@Maria delos Angeles True - but many commentators have tried to do just that: they inputted a confession AND did receive artificial "absolution" from …More
@Maria delos Angeles True - but many commentators have tried to do just that: they inputted a confession AND did receive artificial "absolution" from the program. The sacrilege of this is astounding!!
@Orthocat "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." 2 Maccabees 12:46 Reminder: Rorate …More
@Orthocat "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." 2 Maccabees 12:46 Reminder: Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society Reminder: Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society
Quote: "The New Lent swims in the waters of a vapid Catholicism which sees no difference in religions, miniaturizes doctrine, flattens the saintly pinnacles of perfection, and casts an embarrassing …More
Quote: "The New Lent swims in the waters of a vapid Catholicism which sees no difference in religions, miniaturizes doctrine, flattens the saintly pinnacles of perfection, and casts an embarrassing shrug at the erstwhile harsh disciplines of the Old Lent. For these belonged to a pre-1965 navel-gazing Church."
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Whatever Happened to Lent?
O America! No, not the nation, the Jesuit monthly. It never fails to disappoint. That is, if you are a secularized, self-loathing Catholic. Orthodox. Faithful. Free. Sign up …
Guess since St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday this year, we don't have to debate the "Great St. Patrick's Day Dispensation" like we had to last year. See: Bishops add some spiritual 'meat' to St. …More
Sadly, the new Cabrini movie had to be watered-down to make it popular...
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Cabrini secularizes a saint
By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Mar 04, 2024 | In Reviews After I saw Cabrini, the new biopic of the great missionary saint who served the immigrant poor …
I just found a 2018 case out of Illinois where a court agreed that it was reasonable to pull someone over because the cop thought there was something …More
I just found a 2018 case out of Illinois where a court agreed that it was reasonable to pull someone over because the cop thought there was something unlawfully obstructing the driver’s view, which turned out to be a rosary hanging from the mirror. The case said that the rosary was not sufficient probable cause to search the vehicle, however. I would be surprised if any court would accept simply wearing rosaries as reasonable suspicion that a crime was committed. I suppose it could be different at a border crossing, but we don’t actually stop anyone from crossing the border these days.
There's a new Christmas movie being hyped to lure Christians into the theater this season - but one catch: it's a musical on the birth of Jesus. Oh, and Herod has female guards, complete with Roman …More
There's a new Christmas movie being hyped to lure Christians into the theater this season - but one catch: it's a musical on the birth of Jesus. Oh, and Herod has female guards, complete with Roman armor! Talk about gender-swapping!
