Monthly Archives: September 2011

Benedict XVI before the Pietà of Etzelsbach

Here is the text of the homily delivered by Benedict XVI in Etzelsbach, Germany at a … Continue reading

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Benedict XVI’s sermon at Holy Mass in Erfurt

Pope Benedict celebrated Holy Mass in Erfurt, Germany.  Here is the sermon.
A highlight:
“you have had to … Continue reading

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A fun commercial back on the air

These days a slightly shortened version of this fantastic commercial has found its way back onto … Continue reading

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Fr. Blake of Brighton taking flak from bullies for being Catholic

My friend Fr. Ray Blake, the parish priest at St. Magdalen in Brighton, England, is taking … Continue reading

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WDTPRS 26th Ordinary Sunday: “bowels of mercy”

This was, in a slightly different form, in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. In the 1962 Missale … Continue reading

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Question for readers on iPhone stuff (jailbreak, unlock, dual sims, then what…?)

Do any of you iPhone users have experience of using a dual SIM in 3gs or … Continue reading

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Benedict XVI with Lutherans in Erfurt: “It is not strategy that saves us and saves Christianity, but faith.”

During his State Visit to Germany, the Holy Father gave this address at Erfurt during an … Continue reading

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Of things astronomic and thanks to readers on the Autumnal Equinox

Firstly, as I reported before there is a huge piece of flaming hurtling death-inflicting space junk … Continue reading

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New iPhone app for Catholic voters to access US Congress

I received a press release about a new Catholic app for the iPhone.  The app is … Continue reading

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QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX in schism or not?

From a reader:
Greetings! I am writing in order to ask you abou the SSPX’s canonical status. … Continue reading

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