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Tag Archives: Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ new Motu Proprio
His Holiness Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio “For the Prevention and Countering of Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. I am delighted that the Holy See is not going … Read More
More on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate and the Vetus Ordo (TLM)
From Inside the Vatican (my emphases): Minority within Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate wanted to scrap the Old Mass ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY The decision to appoint a commissioner to oversee the Congregation of Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate and … Read More
Voris on Francis, off-the-cuff remarks, and the MSM
Here is Michael Voris on the “Who am I to judge!” line from Pope Francis on the airplane. He puts his foot wrong in calling Msgr. Ricca a bishop (he isn’t) but that doesn’t change the substance of what Voris … Read More
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HuffPo: You can’t be a Republican (who hate and mock the poor) and a Christian
At HuffPo there is a stunningly dopey headline over a stunningly dopier opinion piece by someone named Larry Atkins, whom I don’t recall ever having heard of before. Headline: Why Would a Christian Want to Be a Republican, in Light … Read More
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Mountaintop experiences matter, but they are not enough.
My constant drumbeat has been that for any effort of New Evangelization to bear long-lasting fruit, we must revitalize our sacred liturgical worship of God. Nothing we do to renew the Church will last unless we get our liturgical house … Read More
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“What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.”
Elizabeth Scalia posted her idea at the blog of First Things. Here is an excerpt. You can read the rest over there: […] Spinning and framing is what takes up most of the time of the mainstream press. That being … Read More
The Pope on the plane
The nearly ubiquitous John Allen, the solitary boast of the National Schismatic Reporter, has notes from a wide-ranging interview Pope Francis gave to reporters while on the airplane heading back to Rome. HERE I have been musing to myself for … Read More
What did Pope Francis really ask young people to do?
In his off the cuff address in the cathedral of Rio during WYD on Thursday, 25 July, the Pope told young people to make some chaos back home (“quiero lío en las diócesis”), to pay attention to the elderly, and … Read More
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¡Vaya lío!
The Holy Father, Pope Francis (or perhaps “Pope Lío“, hereafter), met with young people in the strange cathedral of Rio de Janiero on Thursday, 25 July. He spoke in Spanish, entirely off the cuff. Here is the official English translation … Read More
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