Monthly Archive: October 2013

News Roundup: October 31, 2013

St. Wolfgang Francis a Modernist?  “Rubbish,” says Cardinal Pell, who, like Francis, also believes atheists go to heaven, as reported by the SSPX. “Mock the devil”, says Magdalene Zapp, in this mini rant on...

News Roundup: October 30, 2013

On the Circe blog, Joshua Leland praises form and is convinced that one of his primary duties as a father is to teach his children to love it. Seeking new paths?  Catholic Culture reports that...

News Roundup: October 29, 2013

All Souls Day is Saturday.   Enroll your loved ones in St. Gertrude the Great’s Purgatorian Society. Going overboard:  Finer Femininity helps us keep our perspective on mortification in “Penance–Light and Peace, Quadrupani” The incredible...

News Roundup: October 28, 2013

The first part of this NLM interview  with His Excellency Athanasius Schneider ORC, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan and titular of Celerina, describes his childhood in the USSR and how his family saved their...

All Francis Friday: October 25, 2013

There is a “climate of terror” in the curia?  Sandro Magister says Francis’ brisk removal of directors who do not share his “theological-liturgical sensibilities” not only frightens the directors whose positions have only been...

News Roundup: October 24, 2013

So you are considering raising a pig for the family table?  The Farmstead Meatsmith, the poet of piggery, takes you on a fairytale journey through the history of home butchery to supermarkets and back...

News Roundup: October 23, 2013

Reviewing the movie, Amour, for Tradition in Action, Fr. Paul Stretnovik expresses his horror at the surprise ending and what it means for the souls involved. Catholic artist Daniel Mitsui’s wife gave birth prematurely on...

News Roundup: October 22, 2013

St. Wendelin of Trier Classical Catholic educator and homeschool guru Laura Berquist shares her educational philosophy in a brief post on the Circe blog.  In this 4 1/2 minute video, Mrs. Berquist gives some...