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Category Archives: POPES
John Allen pulled a fast one over at Crux about the Synod
A preliminary list of some of the bishop-members of next October’s Synod of Bishops to discuss “the family” has been released. There are big holes in the membership still, since many conferences haven’t yet elected officers, etc. You can tell … Read More
Posted in CRUX WATCH, Francis, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged John Allen, Synod of Bishops
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Polish Archbishop predicts ugly confrontations at Synod: “innovators have not been idle”
At the blog Witness for Church and Pope I saw this (my emphases): BREAKING NEWS from POLAND: Archbishop Henryk Hoser: “The Church has betrayed John Paul II…they did not follow his voice, they did not acquaint themselves with his teaching” … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Francis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Henryk Hoser, civil marriage, divorce and remarriage, family, Poland, Synod of Bishops, Synod on the Family
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Pope Francis condones beating children
The catholic Left hangs on every word that the Pope has, might, could utter about global warning and redistribution of wealth. They can’t wait to see the next airplane presser or daily off the cuff fervorino, which they hold to have … Read More
Brick by Brick: Another parish implements Summorum Pontificum. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
For your Brick by Brick file. A reader sent me a link to a story in the St. Louis Review (a publication of the Archdiocese of St. Louis) about a parish which as started up a Traditional Latin Mass. ‘Mysterium tremendum’ … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
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Pope Francis will no longer impose the pallium on Archbishops
A letter dated 12 January was sent out to all the nunciatures by Msgr. Guido Marini, the papal Master of Ceremonies. HERE Pope Francis has changed the way the pallium will be distributed to new Metropolitan Archbishops. The pallium is … Read More
Card. Marx pulls a fast one with the text of ‘Evangelii gaudium’.
There was an interview with His Eminence Reinhard Card. Marx in America Magazine. We can trust that the interview really conveys what Card. Marx thinks because, as we are informed, he had a chance to go over it before publication. … Read More
Francis to new bishops…
Yes, Our Holy Father does have a way of stopping us in our tracks and rereading the sentence. Not exactly rhetoric in the lofty style, but rhetoric is about getting the point across in way that either persuades, moves or … Read More
Pope Francis says: GO TO CONFESSION!
Pope Francis is nothing if not interesting. When he goes off text or speaks off the cuff… anything can happen. The usual result is that we are left stopped in our tracks and scratching our heads, trying to figure … Read More
If you want peace, DEFEND LIFE!
There are rumors floating around about a restructuring of the Roman Curia, and a document which would replace Pastor bonus (will it be called”Mercenarius malus“?). Something in an article in CNA (HERE) that caught, and disturbed, my eye. The draft … Read More
Samuel Gregg on Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Address and Islamic Jihadism
At NRO be sure to take in every word of Samuel Gregg’s exceptional answers in a short interview on questions that have to be asked about Islam. Gregg brings us back in particular to Benedict XVI’s insightful Regensburg Address. Here … Read More
