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Showing posts with label Rod Dreher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rod Dreher. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Sacrilege at a Portland Parish as Foolish Old Farts Interrupt the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!

A meeting of the Foolish Old Farts society? Hey folks, age is supposed to bring wisdom!
Ah...progressive Catholics. What a gift they are to the Church. Like Judas they bring into strong relief the difference between truth and error, fidelity and rebellion. And so, dear readers, I give you today a group of loony-tune, self-professed Catholics who want to create their parish in their own image and likeness rather than God's. But a protest during holy Mass? No Catholic hearts among these geriatrics! As they say, "There's no fool like an old fool.

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Will Huge Church Financial Scandals be Next?

In view of the on-going scandals in Wheeling with disgraced Bishop Michael Bransfield, one can expect the answer is a resounding YES. I was told years ago by a priest friend on the West Coast that a papal financial advisor privy to inside information was predicting the next huge scandal would be over the money. There is too much money and too little accountability. Rod Dreher recently weighed in on the Bransfield scandal here based on the Washington Post's expose. Here's a bit of his commentary:

Friday, September 7, 2018

Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Barron, Where is Fr. Gavancho?

The persecution of good priests continues. No surprise that this story comes from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a bastion of liberalism that was long headed by Cardinal Roger Mahony. It seems Mahony's legacy of persecuting good priests outlives him under Archbishop Jose Gomez and his auxiliary, Bishop Robert Barron. So here goes....

Two Sundays ago Fr. Juan Carlos Gavancho delivered a homily to the people of Our Lady of Sorrows in downtown Santa Barbara, CA addressing the sex abuse crisis and the Vigano letter. It was a heartfelt and pastoral homily which you can listen to yourself.