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Monthly Archives: July 2017
And now for something completely different….
Each year I try to watch a lot of the Tour de France and some of Wimbledon. At the risk of making some Jesuits jealous, I have to post this.
Prayer Request – Thomas Peters
UPDATE 18 July: Thomas let me know that they are praying in a special way to Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of St. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. So, those two are already canonized (2015). I was thinking that they might be asking … Read More
Archbp. Chaput responds to Jesuit Fr. Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro and La Civiltà Cattolica
UPDATE: One of you readers caught this and posted in the combox. Comment: To submit a reply to Archbishop Chaput’s column, the anti-spam quiz currently is “What is 2 plus 2?” Very shrewd. This will prevent Fr. Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro … Read More
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PODCAzT 154: Card. Sarah in La Nef on 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum
Recently the great Robert Card. Sarah had a piece in the French magazine La Nef. Only fragments were out on the interwebs. I eventually got my hands on the entire thing in French. I now also have a translation … Read More
Updates on Challenge Coins, Gregorian Masses, Birettas, blog nuts and bolts
Firstly, I am having a great time with my Challenge Coins. I’ve been sending them out to a select group of military, LEOs, and others, including NASA and CIA types. I’m getting notes back that they’ve been received. I have … Read More
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UK Catholic weekly critiques ‘Inciviltà cattolica’ v. Americans
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, there are not one but two … two critiques of Jesuit Fr. Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro’s attack on Americans in Inciviltà cattolica. They are useful because they are not in an American source. Antonio Spadaro has discovered … Read More
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Have you ever heard of, or heard from, a “Notation Knife”?
Enjoy this fascinating video! Biretta tip to The Catholic Thing. This is about a “notation knife”, which could be called a Benediction or Blessing Knife. At the end, they have worked out parts to match the notation and have a little group … Read More
Mickens tries to pull a fast one as he attempts, again, to insult Pope Benedict
At far-left-leaning Commonweal, long-time Rome-based writer Robert Mickens has a new insinuation piece. Context: To review Mickens a bit, he dislikes Benedict XVI so much that, in social media, he rooted for his death, which got him fired from the ultra-liberal … Read More
Robert Royal on the anti-American Spadaro/Figueroa smear
The well-deserved fallout continues for the vicious anti-American attack piece penned at Inciviltà cattolica by Jesuit Fr Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro, who is also so interested in the life and works of Pier Vittorio Tondelli that he created his own website about him (HERE). Today I read at The … Read More
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