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Category Archives: Benedict XVI
Benedict announces resignation and lightning strikes
On 11 February, the day Pope Benedict announced that he would resign, lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. The photo from Agence France-Presse:
Posted in Benedict XVI, Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged Benedict XVI's resignation, lightning
94 Comments
94 Comments
SSPX reacts to Pope’s announcement
I have written again and again that the SSPX was going to wake up one day and experience the bad end of the stick. That day is coming, probably with the election of the next Pope which is now a … Read More
Some notes about the upcoming conclave
Canon 332 §2 of the Code of Canon Law states: “If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged conclave, papal conclave
63 Comments
63 Comments
Okay…okay… let’s talk about the “prophecies of Malachy” about Popes
I think I had better post this before even more people start writing me about it (in other words please don’t send me mail about the “prophecies of Malachy” about the popes). There is a list of 112 short titles … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Lighter fare, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged End Times, prophecies, St. Malachy, TEOTWAWKI
60 Comments
60 Comments
Some thoughts about Pope Benedict’s impending resignation
In no special order… My 2013 prediction, #3? Wow. Was I wrong or what? There are some men who ought to be cardinals who aren’t and there is at least one who is who shouldn’t be. Mahony get’s to vote … Read More
Papal Resignation Breakfast
I am still in shock. So, what’s for breakfast? I was going to make Eggs Benedict… but…. This whole thing is strange. Today is a Vatican holiday. The Roman Curia is not working. But there was a consistory? So, … … Read More
Benedict XVI intends to resign
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict, had called the Cardinals together for a consistory. And announced that he will resign. His last day will be 28 February. Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three … Read More
Archbp. Müller, Prefect of the CDF, anti-Catholicism in USA, time running out for SSPX
From Vatican Insider comes this. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has launched a biting attack of [on?] the mood toward the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Europe, comparing it … Read More
Swiss Bishop forbids the use of churches and chapels to the SSPX
I am saddened by the following story, which I found on Vatican Insider in Italian from Andrea Tornielli: “Lefevbrites are suspended a divinis, they cannot celebrate in Catholic churches” His is a striking and suggestive position: the Bishop of Diocese … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX, Year of Faith
Tagged a divinis, Bp. Morerod, D. Lausanne-Geneva-Fribourg, SSPX
51 Comments
51 Comments
@Pontifex Project: Week 4
I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a day and single theme instead of various scatterings over days when they might not be noticed. Here is the collective tweet … Read More
Posted in @Pontifex Tuesday Project, Benedict XVI, One Man & One Woman
Tagged @Pontifex Tuesday Project, tweet, Twitter
5 Comments
5 Comments
johntenor on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “The same people who gave us the Snoopy prayer during Mass are uncomfortable with the St Michael Prayer after Mass.”
