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Category Archives: The Drill
Gerald Warner on Lord Lucas and “non-sectarian” Catholic schools
From my friend Fr. Ray Blake of St. Mary Magdalen, I learned about this article by firebrand Gerald Warner’s piece in the Daily Telegraph on something bizarre. WDTPRS has written of Gerald Warner before. Here he is on the real … Read More
Is there a campaign to block Card. Pell’s appointment as Prefect for Bishops?
You can bet even the hint that Australia’s Cardinal Pell might be the next Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops made liberal blood run cold. Lately we have read rumors that Cardinal Pell is ill, that Cardinal Pell did this, … Read More
What’s up with the chaos surround Pope Benedict’s trip to England?
My friend Fr. Blake of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton has this observation about chaos surround Benedict XVI’s upcoming trip to England. Damian Thompson’s Spectator article on the Papal Visit is online. I tend not to believe in conspiracies but maybe … Read More
Being “judgmental”. Fr. Finigan hits for six!
My friend His Hermeneuticalness has hit for six. Here is a sample. But definitely go over to his place and spike his stats even while reading the rest of this excellent entry. My emphases and comments: Judge not, that … Read More
Fr. Wissman in Bolivar, MO calls Pope Benedict, bishops, faithful, “faithless and hypocritical”, “whitewashed sepulchers”
Long-time readers of WDTPRS may remember that we have on at least two other occasions looked at the musing of Fr. Pat Wissman, pastor of St. Catherine Mission in Bolivar, MO in the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. Fr. Wissman wrote … Read More
An anti-Catholic editorial in Hell’s Bible… again
From Hell’s Bible (aka The New York Times) comes this anti-Catholic blast. EditorialJustice for Child Abuse VictimsPublished: May 14, 2010 The Catholic Church is working against the interests of child abuse victims in state legislatures around the country. [Absurd.] In … Read More
Benedict XVI to bishops in Fatima
The Holy Father gave this talk to bishops in Portugal. When the Holy Father gives talk, it pertains to all of us, in this digital, interconnected age. When the Holy Father entrusted priests to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart he included … Read More
The C of E’s church in Rome to host fake ordination of a woman
From the Times comes this telling tale about the future of Anglican/Vatican relations: May 13, 2010Italy to ordain the first woman priest near Vatican Italy’s first woman [fake] priest is [not] to be ordained a stone’s throw from the Vatican … Read More
Benedict XVI’s presser on airplane to Portugal, clerical crisis and “third secret”
"We have to re-learn the essentials: conversion, prayer, penance, and the theological virtues." Thus, Benedict XVI today on the way to Portugal. My friend John L. Allen Jr., the fair-minded nearly ubiquitous, who is sadly still correspondent for for the … Read More
Fr. Z’s analysis of Mr. Allen’s analysis of Card. Pell going to Rome
My friend John L. Allen Jr., the fair-minded, the nearly ubiquitous, who sadly still writes for the ultra-liberal NRC, analyzes the possibility that the next Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops may be Sydney’s George Card. Pell. Here is the … Read More
