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Category Archives: POPES
Amazing results in the saving of St. Anne’s beautiful shrine in @FRDiocese
Remember the story some time ago about the beautiful Shrine of St. Anne in Fall River, MA, that was scheduled for closure? It looked grim for the magnificent church. A group of lay people got organized, worked something out with … Read More
07/07/07 – 12th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today is the 12th Anniversary of the release of the of Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. Just for fun, this blog’s page on that day: HERE I call the Motu Proprio “The Emancipation Proclamation”. Summorum Pontificum was a hugely important … Read More
Historic church, rescued from demolition, to reopen in @FRDiocese
Do you recall the post about saving a spectacularly beautiful church, a shrine to St. Ann, in Fall River, MA? Miracles have been granted there. A lot has happened since I posted that. One thing that happened is that a … Read More
Aftermath: the modernist star-trek altar from Notre-Dame de Paris
You might recall that the fire in the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris brought down part of the roof precisely over the modernist star-trek altar set up in the crossing of the nave and transepts. A massive rubble smashed down … Read More
Shades of Windswept House – UPDATED with a new interview about the late Card. Bernardin
UPDATE: There is MORE. McCarrick’s victim was also abused by Bernardin. He’s on the record in a video interview with Michael Voris. HERE Do NOT watch any of this with children present. And if you are at all hesitant on … Read More
Priest apologizes to traditional Catholics: “The future of the Church is in her past.”
From a priest… (my emphases) Dear Fr Z: I’ve just returned from France where, among other things, I took part in the Chartres Pilgrimage. After registering for the Pilgrimage, I discovered that the usus antiquor would be required of all participating priests, … Read More
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
27 Comments
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
19 Comments
19 Comments
waalaw on Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates: “My “solution” overlooked White’s option to interpose its Knight or Bishop after 2. . .Q-d2+.”
