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- WVC on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “@prayfatima I don’t believe I’ve ever said the SSPX should be free of criticism. That’s a far cry, though, from…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “WVC: Good points. It’s actually a work of mercy to admonish the sinner and instruct the ignorant. You write: “There’s…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “@ B: I agree that resolution is decades away. An “honest assessment of Vatican II and the aftermath” will not…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “From the CatholicVote site Zeale: “US bishops offer pastoral responses after SSPX excommunications and schism” …”Bishop Terry LaValley of the…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “@ TonyO I generally refer to “the Mass for grown-ups” and “the kiddies’ Mass”. Just thought I’d share.”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “@TonyO I concur — fracturing “the West” into multiple eparchies is a solution to the “too big to fail/ too…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “@prayfatima – somewhere along the line you’ve gotten “not judge the sinner” confused with “allow the sinner to do as…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “@nex001 My faith is not in the cardinals and bishops who would be tasked with “the liturgical reform” – that’s…”
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Category Archives: Francis
Large group offers “filial correction” to Pope Francis for “seven heresies”.
UPDATE: 23 Sept: It is important to take all thoughts about this to prayer and perhaps with fasting. ____ Be careful about what you ask for. Pope Francis asked for “lío”. He got some more public “lío”. I had alluded … Read More
ASK FATHER: Proposals to priests to “enrich” the Novus Ordo from Tradition
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve recently come across an article on NLM titled “A Primer for aTradition-Minded Celebration of the OF Mass.” As you can assume, this article has suggestions for celebrating the OF Mass traditionally. My question is this: which of … Read More
Please! Attack some more!
The hijinx continues. Today I was alerted to an attack on my sacred person, et alibi, at the site of La Croix International by Massimo “Beans” Faggioli of ultra-lib Villanova. His purple patch and over the top notions suggest that he is … Read More
FIGHT BACK against anti-Catholics… including those IN the Church
You must rush to read the whole of Robert Royal’s latest column. HERE I preface it with a reminder that I posted a tongue in check call to arms that wasn’t really tongue in cheek at all. HERE Here’s the … Read More
How Pope John Paul II once saved a fallen priest from despair, homelessness and alcoholism
I have come to dread interviews with Popes. I have from the beginning of the interviews decades ago. I generally read them anyway because, well, I have to, don’t I. The recent book interview / conversation with Dominique Wolton released … Read More
ACTION ITEM! 9 September is #IBAPABD – International Buy A Priest A Beer Day!
You don’t want to miss this. It’s too important. Saturday 9 September is International Buy A Priest A Beer Day! You will want to obtain and deliver beer to your priests. I will share some Norcia Beer with the guys … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, ACTION ITEM!, Lighter fare
Tagged beer, IBAPABD, International Buy A Priest A Beer Day
13 Comments
13 Comments
New Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio changes law about preparation, approval of liturgical translations
Today a new Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio was issued under the Latin title “Magnum principium”. In various languages HERE (including the Latin text). There’s a lot to say. I can’t now be exhaustive. Also, I want to read slowly the … Read More
Posted in Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged liturgical translation, Magnum principium
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57 Comments
FLORIDA BISHOPS, PRIESTS: Pray the Litany against Hurricane #Irma – URGENT ACTION ITEM
Please retweet and share around. Hurricane Irma has been on my mind a bit. Some think that it will do more damage in Florida than Andrew did in 1992. Irma’s path will go straight up Florida, it seems. My mother … Read More
Pope Francis saw a psychoanalyst every week for six months
His Holiness of Our Lord has made an interesting revelation. See the story at the UK’s best Catholic weekly (for which I also write), the Catholic Herald. Pope Francis saw a psychoanalyst every week for six months when he was … Read More
The young want the patrimony of which they have been defrauded!
One of my perennial tropes is that generations of Catholics have been robbed. They have been cheated out of their patrimony. They have been defrauded of their inheritance. When the libs “reformed” the Church’s liturgical worship with little regard for … Read More
WVC on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “@prayfatima I don’t believe I’ve ever said the SSPX should be free of criticism. That’s a far cry, though, from…”
