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Category Archives: The Drill
GUEST POST: Response to claim that Communion on tongue will spread influenza (and whatever else)
Appended below is letter by longtime Fr. Z’s Blog reader and participant to the pastor of the reader’s parish. It seems that in Sunday’s parish bulletin the pastor alleged that priests touch communicants’ tongues when people insist on receiving on … Read More
Bp. Athanasius Schneider on the recent Synod’s final document: “radical neo-pagan ideology”
His Excellency Most Reverend Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, had an interview with a Polish news outlet. HERE. He speaks with his usual forthrightness, to the point of being blunt. I am … Read More
New norms for the resignations of bishops
My spidey-sense has been tingling for a while now. Given recent events and developments (e.g., the havoc of the latest Synod and the surprise outcomes) I have suspected that perhaps a few bishops in different regions around the world might … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis, The Drill
Tagged bishops, Ed Peters, renunciation, resignation
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8 Comments
A sharp view of the Synod and the winds of change
Marco Tosatti, an Italian journalist whom I have always liked and for whom I have even greater respect now than before, has a piece at La Stampa which bears attention. What really caught my eye was his quotation at the … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Olympian Middle
Tagged liberals, Synod of Bishops
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29 Comments
The lesson of Thrasybulus
As I contemplate certain things going on in the Church right now, I am reminded of Thrasybulus of Miletus. The story of Thrasybulus is in Book V of Herodotus’ Histories. A messenger from Periander, a 7th c. BC tyrant of Corinth, asks Thrasybulus, tyrant of … Read More
Was Card. Burke prohibited from saying Mass in Austria?
Is it possible that this actually happened? I’ll try to get more information. It seems that Card. Burke has been prohibited from celebrating Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form at the parish near Klosterneuburg in Austria, held by Augustinian Canons. … Read More
Card. Burke’s respectful criticism
Now that I am back on the ground, I see that His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke gave an interview to a Spanish Catholic news source, Vida Nueva, in which he offered respectful criticism of Pope Francis. The Vatican Insider version: … Read More
Coming to a neighborhood near you?
It is hard to imagine that we live in a world in which this is possible, but we do. I think everyone should take a time each day not only to make a good examination of conscience, but also to … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Four Last Things, Religious Liberty, Semper Paratus, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged abortion, France, infanticide, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, SOS Tout-petits, University of Minnesota
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18 Comments
Cybersecurity Threat Lurking On Your Phone
Wow. I don’t have that app. But… wow.
