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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Senor Quixana on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “Moving on seems the most sensible course. We should commit resources to ongoing negotiation to what end? Is there any…”
Ave Maria on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “As one podcaster noted, there is no place for Tradition in the ‘synodal church’, that ‘ape of the church’.”
Ave Maria on Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”: “The archbishop was most likely feeling the preternatural. Remember that the gods of the pagans are demons. (so are aliens)”
R2D on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “Pope Leo is wisely returning to the approach of Ss. John Paul II and Paul VI towards the SSPX away…”
Lurker 59 on Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”: “Two Points: 1. If that is the archbishop’s view that that mosque is better than the respect, fraternity, and kindness…”
UncleBlobb on Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”: “How long, O Lord?”
RTservo on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “Pope Leo will not talk with SSPX, but he is willing to talk with Islamic leaders. Jesus told his disciples…”
ArthurH on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “SSPX needs to do what they need to do if only to point out the absurdity, blasphemy, and sacrilege rampant…”
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Recent Posts
- Daily Rome Shot 1646: We have to move on.
- Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”
- Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations
- Daily Rome Shot 1646: Restoration and BOGO SALE
- ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host
- From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-06-15 – Ordination?
- What sets Federated Core apart is its privacy model.
- Daily Rome Shot 1645: Homework
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 11th Ordinary)
- YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
- “…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”
- Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 4: Southbound and, yup, we did it again
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 3: Amatriciana
- A few things I found today that I think are interesting
- Wherein Fr. Z rants. Benediction using the humeral veil BUT… blessings at Communion time? Fathers! THINK!
- ASK FATHER: For Benediction why the humeral veil?
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 2: CHINESE
- ASK FATHER: After Benediction why were the “Divine Praises” not in Latin?
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 1: catching up
- ROME 26/6 – Day 76: Brooklyn Bound
- ROME 26/6 – Day 74-75: Last Day
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Corpus Christi (transferred)
- ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?
- ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3)
- ROME 26/6 – Day 71: Real Corpus Christi (Novena Day 2)
- I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?
- ROME 26/6 – Day 69-70: Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – DAY 1
- ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid
- ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop
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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Category Archives: Religious Liberty
USCCB: “Seis cosas más que todos debemos saber sobre el mandato del departamento de salud y servicios humanos (HHS)”
From the USCCB Blog, the Spanish language version of what they have previously posted in English. 1. La disposición que ha creado tanto alboroto no ha cambiado para nada las cosas, sino que todo ha terminado como estaba. […] 2. … Read More
Catholic League on Sebelius’s admission before a Senate committee
Yesterday I saw video clips of Kathleen Sebelius, catholic Dem who as Pres. Obama’s patsy is implementing his anti-Catholic agenda, testifying before a Senate committee. She admitted that the Administration did not to any significant degree consult with the US … Read More
Sr. Keehan backtracks?
Sr. Keehan! GIVE BACK THAT PEN! It seems that Sr. Keehan’s Catholic Health Association, which in abandoning unity with the bishops gave cover to catholic dems so they could vote for Obamacare and get us now into the mess that … Read More
“In order to avoid conflicts, they let the poison spread.”
“[I]t is true that the Church may never simply align itself with the “Zeitgeist” [spirit of the times]. The Church must address the vices and perils of the time; she must appeal to the consciences of the powerful and of … Read More
Pres. Obama’s war on religious principles
Did you see what the Food and Drug Administration did to an Amish farmer? The Washington Times reported, and I saw it again tonight on the news: The FDA won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who … Read More
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More things to know about the HHS Mandate
The USCCB had posted six things people should know about Pres. Obama’s HHS mandate, HERE. Again at the blog of the USCCB, you will find an entry: Six More Things Everyone Should Know About the HHS Mandate 1. The rule … Read More
If Pres. Obama can tell the Church what to cover, he can tell the Press what to cover
What’s next? Pres. Obama has attacked the 1st Amendment. He is trying to tell the Church what it must do in a matter of conscience based on natural law, reason, and doctrine. The first clause of the 1st Amendment concerns freedom … Read More
Archbp. Chaput: Pres. Obama’s “deep distaste for religion’s moral influence”
The Archbishop of Philadelphia, Most Rev. Charles Chaput, has a good opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer about Pres. Obama’s modifications of his attack on the 1st Amendment (“Plan B”). Read the whole thing, but here is an excerpt from … Read More
Keep your eye on the real problem with Pres. Obama’s attacks on the 1st Amendment
All weekend I saw news items about the US Catholic Church resisting the Obama Administration over “CONTRACEPTION”. When the story came up on the television, across the screen there would be a graphic saying, inevitably, “Contraception”. No. This is not … Read More





















