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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Some recent posts of note
Just so that when they scroll off the first page, newcomers will know they are there…. Americans “overwhelmingly” favorable toward Pope Benedict L’Osservatore Romano… what the…?!? The greatest of the feasts of our Lord My take on Sunday at Notre … Read More
More ineffabilitas
Perusing Romano Guardini’s The Rosary of Our Lady on the Third Glorious Mystery I found this little gem… Her life must have been ineffable in its tranquility. Guardini, Romano. The Rosary of Our Lady. (Trans. H. von Schuecking). New York: … Read More
Rodari interviews Vian on what he is up to with L’Osservatore Romano
It has been hard to explain why in the page of L’Osservatore Romano we have seen sch poor judgment about the case of Notre Dame and Pres. Obama. Notre Dame chose to bestow an honor on the most pro-abortion President … Read More
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From Orthanc to Notre Dame
From a reader: Reading both posts of yours on The Inflated One at Notre Dame, and Father Jenkins introduction, I recalled this from Tolkien’s The Two Towers, the chapter titled, ‘The Speech of Saruman’: "Those who listened unwarily to that … Read More
Archbp. Chaput on Notre Dame and Pres. Obama
His Excellency Most Rev. Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, has made some observations about what happened at Notre Dame last Sunday, when a Catholic university honored abortion by honoring the most aggressively pro-abortion politician we may have ever seen in … Read More
Americans “overwhelmingly” favorable toward Pope Benedict
Polling data is tricky, and too often people use it to justify their errors. Some polls are helpful, however, provided that we take them for what they are worth. This is in from CNA: New Haven, Conn., May 19, 2009 … Read More
L’Osservatore Romano… what the…?!?
Many…many.. of you are asking me via e-mail what one earth is wrong with L’Osservatore Romano. The Vatican’s newspaper published a decidedly dopey article on the visit of President Obama to Notre Dame. The singularly grossest aspect of the decidedly … Read More
Bp. Finn (D. KC, MO) on Notre Dame, Obama’s speech
The Catholic Key blog of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has an interview with His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn, the excellent bishop of the same. He opines on the visit of Pres. Obama to Notre Dame. Here are … Read More
Meanwhile, back in Washington, DC…
I was alerted by a friend to something very interesting. There was an AP article by Julie Pace on MSNBC.com about Pres. Obama at Notre Dame. At the very end of that article, originally, this paragraph appeared: "Back in Washington, … Read More
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