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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
The Tablet’s attack on Fr. Finigan continues in letters to the editor
UPDATED AND CORRECTED ____ The Tablet continues in its attempts to intimidate priests in the UK from implementing Summorum Pontificum. The attack on Fr. Fingan continues in The Tablet week through letters to the editor. Of course the editor chooses … Read More
Why would Linz need a conservative auxiliary?
The blog Catholic Church Conservative is all over German issues. Thanks to a reader who alerted me I learned of a point of consideration in the Diocese of Linz, Austria, where there was a vast and harmful flap about the … Read More
Nasty worm attacks social networking apps
IF you use social net working apps, you should be wary of a dangerous piece of malware going around, rather like the lion of 1 Peter 5:8 This app is a worm called Koobface and it is nasty. Read about … Read More
Card. Pell with His Hermeneuticalness in Oxford
Check out Card. Pell with His Hermeneuticalness in Oxford.
Connecticut State Legislature introduced bill #1098/2009
This sounds like something directly from a Michael O’Brian novel: Dear Fr. Z, The Lord’s peace. You are going to be one of the first to hear about this. Nothing like this in the history of the US has ever … Read More
Pope Benedict’s fascinating Q&A
My friend Mr. John L. Allen, Jr., the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded columnist for that instrument of dissent, the National Catholic Reporter, has done us a great service in translating and transcribing the Q&A Pope Benedict XVI held with priests of … Read More
Risible in the City of Angels
Roughly 3000 people have sent me a note about how Card. Mahony of LA has "banned" SSPX Bp. Williamson from the Archdiocese. It is to laugh.
A seminarian learns about and is changed by the TLM
Pope Benedict has a vision for the Church. We must revitalize our Catholic identity. We must know who we are as Catholics so that we can contribute properly to the public square and shape the world around us according to … Read More
USCCB CDW progress report on the new translation of the Missale Romanum
In the USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worships newsletter for February 2009 there is an update on the status of the new translation of the Missale Romanum now in preparation. Holy See to Facilitate Expeditious [gotta love it… only a church … Read More
D. of KC, MO: Bp. Finn – don’t remove Holy Water from fonts during Lent
There are several bishops who could for their excellence merit their own WDTPRS category. This comes from a reader: Fr. Z: Thought you might like to see that some good bishops are trying to curb any nuttiness regarding sand/rocks/thumb tacks … Read More
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