tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post1665828794737881602..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IS IT RIGHT TO BLAME EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT THE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE AMBIVALENT IF NOT ANGRY AT POPE FRANCIS?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6968395697263368632021-12-14T13:52:13.878-05:002021-12-14T13:52:13.878-05:00All these little straws on the camel's back. T...All these little straws on the camel's back. This New Ways thing has me disgusted.qwiknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439450727837308035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74477855749903788742021-12-14T06:30:57.203-05:002021-12-14T06:30:57.203-05:00When John Paul II returned to his native country h...When John Paul II returned to his native country he received a rapturous welcome from his compatriots; when Benedict XVI visited Germany after his election they brewed a special beer in his honour. In nine years Francis has not set foot in Argentina, and has no plans to do so.<br /><br />Interesting to contrast his low approval ratings there with his apparent popularity among practising Catholics elsewhere. Most of them do not read the Catholic press or frequent Catholic blogs, and are blithely unaware of the controversies surrounding this pontificate. <br /><br />Fascinating footage of Leo XIII. He was the first pope whose portrait, widely reproduced, adorned the living-rooms of English working-class houses. Previous generations of Catholics would not have known what their pope looked like.<br /><br />It's too easy to get worked up about PF's antics. But he's not the first bad pope nor will he be the last, although I would not have expected two of them to have cropped up in my lifetime. Since 2013 the Oratorian parish I attend has become even more 'traditional' and since I no longer watch papal Masses on YouTube, the decline in standards does not directly impinge on me. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-37620574867179955782021-12-13T14:31:13.354-05:002021-12-13T14:31:13.354-05:00Reformatio capitis is indicated but who is to do i...Reformatio capitis is indicated but who is to do it? Back to the XV-th century. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573896785630162645noreply@blogger.com