About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I noticed quite a few new faces at our 8 am Diocesan Latin Mass Parish. Fr talked about Increase in…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I am one who has been blessed to have a Diocesan Traditional Community with normal Mass times for the past…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “The Gospel passage as Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph comes to mind, Luke 19:40, “…He said: ‘I say to you,…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 14th Ordinary) 2026: “NO Mass. Father’s homily focused on yesterday’s 250th anniversary of Independence Day. He said that gaining freedom from the king…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Thanks for the response. I think I understand your nuance, but I don’t really thing it amounts to much…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I wonder how this will turn out because as I was listening to a sermon from SSPX Asia this morning,…”
- on IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.: “To echo other commenters, yes, the ugly part is that the perception of the judgment’s effect will overwhelm any of…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: The future and our choices
What’s Pres. Obama promoting now?
The First Gay President, as Newsweek dubbed him, once promoted infanticide. What’s he promoting now? Obama encourages Boy Scouts of America to end ban on gays WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday encouraged the Boy Scouts of America to … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The future and our choices
Tagged Boy Scouts, homosexuality, pedophilia, The First Gay President
76 Comments
76 Comments
Archbp. Müller, Prefect of the CDF, anti-Catholicism in USA, time running out for SSPX
From Vatican Insider comes this. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has launched a biting attack of [on?] the mood toward the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Europe, comparing it … Read More
White House “takes out the trash” in its fake HHS Mandate tweaks
On the TV series The West Wing you learn about “taking out the trash”. That is, the White House releases what might be potentially problematic news on a Friday, so that things can calm down over the weekend and other stories … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, anti-catholicism, anti-Christian, HHS mandate, Kathleen Sebelius, Obamacare, Obamatax, Pres. Obama, religious freedom, religious liberty
22 Comments
22 Comments
Waiting for the hat to drop: Card. Mahony relieved of duties in Los Angeles.
The Archbishop of Los Angeles, Most Rev. José H. Gomez, has said “Effective immediately, I have informed Cardinal Mahony that he will no longer have any administrative or public duties.” See the pdf of the letter HERE. What this means … Read More
WI Sheriff urges people to arm themselves, get training, because of cuts to law enforcement.
There is a phrase which is becoming more popular: I carry a gun – because a cop is too heavy. Here is a story from Milwaukee which a friend forwarded. Keep in mind that Milwaukee is not exactly a bastion … Read More
“Zero Question” – NCReporter’s use of “Catholic” in title is canonically illicit.
“Finn was too kind to them.” That is Prof. Ed Peters, canonist over at his fine blog, In The Light Of The Law. Peters has written about the Bp. Robert Finn’s column about the National catholic Fishwrap… Reporter. Bp. Finn, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Brick by Brick, Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Finn, can. 216, can. 300, D. Kansas City-St. Joseph, Ed Peters, Fishwrap, National Catholic Reporter
26 Comments
26 Comments
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo – excommunication? Can. 915?
Prof. Ed Peters, canonist (whom I still think is wrong about a question concerning Mass obligations – but I digress), has posted something instructive about catholic politicians who truly need some medicinal help from Holy Mother Church. We enter in … Read More
Lutheran Ordinariate coming?
Vatican Insider has something today about some Lutherans who are getting nervous about the Holy Father establishing an Ordinariate for Lutherans, along the lines of that which he established for Anglicans. “A Lutheran ordinariate? That’s a bad sign” An ordinariate … Read More
How’s the preaching where you are?
I was informed that recently His Eminence Daniel Card. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston delivered the annual Carl J. Peter Lecture at the Pontifical North American College. His topic: “Preaching With The Fathers Of The Church”. This, of course, is of great … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged Card. DiNardo, Fathers of the Church, homiletics, Patristic Institute "Augustinianum", Patristics, preaching, sermons
115 Comments
115 Comments
Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?
Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French). Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen, Switzerland. The letter is signed by the PCED’s Vice-President Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Magisterium of Nuns, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Archbp. DiNoia, PCED, Pontifex, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
40 Comments
40 Comments
Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
