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Tag Archives: the Friends of Francis Effect
What a relief!
“This pope is not a liberal pope. He is a radical pope! … This pope goes back to the gospel. … I told the pope, ‘Holy Father, there will be a controversy [after the consistory]. … The pope laughed and … Continue reading
Orders are, we don’t need to take this seriously…
…since it was published by the National Catholic Reporter. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m no fan of the genetic fallacy. Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Feb. 7, 2014 … Francis spoke of his … Continue reading
Birds of a feather…
[27] … How is it … that certain excellent persons, and of position in the Church, are often permitted by God to preach novel doctrines to Catholics? … [28] … The reason is clearer than day why Divine Providence sometimes … Continue reading
Breathe it in…
[UPDATE: I added an appendix to this post the next day, in red, below.] “21 Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps. 22 Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where … Continue reading
This just in from Tavistock Clinic…
Just between you & me anti-Catholic boy since I know none my stuff will post. I don’t blame Pope Benedict but […?] to date no “gaff” of Pope Francis’ cost an Eastern Orthodox Priest his life. Nor has John Paul … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggorhea, holy trollers, the Friends of Francis Effect, useful idiots
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Day 7 of the Christmas Novena…
Opening Prayer: ———————- V. O God, come to my assistance. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father… Our Father… ———————- Day 7 The Presentation. O most sweet infant Jesus, presented in the temple by … Continue reading
Get with the program, loosey-goosey…
“2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. 3 For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they … Continue reading
All righty, then!
“The church is not a refuge for sad people, the church is a house of joy… [and] when a Christian becomes sad, it means he has strayed from Jesus. … However, great are our limits and our dismay, we are … Continue reading
POPE ALL THE THINGS!
We finally made it to the big leagues!!! I finally belong to the popular crowd!* mtvU’s 2013 Man & Woman of the Year! 12.10.2013 by mtvU. In a year filled with students speaking out on a wide range of issues, Pope Francis and Lorde took … Continue reading
“You may not be interested in the dialectic…”
“…but the dialectic is interested in you.” So said Leon Trotsky, although the quotation is often misattributed to him as “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” I discovered that misattributed quotation when I … Continue reading
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Tagged #YOPO, Catholicism WOW!, not-so-solemn nonsense, the Friends of Francis Effect, truthiness
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Hither tumbleth yet another turd…
from the ¡Hagan lío! dossier (HT to this commenter). As Illinois House approves gay marriage, speaker cites Pope Francis By Fabien Tepper, Contributor / November 6, 2013 After months of false starts, the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to legalize … Continue reading
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Tagged #YOPO, ¡Hagan lío!, not-so-solemn nonsense, Ricca, the Friends of Francis Effect
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On one other variety of bullshit…
[Let me preempt a likely complaint from a sharp-eyed reader or two. Didn’t I recently complain about a commenter using vulgarity here and yet don’t I use bad words in this post? Correct, but my “policy” on foul language is … Continue reading
Meanwhile, in the Land of Catholicism WOW! …
“[1] Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, [2] looking to … Continue reading
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