Category Archives: Brick by Brick

Hopeful vibrant continuity v. the grim liberal watchmen

Posted on 7 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Views From The Choir Loft there is a good post about music, and Latin, and our heritage in the Latin Church.  The writer is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski who teaches at Wyoming Catholic College.
Vatican II says that “care should be … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Sample interviewed. Well done.

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Excellency Most Reverend Alexander Sample, the next Archbishop of Portland, was interviewed by The Oregonian.  They didn’t lob him softballs.
After an introductory paragraph or two in which they tee the reader up with the news that he is a … Continue reading →

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Knights of Divine Mercy

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am in Pine Bluff, WI, in the Diocese of Madison, to help on the First Friday, with an outstanding men’s group started by the parish priest, Fr Heilman.
For the Knights of Divine Mercy tonight we began with Holy Mass … Continue reading →

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Some people are finally waking up to lefty hijacking of pro-life language in gun control debate

Posted on 29 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have been saying for weeks now that the left has been hijacking pro-life language for their own ends. Right now, they are twisting their support for Pres. Obama (against people who “cling to guns or religion”) into a “prolife … Continue reading →

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New Archbishop of Portland: Alexander Sample!

Posted on 29 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My old friend, Most Rev. Alexander Sample, formerly Bishop of Marquette, has been appointed Archbishop of Portland!
Congratulations to the people of Portland
Vatican City, 29 January 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Alexander King Sample as archbishop of … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Cordileone interviewed in the UK’s Catholic Herald. Comments on the TLM

Posted on 29 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, the Archbishop of San Francisco, Most Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, offered some interesting comments.
Read the whole thing there, but here is something of interest concerning the older form of Holy Mass.  My … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap – starting to stink in the noonday sun

Posted on 28 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The editor of the Fishwrap, the paper of record for schismatics and heretics now to be known as the National Schismatic Reporter, responded to the bishop of the place where they are headquartered. His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn called … Continue reading →

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“Zero Question” – NCReporter’s use of “Catholic” in title is canonically illicit.

Posted on 26 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“Finn was too kind to them.”
That is Prof. Ed Peters, canonist over at his fine blog, In The Light Of The Law.
Peters has written about the Bp. Robert Finn’s column about the National catholic Fishwrap… Reporter.  Bp. Finn, bishop of … Continue reading →

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Bp. Finn calls out the National Catholic Reporter

Posted on 24 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The National Catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) conspired with others who are openly hostile to the Catholic Church to intimidate His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn into silence.
The fact is, the NCR is not a “Catholic” paper or news source. That … Continue reading →

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Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French).  Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen, Switzerland.  The letter is signed by the PCED’s Vice-President Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP.
A … Continue reading →

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