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- Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I noticed quite a few new faces at our 8 am Diocesan Latin Mass Parish. Fr talked about Increase in…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I am one who has been blessed to have a Diocesan Traditional Community with normal Mass times for the past…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “The Gospel passage as Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph comes to mind, Luke 19:40, “…He said: ‘I say to you,…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 14th Ordinary) 2026: “NO Mass. Father’s homily focused on yesterday’s 250th anniversary of Independence Day. He said that gaining freedom from the king…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Thanks for the response. I think I understand your nuance, but I don’t really thing it amounts to much…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I wonder how this will turn out because as I was listening to a sermon from SSPX Asia this morning,…”
- on IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.: “To echo other commenters, yes, the ugly part is that the perception of the judgment’s effect will overwhelm any of…”
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Category Archives: You must be joking!
You couldn’t make this up if you tried.
And you thought Adoptionsism was bad! Via ijr.com: Report: Church in Sweden Calls Jesus Gender Neutral: He ‘Is Not Very Masculine in Physique’ A church in Västerås reportedly bought an advertisement in a Swedish newspaper days before Christmas, inviting those … Read More
Nativity scenes and tinkeritis
There’s tinkeritis with liturgy and tinkeritis with creches. They seem to be symptoms of the same mental, spiritual malady. Is it hubris? What is it with the desire to tinker with Nativity scenes? I fully understand the desire and … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Transgender” nun?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is going to happen when someone who identifies as a male , but is in a sane biological based world female, wants to become a priest of some male who competed on the girls soccer … Read More
Channeling stupid in Sweden
How foolish. I am reminded of scenes from Lord Of The World, Voyage To Alpha Centauri, The Children of Men (the book, not the dopey movie), Eclipse of the Sun (US HERE – UK HERE). The Church of Sweden (Lutheran) has made … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The future and our choices, You must be joking!
Tagged inclusive language, Lutherans
14 Comments
14 Comments
@JamesMartinSJ and “downward-facing dog”
In 2015 Pope Francis said: “You can take a million catechetical courses, a million courses in spirituality, a million courses in yoga, Zen and all these things. But all of this will never be able to give you the freedom” … Read More
Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven, You must be joking!
Tagged Fr. James Martin SJ, homosexualist agenda, yoga
5 Comments
5 Comments
Benedict and Sarah hater Andrea Grillo says: “Transubstantiation is not a dogma”
The New catholic Red Guards do not rest. They are marching and sloganeering up and down Twitter, pumping the air with their Little Red Books. The cadres are giving their morning orders to the useful idiot lib masses about whom to … Read More
Posted in Liberals, New catholic Red Guards, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged Andrea Grillo, Sant'Anselmo, transubstantiation
8 Comments
8 Comments
Italian Bishop praises Luther and Revolt as work of the Holy Spirit
One of Pope Francis’ very most favoritists of the Italian bishops, personally raised by the pontifical hand to power in the episcopal conference, Bp. Nunzio Galantino, gave a talk at my old school, the Pontifical Lateran University (“The Pope’s University”) … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, You must be joking!
Tagged Bp. Nunzio Galantino, Lateran
28 Comments
28 Comments
Concerning rumors of dramatic changes to the Extraordinary Form
I have had some questions about a rumor going around that dramatic changes are going to be imposed on the older, traditional Form of Roman Rite. Someone thinks that the new Lectionary and calendar will be imposed on the 1962 Missale … Read More
Lurker 59 on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Phil_NL2 Permit me to be a brief interloper. In protestantism, there is a conflict between the regulative principle of worship…”
