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- Geoffrey on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “I dare say “to live the communion” of the Church would definitely include not consecrating bishops in direct violation of…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “When the SSPX first announced they were only allowing five months to work things out with Rome before pulling the…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1646: We have to move on.: “The polished stones on your Mom’s Stuff Page reminded me of Rev 21:19-20, And the foundations of the wall of…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “@James C and WVC: I would more or less align myself with the view given here: https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-sspx-consecrations-separatism-is.html?m=1 I also disagree…”
- on Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”: “Meanwhile I’m watching a video on YouTube posted two days ago by a Detroit news station about the Archdiocese’s restructuring…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “@R2D (and maybe others) – the way you put it is as if “obedience” is *the* principal virtue. What about…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “The Vatican is dealing with the SSPX and the Germans in pretty much the same way. Letters, warnings… patience and…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “In My life I have seen some Good Bishops consecrated. I have also seen some consecrated Bishops and wondered what…”
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Category Archives: The Last Acceptable Prejudice
A Catholic casualty in Pres. Obama’s war on the First Amendment: Franciscan University in Steubenville
Pres. Obama – whom Newsweek calls “The First Gay President” – and his administration are actively undermining not only our societal mores, but also our First Amendment rights. His administration’s HHS mandate is an attack on religious liberty, for it … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Franciscan University, Give Back That Pen, HHS mandate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Sr. Keehan, Steubenville, The First Gay President
26 Comments
26 Comments
Michael Novak on “A Different Priestly Scandal”
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From the site of Michael Novak: A Different Priestly Scandal By Michael Novak — Sunday, 13 May 2012 Burning injustices rest on our consciences, and will continue to burn us until we correct them. … Read More
The most recent rubbish from the WaPo’s E.J. Dionne. Fr. Z responds.
From WaPo: I’m not quitting the church By E.J. Dionne Jr. Published: May 13 [Mother’s Day] Recently, a group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) [Coincidentally based in ultra-liberal Madison, WI, where the great Bp. Morlino has been placed … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, Emanations from Penumbras, Magisterium of Nuns, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged E.J. Dionne, LCWR, magisterium of nuns, Notre Dame, Rhetoric, WaPo
40 Comments
40 Comments
ABNORMAL: the new “normal”
From the Catholic League: THE NEW ABNORMAL May 10, 2012 Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: The new normal is yesterday’s abnormal: what was seen as bizarre, if not literally crazy, is now seen as normal. The converse … Read More
During their convention Dems will call for same-sex “marriage”
On the site of The Hill we read that during the upcoming Democrat convention, in which they will re-nominate the Evolver-in-Chief, the dems will try to insert a plank in the platform, probably the lower part of the platform, calling for … Read More
ACTION ITEM! A TWITTER PROJECT REQUEST from Fr. Z
Catholics need to learn better how to use the new media, new tools of social communication, and social networking. (On that score, I renew my appeal that you please use early and often the sharing buttons on these entries. Thanks!) … Read More
The Catholic League about Hell’s Bible and WaPo deceptions
From the Catholic League: COVER-UP AT NYT AND WASH POST May 7, 2012 Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on editorials that appear today in the New York Times and Washington Post: Both of these newspapers misstate the facts, fail … Read More
Pres. Obama’s problematic proclamation for National Day of Prayer (3 May)
In the wake of Pres. Obama’s direct attacks on the 1st Amendment both in its religious liberty clause and freedom of speech clause, in the wake of the Pres. Obama’s bungling of the Chen Guangcheng Affair, I read this on CNA: … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, Employment Division v. Smith, freedom of speech, freedom of worship, HHS, National Day of Prayer, Pres. Obama, SCOTUS, Sherbert v. Verner, Supreme Court
17 Comments
17 Comments
Mike Malloy (liberal radio talk-show host) calls Pope “Nazi scum” and all Catholics “child-raping sons of bitches”
Here is something I saw on CMR: Lib Radio Host: “Scum, Nazi Pope.” Remember when everyone in the media lit their torches and sharpened their pitchforks for Rush Limbaugh for calling a woman who wanted the Catholic Church to pay … Read More
Posted in The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged anti-catholic, bigot, Mike Malloy
47 Comments
47 Comments
Sally Quinn of WaPo: a lesson in getting it wrong.
Sally Quinn of WaPo offers her stunningly shallow take on the reforming efforts by the Holy See and USCCB now being applied to the LCWR (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns). Aside from the risible claims Quinn makes, I found … Read More
Geoffrey on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “I dare say “to live the communion” of the Church would definitely include not consecrating bishops in direct violation of…”
