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Category Archives: Francis
New “Chernobyl” TV show and the End Times
I understand that there is a new series on HBO about the Chernobyl disaster. I haven’t seen any of it yet. During the summer after the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster I was in Rome for Fr. Reginald Foster’s intense Summer … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Chernobyl, wormwood
12 Comments
12 Comments
A “Catholic Signal Corps” – Thinking about a Catholic digital future and this blog
Semper paratus. Here is an idea I have brought up in the past. Since this blog is facing huge changes, of existential ramifications, I have pondered how much easier life could be for me and for others if there were … Read More
BOOKS RECEIVED: Antonio Socci on why Benedict is still Pope and Sam Gregg on the Struggle for Western Civilization
Books are coming in like hail. Many on a similar theme. Here’s what I’ve been up to today, resulting in the melting of my brain. Today I read through The Secret of Benedict XVI: Is He Still the Pope? by … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, REVIEWS
Tagged abdication, Antonio Socci, Benedict XVI, faith and reason, Regensburg Address, Samuel Gregg, Western Civilization
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27 Comments
BOOKS RECEIVED: Taylor Marshall’s “Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within”
Prayers, please. I am down with a head cold, very stuffed up, head-achy, and fatigued. Hence, I am catching up on some reading. I have a stack of … no, rather … stacks and stacks of books pressing on me, … Read More
Posted in Francis, Latin, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Fatima, infiltration, Taylor Marshall
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19 Comments
Benedict XVI’s recent essay is a subtle correction of Amoris laetitia ch. 8
At Crisis find analysis by Richard A. Spinello of Benedict XVI’s recent explanation for The Present Crisis. The writer says that Benedict has, between the lines, criticized Amoris laetitia. I also, a couple says back, saw a piece arguing that … Read More
14 May – St. Paul, MN: Argument of the Month – SSPX
If I had a little more time before my next trip, I would head over to the Twin Cities for this. Argument of the Month has been going for years at the parish of a friend of mine, Fr. John … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Events, SSPX, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Argument of the Month
15 Comments
15 Comments
“Meno chiacchiere… più processioni! … Less chattering … more processions!”
I received a video which has some good grist for our Catholic identity mills. First, note that people are happy. Joy is a mark of the working of the Holy Spirit. Even in adversity it is possible to have Christian … Read More
Maybe “Pray Brethren that my sacrifice and yours …” doesn’t mean what people assume.
From Fr. Hunwicke, something provocative… with my emphases and comments: ORATE FRATRES “Pray Brethren that my sacrifice and yours …” We find the roots of this formula, which precedes the Prayer Over The Offerings, in Carolingian Gaul, in a rubric … Read More
