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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- A.S. Haley on Daily Rome Shot 1226 – “Baaaaaah!”: “Black’s Knight prevents Black’s Bishop from applying check. So move it: 1. . . . Ng4 2. g2g3 (If White…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1226 – “Baaaaaah!”: “I will not use the new name for the Gulf of Mexico. The name has historical roots and we need…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1226 – “Baaaaaah!”: “1. . . . . . . N×f3+ If 2. B×f3 . . B-d4+ 3. K-f1 . . R-h1# If…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1226 – “Baaaaaah!”: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on 21 January – “O glorious St. Agnes, intercede with Christ the High Priest for a return of orthodoxy, sanity and sanctity to the Roman Church!”: “With her death St. Agnes brought to an end the Roman persecution of our Holy Mother the Church. Let pray…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1225: “Can you repost your youthful image of St. Joseph please? I can’t see it. It show an exclamation point in…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O. 2nd Ordinary) 2025: “Attendance was sparser than usual at our 10:30 AM High Mass due to a pending snow storm. Normally almost every…”
- on OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter: “? « Not Found Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help. »”
- on OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter: “Link leads to a dead page, not an audio file.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1225: “Note that White’s King is locked down, and has no legal move. We want to keep things that way: 1.…”
- 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.”
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Tag Archives: Twitter
@fatherz on Twitter
It would be nice to get over 50K again after that weird “purge” that Twitter inflicted on me and others before the last big campaign. @fatherz As I write, followers are at 49,996 Twitter is pretty awful in some respects. … Read More
On Twitter follow @fatherz
Remember back during the faux election cycle that there was a weird “purge” on Twitter? In the space of a few days, I lost thousands of followers for no apparent reason. Now that Elon Musk (BTW… I posted a video … Read More
NEW VATICAN OFFICE! Congregation for the Bulletins of the World
Picking up from something someone said to me the other day, if we were able to combine Youtube, Twitter and Facebook, would it be YouTwitFace? I found a new Twitter feed to follow. (Please follow mine! I lost some 10K … Read More
Twitter and Parler
A while back I discovered how Twitter imposed with algorithms what my “interests” are on my account. An astonishing list of things I’ve never even heard of, much less had interest in. I understand that Twitter uses these checked boxes … Read More
Big Business Is WATCHING!
Two stories. Both alarming. First, apparently the group which secreted cameras and caught out Big Business Abortion (aka Planned Parenthood) has stung Twitter. HERE HIDDEN CAMERA: HUNDREDS of Twitter employees paid to view, mine your PERSONAL, PRIVATE posts NB: Not … Read More
BLOCKED by the New catholic Red Guards. How about you?
In the last couple of days I’ve discovered that I’ve been blocked on Twitter by Fr. Thomas Rosica (@FatherRosica) and by Massimo “Beans” Faggioli (@massimofaggioli). I am not sure why I clicked on a tweet reference to Rosica, since I … Read More
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Tagged Fr. Thomas Rosica, Massimo Faggioli, New catholic Red Guards, Twitter
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Twitter Liturgy: Luther would be so proud…
Luther would be so proud. From NPR: In Germany, Churchgoers Are Encouraged To Tweet From The Pews In Germany this year, the Protestant church is celebrating 500 years since Martin Luther brought about the Reformation. Today, as the number of … Read More
From a Father of the Church to everyone who texts and tweets
A note from a Father of the Church to everyone who texts and tweets. Tip o’ the biretta to the Laudator. Basil, letter XII (to Olympius; tr. Roy J. Deferrari): You used to write us little enough, but now you … Read More
Amusing Ash Wednesday note
On Twitter today, I saw someone refer to the mark from ashes as an #ashtag Heh.
@Pontifex Latin Tweet
Each day there are tweets from Pope Francis’ account. They post more or less the same content in different languages. Someone is busy! Today we have this, in Latin: Debiliores domi ultro curamus. Qua re humani generis ne imbecillitatem neve … Read More
1st Year Anniversary of @Pontifex
I saw on News.va that today, one year ago, Benedict XVI launched @Pontifex on Twitter. Pope Francis has continued to use it, no doubt through surrogates. Here is his latest Latin tweet: Expers laetitiae nulla concipi valet Ecclesia quae tum … Read More
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
Then they opened their mouths and removed all doubt.
There were some attacks on me over the last couple days because I (in a moment of stupidity) responded to a anti-Catholic bigot who had launched a mendacious attack on the Church. In a moment of weakness, I cared. Oh … Read More
@Pontifex Project: Week 8 – The last for Benedict as Pope
Benedict XVI is STILL POPE, until 20:00 Rome Time on 28 February. Have you worked out where you will be? I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a Tuesday … Read More
@Pontifex Project: Week 7
Benedict XVI is STILL POPE. I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a day and single theme instead of various scatterings over days when they might not be noticed. … Read More
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Tagged @Pontifex Tuesday Project, Benedict XVI, Twitter
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@Pontifex Project: Week 4
I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a day and single theme instead of various scatterings over days when they might not be noticed. Here is the collective tweet … Read More
Posted in @Pontifex Tuesday Project, Benedict XVI, One Man & One Woman
Tagged @Pontifex Tuesday Project, tweet, Twitter
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@Pontifex now in Latin
His Holiness now has a Twitter account also in Latin. HERE. No tweets yet. I have argued HERE that a tweet is pipatum. “I tweet” is pipio. BTW… I missed last Tuesday’s @Pontifex tweet. Let’s do it tomorrow, Friday, the other … Read More
Posted in @Pontifex Tuesday Project, Benedict XVI, Lighter fare
Tagged @Pontifex Tuesday Project, pipatum, pipio, Pontifex, Twitter
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@Pontifex Tuesday Project: Week 2
I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a day and single theme instead of various scatterings over days when they might not be noticed. Here is the first collective … Read More
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Tagged @Pontifex Tuesday Project, Epiphany, Pontifex, Twitter
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16 Comments
@Pontifex Tuesday Project: Week 1
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I suggested a project using Twitter HERE. Let’s create a “stack” of tweets during the day. Concentrate your effort on a day and single theme instead of various scatterings over days when they might not … Read More
A.S. Haley on Daily Rome Shot 1226 – “Baaaaaah!”: “Black’s Knight prevents Black’s Bishop from applying check. So move it: 1. . . . Ng4 2. g2g3 (If White…”
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