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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
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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?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Tensions in the Catholic blogosphere. Wherein Fr. Z opines.
Some discussion is arising in the Catholic blogosphere about, well, the Catholic blogosphere. This week, for example, the UK’s still best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has an opinion column: Bishops and bloggers: there is a way out of … Read More
ASK FATHER: I still wonder if my first marriage was “real”.
Life is messy, my dear readers. We make mistakes. We get get up. We go forward, living with the consequences as best we may. God sees clearly the whole truth and cannot be fooled about anything. We, on the other … Read More
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“OTT Dog, getchyer OTT Dog right here!”
As seen in Rome today. I think with the “hot dog and ketchup” you also receive a complimentary copy of the classic Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott.
Italian historian goes to the zoo about Francis and “resistance”.
I don’t know what Riccardi is smoking, but it ain’t maduro. From Vatican Insider. This is a few days old. I am just getting to it now. Riccardi: “Here’s who’s standing up to Pope Francis” “Vatican Insider” interviews Italian historian … Read More
Of the Viet Cong and Radical Feminist Nuns
I’ll bet that some of you younger readers don’t know who the Viet Cong were and what they did. They started as a tiny groups or cadres of committed Communists, insurgents, in the south of Vietnam, after the end of … Read More
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Dear Traditionalists,…
One year ago today I posted this. I haven’t changed my mind one little bit. Not an iota. I had this from a reader. He said he was not advocating these things. However, liberals will advocate them. I’ve got some … Read More
Happy Name Day, Holy Father!
Today is the name day of His Holiness, Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger. In your kindness, say a prayer or two for him today.
Burn, Baby, Burn!
Two stories of burning, which meet our approval. First, from BizPac: Former Obama groupie burns her 2008 campaign T-shirt; tells off ‘criminal-in-chief’ Saying she was once among President Obama‘s “most hysterical supporters,” Carey Wedler wants the world to know she … Read More
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