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Category Archives: Linking Back
Fishwrap’s nutty over the Holy See’s ending of “tropes” during the Agnus Dei
I am sure you have heard this at one point or another… perhaps even too often. Hitherto in many places, during the last stage of preparation before the distribution of Holy Communion, if the work at the altar was going … Read More
John XXIII, Benedict XVI, and the “speech to the moon”
Tonight there was a candlelight procession in Rome from Castel Sant’Angelo to St. Peter’s Basilica. Benedict XVI spoke to the crowd and made a reference to the famous – especially because it was informal – speech to the crowds by … Read More
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Of papyrus fragments. “Mrs Jesus” … getting a divorce!
Remember the Jesus’s wife papyrus fragment that had liberals and womenpriest wannabes all in a flutter? HERE. I saw this at First Things: Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: Forgery Confirmed? Thursday, October 11, 2012 Anna Williams In the weeks since Harvard … Read More
POPE TO TABLET….
You will recall that The Tablet recently published a dopey editorial about Vatican II. They got just about everything wrong. I wrote about it HERE. It seems Pope Benedict agrees with me. In his homily for the opening of the … Read More
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Fr. John Hunwicke – redivivus
I was delighted to see an old RSS feed come back to life today after a long hiatus. Fr. John Hunwicke, now a Catholic priest, has resumed posting to his blog now called Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment, though it has … Read More
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FOLLOW UP: Priest missing in Greece located, safe
I had posted a story, asking your prayers, about a American priest in Greece who was feared to be in danger or dead. He has been found and he is safe. From Fox 29 WXIN: An Indiana priest feared to … Read More
More on CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller and the SSPX
The other day I posted that the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbp. Gerhard Müller indicated about the SSPX in an interview with a German radio station that “I don’t think there will be any more new … Read More
Papyrus fragment gone wild!
Remember the ridiculous “Mrs. Jesus” papyrus fragment flap? L’Osservatore Romano, taking a break from commentary on The Simpsons, has offered a view. This time, however, the editor, they seem to be on target. A papyrus adrift “Harvard scholar’s discovery suggests … Read More
Some reflections on a life changing book
Today is Bilbo Baggins’s Birthday and yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit. I found an image of the edition that I first read. I first read The Hobbit when I was in 7th grade. I … Read More
“Benedict went to Westminster”
I believe it was about two years ago that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI visited London and gave his magnificent addresses in Westminster Abbey ( wearing a stole with the coat-of-arms of Leo XIII) and Westminster Hall to civil authorities. … Read More
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