Another Prominent American Priest, Fr. Richard Gill, Leaves the Legionaries of Christ
January 12, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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This news is being reported on various blogs, including Genevieve Kineke’s “Life After RC” site, which contains the text of Father Gill’s January 9th letter announcing his departure from the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ.
"It's Crap," says Mark Shea, and he rejects it. And so do I.
January 11, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Mark Shea throws down the hammer on those who impugn Catholics (such as Karl Keating, myself, and others) as “Neo-Catholics,” pointing out that this epithet is simply a thought-stopping term used by some against those who, as Mark pegs it, are not “sufficiently bitter” toward Pope John Paul and Vatican II.
Sorry, but no deal. “Neo-Catholic” remains a swear word designed to impute the odor of heresy to faithful Catholics who are docile to the Church, to Vatican II, and to the papacy of JPII. To say that such people are not Catholic is a smear. And to say that calling them “Catholic” means that people with Traditionalist sensibilities are not Catholic is a lie. The Church is the home of many kinds of piety and many schools of opinion. Traditionalists are Catholic. So are people who think the Council was a good thing and JPII a good Pope. Indeed, sometimes those two classes of people overlap. All “neo-Catholic” does is provide Traditionalists who would like to reduce the Faith to their particular cultural obsessions with a tribal label designed to traduce the good faith of Catholics docile to the Church. It’s crap. And I reject it.
The Big Chill
January 8, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Britain’s SKY News is reporting that winter conditions across the UK are bad and getting worse. This satellite image shows all of England, Wales, and Scotland entirely covered in snow and ice, with temps in some areas rivalling those in Antarctica.
Yesterday, on the "Open Line" radio program . . .
January 8, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Killian Is Coming Home Soon, Very Soon
January 8, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Here’s a snap of grandad visiting with the little man in the hospital preemie ward recently.
16 Anti-Theft Gadgets to Deter Thieves
January 7, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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I’d like a couple of number 7s, please. The rest of the list is available here.
For those who have difficulty waking up in the morning, this alarm tone might help
January 6, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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I didn't know you could do this with an iPhone
January 6, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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I want one.
Full of Sound and Fury; Signifying . . . Nothing
January 6, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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I didn't know you could do this with Legos
January 6, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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