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- george on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@hayden I have the feeling that you are fine demanding obedience when it’s to something you either prefer or don’t…”
- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “Really? That’s all you see? I have no particular brief for the SSPX, but I can not understand why so…”
- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@haydn seeker Wow. Glad to know charity is no longer the highest of the virtues. Actually, it seems to no…”
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- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “It’s beautiful, but without obedience it turns to ash in my mouth. All I see is ego, superbia and pride.…”
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Category Archives: The Drill
Pope reacts to Viganò and #ViganòTestimony 3.0
Okay, that meant Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington DC. He writes about the third Viganò Testimony HERE. A sample: As I finished reading Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s third letter, I had an immediate sense that I had … Read More
#ViganoTestimony 3.0! Powerful response to accusations, points to crisis of homosexuality #sodoclericalism
Huge. Archbp. Carlo Maria Viganò has issued a third Testimony. It is a neutron bomb. First, at CNA we read that the present “Sostituo”, the 2nd in command in the Secretariat of State for matter within the Church, Archbishop Edgar Peña … Read More
WHAT IS THAT? Francis wearing rainbow colored Cross.
Would someone please explain this to me? Is this photoshopped? I don’t get it. The fellow who sent it to me, who is from Latin America, wrote: “They’re saying the colors represent regions of Latin America, but being from there, … Read More
Archbp. Chaput interviewed by The Pill – #sodoclericalism
The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill aka RU-486) interviewed Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia. At present, the Archbishop is involved in the Synod (“walking together”) on Youth in Rome. He has some pointed comments about what faith both is and isn’t. … Read More
Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven, Synod, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, sodoclericalism, Synod
5 Comments
5 Comments
ASK FATHER: ” I feel that my Faith is just being torn apart”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Given with the view of the Holy Father regarding Mary thru this remarks, how should we read between the lines in this statement of the Holy Father? I’m confused. Yet I am more terrified of what’s … Read More
Francis accepted Card. Wuerl’s two year old resignation, wrote him a Letter
Today at last Francis accepted the heavily embroiled Card. Wuerl’s resignation. Card. Wuerl turned 75 over two years ago. As the law requires he was to submit his resignation. It was not accepted at the time. Wuerl submitted another … Read More
Is watered-down faith of #Synod2018 “worth dying for when the man with the machete shows up at your door?”
Once upon a time I remarked to The Great Roman, raising his children in this increasingly dreadful time, that lay people like him each day face problems that would make most clerics curl up in a ball in the corner … Read More
The Negative Power of Silence
Perhaps you have the same reaction that I have. One of the things that provokes in me the worst sort of anxiety is being told that something is up, but not being told what it is. For example, you are … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged dante, Divine Comedy, Ugolino
13 Comments
13 Comments
“The roll was called, and it sounded like the gates of hell opened up.”
From PJMedia comes this insightful comment on the Left: Kavanaugh Foes Fill Senate Gallery With Sounds of the Insane I’ll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your antic round. – MacBeth I was in the Senate … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Self-absorbed Promethean Neopelagians, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Brett Kavanaugh, SCOTUS
21 Comments
21 Comments
Card. Ouellet’s Letter to Archbp. Viganò about the #ViganoTestimony
The Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops wrote an Open Letter to Archbp. Viganò, once the Nuncio to these USA. As you know, Archbp. Viganò released a “Testimony“. Then he went into hiding, for good reason. In the sequel to the … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archb. Viganò, Card. Ouellet, The Viganò Testimony
55 Comments
55 Comments
george on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@hayden I have the feeling that you are fine demanding obedience when it’s to something you either prefer or don’t…”
