: “The illumination is a fun one. It literally shows Christ the Pharmacist, which is not a title you read every…”
