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Category Archives: The Drill
Francis on priests in private Jesuit meeting: psych problems = rigidity = fixation on sex = clericalism = demonic
The ubiquitous Jesuit Antonio Spadaro is perhaps Francis’ closest adviser and gopher. He is, among other, editor of La Civilta Cattolica and the administrator on his personal website, antoniospadaro.net, of a page dedicated to the homoerotic writer Pier Vittorio Tondelli. … Read More
Posted in Mail from priests, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged Antonio Spadaro, calumny, clericalism, Francis, priesthood, rigidity
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22 Comments
Card. Burke on the Synod’s Instrumentum Laboris, proselytizing, accusations
At La Nuova Bussola there is an interview with Card. Burke in English. HERE Highlights… […] Proselytism means to impose your doctrine on others or to make becoming a member of the Church the condition for receiving material aid. This … Read More
Posted in Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Raymond Card. Burke
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5 Comments
AMAZING INTERVIEW with @Card_R_Sarah “I believe that we are at a turning point in the history of the Church.”
Cri de coeur is the Word of the Day, it seems. At the National Catholic Register, there is an interview with Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. His newest book The Day Is Now Far Spent is … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Robert Card. Sarah
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13 Comments
Fr. Murray’s cri de coeur with parrhesia to Francis
My pal Fr. Gerald Murray has a combination of cri de coeur and parrhesia at The Catholic Thing. Deftly, he closes the jaws of reason, using Francis own words, around his inaction in the matter of addressing burning issues. Father is earnest, … Read More
Tall Poppy Syndrome and two American Bishops
A couple of bishops have raised their heads in defiance of contemporary Tall Poppy Syndrome. First, Most Rev. Daniel R. Jenky issued a letter to his subjects in the Diocese of Peoria. He kindly allows us to eavesdrop by putting … Read More
The priest’s voice and the “priest voice” during Holy Mass. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
At NLM, Peter Kwasniewski dedicated a post to: “The Parish Low Mass Is Not a “Silent” Mass: The Rubrics on Clara Voce”. Note well that he specified “parish Mass”, in contrast to a “monastic Mass”. In a monastic setting, or … Read More
The true “pseudo-schismatic” Church in Germany
Team Francis and the New catholic Red Guards who march and sloganeer for them have been hurling, as anxious chimps do their poo, the word “schism” at Catholics who are worried that Catholic doctrine is being made obscure or even being … Read More
Posted in Francis, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Card. Marx, Germany, Hosea 8:7, Synod, Synod on Amazon
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12 Comments
ASK FATHER: Should I “poison” by Facebook account?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Will I be guilty of causing scandal if I “poison” my Facebook data in order to protect myself from them? I just read an article how it is better to run a script to make your … Read More
Of “schism” and the abolition of the USCCB
A couple of reading assignments for this morning. Check out Ross Douthat on the Left’s “schism” hysteria. HERE Also, at Crisis there is a piece which suggests the abolition of the USCCB. HERE This passage summed up a lot of what … Read More
Jesuit-run Amerika aims at Francis’ “detractors”. Incoherence ensues.
Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine trotted out a piece by a Barcelona-based Jesuit professor of theology which claims to explain why certain, primarily northern, theologians reject Pope Francis’ theology. The article intentionally misconstrues what it is about Francis’ teaching that seriously alarms more … Read More
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