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Tag Archives: Pius XII
Look at more of “Desiderio desideravi”
Continuing a look at Desiderio desideravi. The letter, as I wrote before, is a mixed bag. It seems divisible according to the voice and topic. That probably reflects authorship by different people or groups. The section I’ll look at today … Read More
Is it time to exorcize the Democrat Party?
Each day for a while now, after saying Mass I’ve been saying the Exorcism Against Satan and Apostate Angels, which is chapter 3 of Title XI in the Rituale Romanum. I’ve been doing this with the authority of the bishop for … Read More
22 August – LIVE VIDEO Traditional Latin Mass – 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5): Immaculate Heart of Mary with 1942 Act of Consecration
Daily, I live-stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Immaculate Heart of Mary Prayers Added: For dear friends After Mass: Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart (Pius XII – … Read More
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Tagged Pius XII
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ASK FATHER: Were Jesus, Mary and Joseph “refugees”? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Several readers have asked whether or not the Holy Family were refugees. Some are reacting to “nativity” scenes, showing them in cages, and so forth, which is an obvious manipulation of the Nativity narrative to score cheap political shots, at … Read More
VIDEO: 1950 – Pius XII infallibly proclaims the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In 1950 my late pastor, Msgr. Schuler, was in Rome on a Fulbright working on the manuscripts of Giovanni Maria Nanino, the successor of Palestrina for the Sistine Chapel. He had great stories about being a priest in Rome in … Read More
75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Rome – 4 June 1944
The 75th Anniversary of D-Day is 6 June. Today, however, is 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Rome. In the following video, you can see among other things the invasion of Anzio, just below the Castelli Romani across the plain … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Terrific video of 1941 Vatican City and help for a seminarian! UPDATED
For the seminarian update project – continuation – go HERE. ___ Originally Published on: Apr 3, 2019 Over at Rorate I spotted on a rare visit a simply terrific video posted on YouTube about Vatican City in the time of Pius XII during … Read More
Pius XII: coercive power, death penalty NOT “conditioned by historical circumstances” for they have “a general and abiding validity”
I was recently reminded of a 2013 article at Crisis by Fr. George Rutler about capital punishment” “Hanging Concentrates The Mind”. Among other things in his piece, Rutler writes of the guy I wrote about yesterday, Mastro Titta, the official … Read More
Thanksgiving Leftovers, Friday, and YOU
On this Friday after Thanks giving, you might want to review these oldie posts: QUAERITUR: Dispensation for Americans to eat meat on Friday after Thanksgiving? QUAERITUR: Clarity about Pius XII’s cool Thanksgiving Friday indult ASK FATHER: Does the Thanksgiving Friday … Read More
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Tagged indult, Pius XII, Thanksgiving Day, Turkey
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PODCAzT 157: Pius XII – Ingruentium malorum – On reciting the Rosary
National Catholic Register on 1 Oct 2017 had a terrific article which brought to my attention again an 1951 Encyclical of Pius XII 1951, Ingruentium malorum, on the recitation of the Rosary. The article by Joseph Pronechen is rightly called prophetic. As … Read More
VIDEO: Pius XII declaring the Dogma of the Assumption
The fabled pastor of my home parish, the late Msgr. Richard Schuler told stories about being in Rome when Ven. Pius XII infallibly declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin to be a dogma of the Faith. He was present … Read More
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Tagged Assumption, dogma, Pius XII
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10 September 1957 – Pius XII to Jesuits
A priest friend of mine sent me the text of an Allocution to Jesuits made by Pius XII on 10 September 1957 (AAS 49 – pp. 802-812). I haven’t found it in English and I don’t have the time today … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged Benedict XIV, Jesuits, Pius XII, snuff, tobacco
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Videos of Pius XII declaring the Dogma of the Assumption
The fabled pastor of my home parish, the late Msgr. Richard Schuler told stories about being in Rome when Ven. Pius XII infallibly declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin to be a dogma of the Faith. He was present … Read More
Holy Year of 1950 in Rome with Pius XII
A film about the Holy Year of 1950 in Rome with Pius XII. You can see the opening of the Holy Door in that year. Things have changed a little in the meantime.
NEWS: In the past Popes both smiled and were nice to babies
One of you readers sent a link to a video of a clip from a 1958 movie called “Embezzled Heaven”. In it there is footage from a real audience with Ven. Pius XII. Some of it is obviously staged. It … Read More
Francis: “I get ‘existential hives’ when I see that everyone takes it out against the Church and Pius XII”
I buried the lead. When I wrote HERE about that Vanguardia story, recounted by CNA, I didn’t mention the most important thing. Pope Francis stuck up for Ven. Pius XII: […] One of your projects is to open the Vatican … Read More
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Tagged Gary L. Krupp, holocaust, Jews, Pius XII, Pope Francis, Rabbi Dalin, Ron Rychlak
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Pius XII’s new Twitter account!
From CWN: L’Osservatore Romano has published an article by Don Luigi Testa, an Italian Salesian priest, welcoming the appearance of a Twitter account that posts the words of Venerable Pius XII. The article appeared on October 9, the 55th anniversary of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Clarity about Pius XII’s cool Thanksgiving Friday indult
I’ve been getting a lot of questions by email from people in these USA who want to know about the indult that Pius XII gave to Americans to eat meat on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Rorate looked at that HERE, … Read More
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Tagged 1966, friday, indult, penance, Pius XII, Thanksgiving Day
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