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Category Archives: The Drill
Benedict XVI on Year of Faith: “a pilgrimage in the deserts of today’s world, taking with us only what is necessary”
“Reference to the documents saves us from extremes of anachronistic nostalgia and running too far ahead, and allows what is new to be welcomed in a context of continuity.” Thus, Benedict XVI during his homily for the Opening of the Year … Read More
Nuns On The Bus Warmed-Over: a stop at Ohio Dominican University
Apparently the Nuns On The Bus are still going ’round and ’round with their blatantly partisan political agenda. From a reader: The “Nuns on the Bus” tour has C-Bus for its next stop. This is the group that has been … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, HONORED GUESTS, Liberals, Magisterium of Nuns, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, Women Religious
Tagged abortion, D. Columbus, HHS mandate, November 2012, Nuns On The Bus, Ohio Dominican University, Pres. Obama, Sr. Simone Campbell
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Pres. Obama’s wedding ring
Here is something very interesting from WND: NEW YORK – As a student at Harvard Law School, then-bachelor Barack Obama’s practice of wearing a gold band on his wedding-ring finger puzzled his colleagues. Now, newly published photographs of Obama from … Read More
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Five Pillars of Islam, Islam, November 2012, Pres. Obama, ring, Shahada, The First Gay President
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56 Comments
What happened to popular devotions and piety? A Cardinal opines.
During the Year of Faith we should work to revive popular piety and communual devotions. A friend in Rome, Fabricius Magnus, sent me the following: Sandro Magister has an article related to the pope’s visit to Loreto and reports of … Read More
Benedict XVI speaks of the “profound crisis” of marriage as a “crisis in faith”
His Holiness addressed the crisis of marriage as a crisis in faith in his sermon to open the Synod of Bishops and to proclaim St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. John of Avila as Doctors of the Church. The Synod is … Read More
Archbp. Nienstedt and the Marriage Amendment in Minnesota
Minnesota is ground zero right now for defense of true marriage. The Church and right thinking people (in the matter of marriage) have a steep hill to ascend. The mainstream media is in control of the “topics” (a technical term … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Liberals, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. Nienstedt, Defense of Marriage, homosexual activists, homosexuality, Minnesota, Minnesota Marriage Amendment, same-sex marriage
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82 Comments
More on CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller and the SSPX
The other day I posted that the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbp. Gerhard Müller indicated about the SSPX in an interview with a German radio station that “I don’t think there will be any more new … Read More
Unitatis redintegratio applied: Episcopal “Bishop” not seated for installation of Archbp. Cordileone
Rex novus in Aegypto. The other day Archbishop Cordileone was “installed” (a fitting word given the shape of the Cathedral in San Francisco). You may recall that just days before the installation the Episcopalian (Episcopal) “Bishop” of California, Marc Andrus, … Read More
The Tablet’s latest cowardly editorial
The Tablet (aka RU-486) has a really bad editorial about the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. The editorial is an example of cowardice. There are courageous liberals and cowardly liberals. Courageous liberals come right out and say “The … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Drill, Throwing a Nutty, Year of Faith
Tagged liberals, The Tablet, Vatican II
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15 Comments
Prefect of CDF: No more talks with SSPX
Do you remember when I suggested that, if the SSPX continued to dictate terms to the Holy Father, one day his patience would end and they would wake up on the wrong side of the fence? In an interview with … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, SSPX, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archb. Müller, SSPX
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96 Comments
