Friday, February 28, 2014

Politically incorrect saint: Patron of Handgunners

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Get the whole story of this saint HERE , who was baptized in the same baptismal font as St. Francis of Assisi. But the deliciously politica...
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"Thursday after Sexagesima: Solemn Feast of Reparation of Insults Offered to the Most Holy Sacrament"

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Yesterday (Thursday after Sexagesima) was at one time the Solemn Feast of Reparation of Insults Offered to the Most Holy Sacrament, as Fr...

"I heart Karls"

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A First Things reader recently sent me this remark by Editor in Chief, R. R. Reno: "Closely related was my overconfident view, express...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Why the New Evangelization won't be like the Old

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J. Budziszewski, " This Time Will Not Be the Same " (First Things, Marcy 2014): God willing, the new evangelization will happen, b...
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Inside Edition investigates TV preachers living like rock stars

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Some cold cash realities here. Pretty amazing, though we've seen this before. (This was apparently first aired in 2011.)

Pope Francis: a Bishop must reside in his diocese

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New Catholic, " Pope Francis: 'Bishops, Enough with Congresses, Conferences and Travels! The Decrees of Trent must be obeyed: a Bis...

"ChurchMilitant.TV" says it will not engage in public criticism of the Pope

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An interesting policy statement , given the fact that Michael Voris has been not in the least hesitant about criticizing the Church's bi...
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For the record: why the "1965 liturgy" is not an option

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Joseph Shaw, " The Mass of 1965: back to the future? Why it is not an option " (Rorate Caeli, February 27, 2014): One reason why ...
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EWTN interview with Abbot Philip Anderson of Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery

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Fr. Mitch Pacwa is a little hard to listen to, but the story of Clear Creek Monastery, about an hour-and-a-half drive out of Tulsa, is pre...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

"Secrets of the Vatican"? A response

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A reader and long-time friend recently shared with me the following response he wrote to his non-Catholic mother who saw the documentary, ...

Diabolical hatred directed toward a priest

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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf reports : This is also emblematic of the sort of mail I receive all the time . It also shows that there is a demonic sid...
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"Against Christian Hypocrisy" in markets and morality

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Betsy Childs, " Against Christian Hypocrisy " (First Things, February 23, 2014): In a column called “ Conservative Christians Sele...

"All governments sooner or later come to a certain 'dull irritation' with Christianity"

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From a combox somewhere in cyberspace: "Secular modernity has abolished not just religion or the scriptures as an objective guide to mo...

So Jimmy Fallon used to love the Catholic Church?

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Steve Skojec, " Bad liturgy is not a victimless crime. Just ask Jimmy Fallon " (Catholic Vote, February 26, 2014). [Hat tip to JM...

"Against Heterosexuality: The Idea of Sexual Orientation is Artificial and Inhibits Christian Witness"

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Michael W. Hannon, " Against Heterosexuality " (First Things, March, 2014): Alasdair MacIntyre once quipped that “facts, like tele...
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