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Monthly Archives: April 2013
8 April – a great Catholic anniversary!
It is great to be Catholic. And fun too! The Italian site of ZENIT informs us that on 8 April we celebrate the 750th anniversary of the finding of the incorrupt tongue of St. Anthony of Padua! YES! It is! On … Read More
Pope Francis and confessions (and liberals)
Liberals are crowing about how wonderful Pope Francis new liturgical style is. “Everyone should imitate him!”, they exalt. Okay, my little friends, hearing confessions, the Sacrament of Penance, is LITURGY. Here is something I picked up from Catholic World News. … Read More
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Obama Admin in Army Reserve brief lumps Catholicism in with Al Qaeda, Hamas, KKK
I call it “creeping incrementalism”. Liberals will state or propose something outrageous. There is an outcry against it. They back done. They wait for awhile. They do it again. There is an outcry, but the outcry isn’t quite as … Read More
A Catholic university denies student K of C group because it’s… for Catholics
On the side bar of this blog I have a feed for the Cardinal Newman Society. They posted a story… Gonzaga Denies Knights of Columbus Student Group Because it’s Catholic Spokane’s Gonzaga University [Jesuit run Catholic school] has denied a … Read More
SECRET WDTPRSNEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Fr. Z with Michael Voris at the Church Militant studio!
I was recently in Detroit and, during my too brief sojourn, had the opportunity to visit the studio of Church Militant, the HQ of Michael Voris and his merry band. I have to say that I was deeply concerned at … Read More
If Francis wants a leaner, humble liturgy… then we need sacred music to match. We already have it!
Some extol the new “humble” liturgical style of Pope Francis in the wrong way. They oppose his style to a grand or solemn style, as if the one excludes the other. The humble does NOT cancel out the grand. Nor … Read More
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Reading Francis Through Benedict: clerical sexual abuse
We continue to… Read Francis Through Benedict. Here is a communiqué from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: The Holy Father today received in audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Is it a sin to fast during the Easter Octave?
From a reader: I listen to the Catholic Channel on Sirius/XM a lot and yesterday a priest who is usually fairly reliable made the comment that it is a sin to fast during the Octave of Easter. My wife started … Read More
NOT CGI!
A few days back, this was on Astronomy Pic of the Day. From the International Space Station as it travels around your planet. It is not CGI! If you are every wondering where the ISS is, click HERE. I used … Read More
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For Fishwrap, El Pueblo knows best!
Over at the National Schismatic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters has a supremely naïve piece (for which I hope he was paid by the word). Winters lays out a grand plan for Pope Francis to reform the Roman Curia and why. … Read More
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