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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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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
SCOTUS to hear case about Pres. Obama’s eligibility
Can you imagine the constitutional problems/crisis? From minutemennews.com Supreme Court Opens Door to Obama Eligibility Challenge on February 15th Chief Justice John Roberts Schedules A Case Regarding Obamas Forged IDs to be Heard in Conference Before the Full Supreme Court. … Read More
Posted in Religious Liberty, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Pres. Obama
48 Comments
48 Comments
Welcome to Sodom
A priest friend shared this, taken from the Pastor’s Page of Our Lady of Lourdes in Bethesda, MA: Pastor’s Letter Welcome to Sodom. Yes, that is what Maryland has now become. Sodom with its neighbor Gomorrah was a city of … Read More
Monday Supper
My literary group met yesterday. We are reading Yeats these days. I made supper for 9. Some images (sorry… no long explanations. Busy day). The Christmas Pudding! I begin the broth for Tortellini in Brodo. It isn’t quiet enough to … Read More
About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards
Nominations will be accepted from 12:00 A.M. EST on January 14, 2013, until 12:00 A.M. EST on February 11, 2013 for the About.com Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards Best Catholic Book of 2012 Best Catholic Blog Best Catholic Website Best Catholic … Read More
Poking fun at enemies of the 2nd Amendment
At Catholic Vote someone has taken the mickey out of the enemies of the 2nd Amendment and particular out of the opponents of concealed carry weapon licenses. No, wait. Let me correct that. Stricter gun-control advocates generally don’t actually think about the … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged 2nd amendment, concealed carry weapon, gun control
41 Comments
41 Comments
ENGLAND: 1000 priests and bishops sign letter against redefinition of marriage
Today the UK’s daily The Telegraph published a letter to the editor signed by some 1000 priests and bishops about the Tory party’s attempts to redefine marriage. One quarter of the priests in England. I am proud of my brethren across the … Read More
Abortion/Right-to-Life: NOT a women’s rights issue
For years I have been saying that abortion/right-to-life is the social justice issue of our day, the civil-rights issue, the human rights issue. Liberals shove the unborn to the back of the bus while nattering about all manner of other “social … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abortion, civil rights, human rights, Pres. Obama, pro-life, Social Justice
13 Comments
13 Comments
CH: China awaits its Waugh
The full, online, digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has some excellent pieces this week. I found this one particularly engaging, giving my penchant for Chinese cinema. You can subscribe to the digital, full-edition of … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Catholic Herald, China, Mo Yan, Roy Peachey, Zhang Yimou
6 Comments
6 Comments
RECENT POSTS and THANKS (Mass for Benefactors)
First, help each other out: Your Urgent Prayer Requests And… A suggested Twitter project for @Pontifex Now… Fr. Z’s 2013 New Year’s Resolutions Fr. Z’s 2013 New Year’s Resolutions – ADDENDUM From nuns to ‘nones’: 10 ways religion shaped the … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Support “HobbyLobby” on Saturday, 5 January, against Pres. Obama’s HHS Mandate!
From LifeNews: Thousands to Join Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day Over Mandate Fight Tens of thousands of Americans have committed to support the Christian crafts store Hobby Lobby on January 5 after courts have refused to issued an ruling stopping the … Read More
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