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Benedict Joseph on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@Lurker59: “Rome tends to be more afraid of schism than heresy. ” There be the problem in a nutshell. God…”
B on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “I also pray for this situation. May a last minute resolution be found!”
Lurker 59 on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@R2D You said, “He is not Catholic who disagrees with the Church of Rome in the doctrine of the faith.”…”
WVC on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “@Geoffrey “ends justifies the means” implies there’s something intrinsically immoral about consecrating bishops. Which there isn’t. And the fact of…”
WVC on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@Discerning Altar Boy I heard this as a rumor, and I continue to hope it is just a rumor. Because…”
Lurker 59 on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “My interest in these events is primarily in relation to the Catholic East and Orthodoxy. My support for the East…”
mickeyfitz on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “The SSPX needs bishops to function and it has only two bishops left. Unless at some point they have consecrations…”
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Recent Posts
- Leo wrote to the SSPX. The SSPX wrote back. Fr. Pagliarani’s response.
- Daily Rome Shot 1653: Procession with the chains of St. Paul
- Prayer for the SSPX and Leo
- ASK FATHER: Frequency of confession and confession of venial sins
- Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”
- Daily Rome Shot 1652: tiara
- ASK FATHER: If God love us infinitely why does He not speak to us directly?
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026
- Daily Rome Shot 1651: MAMBO!
- WDTPRS – Collect of the 13th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): the sticky goo of error and the freeing splendor of the truth. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- WDTPRS: 5th Sunday after Pentecost – Snatched up into invisible love
- Daily Rome Shot 1650: shocked but not surprised
- I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.
- Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates
- “Perdonamose!” St. John’s Birthday Feast and Midsummer Snails
- 23 June – Vigil of St. John – solstices and snails, bonfires and witch burnings
- 22 June in the VETUS AND NOVUS Ordo: St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More
- Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary)
- Daily Rome Shot 1648: Mass today is for my benefactors.
- Bad news and good news. The Bishop of Camden crushes the TLM. The FSSP will start up in the Diocese of Arlington
- Bishop of Owensboro crushes people who desire the Traditional Latin Mass, but it’s not his fault! It’s someone else’s fault!
- WDTPRS – The Collect for the 12th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): His Name and Holy Fear, Holy Consolation
- Daily Rome Shot 1647: New sermons by Augustine!
- Daily Rome Shot 1646: We have to move on.
- Detroit’s Archbishop attends mosque opening, says: “There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity, and kindness”
- Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations
- Daily Rome Shot 1646: Restoration and BOGO SALE
- ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host
- From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-06-15 – Ordination?
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Tag Archives: same-sex marriage
Fishwrap’s Michael Sean Winters viciously attacks Bp. Paprocki
The National Schismatic Reporter’s Michael Sean Winters continues that non-Catholic site’s onslaught on orthodox bishops. Here is a sample: My colleague Brian Roewe reported yesterday on an interview given by Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois. There is much that … Read More
Airman won’t support same-sex marriage, punished by commandrix
Watching the signs of the times! From Breitbart: CHRISTIAN AIRMAN PUNISHED BY LESBIAN COMMANDER FACES POSSIBLE COURT MARTIAL Updating our earlier report on Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk, a Christian serving in the Air Force whose unit is now commanded … Read More
Yet another attempt by homosexuals to whip up negative press to force the Church to conform
In more Rhode Island news, I read at Life News that Fr. Brian Sistare, who recently sent out a challenge to RI Catholic lawmakers (HERE) has now told a same-sex “married” couple of men that they cannot receive Holy Communion. Fr. … Read More
When did “Marriage” stop meaning what it means?
Years ago I worked with a German sister, deeply intelligent and one of the holiest people I have ever met. We were talking about nuances of meaning in a German sentence one day and, as an aside, she explained how … Read More
Bishops of England and Wales about passage of same-sex ‘marriage’
From the Bishops of England and Wales (emphases mine): Statement on on the passing of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act Statement by the President and Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales In receiving Royal Assent, … Read More
A study in contrasts
I saw this juxtaposition of quotes about the Supreme Court’s DOMA decision at Pundit and Pundette: Pres. Barack Obama: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, … Read More
Ed Peters on the suicide at Notre-Dame de Paris
Over at the blog of the gentlemanly though trouble-making canonist Ed Peters (aka The Canonical Defender) there is a post about the ramifications of the suicide at Notre-Dame in Paris. Suicide—whatever mental/emotional problems induce some to commit it and which … Read More
Ramifications of the new normal
With the rise of the homosexualist agenda I am seeing more news reports, on both sides of the pond, about state sponsored “anti-bullying” campaigns for children in schools. I really dislike bullies, which is one reason why I go after … Read More
Bp. Tobin of Providence reacts to passage of same-sex “marriage” legislation
His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence has issued a pastoral letter to the people of the diocese entrusted to him. He reacts to the passage of same-sex “marriage” legislation for Rhode Island… a state which once … Read More
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) seems to flip on same-sex couple adoption
I suspect that the liberal cafeteria catholics out there who yammered against Congressman Ryan for his budget proposals will now be as silent as little butterflies about this new development. From the site of the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee: Paul … Read More
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