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Nuova Bussola reports: Francis to take away Card. Burke’s salary and housing in Rome

UPDATE:  From what I am picking up, this is more than a rumor at least in the effect if not in the exact verbiage. From the Italian site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, which has an English page as well as … Read More

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This is okay, but shut down the Vetus Ordo!

Francis says he's getting rid of diocesan Latin Masses in order to foster unity in the Church. Evidently, this is an example of what Francis sees as unifying liturgy pic.twitter.com/K3oFdsTgwU — Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) November 24, 2023 Pretty clear, … Read More

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What does the new Latin inscription really say? – “P.M.A.X.”

UPDATE: This was suggested by a reader… The letters “P. M. A. X” are not a – ridiculous – maltreatment of ‘P. MAX.’, but should be read as ‘P.M. A.X’, i.e. ‘Pontifex Maximus, anno decimo’. The work was done *in … Read More

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Whoopi Goldberg meets with Pope Francis

This is not Babylon Bee. From LifeSite: Whoopi Goldberg meets with Pope Francis, champions his acceptance of homosexuality My thought…. Nope.

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: “Walking Together” with Card. Tobin when asked about people who attend the Traditional Latin Mass

UPDATE 12 Oct: From CRUX comes this. A journalist, not sure which but I have an idea, asked Card. Tobin of Newark: Tobin was asked about Catholics who feel that their concerns were not reflected in the synod’s preparatory working … Read More

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UPDATED: Would it be a Synod “Walking Together” without an other demon idol?

UPDATE 10 Oct 2023 Here is more news about the demon idol. We’ve been able to confirm that the demon idol Cindy McCain gave to Pope Francis is most likely the ogre-woman called Soyoko Mana, not the priest killer. Soyoko … Read More

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Small groups as a method of controlling the agenda

I’ll wager that in the readership there are people who are experts on how to hold meetings, how to control the message and direction of meetings, changing minds, creating consensus, etc.    I’ve only read a little about it.  However, … Read More

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Clarifications clarify the clarity of the clearness clarified.

I’m torn.  I really am. On the one hand, don’t you wish they would just stop talking?  Stop writing? For example, the new guy to head up the Dicastery (yeah, that’s what we call it now) for the Doctrine of … Read More

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Remember, you can’t have the Traditional Latin Mass because there is one expression of the Roman Rite. VIDEO – UPDATE – News from Miami

But remember, you can’t have the Traditional Latin Mass because there is one expression of the Roman Rite. Right? IRELAND This version of the Our Father has divided opinion online What are your thoughts? pic.twitter.com/pfAUm0VO2J — Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) September … Read More

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A “Potemkin Synod” (“fake walking together”)

Run don’t walk to read a piece by a chap of whom I had not heard just a few short months ago. Larry Chapp has a great piece on the great façade of the upcoming Synod on Synodality (“Walking together … Read More

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