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Category Archives: The Drill
@Church_Militant on the public lynching of Fr. Eduard Perrone
Full disclosure. Fr. Eduard Perrone has been a friend for many years. I don’t believe a word of the allegations. BTW… Perrone famously blew the whistle on the disgusting goings-on at St. John’s Seminary. Furthermore, last year at the Canon … Read More
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Archd. Detroit, Fr. Perrone, Michael Voris
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Card. Müller on the proposed reform of the Roman Curia
Yesterday I mulled over the draft of the proposed reform of the Roman Curia. I’m not optimistic. Today I see in the National Catholic Register (thanks M) an interview by Ed Pentin with Gerhard Card. Müller. Müller opines… PENTIN: What … Read More
Francis’ projected restructuring of the Roman Curia – wow…just…. wow…
I’ve been reading around the topic of Francis’ proposed restructuring of the Roman Curia. It is, in Latin terms, revolutionary: Res novae. At the National Catholic Register there is a summarizing piece by Ed Condon. Within, you read… The most dramatic reform … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged jurisdiction, potestas regiminis, Praedicate Evangelium, Roman Curia
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UPDATE- A confluence of promptings leads Fr. Z to rant and to make a plea to bishops.
UPDATE: 1 July 2019 (Precious Blood) Concerning the video about the late Card. Bernardin (linked below) and my association with the novel Windswept House (which has identifiable real people as fictionalized characters), I bring an update. This is one of … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Bernardin, exorcisms, Fr. Alfred Kunz, Windswept House
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A Cardinal examines the underlying vision of the upcoming Synod’s Instrumentum Laboris
The Pan-Amazonian Synod is coming up in October. Expect it to be highly engineered toward the expectations inhering in the Instrumentum Laboris, now available also in English. HERE Meanwhile, the experts of organization – who put faithful, traditional Catholics to shame … Read More
VIDEO Fr @GeraldMurray8 and Dr @RobertSRoyal analyze hot-button issues
My friends Fr. Murray and Dr. Royal were on EWTN with Raymond Arroyo last Friday, 21 June. They spoke at length about the upcoming Synod, about the new document from the Cong. for Catholic Education on “gender theory”, about ongoing … Read More
Blistering NRO piece flames the recent USCCB meeting
Beware. This piece from NRO might provoke thoughts that require confession. I’m not kidding. That said, this blistering entry by Declan Leary jabs a serious bruise. Themes: passing v. lasting – passivity and reaction v. activity v. proaction. Let’s … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Pò sì jiù, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged National Review, NRO, USCCB
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Fr Rosica, amazing papal claims, and resignations
Let’s be clear. There is an element among Francis’ most dedicated promoters, channel their inner Rex Mottram and declare nearly every syllable that he utters to be oracular and under the inspiration of the Spirit. Some of them form an … Read More
Thoughts about the change to CCC 2267 on the death penalty
When the change was made to the Latin text of CCC 2267 – concerning the death penalty (claiming that it is now always “inadmissible”) – I both said in sermons and wrote here that the change was troubling and for … Read More
Posted in My View, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged CCC 2267, death penalty
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30 Comments
