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Category Archives: The Drill
QUAERITUR: Everyone going forward at a “healing Mass” for Anointing of the Sick
From a reader: I am a graduate student at ___, and over the past few weeks have received two emails (one related to the tragedy this past weekend) for “Healing Masses” in which (quoting the one) “priests…will be available to administer … Read More
Francis, the G8, and reform of the Roman Curia – some musings
Over here I posted about the new G8 that Pope Francis will call together in October. They are supposedly to help with alterations to the constitution called Pastor bonus, that governs the Roman Curia. We all agree that reform of … Read More
Pope Francis convokes a “group” of Cardinals
One month into his pontificate, Pope Francis has done a few unusual things. Here is another. The G8. Pope Francis invited a group of cardinals to meet to help him, among other things it seems, revise John Paul II’s Apostolic … Read More
Fishwrap supports the US bishops… once in a while
The Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) today has an article about the US bishops and the hotly debated gun-control legislation. In evidence is their use of a story from the Religion News Service. As the Senate takes up a heated … Read More
Pope Francis and the cuillère à sauce individuelle and grand liturgy
Last night I watched a movie I haven’t seen in years from a brand new blu-ray disk (thanks CEF!) on the big hi-def screen: Babette’s Feast. This movie has it all. I can say “everything” now because it is the Pope’s … Read More
CNN insinuates that Archbp. Vigneron “dialed back” his words about promoters of same-sex marriage and Holy Communion
There is a deeply flawed, perhaps even mendacious, piece on CNN about Archbishop Vigneron’s comments about Catholics who promote same-sex marriage and reception of Holy Communion. I posted about that HERE. The CNN article suggests, implies, hints, that the Archdiocese … Read More
Fishwrap’s Winters responds
Over the National Schismatic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters has responded to something I wrote HERE. Winters is mostly wrong about things, but he occasionally right and, when he is, I have happily said so here. Winters opens with a little … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Fishwrap, Michael Sean Winters, NSR
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Archbp. Vigneron: Catholics who push same-sex marriage should not receive Communion
A regular commentator here, the distinguish canonist Ed Peters, was quoted in an interesting article in the Detroit Free Press. Archbp. Vigneron made a clear statement about receiving Holy Communion if you advocate same-sex marriage. This is in the Freep: … Read More
