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- R2D on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “@WVC: the SSPX bishops and priests are clerics who by their office have a duty of obedience to the Roman…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1654: facade: “I hope Fr. V isn’t holding his breath. We all know that no such measures will be taken with anyone…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “so…for category 3&4…do they actually fulfill their Sunday obligation then? a bit curious since the whole of SSPX been excommunicated…”
- on The Bishop of Salt Lake City reduces priests celebrating the TLM, despite conversions of Mormons: “I know many, especially amongst the anti-SSPX traditionalist crowd, are crowing that Summorum Pontificum 2.0 is just around the corner…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “Monstrance, is it? Lefebvre believed the Novus ordo was valid. As far as I know, the SSPX officially recognizes this.…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “For a matter of such gravity I think I need to see the original Latin document before I can express…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “I can’t even pretend to understand all the facets of this dispute, but there are other tragedies for us little…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “The DDF is imposing a frog march. The SSPX will wait it out, hoping for better days under a future…”
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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Challenge public homosexual nudity? You’re a “homophobic a**hole”, you “outrageous bigot”, you!
Homosexualists work incessantly in every sphere of life to desensitize people, especially the young, to their own particular proclivities. So, when a school trustee suggested that it was wrong for homosexualists to parade about nude – literally parade – he … Read More
Pope Francis’ remarks about Extraordinary Form and people who want it
Pope Francis allegedly made some negative comments about the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and those who desire it. My comments, below. From Creative Minority Report: Pope Francis has made what can only be called disparaging comments about the … Read More
Girl Scouts threaten LifeNews which reported connection to Planned Parenthood
On the face of it, being threatened by Girl Scouts does sound like much. But, think it through: they can be mean! This makes you want to toss your cookies, from LifeNews: Girl Scouts USA Threatens LifeNews After Reporting Its … Read More
VIDEO: Iowa Democrats Praying For Abortion Care
The other day a member of the Iowa Democrat Party (aka The Party of Death or TPOD hereafter) said that having a colicky baby (a baby that cries a lot) is a justification for abortion. Now I see this, also … Read More
UN officials mock Holy See for pro-life stand
From C-FAM: UN Official Mocks the Holy See at Abortion Conference in Philippines NEW YORK, February 14 (C-FAM) Senior UN officials disparaged the Holy See and dismissed nations as subordinate to UN bureaucrats at a controversial conference in the Philippines. … Read More
Ohio National Guard trains for 2nd Amendment terrorists
From Media Trackers: Ohio National Guard Training Envisions Right-Wing Terrorism Documents from an Ohio National Guard (ONG) training drill conducted last January reveal the details of a mock disaster where Second Amendment supporters with “anti-government” opinions were portrayed as domestic … Read More
Facebook: 58 new “gender” choices. Blech.
This would be funny, if it weren’t so bizarre, twisted and sick. From ABC: Here’s a List of 58 Gender Options for Facebook Users Facebook introduced dozens of options for users to identify their gender today – and although the … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, You must be joking!
Tagged gender, Númenor
117 Comments
117 Comments
Harvesting Conciliar “fruits”: half of adults polled think Harry Potter and Hunger Games could be Biblical
It often seems that, these days, the odds are never in our favor. I take time out from my furious conference preparation (on art coming up in Detroit) to present something that only confirms the great fruits of Vatican II and the … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, You must be joking!
Tagged Catholic education, dissent, fruits of Vatican II, Gregory Baum, Harry Potter, Jesuits, Thomas Groome, Vagina Monologues, Vatican II
61 Comments
61 Comments
Have the civil rights of any group (besides the unborn) been trampled by U.S. courts more than Catholic priests?
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is being torn limb from limb by the hyper-liberal MSM in the Twin Cities. There are some clerical abuse cases in the spotlight right now. It is a kind of perfect hideous storm. … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Goat Rodeos, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Religion of Peace, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged anti-catholicism, Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, clerical sexual abuse
31 Comments
31 Comments
Bp. DiMarzio: Obama proposes what is “shameful and criminal in the eyes of Almighty God”
Fr. Z kudos to Brooklyn’s bishop Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio. It is dated, but it is good, and still relevant. With a biretta tip Pewsitter and to Veneremur Cernui I saw this at CNSNews: Catholic Bishop: Obama Is ‘Proponent’ of … Read More
R2D on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “@WVC: the SSPX bishops and priests are clerics who by their office have a duty of obedience to the Roman…”
