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VOTE! There were a few hundred votes a while back. Now there are… not a few hundred. Keep our Catholic blogs out in front! And while I’m at it. You can follow me on Twitter. There is also Plurk.  There … Read More →

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Who will be next?

No doubt the staff of L’Osservatore has this as their hermeneutic. Biretta tip to an old friend DW….    o{]:¬) From Stuff White People Like: Before you begin hanging around with white people, you should know that all white humor comes … Read More →

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A comment on the death of Mary Daly

Many people asked me why I wasn’t commenting on the death of Mary Daly. Okay… here is something. From New American with my emphases and comments: Boston College and Its Radical Feminist ‘Catholic’ Written by Jack Kenny    Friday, 08 … Read More →

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Goofy wymympryst ideas in Cincinnati… again

From the blog Ten Reasons, with my emphases and comments: "Carries an imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati" Carol Ann Morrow, assistant managing editor [and thus not just a staff writer or sometime contributrix] of St. Anthony Messenger magazine, published … Read More →

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Opening of Holy Door in Santiago de Compostella

There are some super cool photos of the opening of the Holy Door in the Spanish pilgrimage site Santiago de Compostella.  This is a Holy Year for St. James.   By sure to check them out on the site of the … Read More →

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Brick by brick at the Mother Church

Thanks to John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus I can dip into the bowl of liturgical eye candy with this image of the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship in a Pontifical TLM at the main altar of St. John … Read More →

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Doubt and shame

I was surfing around looking for some information and found this (the internet is so fascinating) on the blog After Existentialism, Light. “[Doubt] is altogether a pernicious companion which has its origin not in the good creation of God but … Read More →

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Recent posts of interest

Check these out… Msgr. Guido Marini on liturgical issues: active participation Bp. Vasa: excommunication can be appropriate President Obama, the Vatican and ‘Common Ground’: His First Year in Review [important] QUAERITUR: Holy Communion twice in one day… did I sin? … Read More →

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Houston: protest planned for abortion super-store

From CNSNews: Pro-Life Advocates Plan to Protest Opening of Largest Abortion Clinic in U.S.Wednesday, January 06, 2010By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – A coalition of pro-life advocates and religious leaders plan to gather in Houston on Jan. 18 … Read More →

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Msgr. Guido Marini on liturgical issues: active participation

I am pleased to link you to the site of NLM which has posted the full text of a presentation by the papal MC Msgr. Guido Marini delivered to the wonderful clergy conference for the Year of the Priest taking … Read More →

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