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Category Archives: The Coming Storm
Perhaps this is the hour for ‘true prophets’? More on Amoris!
My heart rate increased a bit when I read the following… I am aware that “Amoris Laetitia”, as an apostolic exhortation, does not come under any rubric of infallibility. Still it is a document of the papal ordinary magisterium, and … Read More
Damian Thompson asks: “Is the Pope Catholic?”
At Heat Street, Damian Thompson asks: “Is the Pope Catholic?” That site is a mess to read, so let’s see some of it here. My emphases and comments: Is the Pope Catholic? Here’s Why Many of Pope Francis Flock Aren’t … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Damian Thompson, Pope Francis
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59 Comments
Attacks on Catholic church in France and Belgium
I was just in Toledo… not Ohio. While I was in the glorious cathedral, and I heard that it had been the site of a mosque after the Visigothic church was torn down, it occurred to me that there are … Read More
Goals for Faithful Catholics in this time of confusion
A theologian friend feeds me stuff which I occasionally share here with some editing and editorializing. Perpend: Cardinal Raymond Burke gave a talk in Rome on May 7. I couldn’t attend, but the great organization, Voice of the Family, who … Read More
Some ‘Amoris laetitia’ news
I have had notes from priests and from personnel in tribunals saying that people are saying, in effect, “Forget about our annulment case. Pope Francis says what we are doing is okay.” Some report as well that even in … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants
Over and over, wrong and wrong again; with the Church not speaking to the world from her wisdom, but the world teaching the Church a lesson in its foolishness, and the Church going along, like the puny kid in the … Read More
“Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.”
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. “Why not come … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm
Tagged Aesop, preparedness
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7 Comments
13 May 2016 – 99th anniversary of 1st apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
Today, Friday 13 May 2016, is the 99th anniversary of the Our Lady’s first appearance to the three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal. Next year: 100. Portentous, given what’s going on in the Church these days. I, for one, am … Read More
“When Catholics cut themselves adrift from their own past, they do not thereby become profound thinkers”
Today at Crisis, the esteemed Anthony Esolen offers us some gold. After Our election, We shall appoint him as Plenipotentiary Extraordinary Minister for the Implementation of Ex corde Ecclesiae. A sample from his latest with my patented emphases and comments: Buying the Right Toys from … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Anthony Esolen
17 Comments
17 Comments
PODCAzT 146: Spinello: Does Amoris Laetitia Retreat from Absolute Moral Norms?
I direct the readership’s attention to a piece at Crisis about Amoris laetitia, the controversial and ambiguous Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation… that is, if any of you still care to read about it. Or listen to it! Hopefully busy priests and seminarians … Read More
waalaw on Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates: “My “solution” overlooked White’s option to interpose its Knight or Bishop after 2. . .Q-d2+.”
