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Category Archives: The Drill
There are more than one “lavender mafia”
The brilliant Benjamin Wiker, author of the indispensable and highly entertaining (in an alarming way) 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn’t Help has penned a piece at the National Catholic Register (the non-evil NCR) about the various “lavender … Continue reading
We are all, I think, striving to understand how we got to the point where we are.
Sunlight and fire are both effective in purifying. In the wake of The Viganò Testimony and in accord with what Francis said on the airplane, we need to get to the bottom of things, investigate, open the dark places up for … Continue reading
The Viganò Testimony: Was it justified or was it a violation of an oath?
For a while I’ve been mulling The Viganò Testimony, as have we all. When it came out, some libtards, especially those who are energetically defending the heavily embattled Card. Wuerl, said that we should attack equally other (more conservative) figures, … Continue reading
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, The Drill
Tagged St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Viganò Testimony
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Francis: Uncovering sins of Bishops is work of Satan. UPDATED!
UPDATE: I don’t pay daily attention to the Novus Ordo readings. However, here is what the 1st reading was for Mass today in the Novus Ordo, which Francis would have had. I’m not making this up! Reading 1 COR 6:1-11 … Continue reading
Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Drill
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Wherein Fr. Z channels his inner nerd – POLL
UPDATE 7 Sept I am watching the third day of hearings for SCOTUS nominee Judge Kavanaugh. Today there are panels, with members pro and con his approval by the Senate. I thought that the previous two days were going to … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, POLLS, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged CSPAN, SCOTUS
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Silence=Stonewall – Wherein Fr. Z rants
My friend Fr. Raymond de Souza wrote at National Catholic Register “It’s time to turn down the temperature”. His basic idea is that Archbp. Viganò was wrong to call for Francis to resign and Team Francis were wrong to engage … Continue reading
Ed Feser: Why Archbishop Viganò is almost certainly telling the truth… #V
Very smart philosopher Edward Feser has posted his assessment of The Viganò Testimony. I won’t go into detail. You can visit over there. However, let’s see where he goes: There are five considerations that seem to me to make it … Continue reading
Thompson on Team Francis
At the Spectator Damian Thompson has a blistering piece today about “Team Francis” as he and others have come to call the coterie of henchmen and dogsbodies who possess Casa Santa Marta. Thompson has come to the conclusion that “the pontificate of … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Damian Thompson, Henry Sire, Team Francis, The Dictator Pope
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New book by Jesuit @antoniospadaro about Francis
Those of us who watch closely what is going on in the Church need to pay attention to happenings local and Roman and papal. When it comes to papal, we also have to watch the dicta et facta of those … Continue reading
Priest removed from parish for clear, honest sermon about The Present Crisis
UPDATE 11 Sept: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles released a statement. HERE. The statement, in brief, says that Fr. G was removed NOT because of a sermon, but because of “issues with his interpersonal relationships with parish staff and parishioners”. … Continue reading
