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Category Archives: POPES
MAGISTER: “words and gestures left purposely vague”
At the Italian site Italia Oggi there is an interview with long-time vaticanista Sandro Magister. He answers questions about Pope Francis and his pontificate. Magister has been around for a while, working as a journalist for some 40 years. I don’t have … Read More
Francis. He puzzles me sometimes.
There are times when I have listened to Pope Francis or have read what he has said, and I am left scratching my head. I have stated here quite a few times that, sometimes, I have no idea what he … Read More
The Loosing of the Leash: Card. Burke appointed to Knights of Malta
And so the shoe has dropped. From today’s Bolletino. Nomina del Patrono del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta Il Santo Padre ha nominato Patrono del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta l’Em.mo Card. Raymond Leo Burke, finora Prefetto del Supremo Tribunale … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Card. Burke, Knights of Malta, Synod of Bishops
38 Comments
38 Comments
Pope Francis dismissed pedophile priest in Argentina from clerical state
Via AP Pope excommunicates pedophile Argentine priest [Perhaps he was just dismissed from the clerical state? On the Diocesan site we read: El Obispado de San Isidro comunica que el Santo Padre ha decretado la dimisión del Pbro. José Mercau … Read More
“There was the Council of the Fathers – the real Council – but there was also the Council of the media.”
I was recently sent a link to a video of one of the last appearances of Benedict XVI during his pontificate. This is the famous audience during which he spoke about the “Council of the media”. [wp_youtube]CfTWC5lPshM[/wp_youtube] I think it … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI
Tagged Benedict XVI, Council of the Media, Second Vatican Council, Vatican II
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14 Comments
MANHATTAN: Holy Innocents SAVED! What happened? And: 40 HOURS DEVOTION
Holy Innocents in Manhattan, NYC, is about to begin, on Friday, their Forty Hours Devotion! More on that, below. First, some comments. During the last few days since the decision about the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan … Read More
New norms for the resignations of bishops
My spidey-sense has been tingling for a while now. Given recent events and developments (e.g., the havoc of the latest Synod and the surprise outcomes) I have suspected that perhaps a few bishops in different regions around the world might … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis, The Drill
Tagged bishops, Ed Peters, renunciation, resignation
8 Comments
8 Comments
ASK FATHER: Hand positions during Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: How should a layman position his hands when praying the Mass? It might come as a surprise that, for centuries, there were scant rubrical directions for the posture of the faithful at Holy Mass. Unlike the … Read More
GERMANY: Where the weird stuff comes from
Why is it that truly weird stuff comes into the Church from Germany? I think it may be because of a) the Church Tax and b) that Rahner won in German speaking countries. Here is an example of how weird … Read More
WVC on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “@R2D – Can 1364 applies, but if folks provide you a boat load of examples of heretics not being punished,…”
