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Tag Archives: Synod
EXPLICIT: Impose “synodality” (“walking togetherity”) and the other stuff will follow
This is from Catholic Vote. Everyone, I’ve been saying all along that whatever “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” might produce in terms of texts or recommendations for some papal document, none of that makes a difference. The real content is … Read More
A couple of weird stories related to the Synod (“Walking Together about Walking Togetherity”)
Today I saw one of the weirdest things I’ve seen in a long while. Get this. It is not intended to be satire. From CNA about “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” (aka “W-T-F” – explained HERE) Synod on Synodality: Italian nun … Read More
“Walking Together” today (literally today, 11 Oct 2023) and John XXIII’s “Gaudet Mater Ecclesia”
Today is the Feast of John XXIII in the new, Novus Ordo, calendar. He died in 1963 during the Second Vatican Council. His greatest achievement was being a military chaplain. Today is the anniversary of the opening of Vatican II … Read More
Good news from “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity”
Good news! I spoke with a synod voting delegate, one of the 27% who are not Bishops. Direct quote: “there are more delegates at the synod who defend the traditional Latin mass than you can imagine.” Pernicious terms like “inclusivity” … Read More
Conference in Rome on “The Synodal Tower of Babel” the day before “Walking Together on Walking Togetherity”
For years the Italian (and English) site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana has been a daily go to. Last night they held a “launch” event at a Roman theatre very near to the place where the “Walking Togetherity” will commence. This … Read More
Card. Müller calls the October Synod (“walking together”): “the great hour of manipulation”
Gerhard Card. Müller gave an interview to a Spanish outlet Infovaticana. The questions were good and the answers were HARD HITTING. Diane Montagna did a translation and posted it on Twitter. Here is an excerpt: Q-There are some voices that … Read More
Synod on Synodality: A Poem by ChatGPT
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, I thought you might appreciate this poem on the Synod on Synodality. It was generated by ChatGPT. Pretty good, eh? All the more impressive is that the GPT-3.5 Large Language Model is only trained … Read More
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