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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1225: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on Motus in finem velocior – Daily Rome Shot 1224: “The Spada’s chapel in San Gerolamo della Carità. Terrific opus of the “Swiss” architect Borromini.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1224: “In the second game, if Black takes the Queen, Qa4, Pxa4 Bxc4+, Kf8 (or Kg7) Bh6# But if Black doesn’t…”
- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: ““Ordinary meaning ordered not unexceptional.” Alas the memo never reached Indonesia, where the church bulletins etc translate the adjective as…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1223 – “Sluggish schizophrenia”: “Enough straw men from Bergoglio to stock all the corn fields in Oz.”
- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: “It also means soon, Lent starts! Yeah! Because Easter approaches, The best Holiday ever!”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 25-01-16 – Reconciliation service: “I’m looking forward to that book you write. You could probably write another Windswept House, call it Breezy Chancery or…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 25-01-16 – Reconciliation service: ““The other priests call him the “Irish Setter” because he doesn’t do very much.” That one is getting added to…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1224: “White mates in 4 (the order is important): 1. Re8+ Bc8 2. RxB+ KxR 3. Ne7+ Kb8 4. Rd8 mate…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1224: “The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is on in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. This is the first big tournament of the…”
- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: “Anthony Esolen’s translation is great, but I highly encourage anyone interested in Dante’s Divine Comedy to read Jason Baxter’s new…”
- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: ““With bent knees and with foreheads to the ground, bodies and wills both bent in supplication, beg His graces and…”
- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: “It’s posts like this that make me so happy I check in everyday. Very encouraging and uplifting.”
- on Motus in finem velocior – Daily Rome Shot 1224: “What does the “P XRO” above the rest of the inscription mean? Is it related to XR or is the…”
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Tag Archives: Reading Francis Through Benedict
Pope Francis’ “accompaniment” language is not new. Pope Benedict XVI, in fact…
The way that some gush over the new insights in Amoris laetitia, you would think that a Pope had finally discovered that there are people out there, with … lives, and everything! However, it could be that there is less innovation than … Read More
Pondering Francis: Part II
A while back I posted an entry entitled “Pondering Francis“. I am trying to get my head around this enigmatic man who is now the Vicar of Christ. He sends mixed signals. Surely there is a way to decode some … Read More
Pope Francis on the airplane: The Synod, the family, Communion for the divorced and remarried
You may have heard that Pope Francis visited the Holy Land. On the flight back to Italy, His Holiness held another presser. At this point many of you might be cringing as the thought “What could possible go wrong?” flashes … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Reading Francis Through Benedict, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Communion, declaration of nullity, divorced remarried, family, press conference, Reading Francis Through Benedict, Synod of Bishops
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Update on The Tablet Sourpusses, the Gänswein Interview
Over HERE I wrote about the sour reaction of the assistant editrix of The Pill (aka The Tablet, aka RU-486) to the interview given by Archbp. Georg Gänswein gave to German TV in which he spoke, inter alia, about Francis asking Benedict … Read More
Francis is shaping the role of Pope Emeritus
There is a 14 March ZDF video interview in German with Archbp. Georg Gänswein, the Prefect of the Pontifical Household and, simultaneously, particular secretary of Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus. The interview reinforces my view that Pope Francis wants Benedict XVI to … Read More
Wm. Oddie and Reading Francis Through Benedict
Over at the Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, William Oddie has a piece in which he opines on the HUGE letter of support that Pope Francis send to Archbishop Marchetto. You will recall that Archbp. Marchetto has been … Read More
Francis on Benedict: “Today I was with ‘el viejo’… ‘the old man’…”
I have kept the banner image of Benedict and Francis with that phrase “Reading Francis through Benedict” at the top of the blog, to remind people that we don’t pit Popes against each other. There will be differences in interests … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1225: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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