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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Archbp. Chaput: “Catholics cannot have alternate views on abortion”
It seems to me that His Excellency Most Rev. Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is probably the heavy-hitter of the US episcopal conference right now. CNA has this: Archbishop Chaput: Be Catholic before you are Democrat or Republican By Carl Bunderson … Read More
UPDATED: Bp. Sample’s (D. Marquette) sermon for Call To Holiness Conference
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! UPDATE: I added a lower resolution version of the video. It should be easier to download. UPDATE: I added an AUDIO ONLY version of the video. See the players below. ORIGINAL POST 15 October … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, What Fr. Z is up to, Year of Faith
Tagged Assumption Grotto, Bp. Sample, Call To Holiness, D. Marquette
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10 Comments
SPAIN: Youths attack Catholic school, threaten to burn priests alive
Have you seen this? From CNA: Madrid, Spain, Oct 19, 2012 / 10:40 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of young people shouting, “Where are the priests? We’re going to burn them at the stake,” attacked the Mary Help of Christians … Read More
GUEST POST: Follow-up about starting up a TLM in a parish
From a reader, as a follow up to my post Brick by Brick: How to get a TLM on the schedule at your parish, a reader sent the following: You kindly posted a blog on September 13th about my parish priest … Read More
Card. Burke’s Election Year Prayer For The Faithful Witness of Catholics in the USA
Card. Burke wrote a prayer which the Catholic Vote folks have posted: AN ELECTION YEAR PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL WITNESS OF CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES By His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the … Read More
Another thing about the Holy Father’s Mass on Sunday (hint: not about the Fanon!)
I just watched the on-demand video of the Holy Father’s Mass on Sunday with the canonization of seven new saints. This is the Mass for which the Holy Father wore the fanon. See my comments about the fanon and … Read More
Pres. Obama has promoted abortion 241 times. Do you want him to choose two more Supreme Court Justices?
If re-elected, Pres. Obama would probably get to nominate two more Supreme Court Justices. Think about that. No vote at all is a “yes” vote for Obama. Now read this from Life News: President Obama’s Abortion Record: Promoting Abortion 241 Times … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, November 2012, Pres. Obama, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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111 Comments
Quislings for Obama
Phil Lawler at CWN picked this up: On the web site of Catholics for Obama [Quislings for Obama] right above the story blasting critics of the Plan B contraceptive—you’ll find a photo of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, roaring with laughter, with a smiling … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Liberals, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, Catholics for Obama, HHS mandate, liberals, quislings
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13 Comments
FANON! Wherein Fr. Z rants, opines, predicts.
I did everyone a big favor today. This morning I decided to leave the computer off and simply say my Office, say Mass, have some breakfast without concerning myself with any news or voicemail or email. Whenever I do this, … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, My Favorite Posts, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Year of Faith
Tagged Benedict XVI, canonization, fanon, justice, propaedeutic, religion, signa et res, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Synod of Bishops
63 Comments
63 Comments
UN election monitors at US polling places?
If this is true, and not some urban legend, I shall be very cross. This sounds also like a foreign policy matter that could be a topic of discussion at the presidential debate. Did the White House get the UN … Read More
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