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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: Si vis pacem para bellum!
Double (anti-Christian) standard in Colorado
Remember my post about when homosexualists come to destroy your Christian business? HERE Now there is this! At Town Hall I saw that someone is fought back. Colorado Double Standard: Bakers Should Not Be Forced to Make Anti-Gay Cakes Bill Jack … Read More
Terrorists in Kenya tormented students before killing them
From The Christian Post I learned another horrible thing about terrorists of the Religion of Peace. As the death toll from the Garissa University College massacre climbed to 148 Friday, eyewitness accounts from survivors revealed a harrowing picture of how students … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses on a growing trend
Let me put some facts together for you. At La Stampa Marco Tosatti is reporting that, before the upcoming Synod on the Family in October, things are already heating up. It seems that Cantagalli, the Italian publisher of Permanere nella verità … Read More
Card. Müller: Delegate doctrinal decisions to regional conferences? “absolutely anti-Catholic”!
Recently Card. Marx and the German Bishops conference flexed their muscles a bit and suggested that they should have oversight of doctrine (rather than Rome) and that they were pretty much not subordinated to Rome. I have now read an … Read More
“Dear Traditionalists,… “
Three years ago today I posted this. I haven’t changed my mind. I had this from a reader. He said he was not advocating these things. However, liberals will advocate them. I’ve got some other suggestions. But first the wacky … Read More
A note about the term Church Militant
I post this because our dear Michael Sean Winters had a little nutty about my use of this term over at the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter). All of you Catholics who are reading this, even if you mostly identify … Read More
Spectacular video of Mont Saint-Michel
A New Advent I saw a wonderful video with footage taken in part via drone of Mont St Michel off the coast of France. It says by way of introduction: After the construction of a raised causeway in 1859, Mont … Read More
Two African Cardinals standing up!
In the lead up (already) to next October’s Synod, the continuation of last October’s wild ride with its bizarre rules, backroom maneuvers, and strange proposals, Africa (pace Card. Kasper) is coming into its own. I saw this at the National … Read More
The beheadings continue. What will be the response of civilization?
The beheadings continue. What will be the response of civilization? “Rome” is a target for ISIS. What that means, we aren’t sure. It seems to be code for “Christians”, the lands which once comprised Christendom. It also probably means Rome … Read More
When would we have to resist the Pope? Wherein Fr. Z Rants.
What do we do when legitimate authority gets something important wrong? We respectfully resist legitimate authority. Pope Francis does or doesn’t do, A, B or C. He doesn’t, for example, wear proper pontifical garb, as tradition and decorum require, in … Read More
TheCavalierHatherly on ASK FATHER: How can we, as lay Catholics, pass on the Faith given heterodoxy coming from high places?: “Vatican II documents, recent encyclicals, witings, papal homilies, etc, all leave me with the same feeling as when I wake…”
