Fr John Zuhlsdorf offers a quote from Pope Leo XIV on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, the greatest composer of the Renaissance. It should gladden the hearts of Catholic music lovers everywhere, especially those dismayed at the present offerings in many of their churches. Perhaps it’s overly optimistic, but if the Holy Father were to offerContinue reading “Pope Leo and the glory of Palistrina”
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Dr Mengele is out. He is expected back shortly.
Bad news for, “Pride” organizations, GLAAD, and others. Good news for the children. From PJ Media: BREAKING: Supreme Court Delivers a Crushing Blow to Trans Agenda In a resounding victory for parental rights and child protection, the Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 decision Wednesday that upholds Tennessee’s ban on so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors. ThisContinue reading “Dr Mengele is out. He is expected back shortly.”
At long last, good, clean fun on Internet TV
Moment of Israeli strike on Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB offices in Tehran Bring the children! h/t CCF
It has its moments,
But 80 of them are far too many. Furtwängler, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, like many conductors, had ambitions of being a composer, but his conducting talent took away from him the time needed to put pen to manuscript. Eventually, though, Furtwängler did have enough time for composing, plenty of it. Unfortunately,Continue reading “It has its moments,”
Do-gooders do poorly by their friends, the enemy.
From CNN: Multiple aid workers were killed after a bus was attacked in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a US-backed humanitarian aid organization which accused Hamas of carrying out the assault. Many naïve fools in so-called humanitarian aid organizations are well-to-do Americans, and it requires no research to learn their political leanings. It’s a peculiarContinue reading “Do-gooders do poorly by their friends, the enemy.”
Air India crash death toll rises to 270
God of healing and mercy, we pray for those who have perished and that your presence will be felt by those who are grieving. Amen.
On the heels of the C of E, another protestant denomination is on the way out.
This time, it’s Lutherans heading toward oblivion, but it’s more complicated than the Church of England’s collapse. There isn’t only one Lutheran Church; in fact, there are dozens of them, resulting from schism after schism, and other reasons. There are, however, three main branches, and one of them, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA),Continue reading “On the heels of the C of E, another protestant denomination is on the way out.”
The end of the Church of England?
A possible addition to the Catholic Church? The Church of England is in its dying days, according to the estimable Dr David Virtue of Virtue on Line. That said, this writer has been hearing the death knell for the C of E for as long as he can recall, so could this finally be theContinue reading “The end of the Church of England?”
Tales of Conversion
A friend passed along a fine piece from the Free Press, by Madeline Kearns, with the otherwise dreadful title, How Catholicism Got Cool. The story relates the happy news that there is an increasing popularity of Catholicism among the young, resulting in a boom in adult baptisms. A couple of examples from Kearns’s report: TheContinue reading “Tales of Conversion”
Holy Church and Episcopalians using Catholic Churches: laissez-faire
Ecumenical time tunnel From LifeSite News: A Catholic parish that serves as an ecumenical parish, [St Bede’s in Williamsburg, VA] with the Episcopal (Anglican) community allowed the ‘ordination’ of a female Episcopal “priest” inside the shared worship space and then accepted her as co-pastor. Notwithstanding the bizarre event that took place in this incident, Bickerstaff assumedContinue reading “Holy Church and Episcopalians using Catholic Churches: laissez-faire”
THE TAOS TATLER. 