Either way, the Church is stuck with him. From the Catholic Herald: Priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the Pope has said in a speech which has shocked seminarians… In his address, he ordered students for the priesthood ‘not to be clerical, to forgive everything,’Continue reading “Either he’s incompetent or possessed.”
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A familiar tale and the end of a tale.
The Synod on Synodality: the Catholic Church heading down a well-worn and familiar path. Read below the words of Hugh Hunter, a former Anglican, now a Catholic, who in the pages of Crisis Magazine writes about the late Cardinal Pell’s attack on Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality, drawing some appalling parallels between the Synod andContinue reading “A familiar tale and the end of a tale.”
Res ipsa loquitur.
pic.twitter.com/vt5lATA7Ty — Scott Mason (@hypnoksa) January 13, 2023
Coming to a world near us?
An eerily prescient novel well worthy of our attention today. With the continual barrage of dark and depressing news issuing from Rome, Washington, D. C., and elsewhere these days, it is difficult to avoid making comparisons of the present state of things and where we are headed, in this country and much of the west,Continue reading “Coming to a world near us?”
Whereto?
The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI marks the beginning of dark times for traditional Catholics. His successor, Francis, despite frequent and copious praising of his predecessor, before and after his death, has made it clear whatever high regard he may have held for Benedict, it was reserved for him and him alone, not hisContinue reading “Whereto?”
Something should probably be done about this.
Bad art speaks for itself, but this is even worse. Other than the hideous colors in this fresco, located in the Madonna della Difesa Church in Montreal, there is something else even more disturbing about it. From Fabrizio Bernardi: Mussolini in Montreal 10 Novembre 2021 di Fabrizio Bernardi The picture shown in this entry is from aContinue reading “Something should probably be done about this.”
Benedict XVI Requiescat in pace. From the Daily Caller. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis will preside over his predecessor’s funeral on 5 January at 9.30 CET in St. Peter’s Square, according to Vatican News. It would be a gracious and loving tribute to the man who brought so many, including this writer, toContinue reading
Second Childhood.
At the end of a historic, productive session of Congress full of bipartisan results, I still have a few bills left to sign. Take a guess how long it took me to sign a stack of 65 of them. pic.twitter.com/kP1Tc2fV4c — President Biden (@POTUS) December 29, 2022 This is extraordinary. The man’s mind (such asContinue reading “Second Childhood.”
Found while cleaning out an old family desk.
An ancestor’s bill for tuition and boarding, Yale College, 1882. $52.98.
THE TAOS TATLER. 