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Highlander wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:37 pm Would it be reasonable to take the position that Leo seems to have a direction, but that the direction is unclear and that it is too early to see which direction it is?

So far, he seems to be going out of his way not to be pigeon-holed.

Highlander wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:39 pm I don't know how one of his denomination might be defrocked as it seems to me that one of such frocks him or herself.

I was thinking the same thing. No authority to install in the first place.

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The only people who seem to obsess with Vat. II, are the people who didn't live through it.

Doom wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 1:01 pm Francis was a little to the left, while still being moderate.

The word that springs to mind was, erratic. He was all over the board.

I third what Doom & Zeno mentioned. I don't think Leo is following Francis at all. He is his own man.

Since much of what he has been reported as saying hasn't been sourced, I stopped paying attention. The little that I've listened to live seems good, but doesn't seem to be going in any particular direction that I can tell. They seem to be more encouraging than it is a perspective: Pray, and stay clo...

Welcome aboard!

She was from Georgia, so I'm sure that just like today, accents differed across the country. Still interesting to hear her.

I had a similar situation. I was going on a cruise that was leaving from the left coast on a Sunday. Boarding started in the morning. I decided to fly out on a Saturday and my flight was in the afternoon, so no Vigil Mass. I arrived around dinner time, and checked where and when there was a Mass nea...

Iran is like the Eddie Haskell of modern politics.

Unlike many confrontations, Trump is holding this one closer to the vest than usual, and not saying much about what he might or might not do. He left the G7 Summit early, which doesn't bode well, but there may be other scenarios that are possible. I can't confirm this story, so who knows how much tr...

The best I have heard is a mariachi mass. The only time I was at a mariachi Mass, I wanted to head out for a margarita afterwards. Same. I was on pilgrimage to Mexico, and the town that Juan Diego's uncle lived has a church that we attended a Mass that was public, so it was in in Spanish, and the m...

The reason that left wing Democrats attack Democrats is precisely because they ARE irrational.

And now, with the actual assassination of two members of the Minnesota state legislature and their wives, as well as the murder of the CEO of United Healthcare, the violence of the left is no longer merely hypothetical; it is real. And I suspect we are going to see a lot more assassinations before ...

Doom wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:31 pm I never could, my singing voice is the reason deaf people are happy.

My mother couldn't carry a tune either. I'm a little better, but not by much.

OCP isn't really much better. Somewhat, but not much.

At least half the time, I go to an early morning Mass that doesn't have music. One or two priests will briefly play something on his phone during communion. While I don't like a lot of contemporary hymns, there aren't too many traditional hymns that I like either. And one of the ones that I did love...

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