Category Archives: The future and our choices

ACTION ITEM! Obama Admin may court-martial those who share Christian Faith… including chaplains!

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a link to a petition, below and HERE. Summon to your minds what Pres. Obama has done over the last few years to undermine religious liberty. Consider what he has done concerning the military. Remember how the Army … Read More →

Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged anti-Christian, Archd. Military Services, Breitbart, military, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Pres. Obama
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What homosexual “marriage” advocates are really after

Posted on 30 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This was sent by an alert reader. From the site of the Illinois Family Institute earlier in April comes this. Homosexual Activist Admits True Purpose of Battle is to Destroy Marriage Written By Micah Clark | 04.06.13 Even knowing that … Read More →

Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged homosexual activists, homosexuals, marriage, same-sex marriage
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The effects of secularism at the Marathon’s finish line

Posted on 27 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This morning the parish priest where I am staying in Cambridge pointed out a piece in the Boston Globe (Friday 26 April). At the finish line of the Boston Marathon, clergy were not allowed to reach the victims of the … Read More →

Posted in Four Last Things, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The future and our choices | Tagged A subitanea et improvisa morte, Boston, emergency
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The attack is underway in Columbus

Posted on 25 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Have you been following the controversy in Columbus? Your readers should stand up to support Bp. Campbell. Friends, this is going to happen more and more often. We are going to see myriad harassment cases in the courts, relentlessly attacking … Read More →

Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Bp. Campbell, D. Columbus, homosexual activists, Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, religious liberty, same-sex marriage, same-sex unions
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Fr. Scalon on the unfinished business of Vatican II

Posted on 23 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Homiletic and Pastoral Review there is a good article by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap. Let’s see the first part, with my emphases: Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the Church in the United States is … Read More →

Posted in Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, Vatican II | Tagged Card. Bernardin, Common Ground, dissent, Fr. Regis Scanlon, Humanae vitae, LCWR, LG 25, liberals, SSPX, Vatican II
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Archbp. Nienstedt on anti-bullying bill, linked to same-sex “marriage”

Posted on 22 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Archbishop Nienstedt of St. Paul & Minneapolis stands up again! Catholic Church ramps up opposition to Minnesota anti-bullying bill By Beth Hawkins The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has come out strongly against proposed anti-bullying legislation, linking it to … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Dogs and Fleas, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Archbp. Nienstedt, Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, bullies, bullying, creeping incrementalism, homosexual activists, homosexuality, Jason Adkins, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, parenting, same-sex marriage, schools
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MSM attacks Archbishop Vigneron with the help of liberal Catholic collaborators

Posted on 18 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some days ago Archbp. Alan Vigneron of Detroit stirred the anthill (which is what bishops are supposed to do when it comes to faith and morals). He reaffirmed that Catholics who actively, publicly promote unnatural, same-sex “marriage” are acting in … Read More →

Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Archbp. Vigneron, Archd. Detroit, can. 915, catholic quislings, CNN, collaborators, Detroit Free Press, Ed Peters, Esquire, Fr. Reese, Slate
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Pope Francis slaps down those who resist the Holy Spirit

Posted on 16 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Francis has been saying Mass semi-publicly in the chapel of the Casa S. Marta, where he has been living. He has been giving a “fervorino” at Mass, that is, a brief, usually off the cuff, sermon. So far, there … Read More →

Posted in Benedict XVI, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Throwing a Nutty, Vatican II, What are they REALLY saying? | Tagged Benedict XVI, continuity, hermeneutic of continuity, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, SSPX
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Francis, the G8, and reform of the Roman Curia – some musings

Posted on 13 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over here I posted about the new G8 that Pope Francis will call together in October. They are supposedly to help with alterations to the constitution called Pastor bonus, that governs the Roman Curia. We all agree that reform of … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged cardinals, G8, Pastor bonus, reform, reform of the Curia, Roman Curia, The Group
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ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I want about 15 minutes of your time. If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention. Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 … Read More →