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Category Archives: The Drill
Pope Benedict at opening of Synod for Africa
The Holy Father has some striking comments today during his sermon for the Opening of the Synod for Africa in this translation from the Secretary General of the Synod. My cuts […], emphases and comments. My Venerable Brothers in the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why? Airport security and the Bishop of Antigonish.
You heard about the nasty business of the Bishop of Antigonish, NS. The moral failures of this bishop should only serve to remind us that the Church really is guided by the Holy Spirit after all. Otherwise, there is no … Read More
Pope Benedict forcefully speaks of human dignity, natural law to new US ambassador
Today the Holy Father accepted the credentials of the new ambassador from the USA to the Holy See, Honorable Miguel Humberto Díaz. Here is the Holy Father’s discourse with my emphases and comments. Your Excellency, [First comes all the diplomatic … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Miguel Díaz, US Ambassador
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20 Comments
A sour article from The Tablet about possible reintegration of the SSPX
With my emphases and comments from the recent number of RU–486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) in the news section for… FRANCE Faint hopes on outcome of SSPX talks Tom Heneghan in Paris Christa Pongratz-Lippitt in Vienna CARDINAL … Read More
Archbp. Nauman responds to HHS Sec. Sebelius, pro-abortion Catholic
I found this at The Catholic Key: Archbishop Naumann Responds to Sebelius’ WaPo Interview Claim Last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sat down for an interview with the Washington Post. When asked about last year’s request by Kansas City, Kansas … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters on Archbp. Burke on the Kennedy funeral
The other day I posted that His Excellency Most Rev. Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, spoke in Washington DC. He said in clear terms that Catholic politicians who publicly commit scandal by promoting immoral policies also contrary to … Read More
John Allen on upcoming SSPX Summit
My friend John L. Allen, the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded correspondent of the ultra-lefty dissenting National Catholic Reporter is a good analyst. In his weekly Friday letter he drills into the upcoming talks that are soon to begin between the SSPX … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged John Allen, John L. Allen, NCR, SSPX
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17 Comments
Finally getting around to it: Mickens of The Bitter Pill finds a TLM
In his Letter from Rome Robert Mickens of RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) offers these observations about the older form of Mass and Pope Benedict’s "emancipation proclamation" Summorum Pontificum. Shall we have a look in the usual … Read More
Cincy: Teacher dismissed for support of women’s ordination (POLL ALERT)
Long time WDTPRS readers will remember the story from Cincinnati about how His Excellency Most Rev. Daniel Pilarczyk determined that a woman religious teacher dedicated to the cause of the ordination of women may not teach in that Archdiocese. There … Read More
Posted in POLLS, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Arch. Pilarczyk, Cincinnati, women's ordination
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104 Comments
NCR instrumentalizes priest to attack his own bishop, Bp. Robert Finn
The editors of the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter once again show their spittle-flecked contempt for the diocesan bishop where their paper’s offices are located: Most Rev. Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph. NCR published a letter from a priest … Read More
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