Tag Archives: coronavirus

WISCONSIN: Churches specifically targeted with restrictions as other buildings open. ACTION ITEM!

Posted on 29 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This. Where I am, after the county said that churches could open up to 25% capacity, like many businesses such as gyms and movie theaters, they then reversed their rule and will now force churches to have only 50 people, … Read More →

Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, ACTION ITEM!, B as in B. S as in S., Be The Maquis, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, Religious Liberty, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, You must be joking! | Tagged ACTION ITEM, coronavirus, COVID-1984, religious persecution
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A little perspective, please? “Imagine you were born in 1900….”

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was sent this. It helps to put what we are going through in perspective. At Fakebook a post by one Karl B. Andersen: It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what … Read More →

Posted in Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-1984
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A priest learns the Traditional Latin Mass during COVID-1984

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In contrast to the pure stupid coming up in COVID-1984 time, there are bright spots. I was directed to a blog post by a priest, Fr. Joseph Faulkner of St. Wenceslaus in (I love this name) Wahoo, Nebraska. I have … Read More →

Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord | Tagged ad orientem, coronavirus, COVID-1984, first TLM, Fr. Joseph Faulkner
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ACTION ITEM: A tip for receiving Communion on the tongue in time of COVID-1984: HOLD YOUR BREATH!

Posted on 23 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In this time of COVID-1984, where up is down and back is front and clocks are melting off the edges of tables, there are some in high places in the Church who are determined to ban Communion on the tongue. … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged Communion on the tongue, coronavirus, COVID-1984
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Fearmongering @JamesMartinSJ goes to the zoo on national TV about churches reopening and about @RealDonaldTrump

Posted on 23 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Last night when I heard on Martha MacCallum’s show on FNC that Jesuit homosexualist activist Fr. James Martin was up to talk about the lockdown and reopening of churches after Pres. Trump’s comments about opening places of worship, I had … Read More →

Posted in Blatteroons, Jesuits, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-1984, Donald Trump, Fr. James Martin SJ, POTUS
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ASK FATHER: Can you fulfill your Sunday Mass obligation during “lockdown” by watching online?

Posted on 22 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader… QUAERITUR: While on lockdown, can watching (within a sunday) a replayed online mass fulfill the sunday mass obligation? Or must one have to watch the online sunday mass in real time to fulfill this obligation? First of … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Canon Law, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-1984, lockdown, Mass Obligation, Sunday obligation
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COVID-1984, Your iPhone, and You

Posted on 21 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This… It seems the statement attached to the software update means the new coding supports contact tracing apps. When a user accepts the update, they are consenting, legally, to this data being collected/distributed from this device to these or future … Read More →

Posted in Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-1984, iPhone
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ASK FATHER: “Why aren’t Masses restarted without Holy Communion?”

Posted on 20 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, thank you so much for the live streamed daily Mass. I’m ‘attend’ every day since you started and it has kept me focused on what’s important. My question: I thought that the Holy Sacrifice of … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged Communion, coronavirus, COVID-1984
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@BishopStika responds to @FatherZ, who responds in turn. And feedback about yesterday’s furious post.

Posted on 15 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Yesterday, I expressed my anger at the selfish jackasses who verbally abused a woman working the switchboard of a US diocese because that diocese’s bishop, Most. Rev. Richard Stika of Knoxville banned Communion on the tongue due to COVID-1984. He … Read More →

Posted in Linking Back | Tagged Bp. Richard Stika, Communion on the tongue, coronavirus, D. Knoxville
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Prot. N. 655/09/L v. can. 223 and bishops restricting Communion on the tongue

Posted on 15 May 2020 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Remember 2009? H1N1 “Swine Flu” Pandemic. Right? Here’s some food for thought for bishops out there who think that they can simply run over the law – and people – via the excuse of can. 223. Meanwhile, in a US … Read More →