Monthly Archives: August 2008

Damian Thompson of Holy Smoke has a piece in the Times today.   Some of our friends are mentioned. Let’s have a look, with my usual emphases and comments. From The Sunday TimesAugust 10, 2008Let us pray in Latin: priests take … Read More →

The ultra-lefty dissenting National Catholic Reporter has particularly shameful coverage of another false-ordination ceremony for a woman who wants to be a Catholic priest. The facts of the story go along the usual track: woman wants to be a Catholic … Read More →

Here is a nice follow up story to what I posted the other day about the implementation of Summorum Pontificum in the area of Davenport, Iowa. The following is from The Catholic Messenger with my emphases and comments. Tridentine Mass … Read More →

I had a question put to me this morning at the blognic in Cleveland. What are some good books for adult converts and reverts to the Church? In addition to the Catechism of the Catholic Church or its Compendium, off … Read More →

I picked up this disturbing story from Damian Thompson.  I don’t know all the details, but what I read was rather alarming. My emphases and comments. The suppression of a Latin-loving parishSaturday, August 9, 2008, 12:45 PM GMT I have … Read More →

I am about to head off to the Cleveland blognic.

Hitting the road again. Penjing isn’t going this time.

You just knew a lot of churches were filled with hot air, right? Blow-up church looks to lure beachgoersThu Aug 7, 2008 4:51am EDT ROME (Reuters) – Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are following their flocks to the beach … Read More →

This is really interesting from my friend the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the ultra-leftist NCRep.  I was once ‘more severe’ than today, Benedict XVI tells priestsPosted on Aug 7, 2008 05:19am CST. Print Friendly Version By JOHN L. … Read More →

On 8 August I fly to Cleveland where I will be for a few days. We have said that there will be a blognic on Saturday morning 9 August. The plans must be firmed up now, I think. Let’s meet, … Read More →