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 →
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 →
Form a committee or some kind of group and after awhile they will want to know how much power they have. I read at CNA: Synod on Synodality members ask ‘for greater discernment’ of Church teaching on sexuality Participants in … Read More →
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 →
Because I entertain moments of self-hatred which I evolve into moments of reparation for for “walking together”, I tuned into a YouTube video of the very thing… “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity”. It is a morning session from yesterday. If … Read More →
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 →
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 →
From the Italian site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, not The Babylon Bee. My emphases: The letter kills, the Spirit vivifies and the Synod pollutes Over 300 members who will travel, talk, and in short emit Co2. In view of the … Read More →
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 →
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 →
On the way back to Rome, Francis was slightly Mongolian grilled when asked about the book that is making waves The Synodal Process ((“walking together”)) Is a Pandora’s Box: 100 Questions and Answers which has a Preface by Card. Burke. … Read More →
Run don’t walk to read a piece by a chap of whom I had not heard just a few short months ago. Larry Chapp has a great piece on the great façade of the upcoming Synod on Synodality (“Walking together … Read More →
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler has issued a pastoral letter to the faithful of the diocese entrusted to his care. It is about the Synod (“walking together”) about Synodality (“walking together-ity”). The full text is at LifeSite: […] I urge … Read More →
At Crux there is a piece about a new booklet published on 22 August by TFP concerning the upcoming Synod (“walking together”). Card. Burke wrote the intro… Burke claims Pope’s synod will foster ‘confusion, error and division’ Keep this in … Read More →
There’s going to be a webinar on Synodality (“walking together-ity”). SYNOD ON SYNODALITY – A NEW KIND OF CHURCH Australasian Catholics Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR), Yarra Theological Union (YTU, and Garratt Publishing are pleased to present the Synod on … Read More →
What will the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together-ity”) be like? One clue is to look at the list of the participants. First, however, I note this, from Jesuit-run Amerika Magazine: Here is a list of the participants: HERE … Read More →
UPDATE: I’ve been told that people who don’t have Twitter accounts can no longer read tweets? True? In any event, I’ll post the long poem that Fr V zapped up using ChatBox. It’s… on the nose. Originally Published on: Jul 1, … Read More →
Robert Royal has a good piece today at The Catholic Thing about the twisty, tricksy, rhetoric of reality distortion that is hanging like a dense fog obscuring the swamp of synodality (“walking together-ity”). The Ruinous Rhetoric of ‘Synodal Interpretation’ Here’s … Read More →
From Vatican News: Cardinal Grech: Synodal process is mature fruit of Vatican II As the Pontifical Lateran University begins the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its founding, Cardinal Mario Grech reflects on the Second Vatican Council and synodality. Cardinal … Read More →
This was made by the office of the Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops. If you are going to comment, phrase it in such a way that it will be more likely I will let through the moderation queue, if you … Read More →
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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