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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
PODCAzT 143: Fulton J. Sheen – “In the face of this false broadmindedness, what the world needs is intolerance.”
With a biretta tip to my friend Fr. Heilman at Roman Catholic Man, this PODCAzT welcomes today’s guest Ven. Fulton J. Sheen. We will hear his Plea for Intolerance … yes, you read that right. It seems appropriate to read this … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, The Drill
Tagged broadmindedness, Fulton J. Sheen, podcast, PODCAzT, tolerance
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More analysis: “There will be those who will try and contort #AmorisLaetitia into the Kaspser proposal”
The newly released Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia in English is HERE. From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, some analysis of Amoris laetitia. My emphases and comments. Francis has left Church teaching on Communion for the divorced and remarried … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Francis, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Apostolic Exhortation, Card. Kasper, divorced and remarried, Pope Francis, tolerated but not accepted
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Robert Royal on ‘Amoris Laetitia’: Beautiful, Moving, and Divisive… Chaos and conflict, not Catholicity
I begin with a call for prayer. Please pray, then read. Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up … Read More
Brick by brick in Marquette
Good things are happening in a Michigan Diocese, Marquette. Don’t confuse it with Jesuit-run Marquette University. First, they were blessed with n0w-Archbishop Sample. He issued a statement on sacred music. HERE Then they advanced the cause of Ven. Frederic Baraga. Then … Read More
Something dire you should read: Progressivism’s (Liberals’) Dark Side
At The Catholic Thing there is a piece that you should review. It explains some of the dark, actually evil, underpinnings of progressivism – the “liberal” agenda. Progressivism’s Dark Side […] [T]he modern Progressive movement has been dominated by a … Read More
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast confirms a big guest speaker in addition to Card. Sarah!
This year on 17 May the 12th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will be held in Washington DC. The keynote speaker is the great Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. A special guest speaker has also been … Read More
Examination of Conscience resources from a rock-solid, reliable priest!
I am often asked for a good Examination of Conscience resource, or Examen. Some time ago my good friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness, had posted on the website of his former parish 3 good PDFS for a small trifold … Read More
ASK FATHER: My Catholic son is marrying a Lutheran. Can a priest bless the marriage?
From reader… QUAERITUR: My son is Catholic and woman he will marry is Lutheran. Her father is a minister and will be doing the ceremony. May a Catholic priest be present to bless the marriage? What is the rule? The Church requires … Read More
Card. Dolan: “Where’s the Catholic Sandy Koufax?”
Because it is Spring (or close enough) and because in Spring all right-thinking souls turn their thoughts and hopes once again to that summa of sports, baseball, and because the Old English origin of the word “Lent”, lencten, means “Spring”, and … Read More
Posted in Cri de Coeur, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS
Tagged baseball, Card. Dolan, Eric Liddell, Good Friday, Sandy Koufax
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New interview with Benedict XVI in Avvenire
I just noticed the news at LifeSite that Pope (Emeritus) Benedict XVI gave an interview to Avvenire, which is the daily of the Italian Bishops Conference. Yes, they have their own newspaper. The interview is refreshing. At this point I … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on “Oaf For A Day!”: “lay preaching would never happen in my parish, but if somehow it did i’d start chanting all the propers very…”
