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Tag Archives: Card. Ouellet
Card. Ouellet’s Letter to Archbp. Viganò about the #ViganoTestimony
The Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops wrote an Open Letter to Archbp. Viganò, once the Nuncio to these USA. As you know, Archbp. Viganò released a “Testimony“. Then he went into hiding, for good reason. In the sequel to the … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Archb. Viganò, Card. Ouellet, The Viganò Testimony
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Prefect of Cong. for Bishops says more priests now decline becoming bishop
I have a priest friend who has 30+ reasons on his list for why he doesn’t want to be a bishop. [UPDATE: I was informed that the list is presently at 42 reasons for why he doesn’t want to be a … Read More
Card. Ouellet: I have to say to myself, ‘What if, what if…’ It makes me … somewhat afraid.”
One of the putative front-runners as the next Pope is Marc Card. Ouellet, 68 (about the right age) presently Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, formerly Archbishop of Quebec City, polyglot, firmly in the same “Communio” theology line with Joseph … Read More
WDTPRS: Corpus Christi – I affirm my subjugation to Christ vanquisher of hell and my sins.
Here is a photo I took a few years ago in the Vatican Gardens during a Corpus Christi procession. That great edifice in the background is back of St. Peter’s Basilica. It isn’t often you get Swiss Guards to carry … Read More
New Archbishop of Montreal trashed by homosexuals, feminists. Excellent sign!
Please use the sharing buttons! When homosexuals and feminists stage a nutty over the appointment of a bishop, Rome probably picked the right guy. From Life News comes this… just a little of it so you will go there to read … Read More
A new bishop for Lourdes, and a good sign
This may be old new for some of you, but it is nice to have good news once in a while.. and repetita iuvant. On the site of Sandro Magister I was reminded that the Holy Father took personal interest … Read More
Card. Ouellet on Bishops
From CNA: Every bishop must defend the faith, Vatican official says Vatican City, Nov 24, 2011 / 03:20 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect for the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, said that every bishop is required to proclaim the Church’s … Read More
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta saved Card. Comastri’s priesthood
From CNA with my emphases: Cardinal Comastri recounts how Mother Teresa saved his priesthood Rome, Italy, Aug 26, 2010 / 05:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica remembered at Mass on Thursday how a promise he made … Read More
Card. Ouellet, Prefect for Bishops, on how bishops should teach
I have been favorably impressed by Card. Ouellet since I met him Rome. From LifeSite: Ouellet: We Need Bishops With ‘Spiritual Discernment’ over ‘Political Calculation’“We have suffered from this mentality of dissent” that is “still dominating the intelligentsia,” said Ouellet. … Read More
Important appointments made by Pope Benedict
The usual stream of pre-summer break appointments is flowing from the Holy See. The other day, I wrote about what one commentator here quipped could be called the Congregatio pro repropaganda. We weren’t sure what the new dicastery was going … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged appointments, Archbp. Fisichella, Card. Ouellet, Cong for Bishops
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Anneliese on ASK FATHER: “I have been looking for a retirement community close by a stable TLM. Do you have any clues on that?” Fr. Z asks help from the readership.: “The Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine in Richmond Heights, MO. It’s a suburb of St Louis. Very safe. Very…”
