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- Venerator Sti Lot on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “My church- and liturgy-history readings are unsystematic and the opposite of rigorous to put it mildly, but how is the…”
- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “A wonderful and dearly departed Priest was given the faculties to Confirm when he was a Military Chaplain. Those Faculties…”
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Category Archives: The future and our choices
China and the “one child policy”
A friend sent this for everyone’s attention from Reuters via NYT: July 24, 2009Shanghai Promoting 2-Child FamiliesBy REUTERS Filed at 4:52 a.m. ET BEIJING, July 24 (Reuters) – Shanghai is urging eligible couples to have two children as worries about … Read More
Abortion clinic taunts Catholic demonstrators
Soooo…. Now what do you think about my post The Problem With Toning Down the Rhetoric – And Why We Probably Won’t Do It ? A biretta tip o{]:¬/ to the young papist…. who got something from Lifesite. My … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, Lifesite, Rockford
28 Comments
28 Comments
The Problem With Toning Down the Rhetoric – And Why We Probably Won’t Do It
The Problem With Toning Down the Rhetoric – And Why We Probably Won’t Do It Some of my Catholic friends have been urging me and others on the Catholic right to tone down the rhetoric when it comes to discussing … Read More
Posted in Caption Call, Classic Posts, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, civil rights, desegretation, Fr. Jenkins, Notre Dame, Pres. Obama, Rhetoric, segregation, Selma
168 Comments
168 Comments
Reminder: The future and our choices
The future and our choices
Archbp. John Caroll’s Prayer for Government
The following prayer was composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791. He was the first bishop appointed for the United States in 1789 by Pope Pius VI. He was made the first archbishop when his see of Baltimore … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, The future and our choices
Tagged Archbp. John Caroll
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“What was missing was the crunching of popcorn and peanuts in the pews.”
From a reader: I’m sure this has been discussed to death (as has holding hands during the Our Father, whether it should be done or not, etc) but I was wondering about reverence for the Mass. Or even reverence before, … Read More
CathHerald UK: Bishop says disobedience is harming the Church
From The Catholic Herald, the best weekly in the UK, comes this from the keyboard of the charming and persistent Anna Arco with my emphases and comments. Bishop: disobedience is harming the ChurchBy Anna Arco Bishops who have deep theological … Read More
Response to America Magazine’s Editorial “Community of Disciples” (22 June 2009)
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 18 JUNE They are at it again with the same old tricks. They are losing on the issues, so they try to silence people by saying that they aren’t being civil or reasonable or tolerant. The editor … Read More
Venezuela Interior Minister attacks bishops conference
From CNA: Venezuelan minister attacks bishops for their report to the Pope Caracas, Venezuela, Jun 11, 2009 / 02:50 pm (CNA).- Responding to the address by Archbishop Ubaldo Santana to Pope Benedict XVI during the Venezuelan bishops’’ recent ad limina … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “My church- and liturgy-history readings are unsystematic and the opposite of rigorous to put it mildly, but how is the…”
