Daily Archives: 13 March 2008

QUAERITUR: Children playing Mass… but… girls?

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I get a great Quaeritur via e-mail.
 
Father,
Thank you for your time and effort with WDTPRS and your website. [You're welcome.]
I’m a father of three children, raised with my brother in the early ’60′s by our wonderful … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: blog or … dating service?

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My phone rang sometime before 6 am.  I was wanted on a radio program to talk about some "Catholic issues" in the media right now.  So, I got on the phone with the producer of Bill Bennett’s morning radio show, … Continue reading →

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There my be a technical problem with the blog

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Expect some problems with the blog for some hours.
For those WDTPRS vets around here, remember my problems with my old hosting service over a year ago?
Apparently they didn’t do all that they were supposed to do to keep my domain … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict hears confessions in St. Peter’s Basilica at Penance service

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE: I added my rapid translation of the Holy Father’s sermon at the penance service, below. 
 
CTV had a live broadcast from the Basilica of St. Peter during a penance service for young people. 
It was pretty much a standard … Continue reading →

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The Novara (Italy) TLM battle continues

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Remember the dust up on the Diocese of Novara, Italy, over the implementation of Summorum Pontificum and how some priests are celebrating the older form of Mass in conflict with the wishes of the local bishop?  WDTPRS posted here and … Continue reading →

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Pope’s 3rd encyclical: Caritas in veritate

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The intrepid Marco Tosatti writes in the Italian daily La Stampa that the Pope’s third encyclical (his first "social" encyclical") will be entitled "Caritas in veritate… Charity in truth".
Here are the bullet points of Tosatti’s piece 

The last social encyclical was … Continue reading →

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No. You can’t ‘go to confession’ online. Period. Can’t. No.

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I found this on CNN, having been warned about it by the American Papist.
First, a few comments.
Before anything else let this be said…. I changed my mind about that entry head line.  Of course you can confess online!  You can … Continue reading →

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Get yourselves ready: WICKED STUPIDITY ALERT

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I think we had better gear up for series of truly stupid, as a matter of factly, wickedly stupid, news stories and TV spots about the Catholic Church in the next few weeks, ’till after Easter.

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Statement on recent Vatican meeting about the Letter to Catholics in China

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Holy See Press Office issued a statement about the Commission Pope Benedict set up to examine reactions to the Letter to Catholics in China. 
 
 
Communique of the Holy See Press Office regarding the meetingof the Commission for the Church in … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped Chaldean archbishop of Mosul is dead

Posted on 13 March 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I regret to report some bad news.  From Asia News.
The archbishop of Mosul is dead Bishop of Arbil: "A heavy Cross for our Church, ahead of Easter".

Mosul (AsiaNews) – The Chaldean archbishop of Mosul is dead. Archbishop … Continue reading →

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