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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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- TonyO on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Despite the bishop’s weaknesses for food, comfort, and for finding the easy way out, he doesn’t really approve of heretical…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “Fr O’Conner was a Dominican who publicly outed all the Homosexuals in the Dominican Order. He was fired. He said,…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “Midwest St. Michael, I was pleasantly surprised to read (I quote their website) “On September 3, 2026, Becket filed a…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “I recently read the book “The Sound of Silence: The Life and Canceling of a Heroic Jesuit” about Fr. Mankowski…”
- on 4 Sept: St. Moses, Old Testament prophet, lawgiver, forerunner of Christ: “hadn’t even seen a bad one before today tbqh. i asked grok to get a “stained glass depiction of Moses…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: ““Lawyer is entirely justified in both his praise of Fr. Mankowski as well as in his scorn for his Jesuit…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Despite the bishop’s weaknesses for food, comfort, and for finding the easy way out, he doesn’t really approve of heretical…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “I have been really slow on the uptake here – e.g., not yet having read “the Thematic framework, the Preparatory…”
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Category Archives: You must be joking!
VIDEO: A bishop publicly dumps Pope Benedict
I was sent a link to a video with some of an interview by Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, who is presently rector of my old school, the Pontifical Lateran University. dal Covolo, an SDB (aka Socio di Bertone aka Salesian) … Read More
The visual image of what happened in that room made my flesh crawl.
I’m sharing this because even the visual image of what happened in that room made my flesh crawl. From the Albany Times Union: Jerome M. Hauer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s director of homeland security, took out his handgun and used … Read More
Church of England to dump “sin” and “devil” from baptism rite?
The leading prelate of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who recently called Pope Francis his own Person of the Year, has been a busy bee! From The Mail: [Archpb. of Canterbury] Welby [Anglican] casts out ‘sin’ … Read More
Obama’s V.A. hospital forbids Christmas cards made by children for wounded vets
More BAH! HUMBUG! from Pres. Obama’s Veteran’s Administration. First, they ban Christmas carols. Now, they ban cards made by children. From FNC (where there is also video): Boys and girls at Grace Academy in Prosper, Tex., spent most of last Friday … Read More
Bp. Jarrett: Didn’t implement Vatican’s child abuse reporting norms because they were in Latin
I want everyone to know this. From The Advocate: Bishop didn’t get message because it was written in Latin BISHOP Geoffrey Jarrett [of Lismore, Australia] told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse he didn’t report an allegation … Read More
What kind of dumb is this?
This is so weird that, at first, I thought it was a joke. We find this at Protect The Pope. Dissenting on homosexuality Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP is a keynote speaker at Dublin’s 2014 Divine Mercy Conference Fr Timothy Radcliffe … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Pò sì jiù, You must be joking!
Tagged homosexuals, Timothy Radcliffe
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Satanic woman attacks Card. Meisner, Cathedral during Christmas Mass
From Der Spiegel (biretta tip to a reader) we read that an idiot woman who, apart from being deeply stupid, surely is doing Satan’s will disrupted the Christmas Mass of Card. Meisner in Cologne, Germany. It was also his Eminence’s 80th … Read More
Hint: It ain’t Mozart.
A way to reach out to people or a violation of identity and decorum? You decide. In St. Stephen’s, the Cathedral of Vienna? Hint: It ain’t Mozart. Is this what we need for the New Evangelization? Reason #87637 for Summorum … Read More
Seriously annoying
The “holiday” season is upon us. I don’t watch much broadcast or cable TV. I try not to watch commercials when I do. I keep a remote handy to “mute” the thing when commercial time comes. But sometimes I … Read More
You have GOT to be joking: Making the sacred as ugly as sin!
From a reader. I’ve visited Dresden in Germany yesterday and my first steps led to the Catholic cathedral. To my greatest horror and shock, I’ve discovered this monstrous “thing” in the side chapel. I have asked the lady working in … Read More
TonyO on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Despite the bishop’s weaknesses for food, comfort, and for finding the easy way out, he doesn’t really approve of heretical…”
