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Category Archives: Francis
Wherein another priest rants: Liberal hypocrite priests and bishops
For the record, I endorse the following in its entirety. From Fr. Dwight Longenecker (alas, still at Patheos) from some time ago, 2015, but recently spotted on Facebook – with my usual treatment: Blowing the Whistle on Liberal Hypocrites On … Read More
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Pope Francis and Pope Benedict on Europe’s future
Pope Francis gave an interview to the 93 year old atheist Eugenio Scalfari who, when he was young, was a Fascist and then later a Socialist and, in previous interviews with the Pope didn’t take notes or make recordings. In … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Birettas for Seminarians Project ONGOING!
¡Hagan lío! I had a nice note from a reader who met a seminarian recipient of one of your birettas. Here at Fr. Z’s Samizdat, for now I’ll anonymize this “In The Wild” pic. It is just better that way, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Corruption, sodomy, drugs, infidelity… How can we trust anything from Rome? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
UPDATE: Feedback from a reader… In a recent post, you respond to a question about the distress that is caused by the latest homosexual scandal in the Vatican. You pointed out that the enemy will attack, “in particular,” those who have influence over … Read More
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Reader Feedback and Challenge Coin Update
Today I took a bunch of envelopes containing “challenge coins” to the post office. These were tokens of gratitude to some benefactors. Some coins are intended for benefactors, while others will go to friends, to priests who have their own challenge … Read More
BOOK REMINDER: The Cardinal Müller Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church
I bring to the attention of the readership a new book from Ignatius Press. It is clearly meant to hearken to the now-classic and still relevant Ratzinger Report published in 1985 (US HERE – UK HERE). Joseph Ratzinger was Prefect of the … Read More
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NEW PREFECT for CDF: Archbp. Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, SJ
Published on: Jul 1, 2017 @ 06:10 CDT (1119 UTC) It seems that Arcbp. Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, SJ, will be the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He has been the Secretary of the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Could a “Pope Emeritus” under 80 vote in a Conclave?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Canonically speaking, if a Pope emeritus were alive at the time of the conclave to elect his successor’s successor, given he was a Cardinal and Pontiff, may he vote if he were under 80 years old? … Read More
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UPDATE: Challenge Coin – THEY’RE HERE!
UPDATED BELOW: Originally Published on: Apr 7, 2017 I had mentioned a while back that I resolved to have a challenge coin made. I figured I’d start with one for my 25th anniversary. This is what we have come up with … Read More
Wherein another reader does indeed “throw in the towel”
From a reader: In light of your rather depressed email correspondent [HERE], I want to share a more uplifting story. […] I have again become a Roamin’ Catholic. After decades as a “Novus Ordo Catholic,” I have thrown in the … Read More
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