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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- hvratstpls2 on PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 54: Low Sunday – “scandal, hypocrisy, bland liturgies, false teaching, broken families, sin and sinners everywhere.”: “Fr. Z – Thank you for the “chirping” and spiritual encouragement to leave the nest and soar on as on…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 17: Easter Friday: “Isn’t it checkmate in one move? Qd8#. I don’t see any moves that remove the black King from checkmate.”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “The Great Roman once again reading Er Belli, another gem! Thank you for these exquisite 46 seconds.”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “Yeah, but they could have done something to jazz up the truck. Black streamers, even. Some bunting along the sides…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 19: Low Sunday – with a grand digression: “I loved that Inspector Morse series! The Brits know how to make really excellent detective stories. Same for Endeavor, etc.…”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “I think it was the usual “Popemobile” but with stuff removed. The license was SCV 1.”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “I was surprised to see this – a wooden box stuck in the back of a white pickup. For the…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “Cardinal Burke has a Novena prayer for the conclave which may be found at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine…”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “Satire, Socratic irony, rhetorical musings — written by Charles Haddon Spurgeon; though not Catholic, a contemporary of Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 17: Easter Friday: “yeaeeaaah, that is NOT a Fiorentina. The only proper one I’ve ever eaten was in … well … Florence, as…”
- on Closing Francis’ coffin – What did they put in there with him?: “I was going to write what Maelwys’ wrote. The self-referential line made me laugh out loud when I read it.…”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “I didn’t catch any of the jokes, but I loved the Great Roman’s voice! I could hear the drumroll.”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: ““A pope dies, ya’ make another.” Simple man, simple life, no better way to go to the grave than on…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “donato2 – you took the words out of my mouth. I was just thinking: how quiet and peaceful it all…”
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Category Archives: Vatican II
Not an April Fool’s joke from the Fishwrap
I was alerted to a manipulative piece at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) with a massively ironic headline and intro. The Institute of Christ the King took over a parish in Cleveland that has Hungarian roots. Of course they started … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù, Turn Towards The Lord, Vatican II
Tagged altar, D. Cleveland
33 Comments
33 Comments
An eerie 1968 NBC documentary VIDEO: “The New American Catholic”. Fr. Z comments and reminisces about many things.
I spotted a video on Twitter/X. But first… let me help you get into the mood. Now that that’s in your head…. The video I spotted is a 1968 documentary from NBC “The New American Catholic”. The Masses you see … Read More
Two things: Part 3 of Bp. Huonder’s VIDEO and what Francis said to Jesuits in Hungary.
Two things. First, Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder has released the third in a series of videos about the undeniable crisis in the Church. It is in German with subtitles. Put down or put aside other things. Click. Fold your hands and watch this … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II
Tagged Bp. Vitus Huonder
16 Comments
16 Comments
11 Oct 1962 – the opening of Vatican II and John XXIII’s speech
11 October 1962 saw the opening of the Second Vatican Council. John XXIII, brushing off the reservations of advisors and those whom he consulted, determined to have that Council (but who refused to reveal of Secret of Fatima at Our … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Vatican II
Tagged Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, John XXIII, Vatican II
11 Comments
11 Comments
“Restorers”! “Against the Council”! “MAKE IT take root”! What are they really saying?
It strikes me that relative newcomer around the Holy See Press sector, listed as CNA‘s “senior Rome correspondent” – which as I get older strikes me as amusing – Hannah Brockhaus should rethink her priorities. Francis had an audience with … Read More
Posted in Francis, Just Too Cool, Liberals, New catholic Red Guards, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II
Tagged Francis, Jesuits, Vatican II
26 Comments
26 Comments
Roche Clips 01: “It’s not uncommon for newly-ordained priests coming out of seminaries in the Western world to almost immediately start celebrating the Tridentine Mass.”
RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) has an piece by – what could go wrong with this? – a papalatrous ensign of the New catholic Red Guards (aka Lambchop – biretta tip Eccles o{]:¬) ) sort of with … Read More
Today’s day thought experiment: The Oregon Trail
A friend sent this: I never played Oregon Trail, but I watched enough Westerns and studied enough history that I get the gist. Today’s day thought experiment: The wagon train is headed west. After crossing the Mississippi, things seem … Read More
Wherein a priest alumnus of the North American College responds. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From an alumnus of the North American College (US seminary in Rome) … edited so that the style of writing can’t be traced to any one priest by those who might recognize it. As a NAC grad, I read your … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Cri de Coeur, Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, Priests and Priesthood, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Seminarians and Seminaries, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Traditionis custodes, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
19 Comments
19 Comments
NEW BOOK from Martin Mosebach – Subversive Catholicism: Papacy, Liturgy, Church
German-born Martin Mosebach in an award-winning author who has penned works in many genres, novels, poems, and even opera libretti. He is an eloquent defender of our Catholic traditions and patrimony. If you haven’t yet read his exquisite The Heresy of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Martin Mosebach
6 Comments
6 Comments
A good article that explores what REAL clericalism is. UPDATED
UPDATE 10 May 2019: Fr. Longenecker has a post about different layers of clericalism. It is well written and has a good insight that builds on what I wrote, below. Go over there to get the full line of his … Read More
Posted in The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Card. Heenan, clericalism, Evelyn Waugh, Vatican II
12 Comments
12 Comments
Interesting observation by @CCPecknold about laicization of McCarrick
Rumor has is that ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick – disgraced – may very soon be “laicized”, that is, stripped of the clerical state. Prof. Chad Pecknold of CUA has a piece today in the NY Post. He has some interesting posts: … Read More
25 January 1959 – 60th anniversary of the calling of Vatican II
On 25 January 1959, just under 3 months after his election to the See of Peter, John XXIII, at St. Paul’s outside-the-walls, stunned his listeners and the rest of the world. 60 years ago he announced the summoning of an Ecumenical … Read More
Truly pathetic musings at the Fishwrap about priesthood and those halcyon days of Vatican II
The Fishwrap sure lived up to its name this time. Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) has gushy piece about a reunion of old men who were seminarians of class 1966 at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. The arrived in Rome in … Read More
Fascinating and sad: transcript of 1976 meeting of Paul VI and SSPX Archbp. Lefebvre
UPDATE The late, great Michael Davies (God rest his soul) published in his Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre (Vol. 1 Ch. 14 – US HERE – UK HERE) Lefebvre’s own account of that same meeting with Paul VI on 11 Sept 1976. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can absolution be granted when no purpose of amendment exists?
Under another entry here a commentator asked: Can absolution be granted where no purpose of amendment exists? If granted, with no purpose of amendment, does it even ‘take’? No. And No. In normal circumstances, when there isn’t danger or some … Read More
It is as if the Church simply caved in before the world and its Prince.
Around the time of the Second Vatican Council some of our sound practices were simply dropped, as if they were no longer needed. For example, the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass which included the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. … Read More
hvratstpls2 on PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 54: Low Sunday – “scandal, hypocrisy, bland liturgies, false teaching, broken families, sin and sinners everywhere.”: “Fr. Z – Thank you for the “chirping” and spiritual encouragement to leave the nest and soar on as on…”
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