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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Synod (“walking together”) art work was a distorting sham, say the students who were supposedly the subjects
Remember that art that the Synod (“walking together”) process in Philly excreted, not to reflect the actual opinions of young people but to drive an agenda? Well, it turns out that the art was intended not to reflect the actual opinions of … Read More →
“They hate the Old Rite because the Enemy has set fear in their hearts.”
The great Fr. Hunwicke at his esteemed page has composed an insightful post. He is dead on target. The reason the haters of the Vetus Ordo fear and hate the Vetus Ordo is because of the moral life implied in … Read More →
1 Sept: On the anniversary of a very creepy thing, two very creepy things happened
Sometimes coincidences are just coincidences. Sometimes they aren’t. Yesterday, 1 September, on the anniversary of a very creepy thing, two very creepy things happened. 1- Francis gave a speech to the world’s bishops, more an more reduced to “branch managers” … Read More →
Attacks on the Rosary. Dopiness from ‘Left church’. Spiritual warfare is real. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am sure that you have by now seen the moronic, sick, anti-Catholic dreck at The Atlantic about the Rosary written by … who? The writer feverishly connected the use of the Rosary, as a matter of spiritual warfare – … Read More →
More on Desisdeede – Desiderio desideravi. This time through a particularly vicious lens that might be at the core of the document.
Today at Le Crock… sorry… Le Croix… there is a piece by one Gregory Solari. Who? I asked the same question. I found this link. Involvement with McGill in Montreal. French, I think, maybe Swiss. Interested in Newman. Seems to … Read More →
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Batten down the hatches!
Let’s guess the general direction of Francis’ thought. a) Gosh, everyone. I am really sorry for my past restrictions and I think it’s overdue time to return Tradition to its rightful place. Let’s reintegrate our traditional sacred liturgical worship into … Read More →
What do we do when we synodize?
At Crisis there is a scorching, rousing piece by Fr. John Perricone about the synodal (“walking together”) process as a form of naval gazing. It’s quite a read: The Synodal “listening sessions” can easily be dismissed as another parlor game, … Read More →
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Vatican Synod’s (“walking together”) on spirituality of synodality (“walking togetherality”) is coming: The merciful heart loves… demons.
This isn’t satire or parody or Fr. Z’s version of the Babylon Bee. The Vatican’s Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking togetherality”) is coming. They produced a document on the spirituality of synodality. HERE and PDF of the actual … Read More →
VIDEO: WARNING! This is going to be painful, but it is instructive.
That is one of the most painful videos I have ever seen. This is the Pentecost Mass from a parish in the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Holy Family. Mind you, the parish leadership wants people to see this. … Read More →
Francis talks about globalization of education, “new humanism”, attacks “guardians of tradition”, gets Aeneas wrong.
Above… Aeneas rescuing his family (not so much his wife) and household gods from the sack of Troy. Leonello Spada Who was Vincent of Lérins? He was a Gaul and writer who died about 445. His work Commonitorium is a … Read More →
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