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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Brick by continuity brick in Macon, Georgia
From a reader about St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Macon, GA where Fr. Allan McDonald is building brick by brick. You will remember Fr. McDonald from his rodent wars and his efforts at true continuity in liturgical worship. Fr. McDonald … Read More
Mexico: Priests targets for extortion, kidnapping, murder
From Agenzia Fides: Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Last year more than one thousand priests were victims of attempted extortions (for their “protection”, amounts ranging from ten thousand to two million Mexican pesos have been demanded). About 162 were threatened … Read More
Priests, holiness, and avoiding a spiritual peril
I am getting a lot of email and phone calls about something in the news recently about accusations made against a priest. I don’t know enough about the case in question to offer anything other than my sincere hope with … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: How is your Lent going so far? Part I
Lent is a preparatory time of penance in introspection, involving fasting, good works, and confession. How is your Lent going so far? Pick the answer closest to your situation. If you care to make a comment in the combox, please … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS
Tagged LENT
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Archbp. Gullickson: “ad Orientem” will be our saving grace
Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, Nuncius to the Antilles, has a blog called Island Envoy. We have heard from His Excellency before, when he had sharp words about bishops who resist Summorum Pontificum. Here is something from Archbp. Gullickson’s latest entry: What … Read More
Bad groups within and without and knowing who our friends are
Remember distinctions of ad intra and ad extra when it comes to matters that concern the Church? Remember my posts about the “Magisterium of Nuns”? Remember how the “Catholic” Health Association gave cover against the local bishop to a “Catholic” … Read More
Egyptian Army violently disperses protests by Coptic Christians
Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, pray for us. From ahramonline: Army violently disperses new Copts’ protest Thousand of Copts organised a protest calling for the punishment of all those who attacked and injured pro-Coptic sit-in demonstrators on Sunday night in front … Read More
Michael Voris on Summorum Pontificum and the lay of the land
Michael Voris of Real Catholic TV, reporting from Rome these last days, has a 15 March video in which he uses a phrase found rather frequently in these electronic pages. [wp_youtube]j-kRwoZKjPk[/wp_youtube]
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Michael Voris
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Wm Oddie: Extraordinary Form in seminaries
UPDATE 15 March 15:29 GMT: Mr. Oddie in his article, below, speaks about how Card. Rigali in Philadelphia has said that seminarians should be taught to say also the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and that he is introducing … Read More
“Catholic” Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) supports tax money for abortions
From CatholicVote: Lisa Murkowski won re-election last November as a write-in candidate after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller. She is one of only a handful of Republicans in the Senate that support abortion. She is the first Republican … Read More
