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Tag Archives: women’s ordination
More goop from Fishwrap about ordaining women
The Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) has a cringe-worthy review of a book by John Wijngaards (an ex-priest – he quit because of the Church’s ” teaching on sexuality”) with a spectacularly mendacious title: What They Don’t Teach You in Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, What are they REALLY saying?, You must be joking!
Tagged deaconettes, women's ordination
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More nutty from a bishop. Yes, a German bishop.
At Novena News which leads to Kathpress.at we read: Bishop of Limburg Georg Bätzing made the observation about the Church’s oppression of women and boycott from ordained office in a New Year’s Eve message. The prelate admitted that he must “take seriously … Continue reading
Lib ‘c’atholic outcry in … 3… 2… 1
Lib catholics often fall into the camp of those for whom every utterance of Francis is like to an oracle of the 5th apparition of Vishnu. They insist that everything he says and does is of the Magisterium. Anyone who dares … Continue reading
GERMANY: Pro-women’s ordination group: “We want to take Mary off her pedestal”
The German Church seems to be the caput malorum omnium. In the wake of the dissolution of the misplaced aspirations of promoters of female diaconate, comes this. From CNA: German bishop supports ‘Church strike’ for women’s ordination Munich, Germany, May 15, … Continue reading
Germany: More dissent from nuns
Today started with a post about that caput malorum omnium that is Germany. Let’s continue. The ultra-left La Croix stumps, not reports, on a German nun advocating women priests. If one had the slightest… slightest… understanding of priesthood as flowing from the … Continue reading
US bishops asked about women deacons
A CNA piece at the Catholic Herald looks into women deacons, deaconettes, whatever. Yesterday, I posted about a brilliant piece at Touchstone which shows, incontrovertibly, that the reasoning behind support for ordination of women (to any grade of order) is the same … Continue reading
Posted in Deaconettes
Tagged Aime G. Martimort, CARA, deaconesses, deaconettes, diaconate, women's ordination
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UPDATED @NCRonline #Fishwrap croons for ordination of women as bishops. Pray daily for their conversion or downfall.
UPDATE BELOW Originally Published on: Mar 5, 2018 The next time the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) criticizes anyone for having a faithful, conservative understanding of the Church’s discipline or doctrine, point them to this article. The next time writers for the Fishwrap such as Michael Sean … Continue reading
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù
Tagged Fishwrap, women's ordination
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Wile E. to Fr. Z.
At Fishwrap today (aka National Schismatic Reporter – a prayer for it HERE), the Wile E. Coyote of the catholic Left, has a round up of stories which interested him. He usually adds some commentary. He picked up on my new … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, New catholic Red Guards
Tagged MSW, New catholic Red Guards, Wile E. Coyote, women's ordination
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Who is Sen. Tim Kaine as a Catholic?
I saw this Tweet and a story about this Tweet at LifeSite. Senator @timkaine: Do us both a favor. Don’t show up in my communion line. I take Canon 915 seriously. It’d be embarrassing for you & for me — … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, The Drill
Tagged abortion, can. 915, Tim Kaine, women's ordination
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Why aging liberals are so nasty and so frightened
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is an analysis piece by a writer for First Things, Matthew Schmitz. He writes about the angst libs are experiencing, as they cope with the ticking clock: Pope Francis isn’t moving fast … Continue reading
Posted in Francis, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Commonweal, Hell's Bible, Massimo Faggioli, Matthew Boudway, National Catholic Reporter, New York Times, Peter Steinfels, Phyllis Zagano, Pope Francis, Robert Mickens, The Tablet, Vito Mancuso, women's ordination
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Latvian Lutherans ban female ‘priests’
Here’s a step in the right direction for our upcoming ecumenical celebrations of the Reformation! From IOL: Women priests voiced dismay on Wednesday after Latvia’s Lutheran church ruled it would no longer allow women to be ordained, putting it at … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! Survey on Deaconettes! Please help.
In the wake of Pope Francis mentioning a “study” about deaconettes (which I think was already done – but, as they say, “Quis sum ego ut iudicem.”) one of you alert readers alerted me to a survey that the women’s … Continue reading
Fishwrap’s Zagano: The Catholic Church is like an Islamic mob that beats women to death
Over at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) our old pal, and promoter of women’s ordination, Phyllis Zagano has another knee-slapper. She has a penchant for over-the-top moral equivalencies. Let’s see her latest cringe-worthy claim: Because the Catholic Church doesn’t ordain women, the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Lighter fare, You must be joking!
Tagged Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, women's ordination
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“Liturgy” of Women’s Ordination Conference
At the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap), dissidents as they are, they fall over each other in support of the (impossible) ordination of women. Tom Fox seems especially enamored of this fantasy. There was a gathering of some supporters of women’s ordination, Conference for … Continue reading
Another liberal turns on Pope Francis
A couple days ago (I’ve been busy) Breitbart had a summary of how Hell’s Bible (aka New York Times – “Women See Themselves as Left Out Amid Talk of Change in Catholic Church”) is cooling in regard to the Left’s … Continue reading
Posted in Francis, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged feminists, Pope Francis, women's ordination
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How Fishwrap celebrates Episcopalian “ordination” of women.
Preliminary comments. Priests are for sacrifice. Sacrifice requires priesthood. If you don’t have sacrifice, you don’t need priests. You can have ministers, instead. Ministers are fine, but they aren’t priests. Second, Anglicans/Episcopalians don’t have priests because they don’t have valid … Continue reading
Pope Francis prays for success of initiative to convert Anglicans
In the wake of the decision of the State tethered Church of England to have wyshyps (female bishops), the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham set up a “Exploration Day”. You know that the Ordinariate was created according to the … Continue reading
Anglicans have a home
Across the pond in Ol’ Blighty, the Church of England has approved female bishops. This was inevitable. The CofE is on the State’s leash and the State blows with (and creates) the wind of social changes, trends, fads, etc. But … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglicans, women's ordination, wyshyps
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Francis latest interview. Feminists won’t be pleased.
The Holy Father had an interview with the Italian daily Il Messaggero. It isn’t all that revelatory and I suspect that not too many people will be excited about it. There is little more statism in it. One thing to … Continue reading
Posted in Francis, The Drill
Tagged feminism, feminists, il Messaggero, Pope Francis, women, women's ordination
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Catholic reaction prompts relocation of fauxdination
Yesterday I posted an ACTION ITEM! for your kind attention, a poll on a Michigan media site (please go an vote!) about an upcoming fauxdination of a woman that was to take place at a Congregration Church. You could tell … Continue reading
