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Category Archives: POPES
ASK FATHER: If there is no other priest, does Father put ashes on himself? #ashtag
From a priest comes a good #ashtag question… QUAERITUR: A couple priests have asked me today, and I have no good answer – when a priest is offering Mass on Ash Wednesday without another priest present, or a deacon, does … Read More
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ARRIVED! Clement XIV GANGANELLI mugs
In a fit of reverence, I created some drinkware in honor of Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli), of happy memory. Don’t worry, I am not hoarding it. On the contrary! It is available to all comers. Today I received my own concrete … Read More
28 Feb 2013: Four years ago, Pope Benedict abdicated
It has been four years. It seems longer. I captured quite a few images from the live coverage HERE.
To a priest who learned the Traditional Mass and then quit because it was hard.
I have often written about how priests are never the same after having learned how to say the older, traditional form of Holy Mass in the Roman Rite. Many priests have related to me about how, once they learned, or … Read More
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Make Church Great Again! “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid”
So I’m reading my email. A reader sent the text of a Wall Street Journal piece (they have an evil paywall) entitled “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid“. “This hath potential”, quoth I, and in did I delve. … Read More
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NEW Fr. Z Swag Available: Pope Clement XIV Ganganelli (1769-1774)
Slowly but surely I’d like to build up more pontifical coffee mugs. I have some selections with Pius XII, Leo XIII (that’s a good one), etc. Today, I make available also For all the selections click >>HERE<< Enjoy in your … Read More
“For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed…”
From the Gospel according to Matthew And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and … Read More
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Vatican Secretariat of State to monitor use of images of the Pope, take “appropriate action”
Did you all see this in the Bolletino? The Secretariat of State includes among its responsibilities the protection of the image of the Holy Father, so that his message may reach the faithful intact, and so that his person is … Read More
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US Ambassador to the UN: “For those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names”
The new US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, brought a rather different tone to her first press conference after a meeting of the Security Council. This is refreshing. Haley told reporters, “Our goal with the administration is to show … Read More
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