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Category Archives: You must be joking!
Expanding your Rosary recitation with… wait for it…
US Catholic has something about expanding your Rosary recitation with… wait for it… SYNODAL Mysteries! Here they are! Have at! Sunday: Attentional Reading the Gospel (Acts 1:1–5). Listening to the scriptures Waiting on the Spirit (Acts 1:6–11). Patience Praying in … Read More
More pain in Austin
Bishop Garcia, former bishop of Monterey, issued the letter to the Latin Mass community located at Sacred Heart Church in Hollister, CA, on 14 September (coincidently the anniversary of Summorum Pontificum going into effect) snuffing out their TLM and community … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, You must be joking!
Tagged D. Austin
8 Comments
8 Comments
Sister of Charity of New York v. Charlie Kirk
From the site of the Sisters of Charity of New York. HERE Sisters of Charity of New York Respond to Cardinal Dolan’s Remarks on Charlie Kirk Several of us [because that’s all that’s left of you] watched Cardinal Dolan’s recent … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, Women Religious, You must be joking!
Tagged Charlie Kirk, Sisters of Charity
23 Comments
23 Comments
What kind of man do you have to be to loathe St Carol Acutis?
I am not much into the veneration of now St. Carlo Acutis. Not my age group, I guess. However, when I see the videos and photos of the crowds of people who do venerate him, I cannot deny that there … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, You must be joking!
Tagged Andrea Grillo
16 Comments
16 Comments
More bad news from Charlotte – UPDATE
UPDATE: Someone should remind the Bishop of Charlotte of the USCCB position on liturgical screens: pic.twitter.com/Gjc1zpiWlS — Multiclassing Cleric (@lukei4655) September 5, 2025 Firstly, I warmly recommend the documentary Bread Not Stones. It puts a human face on the reports … Read More
That puts things in perspective.
What?!? The Bishop of San Bernardino (California) has dispensed ALL the faithful from Sunday obligation because of potential arrests of illegal aliens. While American bishops dispense Catholics from the Sunday obligation due to the potential of being (legitimately) arrested, African … Read More
“a cringeworthy romp in the very worst that the 70’s and 80’s could offer”
As the pogrom against those who desire the traditional sacred worship of the Roman Rite continues – to build great unity, of course! – I invite the readership to take in some of the liturgical wisdom of Fr. John Thomas … Read More
EWTN sidelined their conclave “A team” and called in the … “C team”
It seems that EWTN has – mostly if not completely – sidelined, for the Conclave coverage, Raymond Arroyo, Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray… the “Papal Posse”. Now, the same three have a YouTube series. HERE (Raymond’s personal site) In … Read More
Is this really shabby or is it my imagination?
Devious. Underhanded. Treacherous. Just a few adjectives that spring to mind. Right? Wrong? Today the German Bishops’ Conference released pastoral guidelines on imparting quasi-liturgical blessings to gay couples. It’s as if they were just waiting for the right moment, when … Read More
UPDATED – IMPORTANT: Archd. Detroit: New Archbp crushes the people who frequent the TLM within one month.
UPDATE 16 APRIL: The Archbishop of Detroit has responded to the firestorm. I was sent this from Detroit. My emphases and comments. If I’ve put my foot wrong here, I want to know how and why. April 16, 2025 Dear … Read More
Fr. Reader on WDTPRS – Pentecost Sunday – Vetus Ordo: Savvy?: “Thanks. Interesting because I have been reading it for many years, missing something.”
