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Beautiful, hot summer day watching Clark Street traffic and small birds. The private mass a liberating experience. Pope Leo on praying for…
You sit, you read, you wonder.
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Beautiful, hot summer day watching Clark Street traffic and small birds. The private mass a liberating experience. Pope Leo on praying for an end to climate change.
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June 2025
Cardinal Cupich and "unity," a match made in heaven?
The cardinal of Cook and Lake counties has the word among his favorites.
Jun 28
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Cardinal Cupich and "unity," a match made in heaven?
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Restore Individualistic Piety. Follow St Newman, Pius XII’s Mediator Dei, avoid "unthinking conformity to the collectivistic spirit of the…
Try it, you'll like it . . .
Jun 27
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Restore Individualistic Piety. Follow St Newman, Pius XII’s Mediator Dei, avoid "unthinking conformity to the collectivistic spirit of the times." Take a pass on an unnecessary “feeling of community.”
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More of "10 Critical Issues Facing the Next Pope" offered by old Vatican hand: clearing up Vatican 2 "ambiguities" and reforming the Jesuits…
From the author in 2020 of "The Next Pope, the Leading Cardinal Candidates" with nothing in it about a man, not yet a cardinal and nobody's choice…
Jun 21
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More of "10 Critical Issues Facing the Next Pope" offered by old Vatican hand: clearing up Vatican 2 "ambiguities" and reforming the Jesuits . . .
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What Pope Leo must do -- a laundry list offered by an old Vatican hand who wrote a book five years ago about "Leading Cardinal Candidates…
. . . who was on no one's list.
Jun 20
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What Pope Leo must do -- a laundry list offered by an old Vatican hand who wrote a book five years ago about "Leading Cardinal Candidates" with nothing in it about a man named Prevost . . .
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Mass as holy lecture? Head trip? Readings in Novus Ordo vs. traditional: something cooking here? St. Michael prayer scary? Latin bad? Good…
All packed in for easy reading . . .
Jun 19
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Mass as holy lecture? Head trip? Readings in Novus Ordo vs. traditional: something cooking here? St. Michael prayer scary? Latin bad? Good? Reverence under attack? And what happened to the Holy Ghost?
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Adjust to modern world for pastoral reasons, but aren't there limits to such adjustments? Of course there are. Above all, do not change the…
Don't reject or play down its heart and soul . . .
Jun 12
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Adjust to modern world for pastoral reasons, but aren't there limits to such adjustments? Of course there are. Above all, do not change the message, only make it more effective . . .
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Glad-handing at Mass #6. First, it's a mirror of the overall new-mass problem. For many not all a problem, that is, who should not be thrown…
Glad-handing demonstrates what’s wrong with the Novus Ordo mass, gets to the heart of the matter, namely reverence in worship, belief in the Real…
Jun 10
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Glad-handing at Mass #6. First, it's a mirror of the overall new-mass problem. For many not all a problem, that is, who should not be thrown under the new-mass bus by overly enthusiastic bishops.
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Leo reinterprets Scripture to meet UN purposes. Why does he talk that way? Presents vineyard workers story with a modern twist, as if making…
Equal Pay for Unequal Faith: Leo XIV’s Parable of Permission. When even the vineyard gets synodal, don’t expect hierarchy or judgment; only wages…
Jun 8
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Leo reinterprets Scripture to meet UN purposes. Why does he talk that way? Presents vineyard workers story with a modern twist, as if making a case for DEI.
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In homily on family, Leo advances theological framework that brought us here, with its "ambiguity, humanism, and sentimental universalism"
Hard-hitting critique . . .
Jun 3
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In homily on family, Leo advances theological framework that brought us here, with its "ambiguity, humanism, and sentimental universalism"
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Francis man approves Leo XVI, ditto Francis disapprover, cautiously, concerned about Leo's handling the Charlotte liturgy business and…
Francis’ PR man Austen Ivereigh is tickled pink over the election:
Jun 1
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Francis man approves Leo XVI, ditto Francis disapprover, cautiously, concerned about Leo's handling the Charlotte liturgy business and banning of Latin etc. by harsh, extremist bishop
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May 2025
Glad-handing at Mass #5, some tips on how to be a good mass-attender and a non-conformist at the same time. Why deal with each other when…
A series of reasons . . ..
May 25
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Glad-handing at Mass #5, some tips on how to be a good mass-attender and a non-conformist at the same time. Why deal with each other when Christ Himself awaits you?
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