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“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
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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- ex seaxe on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Yes. Let all the poisons come out! After seeing it on TV many years ago and reading the two volumes,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Perhaps world events are making some nervous international travelers. Personally, I would have loved to go to Poland on a…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The bit about Claudius thinking that a return to the republic was likely or even possible may take its inspiration…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Pray for Derek Jacobi! Such a talented actor, but sadly, an irregular life.”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “I was wrong. It’s not a Cramnerian table. It’s a……. Ikea coffee table made to resemble a half Easter egg,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The BBC “radio play” of I,Claudius is also rather good. https://share.libbyapp.com/title/505092”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “To MB: THE BEST TIME was a long time ago before Paul VI and Bergoglio and their hand-chosen sycophants decided…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “I don’t know where MB lives, but it’s objectively false to assert that the FSSP “now have a virtual monopoly…”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “Looking at the pictures, one can be grateful that the artist at least didn’t use this as an opportunity to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “@MB “When a man feels like he has something no one else can give, something essential, and no one to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “There was a time when if you wanted to know the miracles of the Church, the great teachings, the stories…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Out of my wife and my siblings & spouses, half are not RC anymore but are probably still on the…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 24: Fave and vongole with The Great Roman™: “1. Bxf7+ Kxf7 2. Qd5+ and black is toast no matter what 2. … Ke8 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Qxg6#…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear ex seaxe, While it may have been falling off worldwide (I haven’t plotted the data), the fall-off of priests…”
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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Emesis basin… Sickness bag… whatever you prefer. Just get something. VIDEO
Sorry about this, but it has to be distributed widely. The fact that @CardinalBCupich & the Archdiocese of Chicago have severely restricted the traditional Latin Mass because it is a threat to "Church unity," yet allows this "Mass" to take … Read More →
Posted in What are they REALLY saying?, You must be joking!
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Tagged Archd. Chicago, Cupich, Fr. Michael Pfleger
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Coming up at Notre Shame…
Remembering always that the Traditional Latin Mass needs to be snuffed at Catholic schools like Steubenville, here’s what’s going on at Notre Shame. From Breitbart: The University of Notre Dame’s gender studies program is hosting a talk with the author … Read More →
Jesuit at Fishwrap: “Jesus was wrong.”
At Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) we read the insights of Jesuit Thomas Reese, disgraced former editor of Amerika, who wins our Oaf For A Day Award. HERE Jesus continues his commentary by commenting on the commandment, “You shall love your … Read More →
Embarrassing attempt at bullying in Atlanta
A note to the priests and people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where someone in the chancery is trying to bully you into submission. Someone whom I gather is the “priest secretary” to the Archbishop of Atlanta, and who is … Read More →
A zwischenzug
I’ve been reading something co-written by scholars whom I have hitherto respected. These are not “libs”. These are not Fishwrap types. They are sound scholars. What they signed is over-the-top ideological cant about the Novus Ordo and its Spirit-inspired glories, with a strong polemical … Read More →
ACTION ITEM! I printed a copy of de Souza’s commentary to a PDF and saved it.
I try not to pay too much attention to Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine. It occasionally intrudes. Even less to I want thoughts of or by Austen Ivereigh. I am therefore grateful to my friend Fr. Raymond J. de Souza who, writing … Read More →
Manifestations of total madness (aka Motus in fine velocior)
Signs of the times… First, Archbp. Vincenzo Paglia – head of the Pontifical Academy for Life – did an interview for RU-486‘s (aka The Tablet) with the writer most suited for that sort of intercourse. You will recall that when … Read More →
Wherein Mr. Cricket goes to the Zoo
Forgive typos… I am writing under time constraint and pressures. Biretta tip to Peter Kwasniewski – o{]:¬) – for the following from Mr Cricket, Andrea Grillo, whose photo on his blog looks like – and it is exactly what he is … Read More →
Atheist, pro-abortion big-government advocate appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life
UPDATE: 21 Oct 22: Check this out. Hilarious and sad at the same time. HERE Originally Published on: Oct 19, 2022 While bad news is unpleasant, and often we do well to sidestep the avalanche that hurtles at us everyday, sometimes … Read More →
Not even the Council imagined what is going on today!
From Vatican News: Cardinal Grech: Synodal process is mature fruit of Vatican II As the Pontifical Lateran University begins the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its founding, Cardinal Mario Grech reflects on the Second Vatican Council and synodality. Cardinal … Read More →
Synod (“walking together”) art work was a distorting sham, say the students who were supposedly the subjects
Remember that art that the Synod (“walking together”) process in Philly excreted, not to reflect the actual opinions of young people but to drive an agenda? Well, it turns out that the art was intended not to reflect the actual opinions of … Read More →
“They hate the Old Rite because the Enemy has set fear in their hearts.”
The great Fr. Hunwicke at his esteemed page has composed an insightful post. He is dead on target. The reason the haters of the Vetus Ordo fear and hate the Vetus Ordo is because of the moral life implied in … Read More →
1 Sept: On the anniversary of a very creepy thing, two very creepy things happened
Sometimes coincidences are just coincidences. Sometimes they aren’t. Yesterday, 1 September, on the anniversary of a very creepy thing, two very creepy things happened. 1- Francis gave a speech to the world’s bishops, more an more reduced to “branch managers” … Read More →
Attacks on the Rosary. Dopiness from ‘Left church’. Spiritual warfare is real. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am sure that you have by now seen the moronic, sick, anti-Catholic dreck at The Atlantic about the Rosary written by … who? The writer feverishly connected the use of the Rosary, as a matter of spiritual warfare – … Read More →
More on Desisdeede – Desiderio desideravi. This time through a particularly vicious lens that might be at the core of the document.
Today at Le Crock… sorry… Le Croix… there is a piece by one Gregory Solari. Who? I asked the same question. I found this link. Involvement with McGill in Montreal. French, I think, maybe Swiss. Interested in Newman. Seems to … Read More →
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Drill, Traditionis custodes, What are they REALLY saying?
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Tagged Desiderio desideravi
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29 Comments
Batten down the hatches!
Let’s guess the general direction of Francis’ thought. a) Gosh, everyone. I am really sorry for my past restrictions and I think it’s overdue time to return Tradition to its rightful place. Let’s reintegrate our traditional sacred liturgical worship into … Read More →
What do we do when we synodize?
At Crisis there is a scorching, rousing piece by Fr. John Perricone about the synodal (“walking together”) process as a form of naval gazing. It’s quite a read: The Synodal “listening sessions” can easily be dismissed as another parlor game, … Read More →
Posted in Linking Back, Synod, What are they REALLY saying?
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Tagged Fr. Tim Ferguson, parody song, RENEW, Synod
6 Comments
6 Comments
Vatican Synod’s (“walking together”) on spirituality of synodality (“walking togetherality”) is coming: The merciful heart loves… demons.
This isn’t satire or parody or Fr. Z’s version of the Babylon Bee. The Vatican’s Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking togetherality”) is coming. They produced a document on the spirituality of synodality. HERE and PDF of the actual … Read More →
VIDEO: WARNING! This is going to be painful, but it is instructive.
That is one of the most painful videos I have ever seen. This is the Pentecost Mass from a parish in the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Holy Family. Mind you, the parish leadership wants people to see this. … Read More →
Francis talks about globalization of education, “new humanism”, attacks “guardians of tradition”, gets Aeneas wrong.
Above… Aeneas rescuing his family (not so much his wife) and household gods from the sack of Troy. Leonello Spada Who was Vincent of Lérins? He was a Gaul and writer who died about 445. His work Commonitorium is a … Read More →
Posted in Francis, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, What are they REALLY saying?
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Tagged Aeneas, Aeneid, education, St. Vincent of Lérins, Vincent o
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22 Comments
ex seaxe on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
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