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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Francis signed document saying that God willed the “pluralism and diversity of religions”. What’s up with that?
UPDATE 6 Feb 2019 Fr. Hunwicke posted a comment at his splendid blog. HERE Fr Zed has given a characteristically fine and intelligent interpretation of PF’s words. As have some others. Having perused them, I am also rather interested in … Read More →
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Sweden has started “chipping” its residents
From Fabiosa: Have you ever thought that the science fiction film gadgets would be accessible in real life? And we aren’t talking about computers and mobile phones. Where some people are pleased and delighted about the advent of new technologies, … Read More →
Francis to clergy, seminarians, religion in Palermo: “Clericalism… one of the most difficult perversions”
Francis made a pastoral visit to Palermo. One of the events celebrated is the 25th anniversary of the death of Fr. Pino Puglisi, a venerated local figure. He challenged the Mafia. They killed him. BTW… the infamous Stonewall Inn in … Read More →
@AlbanyDiocese – Is it just me, or is this pretty weird?
After the years and years of Agony in Albany, things are looking up. There is a great bishop there now and, I hear, many improvements. However, just as Rome was not built in a day, nor destroyed in a day, … Read More →
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Yeahhh… this is exactly the right time to dress our clergy in pastels.
The Devil always tells us openly what he is up to. Italians are really good at this sort of pithy wisdom. Like… Il diavolo non può nascondere la coda. The Devil can’t hide his tail. I wonder how obtuse … Read More →
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“Rome, we have a problem.” Ed Peters on … surprises?… in new document on Consecrated Virginity.
TIMING is everything. Right now the US Association of Consecrated Virgins is in their annual meeting. THAT’s when this happens? Some time ago, Holy Church decided to revive a state in life, a vocation, that was once identified and lived … Read More →
Reuters and @PhilipPullella create fake news, pit Francis against Trump
This is one of the worst examples I’ve seen of selective reporting, in order to change the narrative (aka “fake news”), since the head of Vatican communications chopped up Benedict XVI’s letter about the series of booklets he received. Long-time … Read More →
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Met “Gay-la” and new movie. Coincidence? I think not.
You all know about the “Gay-la” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Each year, the Met has some big “fashion” exhibit. This year, some folks in the Church were either duped or were consciously complicit in producing a … Read More →
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Reading #GaudeteEtExsultate – Pope Francis blasts “punctilious concern for the Church’s liturgy”
I’ve been working my way through the very long Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et exsultate. It’s a whopping 20K words. A point that people have been asking me about, and which libs will surely throw in the teeth of anyone who wants a … Read More →
Good summary and analysis of @DouthatNYT v. @MassimoFaggioli
Last week I attended an event at Jesuit-run Fordham University (hereafter F.U.), billed as a debate between Ross Douthat of the NYT (aka Hell’s Bible) and uber-lib Massimo “Beans” Faggioli of Augustinian-run Villanova (a committed “New catholic Red Guard”), about … Read More →
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