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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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- Elizium23 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…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Catholic Times (UK): Paul VI & Bugnini: no one more “pastorally sensitive” about TLM
The recent number of The Catholic Times, (21 Sept, p. 9) an English weekly, has one of the dumbest articles about Pope Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum I have read to date. It was written by one Msgr. Basil Loftus, whom I … Read More
The Palace
I just concluded a visit to Buckingham Palace. Very few people. Fascinating. Some of the most beautiful rooms have seen. Well worth the effort if you are here at the right time if year.
The Steak and Kidney Pudding Lunch
Today I have gone in search of another standard: steak and kidney pudding. For dessert it will be Spotted Dick! Just as I was getting the morning together, a priest from Essex called to ask if I could meet. So … Read More
NEWARK: TLM implemented
From a reader: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (259 Oliver St., Newark, NJ) has recently instituted a Latin Mass according to the More Ancient Use Monday-Friday at 7:30 A.M. We are planning to start a Sunday Mass at 5:00 … Read More
TLM Seminary news
I got this from a reader: Here at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, the theologate is having a workshop on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. I have attached a copy of the schedule. This morning we assisted at a Solemn … Read More
A shot in the sacristy
Our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus shot a photo in the sacristy of Ss. Trinita dei Pelegrini of me with an old friend in Rome, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, who runs the Rome office of HLI. This was last week … Read More
A Seven Dials break
If any of you are near Seven Dials, I’ll spend a few minutes at The Crown. There is good Internet access here and Chinese food close at hand.
Glorious hours
I have just emerged from the National Gallery! Glorious hours! What a place. I learned a great deal and saw many paintings well known to me over the years. These visits have been wonderful reminders of the passage of years. … Read More
How St. Padre Pio received the stigmata
Here is a fascinating story posted on ZENIT. Everyone should read it closely. The Secret Story of Padre Pio’s Stigmata Volume Reveals Report of Vatican Investigator By Mirko Testa ROME, SEPT. 22, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A volume detailing the report of … Read More
EMBER DAY AWARENESS … DAY
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, [Wednesday] is the beginning of the September Ember Days, and I am helping spread the word that this year, on the heels of the first anniversary of the motu proprio, we traditional Catholics should unite … Read More
Elizium23 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…”
