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While parts of Paris are enjoying long summer nights of car burning and rioting (HERE), Islamists are kidnapping Christian girls for resale purposes. A story from Persecution.org Christian Girls Being Snatched By Islamist Traffickers ICC Note: The recent political developments … Read More
George Zimmerman rescued people from overturned SUV
From AP: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman helped rescue four people from an overturned vehicle in central Florida last week, just days after he was cleared of all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, officials said Monday. … Read More
DETROIT: “If I had a city….”
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Posted in Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 1967, Detroit, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, race relations, riots
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PODCAzT 136: John XXIII opens Vatican II – ‘Gaudet Mater Ecclesia’ – optimism and naïveté, error and continuity
have wanted to do this for some time. Today we have as our guest, Pope John XXIII. I read for you the whole of John’s address to the opening of the Second Vatican Council, a speech called Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, … Read More
Tax reform, USCCB, Catholic Charities USA
Our friend The Motley Monk has some observations about tax reform, the USCCB and government funding of charities. Here is the first part: If you’re really interested in tax reform, the USCCB and Catholic Charities USA may not be… A Wall … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Drill
Tagged tax reform, The Motley Monk, USCCB, WSJ
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TEXAS: The violent tactics of big-business abortion and their supporters
This post has some brutal content, but it reveals the character of a certain slice of our pro-abortion neighbors. When you have no respect for human life at its inception, why will you have any respect for people with whom … Read More
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
Today marks 25 years since Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a famous address in Santiago, Chile to the Chilean bishops. Context: In the months immediately preceding this address, Archbp, Marcel Lefebvre of the SSPX had signed an agreement with the Holy … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1988, Archbp. Lefebvre, Chile, continuity, desacralization, hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture, Joseph Card. Razinger, Second Vatican Council, SSPX, superdogma
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19 Comments
POLL: To which super-Catholic place would you go for self-exile?
There is a fun post at Catholic Vote: Top 5 place for self-imposed exile for Catholics. I’ll send you over there in a moment. I want to mention, however, an idea that I have seen on some blogs: a “redoubt” … Read More
Under Obama Administration: hostility increases toward military chaplains
We Catholic citizens of these USA need to support the Archdiocese for Military Services. From National Catholic Register: Religion in U.S. Military Policy The Family Research Council’s report notes that pressure to impose ’a secular, anti-religious culture’ has intensified over … Read More
Sue in soCal on ROME 26/10– Day 09: very cool and a rare restaurant review: “You are in my daily prayer list, Fr. Z. Get well!”
