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- mickeyfitz on ASK FATHER: Definition and the duties of a pastoral associate. : “Spot on. My understanding is that the standard term per Canon Law 545 is “parochial vicar” and that the other…”
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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
ASK FATHER: “What’s the deal with tarot cards?”
From a reader… Father, what’s the deal with tarot cards. I saw something about them being dangerous for the soul. I don’t get why. They’re just pieces of paper with art on them. What’s the story here. If you are … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can we eat meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter?
We are now in the Easter Octave – Happy Easter! Let’s get out in front of this before the calendar clicks over to Friday From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I recently returned to the traditional Friday abstinence from … Read More
GALLUP: US Church membership declining FAST
I’ve been incessantly writing and talking about a “demographic sinkhole” opening up under the Church in these USA. Gallup published (oddly, under “Politics”) about US Church membership. When you go over there to read the article, be aware that they … Read More
“If great big bishops will not guard the noble deposit, then it may be time to depose them.
At Crisis today there is a well-written, well-argued piece by Regis Martin which merits wide attention. Share it. Does the Church No Longer Defend the Deposit of Faith? The writer laments that we are living in strange times: “Times in … Read More
25 March is Dantedì… Dante Day.
I would be remiss were I not to mention that Italy – and the whole world – is celebrating a Year of Dante. 2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of arguably the greatest of all poets. The English … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Dante Alighieri, Dantedì, Divine Comedy
14 Comments
14 Comments
Did you see the recent @CathHerald (UK) piece about St Mary of Egypt?
Did you all see the recent Catholic Herald (UK) piece about St Mary of Egypt? I don’t know what the HELL is going on at my former publication but they published a piece by a feminist about the saint and … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged St. Mary of Egypt, The Catholic Herald
17 Comments
17 Comments
On the St. Peter’s Mass Suppression Stunt viewed from the Left
People are still talking about the decision to suppress priests’ individual Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica to force everyone into uniformity. I wrote HERE and HERE. Card. Burke HERE At Fishwrap, Christopher White – big surprise here – mischaracterized my … Read More
CDF responds about blessing same-sex unions: “[God] does not and cannot bless sin”
In a clear and long-overdue slap-down of the German bishops and their dreadful “synod” process, today the CDF released the text of a response to a dubium (that doesn’t happen as often as we would like, does it…) about “blessing … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged homosexualist agenda, same-sex unions
19 Comments
19 Comments
BELGIUM: The last Trappist leaves his abbey and one more beer dies off
The other day I posted about the wine being produced, now available in these USA, by the great monks of Le Barroux. HERE Sad news from the Brussels Times, covered also by the SSPX. All the more reason to preserve TRADITION. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, ACTION ITEM!, Cri de Coeur, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged beer, Trappists
4 Comments
4 Comments
ASK FATHER: Must I go to a Novus Ordo Mass and receive on the hand to fulfill my “Easter Duty”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Our churches in the Diocese of ___ have been allowed to have public Masses offered with 15% capacity of the fire code regulations, but with very strict restrictions from the bishop (more strict than the government’s … Read More
mickeyfitz on ASK FATHER: Definition and the duties of a pastoral associate. : “Spot on. My understanding is that the standard term per Canon Law 545 is “parochial vicar” and that the other…”
