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Tag Archives: NCFishwrap
Fishwrap starts to spin Holy See’s smackdown of the LCWR
Let the games begin! The Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) is now between a rock and a hard spot. The NSR and LCWR are practically one flesh. At the same time, NSR has been crooning about Pope Francis new “humble” … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liberals, Women Religious
Tagged CDF, Fishwrap, LCWR, National Schismatic Reporter, NCFishwrap
21 Comments
National catholic Reporter’s misleading piece about Bp. Morlino, Rep. Ryan.
Are we surprised when the National catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) posts a a misleading, prejudicial report about a sound and strong Catholic bishop? Here is Fishwrap’s piece: Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wis., (Rep. Paul Ryan’s home diocese) gives some political … Continue reading
National catholic Cage-Liner
Vincenzo, at Sancte Pater, had a little fun with the Fishwrap today (aka National catholic Reporter). You can’t make up stuff like this. He saw one of NCR‘s tweets: And so…. The great Vincenzo comes through again! But then, they … Continue reading
Posted in HONORED GUESTS, Lighter fare
Tagged bird cage, National Catholic Reporter, NCFishwrap, Vincenzo
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NCFishwrap publishes LCWR prayer “for discernment”. Fr. Z opines.
The Fishwrap (aka the ultra-liberal dissenting National Catholic Reporter) has published a prayer written by a woman religious in advance of responding to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the upcoming annual meeting of the Leadership Conference … Continue reading
Posted in Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged LCWR, magisterium of nuns, NCFishwrap
24 Comments
Catholic League on National Catholic Fishwrap’s insults to US Bishops, Holy See (or “Dog Bites Man”, “Sun Rises At Dawn”, etc.)
From The Catholic League: BISHOPS ACCUSED OF “THOUGHT CONTROL” May 9, 2012 The following comment against the Vatican and the bishops, made in response to concerns over the Leadership Conference of Women Religious [LCWR, a subsidiary of the Magisterium of … Continue reading
The Platteville Food Fight: Fishwrap weighs in! (Fr. Z makes a SUGGESTION.)
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! National catholic Fishwrap has now picked up on the ecclesial food fight going on in Platteville, WI (D. Madison – Bp. Morlino), about which I have posted before (HERE). You will be shocked to … Continue reading
Sally Quinn of WaPo: a lesson in getting it wrong.
Sally Quinn of WaPo offers her stunningly shallow take on the reforming efforts by the Holy See and USCCB now being applied to the LCWR (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns). Aside from the risible claims Quinn makes, I found … Continue reading
Anti-Catholic bias and attacks on Holy Church from without and from within.
This is from Media Report: The Usual Suspects: NY Times, Dissident Priest Support Anti-Catholic SNAP With Falsehoods, Attacks on Church Anti-Catholicism in Action: The New York Times, Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, and SNAP The New York Times is again shilling … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged David Clohessy, Hell's Bible, National Catholic Reporter, NCFishwrap, NYT, SNAP, Thomas P. Doyle
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Dealing with McBrien on the new, corrected translation
From the dissident Fishwrap‘s long-time dissident columnist, Fr. Richard McBrien, comes this piece about the new, corrected translation. Pay close attention to the contempt he shows for a vast number of people and also the attitude of disobedience he promotes. … Continue reading
The Fishwrap and Sr. Fiedler bow to Hillary Clinton’s Magisterium
Sr. Fiedler may finally be having some memory problems. She has a deeply confused and poorly written piece in the National catholic Fishwrap lauding the Magisterium of Hillary Clinton, who definitively teaches Fishwrap about the human rights of people who … Continue reading
The Fishwrap attacks bishops: unintended consequences
Just to help you out of your Friday slump and into the weekend, the Fishwrap comes through again! Here is an article in which the Fishwrap attacks Archbishops Chaput, Dolan, and Bp. Finn. The time is now: childhood sexual abuse … Continue reading
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse, Green Inkers, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged LCWR, NCFishwrap, sexual abuse of children
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Fishwrap promotes a “sermon” by a wywymprystess
The National catholic Reporter … quousque tandem? The Fishwrap brings us today the “sermon” of a woman who thinks she is a priest. She is a member of the big-puppet crew, the wymynpryst thingie. Honestly, as I read this I … Continue reading
NCFishwrap promotes… wait for it… Ember Days! Yes, you read that correctly.
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap today one Charles Morris has a rather positive piece about Ember Days, which traditionally fall this week. Readers here know all about Ember Days. It is nice to see that readers at NCF will … Continue reading
CARA study on trends for parishes, Mass attendance
Over at the Fishwrap, their elder-dissenter Richard McBrien posted a column about shifts in Mass attendance. He works from a study about the “‘Supersizing’ the U.S. Catholic Parish Life” conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) … Continue reading
The Theological Studies dust up, NCR, creeping infallibility, and the ecclesial vocation of the theologian
There is a bit of a dust up concerning the journal Theological Studies, a prominent English language publication, sometimes useful and much venerated by liberals. In 2004 Theological Studies published an article by two theologians arguing that the Church should … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Mail from priests, The Drill
Tagged 1984, Bp. Finn, creeping infallibility, Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian, Fr. Peter Ryan, George Orwell, Germain Grisez, NCFishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, theologians, Theological Studies, Thought Police, thoughtcrime, Tom Fox
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John Allen on SSPX/Rome talks. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
My friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L. Allen, Jr, the fair-minded writer for the ultra-liberal dissenting National Catholic Reporter has an interesting piece about an upcoming meeting scheduled between SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay and the CDF in Rome to review their … Continue reading
ZAGANO WATCH: UPDATE!
I am told that Phyllis Zagano, who works for the National Catholic Reporter, is still calling around in order to make trouble for me and harm my reputation. I wrote about her here. You will recall that her personally aimed … Continue reading
Scenes from the annual LCWR meeting: the fecundity of chaos
Today on the invaluable site of NCFishwrap we learn that at the meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) the gathered sistren are turning to a brand new plan in the face of their dwindling numbers. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged FFLF, LCWR, NCFishwrap, the fecundity of chaos
73 Comments
NCR’s Sr. Fielder implies that men faithful to Church teachings are sick in the head
That keen observer of human behavior Samuel Johnson had sobering observations about self-delusion. For example, he wrote “However we may labour for our own deception, truth, though unwelcome, will sometimes intrude upon the mind.” [Idler #80 October 27, 1759]. And … Continue reading
Waiting for Zagano
For some time now I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends with reports that someone who writes for the National Catholic Reporter aka Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, has been sniffing around looking for dirt about me. Zagano hasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Brick by Brick, Lighter fare, Non Nobis and Te Deum, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Bp. Finn, Bp. Morlino, Bp. Olmsted, can. 764, can. 903, can. 969, Catholic Exchange, Catholic League, Catholic News Agency, celebret, Fr. Corapi, NCFishwrap, NCR, Phyllis Zagano, Wm. Donohue
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