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Editor of https://t.co/ooZ429ghR8 @Where_Peter_is.
Maryland, USA
Joined September 2009
My dear cousin Rusty died yesterday after an 11-year fight w/ cancer. Today, "RIP Rusty" is trending on Twitter. But it's about a dog. That said, there are no coincidences. In your charity, please offer a prayer for Rusty, his devoted wife Gail, and all who mourn his passing.
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Bold Prediction: Luce will not only be the symbol of a tremendously successful Jubilee year, but she will become the greatest symbol of missionary discipleship the Church has seen in centuries. And everyone with an ounce of decency and humanity will grow to love her.
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My sister Katie passed away this afternoon after a short illness, surrounded by her family. She was 42, a beloved sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend. May she rest in peace.
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Asking for prayers. In the last 3 days I've gotten some of the most cruel, personal, hateful emails & DMs. I thought I had a thick skin (I've put up with lots of trolls in recent years). But wow. I was unprepared for the cruelty and contempt towards me and my family.
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Please pray for my sister Kate. Her condition is very grave.
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Prayers requested for my sister, Kate. She is in the ICU with a serious infection (she is also a heart patient). The hospital allows only 1 designated visitor during covid, so our family isn't all together, and we've spent the last 2 days worriedly waiting for phone updates.
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Statement of Fr Timothy Kelly, Pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church of the Diocese of Tyler, on the removal of Bishop Strickland:. “I think it's important to say that many decent good people have been hurt under his administration. Seven years ago, something dark descended upon.
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Please pray for my son Peter "Oscar Romero" Lewis on his confirmation day!
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My mom died 5 years ago today. Offer up a few prayers if you can.
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This was a very difficult piece to write. But my experience is not unique, and the divisions caused by the war against Pope Francis are real, and personal.
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Q: How many ways are there to God?. A: As many ways as there are people. For even within the same faith each man's way is an entirely personal one. (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger).
Pope Francis to children in Singapore: "All religions are paths to reach God. They are—to make a comparison—like different languages, different dialects, to get there. But God is God for everyone. If you start to fight saying 'my religion is more important than yours, mine is
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Getting the Covid-19 vaccine is pro-life.
NEW: Fetal deaths have *doubled* among unvaccinated women who get COVID-19 while pregnant, Mississippi health officials say. Among fetuses whose mothers were infected, the state identified at least 72 stillbirths—2x the expected figure, Dr. Dobbs said.
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Catholics today lack perspective and have little grasp on Church history. They would rather just lash out in anger at whatever the outrage merchants are peddling. Imagine what would happen today if Pope Francis kissed a Quran.
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This might be news to some Catholics, but when the Church teaches authoritatively that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person," clever arguments don't change that, even if you think they are super convincing. 1/.
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Got a diagnosis today. Helps explain some things, but the road forward will be challenging. Prayers appreciated.
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We buried Mom today - a cold and rainy Friday the 13th. I'm physically & emotionally exhausted after the longest week of my life. All my grandparents lived into their 80s and 90s, neither parent made it to 70. 5 years ago I thought they'd live to 95. I'm not prepared for this.
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In ER with an apparent allergic reaction to.something. Prayers please.
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Posted on Facebook a little while ago:. Friends - I shared some of this on Twitter but I suppose the message didn't cross over to Facebook. I am still a little groggy so I apologize if any of this is weird or rambling. On Saturday night around 1 am, I got back to bed after a.
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@crousselle “The Phantom Time Hypothesis,” the belief that it's really the 18th century & the years 614-911 AD didn't really happen bc the Roman & Byzantine Emperors & the pope conspired to change the calendar by ~300 years so they'd all be ruling in the year 1000.
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Today, Pope Francis declared the 21 Christians martyred in Libya in 2015 to be saints. The recognition of these men who died for their Christian faith is unprecedented and represents a significant step towards Christian unity.
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I am humbled by the faithfulness of the Apache community throughout this nightmare, but I'm also horrified that in the months leading up to the theft of the Apache Christ icon that they had a pastor with such obvious contempt for their culture forced upon them by their bishop.1/.
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My mom, Patricia Lewis, passed away today after a long illness, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. She was surrounded by family and friends. We're heartbroken.
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Someone has to say it publicly: The Catholic Church in the United States does not understand the Holy Father and it is doing his papacy great harm.
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Please everyone, get vaccinated. End this pandemic. If for no other reason than so people can spend time with their loved ones in the hospital.
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If anyone didn't have time to read Archbishop Vigano's most recent letter, or if you had trouble understanding what he was saying, here is a diagram that may help explain it.
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Today we laid my dear sister, Kate Lewis, to rest, next to my parents. She passed away on Thursday at the age of 42 from heart failure. I wrote this tribute to her beautiful life and to our family, which has suffered so much loss in the past 5 years.
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At this point the attacks against Pope Francis, accusing him of heresy and so forth, have gotten tiresome. The cranks and radtrads have already made up their minds; they think they have it all figured out. Their loss. Meanwhile, the pope continues to lead and teach the Church.
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While a controversial figure, Robespierre led France w/ a clear vision & firm resolve while others were losing their heads #trudeaueulogies.
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I just got a message from someone asking me to refute the charge that Pope Francis used a witch's stang as his crosier back in 2018. I am too old for this. Pope Francis's US critics are a confederacy of dunces.
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Strickland is in schism. Maybe not canonically, but spiritually and morally.
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The schismatic traditionalist crazies label Francis a leftist but I've been going through his speeches and it's honestly like "devil, devil, repent, confess, salvation, Jesus, pray, stop sinning, Mary, Jesus, Mary, devil, pray, repent, conversion, salvation, devil, sin, Jesus."
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Congratulations to the newly-elevated Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Papal Nuncio to the United States, brilliant diplomat and thinker, a truly kind and devout man, with a pastor's heart.
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This is big. It's not every day that the pope adds the names of 21 Coptic Christians, adherents to Oriental Orthodoxy, to the Roman Martyrology - the official list of saints recognized by the Catholic Church, according to their feast days. 1/.
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Catholics confused by the mixed messages going around:. If the bishop dispenses you from your obligation, it is NOT a sin to miss Mass. Even if he doesn't, missing Mass for a just reason isn't a sin, either. A desire not to catch or spread a deadly virus IS a just reason.
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Strickland has gone so far over the line that his supporters now think saying the pope is an agent of evil is "charitable criticism," that the anti-Vatican II paper the Remnant is just peachy, and that praising sedevacantist rhetoric is no big deal. Take a step back, please!.
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Lady yelled at us after Mass because our 3 year old kept taking off her mask. Sigh.
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Pope Francis says traditionalists "conceal mental imbalance, emotional deviation, behavioral difficulties, a personal problem.". Traditionalists respond by attempting to prove him right.
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This post makes me sick. This wicked bishop, Joseph Strickland, is telling satanic lies and is leading souls (especially his own) towards hell for all eternity. How dare you.
Pray for Pope Francis’ conversion and for all the souls who are being led into darkness by him and the Cardinals who promote this agenda which contradicts the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis Proclaims Special Jubilee for LGBTQ+ Community via.
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The rule of thumb for Catholics is that when there's a schism, you stick with the pope. Murray and Strickland don't seem to realize that.
Amen…Thank you for your clarity Fr Murray, we need to simply reject false messages no matter who says them….
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@JustinKownacki @MakoTachiWife Rusty loved dogs. I'm sure they're laughing about the coincidence (assuming dogs can laugh in heaven).
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My alt account is filled with trads and reactionary Catholics debating whether "Supporting Viganò" is a moral duty.s. My take: if you support Viganò, you are detached from reality, do not have critical thinking skills, and are susceptible to MLMs, cults, and con artists.
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Once again, with feeling: . The reactionary, anti-Francis movement that is poisoning the Catholic Church is divorced from reality, history, human decency, common sense, cultural progress, civil rights, the common good, and God's will.
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I was a Republican until whenever I last went to the MVA. They asked me if I wanted to change my party affiliation (I'm now Independent). Even as a Republican, I always put my faith, morals and principles before party. I'm sickened to see prominent Catholics put Trump first.
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If Catholics would redirect 10% of their outrage over the Paris Opening Ceremonies towards the mishandling and cover-up of clergy sexual abuse and destruction of evidence in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, we might actually accomplish something.
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One hopes that the ridiculous QAnon sideshow in Tyler will soon come to an end. BREAKING: Bp. Strickland Gets ‘Visit’ From Rome
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Whenever St John Paul II celebrated Mass, the "no tank tops" rule was strictly enforced.
Tank tops, shorts, sports jerseys, and flip flops aren't appropriate for Mass. Period.
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A friend just said to me - and I cannot help but agree - how at this point in 2024, Pope Francis has outlasted his resistance. To think that the Amoris dubia has been relegated to the dustbin of history as minor fundamentalist temper tantrum early in his pontificate, or to look
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George Pell: "Commentators of every school, if for different reasons . agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe.". The people of God:.
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This mockery of the Last Supper is offensive to my Catholic faith. Reactionary atheist Jordan Peterson as Jesus? Sickening.
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It astonishes me how so many prominent Catholics, especially in the US, who describe themselves as "orthodox," openly reject and contradict the Church's teaching that the death penalty is inadmissible because it is a violation of the dignity and inviolability of the person.
Let us #PrayTogether for those on death row in the United States. Let us pray that their sentences may be commuted, changed. Let us think of these brothers and sisters of ours and ask the Lord for the grace to save them from death.
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Why do so many "orthodox" Catholics reject a consistent ethic of life? It's as if to them, Evangelium Vitae and the entire corpus of CST don't exist. They think they're "merely" opposing the pope on guns, migrants, war, executions, but in truth they oppose the living Tradition.
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When the pope's teachings make you uncomfortable or challenge your assumptions, that's a signal that you need to start listening to him.
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And that's not including Twitter and Facebook posts. I seriously didn't know the depth of the sickness in radical Catholic traditionalism until this week. I thought I knew. I realize now it barely scratched the surface. It's satanic. I don't use that term lightly.
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I've been coming across a lot of posts on Facebook in various Catholic groups I belong to. What I see is horrifying. Stuff like claims of "demon worship" in the Vatican, to Francis being a false pope, to people bragging about how their pastors mock wearing masks. 1/.
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The #UrbietOrbi was beautiful. @Pontifex at his pastoral best. I noticed many people who are often critical of him were deeply moved by his message. Here's one of the best kept secrets about Francis: he talks like that all the time. I invite you to give him another chance.
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Why do so many Catholics on the left think pro-life conviction on the Catholic right is insincere?. Are conservative pro-life Catholics exploited? Certainly. Can they be blind to other evils? Absolutely. Do most of them TRULY believe it's murder and want to save lives? YES. 1/.
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Homily - Fr. James Altman asked to step down, says he will fight it:. "So for the record, dear family, Bishop Callahan has asked me to resign as pastor as of this past Friday two days ago because I am divisive and ineffective."
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Today's move was jarring for many Catholics, but it was absolutely necessary. Francis has cemented his legacy with those who didn't like him much in the first place. But he had the foresight to do this now and spare his successors from this wrath.
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I take comfort in this.
At General Audience this morning, Pope Francis says getting angry at God is "at times good for you" adding that God "will accept even our harshest and bitterest expressions with a father’s love, and will consider them as an act of faith, as a prayer"
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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Lorenzo and for his family and friends. He is my son's classmate (a high school sophomore) and he died suddenly and unexpectedly this morning.
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Serious Catholics should not send their kids to the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
The Church, which has always stood for sanity, may have to ask the Pope to step down in order to make things sane again.
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"The émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family.".
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OK, what in the world is going on here? Fr. PeterChudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam (they call him Fr. Chudy) became pastor in January of a mission church on an Apache reservation in New Mexico. He seems to have taken an immediate dislike to the church's icon of Apache Jesus. 1/
Weeks after @usccb said to be "sorry" for the abuse perpetrated by priests towards kids in First Nations residential schools in the US, the monsignors at #LasCruces, NM, "disappear" sacred art reivindicating First Nations. Some call It cognitive disonance.
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If "Taking away the TLM will drive them to the SSPX" is true (and this story seems to indicate it's true in a significant % of cases), that suggests that trads care more about having their preferred form of the Mass than, you know, *being Catholic*. 1/.
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Cardinal-Designate Radcliffe is not popular with schismatics.
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If true, this is unbelievable and outrageous. This isn't even a "cover-up", this is the public promotion of a known abuser, to the horror of the people. What is going on? Why is he still in the clergy?.
According to @katholisch_de, the Slovenian Diocese of Koper has confirmed reports that Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik has been incardinated into the diocese:.
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Why do some Catholics become angry when other Catholics express hope that most or all people will be saved or hope that hell is empty?. Why do some Catholics think the constant threat of hell is necessary for living a life of virtue and holiness?.
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Are you a hopeful Catholic or a "prophet of doom"?. Insisting on *Massa Damnata* (most are damned) when the Church "allows" us to hope for the salvation of others - non-Catholics, unbaptized infants, suicide victims, even to hope that hell is empty - seems to be a sign. 1/
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Returning to work tomorrow, two weeks after the death of my mom. I tried to get some work done during the past week but couldn't summon the focus or concentration to get much done, and I'm beating myself up over it. Prayers for would be appreciated.
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Today would have been my dad's 73rd birthday. Yesterday he & mom welcomed their baby girl into heaven. How he doted on her, laid down his life to make sure that his baby girl with heart problems and special needs was always safe and secure and surrounded by those who loved her.
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I am really beginning to think trads and Francis critics aren't intelligent enough to understand Catholicism.
Cardinal FERNANDEZ mocks the Carmelite saints. St. Therese of Lisieux, according to him, said Lutheran things!
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In your kindness, please pray for the repose of the soul of Elisha Busbee, my former colleague at the USCCB, who passed away this morning. She was a brilliant artist and designer, and one of the dearest, sweetest, kindest, sensitive souls I've ever known.
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Bishop Strickland is not only wrong, but arguably with this tweet he has de facto separated himself from communion with the Catholic Church.
I stand with Bishop Schneider and urge every bishop in the world to join their voice to his. Pray for Pope Francis to repent of his denial of Christ.
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50 years ago today, my parents were married. They were married for 42 years before dad passed away. 3 years later, mom died. They are still with us in spirit and their legacy lives on.
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For Catholics who seem to be unaware of the gravity of the Tim Ballard scandal and think it's okay to continue to promote him, here's a summary:. 1) As of December 2023, six women have accused Tim Ballard of sexual assault in civil lawsuits.
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Anyone who admires or promotes this sickening psychopathic anti-Catholic schismatic is an Antichrist.
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And if anyone else sends me a message like this, may God have mercy on your soul.
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It's just a blessing. It's not a sacrament or a formal rite. "May almighty God bless you, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.". Good grief, you people are acting like the world is ending. If anyone is sending confusing signals, it's you.
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This priest belongs in jail.
Fr. Barry Stechschulte, pastor of St. Susanna Catholic Parish in Mason, OH, admitted that he destroyed hard drive evidence of child sexual abuse material belonging to another priest. Stechschulte recently publicly apologized but has not faced penalties.
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Bishop of San Sebastián in Spain bans @EWTN from local Catholic TV station. Unofficial translation:. D. FERNANDO PRADO AYUSO, CMF, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE, BISHOP OF SAN SEBASTIÁN. By virtue of the faculties that, as Diocesan Bishop, I have over the.
Days after he was installed as bishop of San Sebastián in northern Spain, @ferpradocmf banned his diocesan TV station from carrying @EWTN content in order to “favour the diocese’s communion with the Successor of St Peter”.
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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a some people to chill out when they see some random 13-year-old they've never met wearing flip flops in church.
Tank tops, shorts, sports jerseys, and flip flops aren't appropriate for Mass. Period.
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I'm starting to see, following the excommunication of Viganò, signs that some far-right Catholics who previously supported him (and figures like Taylor Marshall, James Altman and Cardinal Burke) are beginning to reevaluate and even apologize for their past attacks on the pope.1/.
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"I renew the invitation to all to pray the Rosary each day during the month of October, concluding it with the antiphon “Under your protection” and the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel, to ward off the attacks of the devil who seeks to divide the Church." @Pontifex in 2018
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Post-trad Catholicism means not having to pretend to hate stuff you actually like and pretending to like stuff you don't. Like did you know that you can hear and see what's going on at Mass better if the priest is facing you? And it's okay to prefer it that way?
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The art will be restored!!!
OK, what in the world is going on here? Fr. PeterChudy Sixtus Simeon-Aguinam (they call him Fr. Chudy) became pastor in January of a mission church on an Apache reservation in New Mexico. He seems to have taken an immediate dislike to the church's icon of Apache Jesus. 1/
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USCCB did a great job of turning pro-life Catholics against each other this week. If that's what they were trying to do, A+.
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Why focus on your own sins when you can focus on the "flip flops" of another?.
Tank tops, shorts, sports jerseys, and flip flops aren't appropriate for Mass. Period.
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