fish on fridays

Wanted poster featuring a cartoon bishop in liturgical vestments holding a hammer, surrounded by broken fish statues. Text reads: "WANTED: LITURGICAL VANDALS" and "REWARD: CATHOLIC UNITY. For smashing altar Tutts & Fish on Fridays, Bandas, 1966: Religious Vandalism!" Yellow background with crosses and fish."

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Bishops, Vandals, and the Liturgical Roots of Polarization

By John B. Manos | May 2, 2025

Forget MAGA vs. Marxists—Catholic polarization started when bishops turned liturgical bulldozers, smashing altar rails and Fish on Fridays. Monsignor Bandas called it “religious vandalism” in ’66, and he wasn’t wrong. While today’s prelates play Francis fanboys, their kin defied popes to sow chaos. Pass the tartar sauce and dive into the real story of a Church divided by liturgy, not politics.

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A plate of fried chicken with a glass of water and a bowl, accompanied by text about Lent. The text reads: "FRIDAY 'PENANCE' IN LENT CAN'T HAVE MEAT... GETS 'ALL YOU CAN EAT' SEAFOOD PLATTER INSTEAD." The text highlights a Catholic Lenten practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays."

Friday Penance Fail

By Phillip Neri | February 20, 2015

Sometimes you just can’t win.

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