People ask me*, “Dread and Unusually Attractive Volgi of the Œcumene, it’s getting to the point in the NFL season where I’m really concerned about my team’s making the playoffs, or not screwing up their draft position, or needing to … Continue reading →
From the Telegraph: Less than four decades later, some believe China is now poised to become not just the world’s number one economy but also its most numerous Christian nation. “By my calculations China is destined to become the largest … Continue reading →
Over at NRO, Dr. Donna Harrison, the president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, reviews the science of contraception in the context of various methods ability to passively, or actively kill a fertilized egg. It is a … Continue reading →
Operative SMC writes after a stint in deep cover: Dr. J, It’s been a couple of years since I last wrote: kids can have that effect as I’m sure you know. Bill Vallicella (maverick philosopher) linked to his friend. I’ve … Continue reading →
A Friend of the Gormogons, S.J., writes: For this scumbag. ℟. Oremus. “We would like to thank everyone who contributed to last weekend’s bake sale to benefit our Seniors Club.“Also, our pastor Father Jim was arrested Friday for soliciting a … Continue reading →
Dr. J. can’t comment on liturgical music at mass this week…we bagged mass as we were wiped out from camping on the driving range this weekend. Where the f@¢# is Dr. J. and that Lil Medstudent who can’t sit still? … Continue reading →
The Czar and his family had the rare luck to dine with a bishop Saturday evening, watch some football, and generally chat about anything we wanted. We did not invite him to join our table at a local Church fundraiser; … Continue reading →
Just a quick couple of thoughts on the whole Pope Francis surge in the news lately. You can get the genuine religious angle here, but allow the Czar to take some potshots at the Main Stream Media. Because he loves … Continue reading →
When We Saw the Dude Nailed to the Plus Sign on the Wall in Math Class…We Knew The Teacher Meant Business! GorT beat Dr. J. to the punch regarding President Obama’s poor choice of words in Northern Ireland, but Dr. … Continue reading →
By now, you have all seen Confucius’* post about the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. The Czar has participated in almost 70 of these, and certainly it can be hard to choose among them. So the Czar has put together … Continue reading →
Cardinal Stan T. Mannot available for selection Hey, kids, it’s that time again! Time for the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. We may be pulling the strings behind world events, but we let you ignorantly guess as to the outcomes … Continue reading →
“Hey God, when’s there going to be an American Pope?” “In time, in time, but not while I’m God!” The mainstream media hates the Catholic Church, but they love stories about the Catholic Church because for good or for ill … Continue reading →
Make no mistake, Dr. J. knows Catholic Doctrine regarding contraception as well as he understands the Quaker Peace Testimony. Gentle Readers, Errant Catholic HHS Secretary and Useful Idiot Kathy Sebelius put forward so-called accommodations in the HHS mandate today in … Continue reading →
Our newest minister of fanmail, the one and only Island Dweller carved the following missive on the Spice-stuffed carcass of a Harkonnen: Sir: I wish I could share your opinions about what happened last night, but I can’t get the … Continue reading →
According to Milton:Lucifer was the most beautiful of God’s Angels Dr. J. made it to mass this weekend after an unusually spotty (2 for 4) record in October (Dr. J. isn’t perfect and God is infinite in his forgiveness). His … Continue reading →
This is one of the e-cards available on President Obama’s campaign site: This probably includes to cost of a smoke afterwards. $18,000?!?! That’s a whole lot of birth control. So let’s break it down. Let’s assume that the young lady … Continue reading →
…there is a hole in your lawsuit… Mrs. Dr. J. brought this headline to Dr. J.’s attention as an aside during our morning cup of coffee as we were discussing the potential problems Catholic hospitals are facing due to the … Continue reading →
Look out. Catholics don’t often mobilize, but when they do… Isn’t that rich. The President, in trying to convince Catholics that his HHS directive was not a violation of their religious freedom, enlisted the Catholic Health Association to support his … Continue reading →
Cardinal Dolan of the Archdioceseof New York prepares to hostilely subjugate a Latina (!) to the Church’soppressive patriarchy, as told by MoDo. For those of you unschooled in Latin, this post’s title roughly translates to “Hey, shoemaker! Just worry about … Continue reading →
From SMBC-Comics.com: Actually, there doesn’t appear to be an official stance by the Catholic Church on D&D or other RPGs…but it’s still funny. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Wow. Go to Google news and check out how many stories there are about the “Vatileaks” scandal. Vatileaks? What, Vatigate was taken? Is —leaks the new tag the media can use as a shorthand cliché for a person who releases … Continue reading →
In today’s Washington Post, we learn that the Vatican has openly reprimanded the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a group that claims as members approximately 80% of Roman Catholic sisters and nuns. The Vatican bluntly stated its investigation “found serious … Continue reading →
If you don’t know by now, you should know that Dr. J. is about as strong a champion of religious freedom as the Gormogons get. Dr. J. as friends of every religious persuasion and also friends that are agnostic and … Continue reading →
The Lil Resident was asking Dr. J. this morning about what was going on on the news on the radio, as Cardinal Dolan’s visit to ‘The No Spin Zone‘ She was asking what was going on that he was talking … Continue reading →
Definition of ACCOMMODATION 1 : something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need: asa : lodging, food, and services or traveling space and related services —usually used in plural <tourist accommodations on the boat> <overnight accommodations>b : a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is going to be perfectly clear. Anything less than total removal of the HHS rule requiring all insurance coverage providing free (not really free, but other people paying for your stuff) contraception, sterilization and most importantly, abortion medications is … Continue reading →
Well, we empty out the mailbag and it fills back up. You people are awesome. The Czar received no less than three most honorable messages. First up is our official archivist. What a delight she is! As you know, we … Continue reading →
The Czar is already hearing that large (even massive) Catholic organizations across America are rallying for a major fight against the HHS letter that forces Catholic institutions hiring secular employees to cover abortion (through day-after pills), contraceptives, and a host … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. and Mrs. Dr. J. were having their morning at 0:Dark:45 yesterday morning, enjoying a little Fox and Friends before waking the Lil Resident and Lil Med Student for classes at the New Atlantis Jedi Academy. Rick … Continue reading →
Operative ME writes in regarding Dr. J.’s post on the new HHS policies yesterday. Dear Dr. J., Excellent post on Catholicism, conscience and contraception. When I first heard of Secretary Sibelius’s proposal to bring to deny religious-affiliated organizations such as … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is beating a dead horse here, but he is utterly offended by the efforts the President has made (and successfully he might at) at undermining religious freedom when it disagrees with his world view. Dr. J. is specifically … Continue reading →
As those of you loyal minions who follow your Gormogons on Twitter already know, ‘Puter with family in tow, traveled to the Diocese of Rochester’s cathedral, Sacred Heart, last evening to celebrate ‘Puter, Jr.’s confirmation. For those non-Papist minions, the … Continue reading →
Well, then how come we manage to reproduce so effectively? Seriously, though, ‘Puter was turned onto this article in the Washington Post, regarding a Northern Virginia parish’s retreat on the question of female altar servers. The friend who pointed out … Continue reading →
Lawyers very much enjoy a fair test of the facts. Did x occur? Here is a test to see if the legal conditions were met. Everyone agrees with it, and the outcome winds up less disputable. The media has no … Continue reading →
Only 14 days until the Adventzombiepocalypse of 2011!!1!!!!ELEVENTY!!!1!1! Do you know where your Third Edition Roman Missal† is? If you are a papist, you know that the English translation of the mass is being revised. Your parish has probably been scheduling … Continue reading →
Today’s commentary will likely generate a response over at the always fun I’m Not Herzog site, and before you turn away from this as another Papal rant, keep in mind the Czar is easily the least Papist of the Castle … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s eldest son is receiving the sacrament of confirmation this year. Mrs. ‘Puter collared ‘Puter last night after work to discuss the aforementioned impending event. During this conversation, ‘Puter learned he was being charged a $25.00 fee for the sacrament, … Continue reading →
As you know the Gormogons are Catholic. The original five have spent some time under the tutelage of the Jesuits (God bless their souls), while Dr. J. was raised by a Christian Brother educated father and grew up in a … Continue reading →
Our suburban Rochester parish lost a great man last week, so ‘Puter thought he’d say a few words in this space about the loss of a man whose impact on our world will never be fully measured or understood. If … Continue reading →
Gormogon Lawn Darts and Drinking Club chaplain writes in to explain where he has been for the last couple of weeks. Also, the club only has two members: him and ‘Puter. Well, I had a great time at World Youth … Continue reading →
Some of you wrote in supporting the Czar’s tirade against the volunteer head of religious education at his local Muscovy church. As you recall, the Цесаревич, and now sigh the Царевич as well, must attend religious education over at Наша … Continue reading →
Doc hypothesizes, “I suspect she clings to her Catholic affiliation because the Catholic Church is the only place that serves before noon on Sunday,” and offers her the following message: Doc’s gone to town. ’Puter jumps to his feet and … Continue reading →
Great article by George Weigel. Read the whole thing, but here’s a bit: Ecclesiastes notwithstanding, there is something new under the sun in the annals of American anti-Catholicism; and that something is the rise of the anti-Catholic Catholics, self-described Catholics … Continue reading →
Just to keep everyone updated, the Czar has talked here, here, and here about the shenanigans of Chicago’s renegade priest Fr. Michael Pfleger. And as of yesterday, he was suspended by the Archdiocese of Chicago. As the Cardinal wrote in … Continue reading →
Today is the most somber day on the Catholic (and Christian generally) calendar. For believers, today is the day where Jesus, true God and true man, offered himself in sacrifice to save us from sin and death, opening the gates … Continue reading →
Dear Czarest of Czars, Wow. I had no idea that priest was acting up so much. I had heard he was politically active (endorsing Obama, etc), but it’s crazy what he has done. As a priest myself I hope I … Continue reading →
Oh wise and mighty Czar, Please forgive my stupidity, but since I am not Catholic I had a serious question about the missive. Is paying a prostitute to attend counseling a bad thing? I mean, if it gets them in … Continue reading →
Non-Catholic readers of this site must be surprised with the Roman Catholic tilt here the last couple of weeks, but there is news afoot. Chicago Catholics are all-too-familiar with the perpetual shenanigans of Fr. Michael Pfleger, the pastor of Saint … Continue reading →
Muscovy is not the largest community, and so the fact it has its own Catholic Church (Наша Дама Вечера) is quite remarkable in itself. Anyway, it remains a fact that the Цесаревич must attend the church’s annual religious educational program … Continue reading →
Those of you who follow our occasional excurses into the farther reams of Catholic inside baseball probably enjoyed ’Puter’s cri de coeur against canon lawyer Ed Peters’ complaint that New York governor Andrew Cuomo is admitted to Communion by his … Continue reading →
You may have heard that Frito-Lay’s is pulling a television ad from the Super Bowl that involved a Catholic priest administering Doritos in lieu of the Eucharist because, well, evidently Catholics get offended by the weirdest things. Imagine. Needless to … Continue reading →
…while the kids bring up the bread, wine, and birthday cake! From the great Dr. Boli. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →What happens when a Catholic priest reaches out to the Gormogons and offers to do an interview? Well, frankly, this. What follows is a question from each of us, in the order they were asked, and following each is the … Continue reading →
Publicly owned corporations are more accountable to their shareholders than tenured bureaucracies, which may explain why it took the Ford Motor Company only two years to cancel its Edsel, and not much longer for Coca Cola to restore its “classic” … Continue reading →
What follows is some Jesus-y Catholicism commentary. We will return you shortly to your regularly scheduled programming. Today is the Catholic Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It also would have been ‘Puter’s grandmother’s 101st birthday. … Continue reading →
Go read this whole piece by R.R. Reno on the Vatican and her ham-fisted responses over the last few years to the various abuse scandals. Don’t worry. It’s not another who-struck-John (or who-fondled-John) roundelay of blame apportionment. It’s a shrewd … Continue reading →
In Czar’s response to Gormogon operative FJR’s communique, located here, Czar invited ‘Puter to get mount his soapbox and vent about religion again. Czar asked for it, so here goes. FJR’s position on religion appears to be about the same … Continue reading →
The earth is moving under our feet. In a development that’s rather jaw-dropping in light of historical attitudes, the Russian Orthodox Church is proclaiming itself “no longer a competitor but an ally” of the Roman Catholic Church when it comes … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne is the Washington Post’s gift that keeps on giving. Take a gander at his op-ed column in today’s WaPo. See, Mr. Dionne believes conservative Christians could learn a thing or two about Jesus from being more like — … Continue reading →
WARNING: Do not read this if you want to avoid descending into the ongoing internecine warfare among conservative and anything-goes Roman Catholics. If we can’t talk about politics and religion in a blog, especially this one, though, where can we … Continue reading →
‘Puter received two interesting pieces of feedback related to his musings on the Maureen Dowd’s proclaimed (stridently so) “Catholicism.” First, a correction that arrived in ‘Puter’s master suite at the Castle inscribed on Dat Ho, who was unceremoniously tossed through … Continue reading →
Gormogons Twitter follower S.E. Cupp is dead-on in her diary (in which she reveals her academic past as the curatrix of a The Greater Connecticut NKOTB Museum): I read Kathryn Lopez’s account of the chaos among Catholics on health care … Continue reading →
Once again, the Roman Catholic Church (of which ‘Puter is a practicing member) manages to live down to its reputation. One of Pope Benedict XVI’s ceremonial ushers and a member of an elite Vatican choir have been “implicated in a … Continue reading →
We love the Church, but by and large, churchmen don’t understand a lick about economics. This results in foolishness not limited to—and usually much more catastrophic than—the mushy Christian-Democratic statist gunk the Czar was recently surprised to find in the … Continue reading →
Two stories today on the Church, God save her from her churchmen. Stupid: CCHD has funnelled $7.3M to ACORN over the years. Apparently ended last year. Evil: Fêted Fairfield Prep grad sets up children’s charity in Haiti in order to … Continue reading →
What is most interesting about the [Ted Kennedy’s letter to the Pope], however, is its concise expression of the view that personal salvation can be achieved through liberal politics. —James Bowman. Read on. Illustration: Antipope, Max Ernst, 1941. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
…well, not sleep… Hey, folks, I get the intention here—all activities in life can be holy—but, c’mon. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Wonder no more. And, ’Puter, Number Seven appears to actually proclaim “(I Have A) Sword In My Pants.” Via Sally Thomas @ First Things. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Jimmy Akin on George Weigel on Caritas in Veritate. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Spectacular interview with the Sorbonne professor of Cyclopean erudtion on the occasion of his Legend of the Middle Ages. Bears re-reading several times. Buy the book. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →GENEVA (AP) — A senior Vatican delegation visited the world’s biggest nuclear physics laboratory, proclaiming that true faith has no problems with science. … “The Church never fears the truth of science, because we are convinced that all truth comes … Continue reading →
Man, sounds like we almost had the first Papal decampment since Avignon in World War Two. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Kathy Shaidle on Maggie Gallagher‘s demolishing of the incompetents who staff most Catholic political groups: Exactly. Professional Catholics(tm) tend to be simpleminded, two-faced, passive aggressive, incompetent boobs. They do more harm than good and would really help their causes by … Continue reading →
By John Zmirak. Here’s how The Generator works: Presented with a complicated problem that requires balancing the interests of groups with competing claims, it will draw selectively on Biblical references and Church documents to churn out rhetoric that simultaneously:1) Clouds … Continue reading →
…NYT employee, and Red Eye regular S.E. Cupp pens a good piece on the Catholic vote in the wake of the Notre Dame contretemps. It’s a good piece, even it it uses “liturgy” where “litany” or simply “politics” might be … Continue reading →
The Czar’s use of the spurious (though super-witty) Galilean epigram eppur si muove (which actually dates from the 1750s) reminds me to quote Friend of the Gormogons Jonah Goldberg on the Galileo Myth. Robert Nisbet in (probably my favorite book) … Continue reading →
B16 not only mends fences but builds bridges* with the rabbinate. Rabbis after pope meeting: Crisis over “The Jewish people, who were chosen as the elected people, communicate to the whole human family knowledge of and fidelity to the one, … Continue reading →
B16 does a great job in clearing the air of l’affaire Lefebvre (and especially the Richard Williams, Fuckwad, Esq., sub-problem). An unforeseen mishap for me was the fact that the Williamson case came on top of the remission of the … Continue reading →
Since we’re doing some Catholic inside baseball*, I keep meaning to mention that the new (and to my mind improved) translation of the New Order of Mass (the Novus Ordo) in English is moving forward. (Why a new translation? Short … Continue reading →
GorT and family were sitting in Mass today at our local parish between some early teenagers )who obviously missed getting up for Mass earlier and were sent by their parents to this Mass and while unsupervised, two of them proceeded … Continue reading →
Jody Bottum writes: Cardinal Martino is the former representative of the Holy See to the United Nations, and he now heads the Vatican’s Council for Justice and Peace—from which perch he recently commented, to an interviewer at Il Sussidiario, about … Continue reading →
Depressing look at the transition’s published abortion agenda. He concludes: So, buckle up. As the size and scope of government continues to bloat under Obama, look for the size and scale of the abortion industry to follow suit. And evangelicals … Continue reading →
Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., the American Church’s greatest theologian this century—indeed, made a Prince of the Church for his writings—has died at the age of 90. Requiescat in pace. First Things and America both post archives of his work for … Continue reading →
Just to add to GorT’s post, let me note that GorT is, in his almost infinite charity, being too kind to CHD when he says, “Clearly, the CCHD and other organizations like it are doing good work that the government … Continue reading →
Not a sentiment you might expect to find here in our Papist precincts, but this kind of bigotry is vile and reprehensible. So, to all our LDS friends, while we’re never going to agree on theology (which, you know, might … Continue reading →
Spectacularly good overview of the confused state of the Catholic Church’s soul, and what the resurgence of traditionalism may betoken in the coming years, especially if Benedict XVI, PP.M., is with us for a while (Deo favente). Must-reading for Catholics, … Continue reading →
Intentionally or not, Joe Biden, never able to shut his mouth, has dared the American episcopate to slap him down. That group, traditionally old-line Democrats, has ever been loath to come down on scions of their party, but this kind … Continue reading →
Follow-up for Ghettoputer: The American bishops have corporately come out with this statement on the history of Christian opposition to abortion. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The American Church’s leading intellectual (not public intellectual, like Chaput, but intellectual full stop), is ailing. May the Lord grant his faithful servant mercy the rest of his days and a peaceful death when they are done. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t … Continue reading →
So here’s a hopeful-seeming trend for him. Everyone knows the more obvious specifics. Vatican II said Gregorian chant should assume primary place but instead we got pop tunes more suitable for a children’s playground than Mass. We were told that … Continue reading →
Jody Bottom has written a brilliant piece on the decline unto insignificance of the once brilliant, sustaining, American Mainline churches. While welcoming the effective end of non-left-wing anti-Catholicism, no Catholics—not even Gormogons doing dances on the graves of our traditional … Continue reading →
Others can move on, but for those of the Church, I recommend Hugh Hewitt’s interview with Abp. Charles Chaput (OFM Cap) of Denver. Chaput has quietly emerged as the leading public intellectual in the American episcopate. Since, say, Fulton Sheen, … Continue reading →
I forgot to mention it, but yesterday was the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola (né Íñigo Oñez López de Loyola), a patron of the Gormogons and arguably the most influential Basque in the history of the world. We hope … Continue reading →
…and I see this picture. Apparently it’s from the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in that traditionally Mexican community of La Crosse, Wisconsin. It doesn’t say, and I’ll have to double-check the artist’s catalogue raisonné, but I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →
Move along, nothing to see here. Except it gives me another excuse to rail against stupid H.R.’s ripping out the communion rail. GRR! Where’s my freakin’ intinctorium! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
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