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I've been saying for years, what we need is another Ellis Island. Maybe 3 or 4. People can be better vetted, and sent home if necessary. None of this release and appear in court. They never show up.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:43 pm So we are back to my original question: what does it mean to be Anglican?

Cinderella, with amnesia.

She forgot who and what she left, so she will forever splinter and fracture.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:00 pm I read somewhere that PF drafted most of it, and then Leo revised it.

I read basically the same thing: It was an unfinished AE by P. Francis, that P. Leo revised by adding his own thoughts.

As Fr. Benedict Groeschel once said, "If you ever meet the Spirit of Vat. II, drive a stake into its heart".

VeryTas wrote: ↑Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:12 pm Older English used to distinguish singular (thou) from plural (you).

I always thought that thee was singular and thou was plural....

Several years ago when I was visiting friends in FL, there were 2 armed guards. The one in the Narthex had a rifle, and the one in the Nave had a side arm. It was a bit disconcerting, but I guess these are the times we're living in. I kind of feel sorry for the kids, but maybe they get used to it. I...

peregrinator wrote: ↑Fri Oct 10, 2025 6:58 am

Riverboat wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:13 pm

peregrinator wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:25 am soixante-huitards

Now, there's a term I need to work into my conversation. All I gotta do is learn how to pronounce it.

swa-SONT hwee-TARR (more or less)

Sounds like something that I had to wear for ballet class.

Welcome back!

“inhuman treatment of immigrants” That should be “inhuman treatment of ILLEGAL immigrants”. There's a major league difference. There was a recent video of a legal immigrant from Nigeria who pointed out that although it took him years to become a legal citizen of the US, that he did it the right way...

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:52 pm He was actually born just a few miles from where I'm sitting in Central IL, but he moved to New Mexico, died there, and is buried there. Well, mostly buried there. Some of his ashes were sent to space on the New Horizons mission to Pluto.

I recently found out that NM is the only state in the US that still recognizes Pluto as a Planet. Apparently, the astronomer who discovered Pluto was from NM, so to honor his memory, in 2007, the state legislature officially acknowledges the existence of Pluto as the ninth planet. Let the memes begi...

Reforms were not uniform. The NY Archdiocese did not make many changes all at once. The first was Mass on Saturday evening, which was a practical change. That was in '66. ETA: also Mass in English was instituted that year as well. Next was 1968 when the altar was pulled away from the back wall, turn...

When Pope JPII sad that "the time is not right", for declaring Mary, Mediatrix of all grace, as a dogma, that was good enough for me.

Some of the older folk in my parish (now around 80) were very happy with the end of the latin mass. Their hostility still makes me jump as they say that they hated the mumbo jumbo latin that they did not understand. With that attitude they are the people who like all the corny songs, hugs and kisse...

Tolerance means to disagree. After all, nobody tolerates that which is already agreed upon. That's called acceptance. Tolerating something, or someone, means putting up with them.

Having lived through that era, I can tell you it was a both/and. The change came from the top, but the reception from the bottom was a combination of welcome and oblivious. Some liked the change, and the rest were just accepting, because that's what we as Catholics did. We saw the church as knowing ...

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266947/swiss-guards-protectors-of-the-pope-don-new-uniforms These are not replacing the striped dress uniforms but the solid red and blue uniforms that are worn behind the scenes. Actually, my understanding is that these uniforms will replace the lack of unif...

With the exception of the word trespasses to replace debt, The Our Father that I've always said is from Matthew. Luke's version is truncated.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news ... w-uniforms

These are not replacing the striped dress uniforms but the solid red and blue uniforms that are worn behind the scenes.