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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Two seriously ugly signs of the times involving papal honors and the silencing of bells
UPDATE: What sort of person is this Ploumen, to whom the papal honor was given? Ed Pentin has more extensive information. HERE Ploumen’s work in support of abortion has been monstrous: In protest at President Trump’s reinstatement of the Mexico … Read More →
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More bad art… but this time well-deserved!
Yesterday I posted about bad art, which is also in some cases blasphemous. HERE Today I post again about bad art. I don’t really care that much this time, since it concerns the official presidential portrait of the 44th POTUS, … Read More →
Oath of fidelity made by all Bishops, some considerations, and YOU
As a follow up to the nearby post about Latin, and to what Fr. Hunwicke wrote about the oath that bishops have to take – in Latin – when they receive a mandate from the Holy See, here is that … Read More →
A new “manifesto” in Rome urging prayers for the Pope
Do you remember that, no too long ago, some wags in Rome clandestinely slapped up some posters “manifesti” on the walls of Rome addressing themselves – in the Roman way – to Pope Francis? The posters were hurriedly removed. … Read More →
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PODCAzT 159: Catholics and Lutherans about Justification
On this 500th anniversary of the legendary nailing up of theses by Martin Luther, that spark the revolt that tore Christendom apart, and on this anniversary of the signing of the Joint Today we will hear Avery Card. Dulles 1999 … Read More →
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Fishwrap on Jesuit Boston College conference on Amoris Laetitia
Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) has a post about a conference about Amoris Laetitia held at Jesuit-run Boston College. The report has an aggressively tendentious title: Conference weighs how ‘Amoris Laetitia’ rejects ‘infantilization of laity’ Infantalization? First, consider some of the speakers: … Read More →
The unstated racism of the ‘c’atholic Left
There was an article in, of all places, Hell’s Bible (aka The New York Times) about the influence of the traditional Roman Rite in Africa. This article prompted a spittle-flecked nutty from the usual suspects, such as Beans and Ruff. … Read More →
Wherein Fr. Z responds to some points made by Bp. McElroy
In the English speaking world, in the wake of the withdrawal of speaking gig invitations to Jesuit Father James Martin, Jesuits and their allies have coagulated. They now pour it on, to create a critical mass of hatred against those Catholics who stick up for … Read More →
Should a seminary headline a homosexualist activist as a speaker?
I’ve been made aware that Theological College in Washington DC, for their “Alumni Days” coming up in October, is scheduled to have homosexualist activist Jesuit Fr. James Martin as their speaker. HERE Theological College is the National Seminary of Catholic … Read More →
Austen Ivereigh, like a papalatrous gnostic, calls converts who disagree with him “neurotic”
UPDATE: At CRUX, Ivereigh issued an apology… sort of. HERE ___ Originally Published on: Aug 10, 2017 A couple weeks ago (HERE) the Wile E. Coyote of the catholic Left, Michael Sean Winters of the Fishwrap sniggered with fellow lib Massimo “Beans” Faggioli about converts. … Read More →
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