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Category Archives: The Drill
Quotes from Justice Thomas’ dissent in WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH v. HELLERSTEDT
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented today. In his dissent to the SCOTUS majority opinion in WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH v. HELLERSTEDT Thomas wrote about the false principles they are using, and have been using. Here are a few excerpts from his 16 … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged abortion, Justice Thomas, SCOTUS
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15 Comments
BREXIT!
____ I’m watching the results of BREXIT. So far London is still not counted, but right now it is looking like OUT will win. The Pound is getting slammed. Today it started at $1.50. Whew… The bookies are now saying 94% … Read More
A Plea: Stop misusing “tragedy”
A bad thing happens. Then journalists, politicians, Church figures, etc., moan about how “tragic” the “tragedy” was. The problem is that 99% of the “tragedies” they bemoan, aren’t tragic or tragedies. It drives me nuts. From First Things editor R.Reno, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Religion of Peace
Tagged tragedy
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21 Comments
Pope Francis v. Pope Francis about indissolubility and marriage
So Pope Francis in unofficial off-the-cuff remarks says that the majority of marriages are invalid because people don’t get what marriage is. Those off-the-cuff remarks were quickly amended and are now the official off-the-cuff remarks, whatever that means. I was … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, Pope Francis, Roman Rota
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29 Comments
Lawler on Papal Off-the-cuff Remarks. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Phil Lawler has some observations about what the Pope said the other day in his off-the-cuff remarks about marriage… and it seems also about priests. From Catholic Culture: The damage done (again) by the Pope’s statements on marriage During an address … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", HONORED GUESTS, The Drill
Tagged off the cuff remarks
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56 Comments
Pope Francis’ latest remarks on the majority of marriages being invalid
His Holiness the Pope does like an opportunity to talk, and he readily offers off-the-cuff remarks which, while at times interesting and entertaining and sometimes insightful or helpful – or not – are not moments when he is teaching for … Read More
Our leadership: autocrats and authoritarians
This applies to priests as well. From LifeSite: Why some bishops behave the way they do June 14, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Why can’t 40 Days for Life in my home town get any support from our local bishop? Why does … Read More
There are times when irony isn’t funny. This is one of them.
There are times when irony isn’t funny. This is one of them. I read this at FNC: Orlando gunman made multiple visits to nightclub he attacked, reports say Omar Mateen made multiple visits to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub in the weeks … Read More
About Latin and how hard Mass ought to be.
At Crisis there is an entry by Anne Maloney, a Philosophy prof at – or all places – the College of St. Catherine in St Paul, Minnesota. Let’s just say that Saint Kate’s has been really weird for a really long time, … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Latin, timor mortis
41 Comments
41 Comments
Perhaps this is the hour for ‘true prophets’? More on Amoris!
My heart rate increased a bit when I read the following… I am aware that “Amoris Laetitia”, as an apostolic exhortation, does not come under any rubric of infallibility. Still it is a document of the papal ordinary magisterium, and … Read More
