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Category Archives: POPES
What to do if you don’t know what to do. Wherein Fr. Z … advises.
My in-box is filled with email from people who are frustrated, angry, confused. I am with you. I jot people’s names down and I pray for you. I am shifting my other practices around to include mortifications. After all, as … Read More
Can 7th c. Pope Honorius I teach us about “Amoris laetitia” controversy?
These days it seems like we are “all Amoris laetitia all the time”. That’s because the document has stirred great confusion. The confusion has resulted even in contrary interpretation on the part of conferences of bishops, no less, about whether … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged adultery, Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried, Fr. Regis Scanlon, Pope Honorius
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25 Comments
Serious priest taking it to the streets
Note that this priests says Mass for the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles in Missouri. They’re apostolate is to pray for priests and bishops. I hope they pray for me. They have wonderful discs of music. Speaking of … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Fr. Z KUDOS, GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles, D. Kansas City-St. Joseph, Fr. Lawrence Carney
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Canonist Ed Peters on The Maltese Fiasco
Distinguished canonist Ed Peters, at his indispensable blog In The Light Of The Law, has posted in the wake of what we must now call… The Maltese Fiasco The Bishops of Malta issued a dreadful set of guidelines for the implementation … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Pontifical Vestments Fund Raising UPDATED!
UPDATE: The fabric has been delivered, thanks to a clerical intermediary, to Gammarelli in Rome. On Monday I will send in the order, directions of what to do, and get back the estimate of costs. So… you need to step up now! … Read More
Damian Thompson on Pope Francis
Damian Thompson at The Spectator has penned a piece about Pope Francis. I don’t think I should reproduce any of it here or comment about it. I will merely point out the fact that it exists and then quietly back … Read More
Posted in Francis
Tagged Damian Thompson, Pope Francis
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Order of Malta to Pope Francis: No thanks.
From the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta comes a statement to Pope Francis. HERE The statement is pretty thick, but in effect SMOM is standing up for itself. The conclusion (but read the whole thing there)… […] … Read More
How Pope Francis handles abuse cases and the CDF
At the American Conservative see Rod Dreher’s piece “Pope Francis & Child Abusers”. Dreher references Doughery’s “blockbuster” column at This Week. The Catholic Church has long been plagued by sickening scandals involving priests abusing children. And there is reportedly another scandal … Read More
NLM: Four Bloggers Submit Dubium to Eye of the Tiber Concerning Its Status as Satire
As seen on NLM: Four Bloggers Submit Dubium to Eye of the Tiber Concerning Its Status as Satire GREGORY DIPIPPO Four prominent members of the Catholic blogosphere – Fr John Zuhsldorf of Fr Z’s Blog (formerly called “What Does the Prayer … Read More
OLDIE: Fanon Alert! Benedict XVI and Christmas Mass
From 24 December 2012, of happy memory…. His Holiness has his fanon again for the First Mass of Christmas. Nice to see. More on the fanon, hated by liberals and the ungodly, HERE.
Posted in Benedict XVI, Classic Posts, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Benedict XVI, fanon
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Saint110676 on ASK FATHER: If God love us infinitely why does He not speak to us directly?: “Wonderful reflection, which I will “plagiarize” , with due credit to Fr. Z, in future homilies. Yes, we should pray…”
