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Category Archives: Priests and Priesthood
Wherein Fr. Z gives advice to new and to young priests
Congratulations, reverend and dear gentlemen and welcome to the priesthood. We older guys are all for you, except when we are against you. That’s going to happen, now and then. If you are straight and you are faithful, some guys … Read More
Another assault on Holy Orders
At Lifesite I read that in the caput malorum omnium, Card. Marx, Archbishop of Freising-Munich has proposed that lay men and (of course) women should preach at Mass. Given the general state of things in Germany… they probably couldn’t do any worse. … Read More
How credible is “credible” in allegations against priests?
The accusations – based on a repressed memory of something 40 years ago – about Fr. Eduard Perrone in the Archdiocese of Detroit continue to raise questions. Dark questions. Something is not right about this. Michael Voris is digging in. … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged can. 1717, Church Militant
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ACTION ITEM! Help a traditional deacon get to priesthood. Watch marvelous Fulton Sheen video of 1950 Roman Holy Year
Back in April, I wrote about a seminarian in a traditional group, the Institute of Christ the King, who had posted a video about wartime Vatican City, 1941, narrated by Fulton Sheen. This seminarian, now ordained to the diaconate, was … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Seminarians and Seminaries
Tagged Fulton J. Sheen, Institute of Christ the King, seminarians, Vatican City State
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Because of so much darkness, there has never been a better time to be a young priest
At Complete Christianity (a member of the new FOEDUS – League of Catholic Bloggers) Shane Schaetzel, a lay convert to the Church, wrote a post that I wish that I had written. Let me just say- as a forward to … Read More
Clerical beards.
I saw at Pathetic from the esteemed Rev. Mr. Kandra a fluffy bit about more and more seminarians and priests – of the Latin Church – sporting beards. HERE A couple things. It has not been the custom of Latin … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Latin, Lighter fare, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged beards, clerical dress, facial hair, Latin Church
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28 Comments
Concerning the upcoming Synod, Germans and Tapirs
I try try try to give these Synod (“walking together”) guys the benefit of the doubt, but does anyone sincerely believe that talking about married clergy is really about shortage of priests in a mission country? Really? I can’t say … Read More
15-18 July 2019: East Coast Priest Conference in Wheeling, WV – looks good!
I have heard great things from a couple priests about the St. Paul Center’s East Coast Priest Conference. This year, 2019, it is to be held at Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling, WV, which looks like a really … Read More
Priest apologizes to traditional Catholics: “The future of the Church is in her past.”
From a priest… (my emphases) Dear Fr Z: I’ve just returned from France where, among other things, I took part in the Chartres Pilgrimage. After registering for the Pilgrimage, I discovered that the usus antiquor would be required of all participating priests, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is a concelebrated Mass just one Mass or several Masses?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Your recent post and “rant” regarding concelebration made me realize…I don’t actually know what happens at a concelebrated Mass. Is it technically two Masses (if there are two concelebrating priests)? How does that actually work? At … Read More
waalaw on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “I think that jhogan overlooked the fact that Black’s 2nd move Q×N (or Q×g6) puts White’s King in check. That…”
