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EAW on ROME 26/5– Day 52: lace imitates God’s beauty enlaced in flowers: “@Charivari Rob: How about calling it the Old Chestnut Award? It will probably only be slightly less feared than the…”
WVC on Thoughts about the collision of the Holy See and the SSPX. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “@Plourde – Baptism of Desire is associated with those who desire Baptism (i.e. have faith in Christ and His salvation…”
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Venerator Sti Lot on Thoughts about the collision of the Holy See and the SSPX. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Following up EAW’s comment about Bishop Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts, I found a Dutch Katholieke Nieuwsblad article online, dated…”
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EAW on Thoughts about the collision of the Holy See and the SSPX. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Legispiritus mentioned Bishop Mutsaerts. I have some news about him that isn’t good. On Saturday last week, Bishop Mutsaerts was…”
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- ROME 26/5– Day 53: Persevere!
- ROME 26/5– Day 52: lace imitates God’s beauty enlaced in flowers
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- ROME 26/5– Day 51: munch
- Thoughts about the collision of the Holy See and the SSPX. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- ASK FATHER: Question about the impacts of Excommunication
- ROME 26/5– Day 50: It’s THURSDAY not Sunday
- “Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to Pope Leo XIV by the Superior General of the SSPX
- The Devil makes pots, but not lids.
- WDTPRS: Ascension Thursday – Hope informs our trials
- Ascension Thursday and Lordly Feet
- ROME 26/5– Day 49: short
- 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.
- ROME 13 May 609 – Exorcism, screaming demons, terrified people fainting
- Dealing with some misleading … not quite fake… news
- ROME 26/5– Day 48: Good news
- Vestment Instruction from The World’s Best Sacristan™
- ROME 26/5– Day 46 & 47: Shall I tell you a story?
- How many times have written on this blog…
- WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical goop. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- ASK FATHER: A point about papal pronouncements and the truth
- WHEREIN FR. Z offers a new project: rescue, restore a spectacular set of vestments – UPDATED
- ROME 26/5– Day 46: Details and a Bell
- ROME 26/5– Day 45: Fr. Z gives you the bird
- 8 May – Happy Feast of Mary… under which title?
- 8 May – Indulgence for the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii (twice a year)
- ROME 26/5– Day 44: I didn’t expect roses.
- REVIEW: New biography of the late and truly great Michael Davies
- ROME 26/5– Day 43: Res clamat Domino
- If “full communion” with Rome requires full acceptance of ALL of Vatican II, then, by that standard, many Catholics are lacking “full communion”
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Tag Archives: feminism
BOOK: The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
Oh, boy. Several people recommended that I read this book. I’m reading it and it is bothering me a great deal even as it informs and confirms. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity US HERE – UK … Read More
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Important research with implications for feminist geography
Allow me to preface this with the reminder that I hate squirrels. That said, I promise you I am not making this up. I was alerted to this from the – no… really… Journal of Feminist Geography. No… really. Here is an … Read More
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Feminist v. Christian
Those zany Lutherans over at Lutheran Satire have another video. I hope these guys will come into unity with the Church right after the SSPX is reconciled!
Fishwrap: The Church is evil for having different roles for women, so we might have to leave.
I wonder if most of the writers for the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) – deep down – hate the Church. That’s a horrible thought, but how else can one explain this sort of thing? An article about how evil the … Read More
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Too too muchly stupid
This is one of the stupidest things I have seen for a while. NRO picked up on something from HuffPo. HERE Adverbs are, apparently, evil. Adverbs: They’re hurting people. According to a piece in the Huffington Post, the word “too” … Read More
Camille Paglia interviewed. Great stuff on feminists, the Irish influence, more.
Over at Amerika Magazine‘s single redeeming feature there is a fascinating interview with a fascinating gal, Camille Paglia. Here are a couple samples. I think she’s dead wrong about a whole raft of things, but a) she’s honest and b) she’s … Read More
WARNING! If you suffer from Burke Derangement Syndrome™, DO NOT READ THIS.
At Emangelization there is a long interview with His Eminence Raymond Leo (which means “Lion”) Card. Burke. His Eminence is not going quietly into the good night, as I am sure his enemies had wanted… since they couldn’t get more. … Read More
Francis latest interview. Feminists won’t be pleased.
The Holy Father had an interview with the Italian daily Il Messaggero. It isn’t all that revelatory and I suspect that not too many people will be excited about it. There is little more statism in it. One thing to … Read More
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Must read: Camille Paglia on feminist disrespect for men
I have enjoyed reading Camille Paglia for a long time. I fervently oppose many of her positions, of course. BUT… she is tough and honest and clear and, oh boy, can she write. Reading her scary-good prose is an unsettling … Read More
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Another feminist attacks Pope Francis.
The feminists who can read, and there aren’t that many, have figured out Pope Francis and they don’t like him. They are already subtly trashing him. However, they know they are going against a populist icon. They don’t have a … Read More
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