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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Dismissal of publicly immoral Church employees
This story caught my eye because of the name of the place involved. When I see this name I always think of Daffy Duck. From the San Bernardino Sun: A Rancho Cucamonga man who taught 17 years at a Catholic … Read More
What’s red, flutters a little, and is carried in an entrance procession?
What’s red, flutters a little, and is carried in an entrance procession? Yes, the elevated image of your patronal red fish god. Someone sent me a link to a video of the entrance procession for the Mass at the Basilica … Read More
A tactic
We are starting to see more often now the heterodox attack orthodox defenses of Catholic doctrine as “turning against the poor”. In the combox here, under a post about Bp. Morlino, someone tried to slither in a snarky implication that … Read More
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Sister is upset that Archbp. Sartain will attend the LCWR meeting
The nuns aren’t happy. That is to say the LCWR nuns aren’t happy. All the traditional sisters are happy. It seems that the LCWR’s Vatican Overlord is going to attend the whole of the LCWR meeting at the swanky Royale … Read More
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Canon Law Conference at O.L. Guadalupe Shrine
Over the last couple days I attended a Canon Law and Civil Law Conference at the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Diocese of LaCrosse. A great setting for a great conference. Alas, the Shrine is in … Read More
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HEY! YOU! Who do you think you are?!?
There is an AP story floating around, in which the undersigned is quoted, “Analysis: Pope’s revolution; not all are pleased” by Nicole Winfield of AP. As usual, Nicole gets some things wrong and some right. My focus at this moment … Read More
Bp. Morlino … ad multos annos
On 1 August 2003, His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino was installed as Bishop of Madison. Madison, one of the great liberal bastions of these USA, has been described by some as “47 square miles surrounded by reality”. Happy … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers kudos to Jamie Manson and shares her pain
It isn’t often that I can give “Fr Z Kudos” to the Fishwrap’s Jamie Manson (openly lesbian activist, mentored by Sr. Margaret Farley, and darling of the LCWR). In the wake of Pope Francis’ comments on the airplane about homosexuals … Read More
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