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- CarthagoDelendaEst on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “O God, Who bestowed the definite article upon the peoples of the earth, for the two-fold purpose of clarity and…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “How right you are, fr. Reader, Try this: “To win war you need to own language.” Where yours was clear…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: ““Being Church” and “doing liturgy” make me hit roof.”
- on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “To win the war you need to own the language. [Rem acu tetigisti. Another reason, apart from lazy ignorance, that…”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “I found myself wondering if St. Boniface’s Latin riddles – which I have not yet read – are something Tolkien…”
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Category Archives: POPES
ASK FATHER: Can an ex-woman, a trans “man”, be ordained?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: With the increase of transgender people pushing their agenda, would it be possible for a biological woman who thinks she’s a he and has gone through the Sex “change” process somehow slip through the cracks and make it to … Read More
New Book of Benedict XVI’s collected sermons on the priesthood
This has gone immediately on my wishlists. It seems to be slated for publication on 1 August. Some of his books include an appendices of sermons. It will be great to have them in one volume. Get copies as gifts … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Benedict XVI, priesthood, Priests
11 Comments
11 Comments
Wherein Fr. Z meets Tracer Bullet, Private Eye
I’ve been busy with the Challenge Coin project. More have gone out to friends and donors, two yesterday, a couple more today. It’s been awhile since we heard about the doings of Tracer Bullet, Private Eye. I think the last update … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Lighter fare
Tagged Challenge Coins, Inigo Montoya, Tracer Bullet
11 Comments
11 Comments
FEAST DAY! 21 July 1773 – Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuits!
It is a great FEAST today. Today, 21 July, in the year of grace 1773, Pope Clement XIV of happy memory, issued his Bull by which he suppressed the Jesuits. I have all sorts of Papa Ganganelli gear which you can order … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged 1773, Clement XIV, Papa Ganganelli
8 Comments
8 Comments
Who’s behind Spadaro, et al?
Over the last few days it feels like the news is coming in at firehose volume and force. And, from the onset, I’ll just say now that the moderation queue is ON. A lot of the firehose sensation has to do … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Antonio Spadaro, La Civiltà Cattolica, Michael Sean Winters, Wile E. Coyote
20 Comments
20 Comments
Discount promo code for the famous “Combat Rosary”
Some of you have mentioned in email and comments here that the famous Combat Rosaries, carried by the Pontifical Swiss Guard, are just expensive enough that it is hard to buy them for groups, etc. I worked out something with Fr. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Combat Rosary
10 Comments
10 Comments
Austen Ivereigh, liberal ex-editor of The Bitter Pill, attacks Fr. Z on Twitter
Spotted on Twitter: Soooo… Fr. Z is an RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist. Ivereigh used to be the editor of a magazine. He has clearly allowed his reading skills to get rusty. Oh, right. He was editor of The Bitter … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Green Inkers, Liberals, Lighter fare
Tagged Austen Ivereigh, Fishwrap, National Catholic Reporter
21 Comments
21 Comments
Archbp. Chaput responds to Jesuit Fr. Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro and La Civiltà Cattolica
UPDATE: One of you readers caught this and posted in the combox. Comment: To submit a reply to Archbishop Chaput’s column, the anti-spam quiz currently is “What is 2 plus 2?” Very shrewd. This will prevent Fr. Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Religious Liberty, The Drill
Tagged Antonio Spadaro, Archbp. Chaput, La Civiltà Cattolica, Romans 1:18-32
8 Comments
8 Comments
PODCAzT 154: Card. Sarah in La Nef on 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum
Recently the great Robert Card. Sarah had a piece in the French magazine La Nef. Only fragments were out on the interwebs. I eventually got my hands on the entire thing in French. I now also have a translation … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Supper For the Promotion of Clericalism and a NOTE to MS. Winters – UPDATED
UPDATE 17 July 2017: Some of you are writing to me to ask for CCW cards. I’m not the guy. However, I passed the word to Fr. Heilman, who responded: They’ll be available at romancatholicgear.com within the week. They must possess a … Read More
CarthagoDelendaEst on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “O God, Who bestowed the definite article upon the peoples of the earth, for the two-fold purpose of clarity and…”
