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Category Archives: The Drill
The Tablet equates striking the breast during the Confiteor with child abuse.
At The Tablet aka The Bitter Pill, there is a piece by one Melanie Lately, a guest contributor, which deserves our attention – and not because of its excellence. Commentators in the combox over there have dealt with the obvious … Read More
Declaration concerning the consecration of bishops without papal mandate… in China
From VIS: DECLARATION CONCERNING EPISCOPAL ORDINATIONS IN CHINA VATICAN CITY, 4 JUL 2011 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today released the following English-language communique concerning the episcopal ordination of Fr. Paul Lei Shiyin, which took place on Wednesday … Read More
Can Catholics preserve, for our own flock, true marriage?
One of the reasons I go on and on about a renewal of liturgical worship is without such a renewal, there can be no renewal of Catholic identity. And if we don’t have a strong Catholic identity within the Church, … Read More
Dr. Krauthammer on Pres. Obama’s attack on “corporate jets”
Were Charles Krauthammer to run for President I might just vote for him. Just think of the great press conferences and State of the Union addresses. Yesterday, Dr. K had provide Special Report on Fox News Channel a blistering and … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Drill
Tagged Charles Krauthammer, corporate jets, FNC, Fox News Channel, National Review, Pres. Obama, Special Report
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65 Comments
Gov. Cuomo talks to Maureen Dowd. What could go wrong? Dr. Peters explains.
The Canonical Defender, Ed Peters, has another post about NY State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, aggressive promoter of contrary-to-nature unions. Cuomo is, he claims, catholic. Dr. Peters doesn’t have an open combox on his excellent blog In The Light of the … Read More
Dissent into Hell – Fr. Z rants
Lately there has been a sharp uptick in the media – even “Catholic” media – in open and cavalier dissent from the Church’s teaching and the authority of her duly ordained pastors. Much of it seems to revolve around the … Read More
Irish “Catholics” and our future choices
A new video from Michael Voris. Weep. [wp_youtube]SaGj1rJdPKo[/wp_youtube]
Schism in New Jersey
The Fathers of the Church had a real horror of schism. Schismatics were dissenters who causes disunity. Jerome wrote: Between heresy and schism there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from … Read More
Posted in Patristiblogging, The Drill
Tagged Bp. O'Connell, D. Trenton, schism, St. Jerome
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27 Comments
Dr. Peters on can. 915 and “catholics” who cause scandal and yet receive Communion
The Canonical Defender, Ed Peters, has comments on can. 915, a very important canon which has in the opinion of many been little observed. Go to Dr. Peters page for his bit about Robert Mugabe’s reception of Communion at the … Read More
Archbp. Nichols (Westminster) on the priest’s role at Mass
From Zenit with my emphases and comments. Archbishop Nichols on Priests and the Mass “We Don Vestments to Minimize Our Personal Preferences” LONDON, JUNE 25, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of a homily given by Archbishop Vincent Nichols at … Read More
