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Category Archives: Throwing a Nutty
OpEd piece for the Washington Post
Some of the commentators who have added their opinions in the combox after my OpEd in WaPo really need your help. A few contributors can both read and think, but there are some deeply confused people over there. And a … Read More
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US Catholic goes to the zoo about the new “graviora delicta” norms
You perhaps won’t be surprised if Bryan Cones of the über-liberal US Catholic threw a little nutty about the CDF’s new norms concerning graviora delicta, "exceptionally serious crimes". Here is the piece in all is wondrous weirdness with my emphases … Read More
South African Bishop stands against Benedict XVI’s restoration of the Church
The National Catholic Fishwrap reproduced on its site a talk given by South African Bishop Kevin Dowling (about whom WDTPRS has written before). I think they were especially interested to support Bp. Dowling’s talk, because he attacks what he called … Read More
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Who are the “fideles” of McBrien’s “sensus fidelium”?
There they go again. Aged McBrien, Richard, is defending the abortion performed at the Catholic hospital in Phoenix and rejecting the Church’s position about abortion as an evil meriting excommunication. First, I would remind McBrien that Bp. Olstead did … Read More
Richard McBrien’s favorite bishops! Make popcorn.
When John Paul II came to the See of Peter in 1978 the Church was in the verge of splintering. One of the late Pope’s greatest accomplishments was to drag us back from the edge of schism. Over many years, … Read More
Gerald Warner on Lord Lucas and “non-sectarian” Catholic schools
From my friend Fr. Ray Blake of St. Mary Magdalen, I learned about this article by firebrand Gerald Warner’s piece in the Daily Telegraph on something bizarre. WDTPRS has written of Gerald Warner before. Here he is on the real … Read More
LCWR’s long-standing coverup of sexual abuse of children by nuns
The Dissenter’s Breviary, NCR, and the "magisterium of nuns", LCWR, are abusing the abuse crisis for their own ends. Have a look at the recent NCR piece, "Compromised hierarchy needs relational wisdom of women" by Charlene Spretnak. Spretnak draws an … Read More
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US Catholic, Bp. Trautman renew attack on new translation
UPDATE: 19 June 1703 GMT: Remember New Math? 3. I don’t really pay enough attention at Mass to notice how good or bad the translations are. Agree 1% Disagree 96% Other 9% __________ ORIGINAL POST__________ Erie’s Bishop, His Excellency Most … Read More
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Prepare to be amused: wymynprysts protesting Vatican blah blah blah
From AP via CBS with my emphases and derision: ROME, June 8, 2010 Protesters March in Vatican for Female Priests Reform Groups Press for Ordination of Women, as Catholic Church Struggles With Abuse in Male-Only Priesthood (AP) Groups [Makes it … Read More
Homosexual activist’s “documentary” about Pope Benedict to air before visit to England
I don’t know whether this is mainly for your Last Acceptable Prejudice file or your Throwing a Nutty file … from CNA. My emphases and comments: Catholics denounce slated ‘documentary’ on Pope by homosexual activist London, England, Jun 8, 2010 … Read More
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