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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?
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Category Archives: Mail from priests
ACTION ITEM! Fr. Dana Christensen and Seven Sisters Apostolate – UPDATED
UPDATE 10 Oct 2021 This is from Fr. Christensen: Things have been harrowing. Two weeks ago I went to the hospital with what I thought would be something fairly simple, but soon I was transferred to the hospital in Sioux … Read More
ASK FATHER: Blessing of guns and ammo
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I hope you are well … TC Motu Inapproprio and all else considered. I need to bless new guns and ammo for some Catholic men. I remember something like this on your blog. Is there something … Read More
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Clericalist bully in KCMO attacks the young priests cleaning up the mess he caused
Every once in a while I receive something so annoying, that it needs wider attention out of justice. If you are not easily provoked to the sort of anger that is sin, as Paul warned us about Sunday in the … Read More
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Clear words from a good priest about the cruel ‘Traditionis custodes’ and worst case scenarios
Quite a few of you have written to me about something that my good friend Fr. James Jackson, FSSP (recently moved from Colorado to Rhode Island) published in his parish’s bulletin. I received two such emails this afternoon. Father is … Read More
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Fr. Angel Sotelo – RIP
Dear readers…. A friend of many years, and a long-time participant here, Fr. Angel Sotelo died yesterday. He suffered with cancer and recently had serious surgery. He didn’t make it past cancer… … but I am confident that he made … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do priests who celebrate only in the vernacular really know what they are saying?
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I recently discovered the SCDF declaration Instauratio liturgica (Jan. 25, 1974), which says that the meaning of a translated sacramental formula is that of the original Latin, understood according to the mind of the Church. Especially … Read More
BOOK: The Trouble with Magic: Our Failed Search for More and Christ’s fulfillment of our Desires
A priest friend of mine has published an interesting book about magic, witchcraft. The Trouble with Magic: Our Failed Search for More and Christ’s fulfillment of our Desires by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger US HERE – UK HERE (newly added) I haven’t read … Read More
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News From The Chaplain: “Bomb go boom”
You long-time readers will remember my good friend Fr. Charles Johnson, presently chaplain on USS Ford, which is undergoing various tests and trails as they shake her down. We had travel vestments made for Father, when his airplane went into … Read More
A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00
Today I saw a video posted by Church Militant of a panel discussion with 9 priests who have been “cancelled”. Some of it was pretty rough… at least for me to watch. One of the things that I heard … Read More
NOTA BENE: canceledpriests.org
Today I received a note about a priest who was, in effect, cancelled. Having been cleared of wrongdoing after a false accusation of molestation of a minor, after being cleared also by Rome, his bishop will not give him an … Read More
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