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Bp. Paprocki in a hostile crowd tells it like it is
There is a useful RSS feed widget on the side bar of this blog which reveals what the Cardinal Newman Society is up to these days. Check it out. Using that feed, I found their article on what...
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Sister goes door to door asking Catholics to return to Mass
Never underestimate the power of an invitation. Once upon a time there were groups like Legion of Mary, which could canvass parish neighborhoods. Once upon a time, priests even walked about...
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ALERT PHOENIX! 26-27 August – Two talks you do NOT want to miss!
In the Catholic Sun, issued by the Diocese of Phoenix, I see advertised something that you do NOT want to miss if you are anywhere in the vicinity. Priest with Vatican, Phoenix ties to share Church’s...
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Z-SWAG: In The Wild – Phoenician Edition
Click! From a reader: Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, I came across “Save the Liturgy, Save the World” and “Say the Black, Do the Red!” while reading Fr. John Lankeit’s bulletin letter to the parishioners at Sts....
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PHOENIX: More about the murder of Fr. Walker
Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP, 29, was shot to death by an unknown killer who also assaulted another priest, Fr. Joseph Terra, 56, who is in critical condition. Fr. Terra was able to give Fr. Walker...
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PHOENIX: Developments in case of Fr. Walker and Fr. Terra
You will want to see this. HERE Bp. Olmsted makes remarks on camera. And BBC HERE Among other things that story says that they have now a description of the suspected perp and that Fr. Terra can talk...
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BREAKING: Arrest made in the murder of Fr. Walker – UPDATED
There is forensic evidence that connects the suspect to inside the rectory and inside the Fr. Walker’s vehicle which he stole. There is a Requiem this morning. Around that same time there is supposed...
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1 year later: Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP – RIP
Catholics traditionally pray for their dead, particularly with the celebration of Holy Mass, on the day of their death, on the third, seventh, and thirtieth day (“Month’s Mind”) after the death or...
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Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) issues to men a tremendous call to battle!
Liberal catholics want to wussify the Church. They effectively embrace the world’s ways and think the Church should adapt her teachings and practices to shifting secular mores. They accuse those who...
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VIDEO: A CALL TO BATTLE: ‘Society’s Crisis in Masculinity’
The Diocese of Phoenix, under the oversight of impressive Bishop Thomas Olmsted, has issued a 10 minute video. A Call to Battle – A Short Film on ‘Society’s Crisis in Masculinity’ 4975 views at the...
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A reader about a parish with confessions on Good Friday
From a reader: I had to tell you about what happened at our parish ___ this Good Friday. We had confessions on Good Friday for the first time that I can remember since coming here in the early 1990s....
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Bp. Olmsted removes “Catholic” status from another Phoenix hospital
Bp. Olmsted is reinforcing Catholic identity again. As I wrote some time ago: We’ve seen this movie before, and it ain’t The Bells of St. Mary’s. I saw this at azcentral.com: Bishop strips Mercy...
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Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) issues pastoral letter to priests about importance...
From the onset, Fr. Z Kudos to His Excellency Most Rev. Bp. Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix for his new Pastoral Letter on CONFESSIONS! The letter is called “Apostles of Mercy” and it is directed to the...
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Phoenix Legatus Conference Day 1
I am in Phoenix for the annual summit of Legatus. It really fires up tonight, but registration has begun. There is “hospitality” during the day. I may take my laptop down to the common area and work...
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Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) interprets ‘Amoris laetitia’
Bp. Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix continues to impress. Remember that he had the steel to remove the title “Catholic” from a hospital where – at the approval of women religious – a direct abortion was...
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Order, preference, authority heirarchy of documents in liturgical matters
There is a very good post by Fr. Christopher Smith at The Chant Café raised by, but not limited to, the norms issued by the Diocese of Phoenix for Communion under both kinds. Some excerpts: […] People...
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Phoenix: Mercy Sister excomm’d for abortion decision at Catholic hospital no...
Did anyone notice this little story in the “briefs” at CNS? Mercy nun at hospital that allowed abortion ‘no longer excommunicated‘ PHOENIX (CNS) — A Mercy sister who was automatically excommunicated...
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Dr. Peters concerning the excomm’d Mercy Sister in Phoenix
I posted about the Mercy Sister in Phoenix who approved a direct abortion at a Catholic hospital. The local Bishop, confirmed that she had incurred an automatic excommunication. Then a story emerged...
View ArticleOutstanding sermon! Fr. Lankeit @PhoenixDiocese – response to unscrupulous...
The last time I was in Phoenix I didn’t have the chance to meet Fr. John Lankeit, rector of the Cathedral of Sts. Simon and Jude (a great feast day for another reason). I have written about him before...
View ArticleA Must Read. Important post at the UK’s @CatholicHerald today.
There’s an important post at the UK’s Catholic Herald today. It has to do with the HERE I’m always going on about how, for success, every initiative we undertake in the Church has to start in and go...
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