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Category Archives: The Drill
PODCAzT 95: PART III – 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
I killed a plug in, so I give you this manually: Based on your response to PODCAzT 93 & 94, and my own desire to drill more deeply into the issue, we welcome back as our guest Pope Paul VI … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged 1969, Apostolic Constitution, Missale Romanum, Novus Ordo, podcast, PODCAzT, Pope Paul VI
75 Comments
75 Comments
What’s with the vampire thing?
I hear that this new vampire flick is bringing in money by the coffin load. I hear also that most of the audience in these theaters are female. What’s with that?
PODCAzT 94: PART II – 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
Since I killed the plugin: here is the file Be careful if you have headphones or earphones… the beginning is a bit jarring. I meant it to be jarring. ORIGINALLY POSTED 20 Nov 2009: Based on your response to PODCAzT … Read More
Posted in New Translation, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, The Drill
Tagged Novus Ordo, podcast, PODCAzT, Pope Paul VI
56 Comments
56 Comments
How to be wrong every time: another WaPo blogger screws up
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, a blogger with Newsweek/WaPo, has the amazing penchant for being wrong. You might remember some of his other accomplishments along these lines, for example, his ululation when Bp. Martino of Scranton resigned. Or his agreement with Planned Parenthood. … Read More
Posted in Green Inkers, The Drill
Tagged Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Bp. Trautman, Newsweek, On Faith, translation
41 Comments
41 Comments
The Tablet’s Anglican Provision: No Popery!
The attacks on the Holy Father and his provisions for Christian Anglicans are getting worse… right on schedule. The liberals are having a grand mal twit. England’s ultra-dissenter fishwrap RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) has this with … Read More
Posted in Green Inkers, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Anglican Provisions, Benedict XVI, Damian Thompson, RU-486, The Tablet
40 Comments
40 Comments
WaPo idiocy
A reader sent word of the following idiocy from one David Waters, WaPo "On Faith" blogger. Read and chuckle. My emphases and comments. The Archdiocese’s ultimatumBy David Waters In a surprisingly bold and seemingly unbiblical move, [tuck that word away … Read More
Hey L.A. Times! You owe a correction and apology!
I picked this up from the young Papist with my emphases and comments: Memo to the Los Angeles Times: fire Kim Geiger, and fire her editor while you are at it. The Catholic News Agency has identified this article published … Read More
American Bishops find their voice, liberals throw a nutty
Pro-life blogger Jill Stanek has an entry about the influence of the US Catholic bishops on the passing of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. You might recall that Jill Stanek was a nurse from Illinois who exposed how at Christ Hospital in … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Green Inkers, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Jill Stanek
23 Comments
23 Comments
Amy Sullivan and the Father of Lies
UPDATE: Lifesite has a piece entitled: Time Piece Blasting Archbishop Burke Also Refuted by John Allen, Robert RoyalAlan says, contrary to Time assertion, Burke’s influence in Church "set to grow" Including: Princeton Professor Robert P. George told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that … Read More
NCR’s editors have a nutty – attack Card. Rode, Benedict XVI
The editors of the ultra-liberal fishwrap The National Catholic Reporter had another little public nutty yesterday. My emphases and comments. Nostalgia is not a path to the future Nov. 10, 2009 An NCR Editorial CAPTION: Detail of text from the … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “moon1234: We have to understand something about the Lord’s parables. The parable, or Hebrew mashal is an allegorical lesson of…”
