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A little message from the folks at SSPX
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deacon greg kandra
Anyone curious about what SSPX thinks about the Pope’s recent decision to lift their bishops’ excommunication should take a glance at the SSPX literature. They contend they were… a) never really excommunicated. b) not really in schism. But wait, there’s more. They are looking forward to “talks” (yes, really, the scare quotes are theirs) in…
Isn’t Pledge a furniture wax, too?
By
deacon greg kandra
The other day, I posted about this “pledge” video. Finally, someone has responded. Here’s an idea we can all get behind! A grateful h/t to good old Fr. Austin Murphy.
Bishop: “Obama is not the enemy”
By
deacon greg kandra
But he has a clear idea who is: Bishop Robert Hermann, administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, says that the election of President Barack Obama would not have occurred without the support of lax Catholics. “If at this stage our anger is directed at President Obama, our anger is misdirected,” Bishop Hermann writes. “Obama…
Pope: Journalists should bear “silent witness” with “serenity of conscience”
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deacon greg kandra
The pope offered a few words recently to a group of Catholic journalists, and they’re worth reading and pondering: Benedict XVI has sent a message to participants in the national congress of the Italian Catholic Press Union (UCSI). The congress, held last week, commemorated the institution’s fiftieth anniversary. “Half a century after the foundation of…
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