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- on Another bombshell from Diane Montagna about the extremely dodgy excuses for the cruel “Traditionis custodes”: “@kurtmasr Sinon said the same thing about that big wooden horse.”
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- on Another bombshell from Diane Montagna about the extremely dodgy excuses for the cruel “Traditionis custodes”: “But remember guys, Cardinal Cupich said that “TC is a gift”, lol.”
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Tag Archives: Los Angeles
L.A. Days 1-3: Of Finches, Bites and Libraries
The Octave of Easter is turning out to be a time of visits with friends, meals and monuments (in a wide sense). Here is a monumental salad, chopped. Presentation like this is difficult, by the way. At the Getty, a … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z relates a brutal tale of sudden realization and horror
in S. California, in the exotic periphery of Bakersfield, a priest friend zoomed up to the door of where I was staying and gruffly said, “Get in the car!”. “Ralph!”, quoth I, “Is something wrong?” “Just get in the car!”, he … Read More
“Keep calm and carry on!”
I enjoyed my visits to Tokyo immensely. Especially fun was coming up with captions for the public safety posters in the subway. For example: Not to be outdone, LA has this safety video. Note that the other passenger looks down … Read More
Three Days of Darkness concludes, Gaia, appeased, rumbles approvingly
I posted the other day about the opening rite of the Three Days of Darkness, the “REC” (aka wreck) or Religious Ed Congress in Los Angeles, actually in Anaheim. HERE There was, as one wag applied to the screen-shot I … Read More
The 3 days of darkness – underway
The Religious Ed Conference is being perpetrated in Los Angeles. Watch LIVE…. it’s a hoot. Right now they are dancing with bowls of burning stuff while singing about themselves. I haven’t heard any mention of Jesus yet. It’s a real … Read More
“Liturgies” compared
In the combox under a different entry, one of the participants here posted a link to a video that wasn’t perfectly relevant to the topic, but… I can’t resist sharing it with a wider audience. Keep in mind that the … Read More
LA priest suspended for lobbying for same-sex “marriage”
During my London sojourn, several people have asked me about the state of the Church in the USA, and have usually also added a query about how Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles is doing. Here is a story from CNA: … Read More
Some comments on the “Three Days of Darkness” in L.A. 2012 (and 2011)
Oddly, I wasn’t invited to speak at the Three Days of Darkness in L.A., which transpired (I guess) over the weekend. I am talking, of course, about the annual religious education circus … confab … conference. With a new Archbishop in place, you … Read More
California church destroyed by arsonist
I think we are going to see a lot more of this. From CNA: Calif. parish pledges to rebuild after arsonist destroys church By Kevin J. Jones Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 20, 2011 / 06:02 am (CNA).- Parishioners at St. … Read More
Posted in The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged anti-catholicism, arson, California, Los Angeles, vandalism
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IRON LITURGY CAGEMATCH SHOWDOWN … and a question
I have been posting some liturgical compare and contrast pictures and videos lately. Some readers have taken me to task for being unfair by posting images that are great when traditional, really nasty when liberal. Fine. Let’s try this again. … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on Daily Rome Shot 1391: “thank you Father for both (1) establishing a backup and (2) making it known while alpha site is operational. it’s…”
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