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- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “It seems more likely that medieval court rituals were based on the Mass, rather than the other way around. That…”
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A suggested Twitter project for @Pontifex
Now that the initial furor around the Holy Father’s Twitter account has died down a little, I want to pass along a suggestion made by a reader who left me a constructive voicemail. We could designate a day to post … Read More
An interesting claim about the followers of @pontifex
From Vatican Insider comes this …. color me skeptical. Benedict XVI has almost 2 million followers on Twitter. “The Pope has grasped the full potential of this social network. Facebook’s too personal” VATICAN INSIDER STAFF ROME “Someone had to show … Read More
QUAERITUR: Whither Papal Tweets?
What I really want to know: In which section of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis are the Holy Father’s tweets going to be published? Which theological note will they be assigned?
Posted in Benedict XVI, Lighter fare, New Evangelization
Tagged AAS, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Benedict XVI, Pontifex, tweets, Twitter
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14 Comments
Pipiavit @Pontifex – FOLLOW UP and POLL
The Pope sent his first tweet. [wp_youtube]gy4sNYmfpt8[/wp_youtube] UPDATE 12/12/12 22:36 GMT: The Pope has something around 1.5 million followers across his various language oriented accounts. English is the leader with close to a million. The number is going up by … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Pontifex, tweet, Twitter
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60 Comments
Are Christ’s mission and Holy Church well-served by “me-tooism”?
My friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeueticalness, has written with a touch of irony about the recent launch of the Holy Father’s Twitter account, @pontifex. Among Father’s observations is an amusing bit about how the Holy See’s explanatory announcement of this Twitter … Read More
@Pontifex
The Holy Father’s new Twitter account is up and running: @Pontifex He has not tweeted anything yet, at the time of this writing. From VIS: The Pope’s presence on Twitter is a concrete expression of his conviction that the Church … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI
Tagged Benedict XVI, Pontifex, pope, Twitter
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22 Comments
Summus pipiabit Pontifex!
FOLLOW UP: 3 December: His account is up and running: @Pontifex Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! On Monday we will find out what the Pope’s new Twitter handle is. There will be a press conference in Rome on … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, New Evangelization, The Drill, Year of Faith
Tagged Benedict XVI, pipiatio, polls, pope, tweet, Twitter
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33 Comments
Card. Napier on Twitter about Pres. Obama’s unnatural sex evolutionary moment
Yesterday in my post asking you to “follow” Cardinal Dolan on Twitter (@CardinalDolan) another Cardinal’s Twitter account was mentioned: @CardinalNapier. On Twitter Card. Napier reacted to Pres. Obama’s unnatural sex evolution: Cardinal Napier (@CardinalNapier) 5/9/12 11:42 PM Obama on same … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Card. Dolan, Card. Napier, homosexuality, marriage, Pres. Obama, Twitter
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12 Comments
WDTPRS POLL: Social Networks and YOU
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I am curious about your use of “social networks” such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ just to name a few. Please choose your best answer and then (if you are registered here) leave a comment … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, POLLS
Tagged Facebook, google, poll, social communications, social networking, Twitter
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61 Comments
ACTION ITEM! A TWITTER PROJECT REQUEST from Fr. Z
Catholics need to learn better how to use the new media, new tools of social communication, and social networking. (On that score, I renew my appeal that you please use early and often the sharing buttons on these entries. Thanks!) … Read More
USAToday’s coverage of the #WhatSistersMeanToMe tag on Twitter (We are mentioned.)
I noticed this in USAToday: Twisting tweets make hash of hashtag support for nuns [Nooo… it brought clarity to support for nuns.] By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY Hesitate before you launch a hashtag. The experiences of President Obama and Catholic … Read More
Tweeting for the Magisterium of Nuns
The acolytes of the Magisterium of Nuns, such as Fr. James Martin, SJ, of America Magazine, are pretending that the Holy See’s effort to reform the the LCWR is about Republicans and politics, or about their “social justice” work. Fr. … Read More
My thanks to tweeps!
I am very grateful to my tweeps who consistently re-tweet my tweets and blog posts on Twitter. I started a new link category on my side-bar and have added the Twitter names of people helping me out. Hint: Do as … Read More
SMS et Pipationes … LATINE! MVR!
Picked up via rogueclassicism and a Google+ page: +Lauren Stein suggested coming up with a list of Latin abbreviations for texting. I’m pasting in here some ideas for that which already surfaced at the eClassics Ning a couple of years … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged abbreviations, Latin, SMS, texting, Twitter
10 Comments
10 Comments
Benedictus qui pipiavit in nomine Domini
It isn’t very often that you see a Pope send a tweet. Latin for “tweet” is pipio, -are. A “tweet” is a pipiatio. [wp_youtube]tty87WDBukk[/wp_youtube] And this… [wp_youtube]tC8s44MRGVA[/wp_youtube]
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Benedict XVI, ipad, Twitter, Vatican, youtube
23 Comments
23 Comments
Latin for “tweet” and “Twitter” – WDTPRS POLL
Fewer questions in this twittering world burn at hot as the proper Latin terminology for Twitter. In a couple places, for example on the entry about the Z-Cam and Radio Sabina, I have suggested that Latin for “tweet” as in … Read More
The Feeder Feed: unhappy edition (with a REQUEST… and some useful Latin)
This is not my shot. I found it on the Twitter feed of Glacier National Park via Disputations. Behold, Sialia pissedofftica, aka the Bluebird of Unhappiness. It is the winter that will not end. With that… if you use Twitter … Read More
On Twitter we have “#followfriday”; why not “#anathemasiturday”
From His Hermeuenticalness. I think we should consider this. Having just worked out what #followfriday is on Twitter (and indeed having posted my first #FF tweet) I thought it would be good to have an hashtag for an "Anathema Saturday" … Read More
A reason to follow the major catholic bloggers on Twitter
From time to time as ask for more followers on Twitter. I’ll ask again… follow me on Twitter: @father Today I was glad I had followed a couple of major Catholic Tweeters, in this case the young Papist and on … Read More
Request to readers: good hashtags for Twitter about recent controversies
To readers who use Twitter: If some of you are paying attention to Twitter feeds about the topic of how the media is handling the recent round of controversies, or the topic of the controversies themselves, could you post some … Read More
L. on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
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