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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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- Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, in case you haven’t already considered this, an iPhone might help you or another priest in that situation. “…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “his Theatines maintain a minor seminary in the neighborhood under his patronage. i drove by it on the way to…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Great stuff Fr Z….. are the doors to St John Lateran originally the doors from the Roman Curia in the…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As the demographic collapse accelerates, priests may find it prudent to live together in a central location with their deanery.…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “This is the best explanation I have heard in my almost 50 years. I wish it was what was heard…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Perhaps the most stunning understatement ever
"Father Maciel can no longer be considered a model of Christian life, the Legionaries of Christ have said about their founder." Perhaps the most stunning understatement ever. Biretta tip to the persistent Anna Arco.
Great research tools now online: A.S.S. and A.A.S.
This is pretty big. I have griped about the Holy See’s website. Here is a new feature worth praising. The texts of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis and the Acta Sanctae Sedis etc, are now online.
CNS: Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser
In case you didn’t see this, John Thavis, of the Rome office of CNS has this: Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser By John ThavisCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican defended a decision not … Read More
I am angry and sad about this new round of exposure of sins and crimes
I have been struggling through the day with this post. I haven’t known precisely what to do about my anger. The online edition of Hell’s Bible, in its relentless hectoring of the Catholic Church (ignoring the prosecuted sins of other … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
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“Oremus Pro Pontifice” stuff and store
REQUEST: If you have ordered or received some of these buttons or mugs, etc., or any other Z-stuff – could you send photos? Also, send a note if any of these has started or helped a conversation.! ___ In light … Read More
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Risible but not funny
I wrote some time ago that that Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams may soon want to issue a document Romanorum coetibus whereby he would create a safe haven in the very loose Anglican embrace for the editor and readers of The … Read More
Archd. of San Francisco paper gets something right
From Jack Smith of The Catholic Key, the blog of the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Archdiocese of San Francisco Paper Drops a Bomb – Today’s MUST Read George Wesolek is a friend and former colleague … Read More
Fr. Z asks a favor
Folks, if you write to me with links or news, would you please send a link to your source, if there is one, and also not send JUST a link without giving me an indication of what it is all … Read More
Bp. Magee resigns Diocese of Cloyne… Cork, Ireland
Many years ago, the late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, went to the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere, where a friend of mine was rector. The rector, was traditionally inclined and was also a papal MC himself. Therefore, … Read More
“Well done, good and faithful servant”… Sister President gets her reward
Pres. Obama has engaged in an aggressive campaign to split the Catholic community in the USA. He suborned liberals – already easily seduced in respect to worldly things. They went all wobbly under his gaze and he used them to … Read More
Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
