Category Archives: Be The Maquis

A few thoughts about changes to the Congregation for Bishops. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 23 December 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A lot of you are asking by email my take on Pope Francis’ not confirming Card. Burke as a member of the Congregations for Bishops and for Saints. The fact is that the members of these Congregations are routinely shifted … Read More →

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Proper “clericalism” defined and defended

Posted on 20 December 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is time to fight back. Over at The Liturgy Guy there is a good post about clericalism. First, let me say that there is a good clericalism and a bad. The worst clericalism that we see is of pandemic … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Self-absorbed Promethean Neopelagians, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants | Tagged America Magazine, clericalism, Daniel P. Horan OFM, priesthood, priestly identity
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Pat Archbolds’ Open Letter to Pope Francis on Franciscan Friars

Posted on 18 December 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pat Archbold has written an open letter to Pope Francis about the plight of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Here is a sample. Dear Holy Father, I urgently need your help and so do others. I have heard all … Read More →

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Fr. Z on Fr. Finigan on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate

Posted on 13 December 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Hermeneuticalness, the mighty P.P of Blackfen, the Dean of Bexley, the indominable Fr. Timothy Finigan opines on the situation the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate are faced with. The Commissar appointed by the Prefect of the Congregation for Religious, João … Read More →

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The Forbidden Rite

Posted on 28 November 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader sent the following enthusiastic filmette: Be the Maquis!

Posted in Be The Maquis, Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices | Tagged Benedict XVI, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, TLM
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ACTION ITEM! Is the “Vatican survey” being hijacked? Fr. Z says, “¡Vaya lío!”

Posted on 25 November 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You know that there is a survey out there, at the Vatican’s behest, in anticipation of the upcoming Synod of Bishops which will discuss the family. While surveying people ahead of time is not new, when I heard about this … Read More →

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BE THE MAQUIS: Object lessons in how to obtain the TLM where you are.

Posted on 18 October 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Last night (here in Rome) I had an interesting supper with a Roman friend and a couple from the USA who are here on a visit. They recounted the uphill battle they have had to obtain cooperation of their parish … Read More →

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Fr. Swamp Fox, the Catholic Maquis, and You. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 29 September 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have written “Be The Maquis!” a few times. Why? Right now liberals – who misread Pope Francis and shamelessly instrumentalize him – are emboldened. They sense that they have the big mo, and, given the help they receive from … Read More →

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An article with critical observations about The Big Interview

Posted on 23 September 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I direct the readership’s attention to an article at First Things, by R.R.Reno concerning TBI (aka The Big Interview™). It is provocative. We need to work through it. A few samples. […] [T]he tone is mobile, the rhetoric fluid, and … Read More →