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Category Archives: POPES
OUTGOING Bp. Garcia of Monterey suppresses the 17 year long TLM community
The pogrom goes on. It goes on despite not knowing what Leo XIV has in mind. The OUTGOING/GONE Bishop Garcia of Monterey (California) is terminating the TLM that has been going on for 17 years. Yes, “out”. Bp. Daniel Garcia was … Read More
Notes about the Fishwrap on Charlie, Pope Leo on other stuff
I’ve been busy with a lot of other things recently and important things have happened. People have asked me to comment. I’ll ramble a little. First, tonight I was drawn over to that fever-swamp that is the Fishwrap (aka National fill … Read More
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CQ CQ CQ: #ZedNet – Leo XIV pays a visit
I’ve been wanting to revive Zednet. Alas, I cannot do it alone. I don’t have possession of the components or the knowhow. Maybe, someday soon we can get it going again. Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV went to the transmission center … Read More
SSPX: Habemus Papam! Pray or Speculate?
Pope Leo XIV has now been in office some 36… 37 days? He seems to be moving at a careful and deliberate pace. However, I am struck by perhaps coincidental facts which could be more than mere coincidences. For example, … Read More
Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.
For the last month and change, one of the most frequent observations I’ve heard from people is that its funny how we are so happy just to have something like normalcy. The most frequent word I’ve heard in Rome and … Read More
Pope Leo XIV: “marriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman”
Today the Pope, Leo XIV (a pleasure to type that) gave a sermon for a Mass for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. In this sermon he directly contradicted something that Francis inspired in others through the … Read More
A posthumous surprise post from the late Fr. Hunwicke (+2024): “Obituary of a very failed Pontificate”
Those of us who have been reading Catholics things on the interwebs will with fondness, respect and sorrow remember the wonderful, erudite, amusing posts of the late Fr. John Hunwicke. Fr. Hunwicke died 13 months ago. He had had a … Read More
SSPX-USA Letter about Pope Leo XIV
The following is a letter on the election of Pope Leo XIV from Fr. John Fullerton, the District Superior of the Society of Saint Pius X in the United States. HERE My emphases and comments. Dear faithful, The election of Cardinal Robert Francis … Read More
Leo XIV: “a very ‘say the black, do the red’ kind of priest”
It’s great to see a phrase you have popularized for so long that people now use it rather commonly. It’s even better when that phrase is used to describe our new Pope Leo XIV. Also of note in that screen … Read More
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