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- george on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@hayden I have the feeling that you are fine demanding obedience when it’s to something you either prefer or don’t…”
- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “Really? That’s all you see? I have no particular brief for the SSPX, but I can not understand why so…”
- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@haydn seeker Wow. Glad to know charity is no longer the highest of the virtues. Actually, it seems to no…”
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- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “It’s beautiful, but without obedience it turns to ash in my mouth. All I see is ego, superbia and pride.…”
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Category Archives: POPES
8 Sept. 2018 – Most Rev. J. Strickland @BishopOfTyler – Solemn TLM for Nativity of Mary
Good news from Tyler… no… mooorrrre good news from Tyler, TX. You might recall that Most Rev. Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop of Tyler, was just about the first US prelate out of the gate to say clearly that the content of Archbp. Viganò’s “Testimony” … Read More
Silence=Stonewall – Wherein Fr. Z rants
My friend Fr. Raymond de Souza wrote at National Catholic Register “It’s time to turn down the temperature”. His basic idea is that Archbp. Viganò was wrong to call for Francis to resign and Team Francis were wrong to engage … Read More
Ed Feser: Why Archbishop Viganò is almost certainly telling the truth… #V
Very smart philosopher Edward Feser has posted his assessment of The Viganò Testimony. I won’t go into detail. You can visit over there. However, let’s see where he goes: There are five considerations that seem to me to make it … Read More
Priest removed from parish for clear, honest sermon about The Present Crisis
UPDATE 11 Sept: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles released a statement. HERE. The statement, in brief, says that Fr. G was removed NOT because of a sermon, but because of “issues with his interpersonal relationships with parish staff and parishioners”. … Read More
PLEASE get rid of “reconciliation rooms”!
At Crisis there is an article which argues for the end of “reconciliation rooms”. I have always called them “lawsuit rooms”. I’ve been arguing for this ever since I could argue anything. I think he over plays a particular issue but, … Read More
Rumor Volat: Shouts in the piazza during Sunday Angelus Address
There is a phrase: Rumor volat… Rumor, hearsay, noise flies”. In this case, this may be just so much noise, but today during the Angelus in Rome “noise flew” in St. Peter’s Square. I want to be careful with this. It is … Read More
Francis’ Four Guiding Postulates include: “Conflict cannot be ignored or concealed. It has to be faced.”
“What is Francis doing?” This is a question I get again and again in my mailbox. I am at a loss. This morning, however, it occurred to me that we might return to Francis’ “four postulates” which he included in … Read More
Francis, generally voluble, now surprisingly mum
Ubi loqui et debet et potuit, qui tacet consentire videtur. Washington Examiner: Pope Francis normally won’t stop talking. He’s picked a funny time to go silent by Becket Adams | August 30, 2018 01:08 PM For a guy who loves … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants: A baptized person in the state of grace is terrifying to demons.
I’m a bit shell-shocked from the blast of information that is pouring forth. It took me 3 hours to triage my email. Thank you to everyone who have sent kind notes. Thank you to everyone who has sent links. Thank … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses on bears, demons, and spiritual calibers
This is a little offbeat. I need to blow off some My father sent an article, as fathers do. It is a riveting article about people who experience attacks by bears by using handguns. When you live in the north … Read More
george on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@hayden I have the feeling that you are fine demanding obedience when it’s to something you either prefer or don’t…”
