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- amenamen on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “What exactly is meant by “the norm,” This point needs clarification: “The norm (established) for the Dioceses of the United…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1483: “This of course reminds me of the old Irish story about the tourist in Dublin who asked a little old…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: ““This is essentially extending the transitional dispensations from the Francis era. At some point transitional accommodations end”. There never was…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “@WVC: to your first point; yes, and the evidence of that is that even left-wing parishes no longer have clown…”
- on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “The old saying is that the devil can’t kneel as he has no knees. I suppose the norm in hell…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “@R2D So will all the Novus Ordo folks be forced to go to your “reformed Pauline mass [sic]” as well?…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “I really still want to give His Holiness the benefit of the doubt here. Any good manager waits a good,…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “The whispers before his election were that no further dispensations would be forthcoming; so this is a change in that…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “Well, that’s that, I guess. After TC, I was tempted to write Pope Francis to tell him that I would…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “Does this put us back in the same sort of scenario as pre Summorum Pontificum? Feels like the same scenario…”
- on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “Sounds like some strong men need to be at the ready to help those who need assistance to stand back…”
- on REPORTED: Pope Leo says any bishop who requests dispensation for TLM will have it granted: “Fr. Reader rightly notes: The constant feeling that one pontifex will randomly undo in one day what the previous one…”
- on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “My eyes rolled right to the back of my head with this. Good grief these bishops. Who do they think…”
- on Pope Leo XIV will not overturn Francis’ limits on the TLM but will grant dispensations to bishops who ask – AKA – “Please, sir, I want some more.”: “To contradict Francis would be breach of contract. He left faithful Catholics in the steely grip of some mean bishops…”
- on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “Bring your own kneeler. Just say it’s your mobility aid. Looks like there be a growing market for such a…”
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Tag Archives: Damian Thompson
Card. Pell gave a talk at the London Oratory – VIDEO
His Eminence George Card. Pell gave a fascinating and multifaceted talk at the London Oratory recently. A friend of mine made a video, which he placed on YouTube. He talks about his experiences. However, at the Q&A time, Damian Thompson … Read More
The Lord promised that Hell would not ultimately prevail. But….
Holy Mother Church is indefectible. The Lord promised that Hell would not ultimately prevail. He didn’t, however, promise that it wouldn’t prevail quite a lot. He made no promises about the mighty Church in N. Africa or Asia Minor… or … Read More
HOLY SMOKE!
For this Sunday’s Pastor’s Page, Fr. Rutler offered this: The Magi gave the Holy Child presents of gold and myrrh and the essence of Boswellia serrata, which is the resin known as frankincense. The incense used in church may be pure … Read More
Posted in Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Damian Thompson, Fr. George Rutler, frankincense, incense
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9 Comments
Wherein Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) vaporizes Christopher Lamb (@ctrlamb) of The Bitter Pill (aka @The_Tablet)
Over at the The Bitter Pill (aka The Tablet, aka RU-486) a papalotrous fledgling of the New catholic Red Guard, Christopher Lamb, has a vicious hit piece about Robert Card. Sarah. I was going to spend part of my precious … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Drill
Tagged Christopher Lamb, Damian Thompson, Robert Card. Sarah
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11 Comments
The latest podcast on the upcoming Synod from Damian, Unbound. “@HolySmoke” is right!
Damian is Unbound. Go right away to Damian Thompson’s latest podcast, an interview with Ed Condon. Damn! The synod and the sex scandal: two time bombs threatening Pope Francis’s moral authority His comments and Condon’s comments on the upcoming Synod … Read More
Posted in Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Damian Thompson, Ed Condon, Synod of Bishops, Synod on Amazon
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8 Comments
CNA: “This is not the first low-quality document the Synod secretariate has produced”
Firstly, there is a MUST LISTEN to podcast from Damian Thompson about Card. Pell’s railroading into jail. HERE Take the time. Next, at CNA there is a piece in which Card. Pell comments on the Instrumentum Laboris for the upcoming Pan-Amazonian … Read More
AUDIO: Damian Thompson on boring bishops – @HolySmoke
Are you tired of torpor-inducing cliches from the pulpit? Do you grind your teeth and then yawn at the cringe-worthy pabulum dribbled by high clerics in interviews? I guide the readership to the latest and superb podcast from Damian Thompson. … Read More
The appallingly stupid “gay” book about the Vatican by the “gay” French writer
I received a Kindle copy of the appalling “gay” book by the “gay” French writer – and I use the term writer loosely. Damian Thompson’s review says it all better than I could: An exposé of high-ranking gays in the … Read More
Thompson on Team Francis
At the Spectator Damian Thompson has a blistering piece today about “Team Francis” as he and others have come to call the coterie of henchmen and dogsbodies who possess Casa Santa Marta. Thompson has come to the conclusion that “the pontificate of … Read More
Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Damian Thompson, Henry Sire, Team Francis, The Dictator Pope
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4 Comments
amenamen on Bishop of Austin to Pastors: Make it hard for people to kneel for Communion: “What exactly is meant by “the norm,” This point needs clarification: “The norm (established) for the Dioceses of the United…”
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