Monthly Archives: April 2008

Panorama: claim that Pres. Bush may convert to Catholicism

Posted on 28 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Wanna read an article typical of much of the Italian press?
Check this out.
Ignazio Ingrao of the Italian Panorama (n. 18/2008) has a strange item (my translation):
George W. Bush – The President of the United States, like Tony Blair, also about … Continue reading →

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NCReg: Interview with Msgr. Georg Ratzinger

Posted on 28 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a very interesting story at the National Catholic Register about the Holy Father’s brother Msgr. George Ratzinger.  My emphases and comments.
When Your Little Brother Is the Pope
Part I of our exclusive interview with the Holy Father’s sole remaining … Continue reading →

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NYC: some TLM notices

Posted on 28 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Thanks to Hallowed Ground we know that:
There will be a Mass on the Vigil of the Ascension at the Church of Our Saviour at 6:00 (Fulfills the Obligation for Ascension Thursday).
There will be a Mass at Our Lady of Good … Continue reading →

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Spero: For the pope, all questions must be entertained

Posted on 28 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is an interesting perspective from Spero with my emphases and comments.
For the pope, all questions must be entertained
Much of what Pope Benedict XVI said was obscured by the media’s focus on his response to sexual abuse by clerics. The … Continue reading →

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Prayer request

Posted on 27 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am pretty tired right now. 
My mind is flat lined.  
I read, … oh how I read, … but I wonder what I am absorbing. 
I write, but I wonder if anything I write makes sense.
I am mentally pretty … Continue reading →

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Watching Rev. Wright

Posted on 27 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Rev. Wright is speaking at the NAACP meeting in Detroit.
He is an engaging speaker, though not great or profound.  I also wasn’t terrible thrilled by his anti-Catholic comments, but… so what’s new, really.  Lana caprina… if that isn’t to European … Continue reading →

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Tablet picks up on Card. Cipriani’s (Lima, Peru) ban of Communion in the hand

Posted on 27 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted on this issue back on 17 April, but The Tablet has it now. 
Church in the World26 April 2008Peru
Cardinal bans Communion in hand
A Peruvian cardinal has banned the practice of receiving Communion in the hand in his diocese to … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 5th Sunday after Easter (1962MR)

Posted on 27 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is part of my article for The Wanderer in which I look at a prayer in the Mass for the coming Sunday:
In the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary today’s prayer was the Collect for the Fourth Sunday after the close of … Continue reading →

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What is Twitter and why we should want to know

Posted on 26 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As familiar as I am with some dimensions of blogging, I am rather more unfamiliar with other personal networking technologies.
For example, what is TWITTER, anyway?
I got interested on knowing about this whole twitter thing because of the following CNN story:
Student … Continue reading →

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Card. Mahony on what the Pope’s visit did for him personally

Posted on 26 April 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If you haven’t seen this from the Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Eminence Roger Card. Mahony in The Tidings.  My emphases, no comment:
Published: Friday, April 25, 2008Reflection: The Pope’s Pastoral VisitBy Cardinal Roger M. Mahony
Pope Benedict XVI came as our … Continue reading →

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