Get updates in your inbox
About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- Kathleen10 on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “Fr Z thanks so much for 2 reminders. 1. Using your Amazon link! For heaven’s sake it costs us nothing…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “So interesting that you bring this up, a couple weeks ago a priest at a neighboring parish died unexpectedly. They…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “All moves are forced for black. R-h8+, KxR Q-h2+, K-g8 Q-h7+, K-f8, Q-h8+, K-e7 QxP+, K-e6 Q-f7++ Ok, so 6…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “I couldn’t post on the ad orientem article. Here’s what I wanted to post: “Let the bishops restore ad orientem…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “It just gets worse and worse. The Pope needs to publicly and very clearly put a halt to these shenanigans.…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “The origin of difference and division, the pharmakos represents evil both introjected and projected. Beneficial insofar as he cures—and for…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “White to move and mate in 4 Unless I’m missing something, this would seem to fall into the too easy…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Compare and contrast
I was sent these by e-mail from a reader This is the FSSP in a gathering in 2006: This is the 2008 General Congregation of Jesuits in Rome:
CNS article about ad orientem worship:
Here is a piece from Catholic News Service about ad orientem celebration of Mass. Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments. Not exactly ‘ad orientem’ Some media are reporting that Pope Benedict celebrated Mass “ad orientem” — facing … Read More
What is going on in Rome with the Pope, the University, the Left and the fallout
A couple things about the Pope cancelling his visit to La Sapienza: As you know, the Pope was scheduled to visit this famous Roman University. Some 67 profs/academics then said the Pope condoned the 1633 trial of Galileo. The Pope, … Read More
Ave Maria University and the TLM
I got this by e-mail: It is my sincere honor to inform all of you who have yet to hear that as of 3:00PM today, Wednesday January 16th, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. has been approved by Ave Maria University (The … Read More
Cardinal Runi calls for a rally in support of Pope Benedict
The Cardinal Newman SocietyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 16, 2008 Cardinal Calls for Faithful to Rally in Rome in Support of Pope Benedict CNS Urges Americans to Support Pope with Prayers on Sunday MANASSAS, VA – The Cardinal Newman Society, a national … Read More
Phil Lawler on ad orientem worship
My friend Mr. Phil Lawler has a good piece in the fine Catholic World News, to which you all ought to be subscribing. He writes about the issue of ad orientem worship. Let’s have a look, with my emphases and … Read More
CWN gets it right about Benedict XVI and ad orientem versus
We have seen a string of panicky or simply ignorant articles on the Holy Father’s Mass for the Baptism of the Lord when, in the Sistine Chapel, he celebrated ad orientem versus. I am pleased that Catholic World News, as … Read More
Some thanks are due and future Fr. Z trips
Lately I received a very interesting book from a kind participant here, PF of the UK, Ad Infinitum: a biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler. I mentioned this gift before but it bears repeating. This looks really interesting. I read … Read More
RSS feed problem – update
UPDATE There have been problems with the feed. I think I fixed it by deactivating and reactivating all my plugins. However, I have lost thousands of subscribers. If you subscribed (or even if you didn’t) please do! Also, if you … Read More
BREAKING NEWS: POPE CANCELS VISIT TO “LA SAPIENZA” UNIV. IN ROME
This amazingly repetitive item is just in from ANSA: POPE’S VISIT TO "LA SAPIENZA" CANCELLED ROMA – The Vatican has "considered it opportune to postpone" the Pope’s visit to "La Sapienza" University "following the well known misadventures (vicende) in the … Read More
Kathleen10 on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “Fr Z thanks so much for 2 reminders. 1. Using your Amazon link! For heaven’s sake it costs us nothing…”
