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Category Archives: Pò sì jiù
Another reason for ‘Anglicanorum coetibus’: Church of England says Sunday services no longer mandatory
I think it was the late Fr. Neuhaus who quipped that the purpose of the Church of England was to make irony redundant. Today I read this at AP. No, this is not Eye of the Tiber or the Onion. … Read More
Good points in Lawler’s recent book: The Smoke of Satan…
I have now read Philip Lawler’s recent book The Smoke of Satan: How Corrupt and Cowardly Bishops Betrayed Christ, His Church, and the Faithful . . . and What Can Be Done About It. US HERE – UK HERE Here … Read More
The Party of Death, having a party at the 116th Congress
I switched off the news for a couple of months. After the Kavanaugh hearings and the midterms, I just couldn’t take it anymore. As for TV, I just can’t deal any longer with three heads in boxes all shouting at … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion
18 Comments
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More garbage from Germany: Communion for Protestants
That caput malorum omnium, Germany, has produced another nasty that will take years of effort to clean up, if it can ever be cleaned up. LifeSite has it. A German bishop, Felix Genn of Münster, published a guide about the pastoral care … Read More
Truly pathetic musings at the Fishwrap about priesthood and those halcyon days of Vatican II
The Fishwrap sure lived up to its name this time. Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) has gushy piece about a reunion of old men who were seminarians of class 1966 at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. The arrived in Rome in … Read More
“”Transphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons”.
Everyone should dash over to Fr. H’s place and read his latest: Transphobia, fox hunting, and the SS It’s jolly good.
Another really bad idea: Communion Pills
Even though there is no danger of true true sacrilege (these Protestants have no valid Eucharist or anything like), there is danger of idolatry… and of being kinda dumb. Perhaps it’s a matter of lack of oxygen at higher altitudes? … Read More
“I’ll take ‘25000 Words Of Blah Blah And Landmines’, for 200, please, Alex!”
I’ve been, as much as possible ignoring the Synod’s (“walking together”) document. First, I’ve wanted a pleasant day. Was the Synod really about producing a document? Or was it about creating smokescreens and providing cover for the placement of … Read More
Anniversary of John XXIII’s 1962 “Gaudet Mater Ecclesia” and how it has been misused #Synod2018 #VaticanII #podcast
Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. At the opening, John XXIII (whose feast it is today) gave a famous speech which is known by its incipt, Gaudet Mater Ecclesia. John XXIII’s speech is … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, Pò sì jiù, PODCAzT, Synod
Tagged Card. Cupich, Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, John XXIII, Louis J. Cameli, Synod
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Fr. Reader on Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: “Yes.”
