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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Examination of Conscience resources from a rock-solid, reliable priest!
I am often asked for a good Examination of Conscience resource, or Examen. Some time ago my good friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness, had posted on the website of his former parish 3 good PDFS for a small trifold … Read More
ASK FATHER: My Catholic son is marrying a Lutheran. Can a priest bless the marriage?
From reader… QUAERITUR: My son is Catholic and woman he will marry is Lutheran. Her father is a minister and will be doing the ceremony. May a Catholic priest be present to bless the marriage? What is the rule? The Church requires … Read More
Card. Dolan: “Where’s the Catholic Sandy Koufax?”
Because it is Spring (or close enough) and because in Spring all right-thinking souls turn their thoughts and hopes once again to that summa of sports, baseball, and because the Old English origin of the word “Lent”, lencten, means “Spring”, and … Read More
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New interview with Benedict XVI in Avvenire
I just noticed the news at LifeSite that Pope (Emeritus) Benedict XVI gave an interview to Avvenire, which is the daily of the Italian Bishops Conference. Yes, they have their own newspaper. The interview is refreshing. At this point I … Read More
Modernists don’t believe what they believe
I saw something good at the site of The Remnant today. The Remnant is responding to another cleric out there, but this is the part I liked: I was thinking about mathematics this morning, and found it very, very interesting … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Petition Jesuits to abort big-business abortion leader Cecile Richards invitation!
From CNS comes this notice about a petition. Jesuit-run (who else) Georgetown University – which covered up the Holy Name when the pro-abortion, anti-freedom POTUS Obama visited – has invited big-business abortion tycoon Cecile Richards, CEO of abortion-industry leader Planned … Read More
Archd. Omaha: Custodian destroys Mary Poppins mannequin, Buddha on display in Cathedral
In a way what follows echoes the post about concerts in churches. HERE What is appropriate in a church and what is not? This remarkable bit of news is from Omaha.com: Kelly: With a pair of bolt cutters and sense … Read More
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The Tablet of @BrooklynDiocese on Benedict XVI’s legacy: a glaring omission
At the website of the diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn there is an editorial dated 2 March about the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. HERE While the editorial is positive and has some good points there is a … Read More
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NCReg: Interview with Bp. Morlino, the Extraordinary Ordinary
The National Catholic Register has an online interview with Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison (aka The Extraordinary Ordinary). HERE They cover a range of topics, mostly touching on liturgical worship. You might recall that not long ago I posted … Read More
WINNIPEG: Children learn Latin and excel in other areas
From the Winnipeg Free Press: Students ‘carpe diem’ [No they don’t. Carpe is a singular imperative.] Latin class finds modern uses for ancient language [Like passing language and reasoning portions of placement exams?] With just a tiny bit of prompting, … Read More
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