Category Archives: Classic Posts

Fishwrap has an excellent interview with Archbishop Chaput

Posted on 20 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Even as blind squirrels sometimes find acorns, sometimes the National Catholic Fishwrap does something right.  And it won’t surprise anyone that my friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L. Allen, Jr. was involved.
Fishwrap – rather Mr. Allen – has a long, and … Continue reading →

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The Bonaventuran Pope of Christian Unity

Posted on 15 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted this back in 2006 about how the “Pope of Christian Unity” is influenced by St. Bonaventure.  A few years have passed, so I think this should be reviewed and verified:
Are you looking for insight into how … Continue reading →

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Universae Ecclesiae 28, the Eucharistic Fast, and You.

Posted on 23 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I had a post about Univerae Ecclesiae 28 and how the derogation in that paragraph makes it clear that the provisions of Summorum Pontificum exclude female service at the altar in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
The reason for … Continue reading →

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Card. Burke’s opinion on female servers in the Extraordinary Form

Posted on 9 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About the sad situation at Fisher House in Cambridge, where the chaplain had for some time, I am told, determined to have a female altar server for celebration of Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form, something that truly goes against … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Pastor changes the offertory. What do I do?

Posted on 19 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
How should I approach my pastor about liturgical abuses he has been committing?
The recurring abuse has been his changing the Offertorium to “Lord, accept this bread and wine. It comes from the earth, and it comes from our … Continue reading →

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Once again, the key passage

Posted on 28 November 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here once again is the key passage on the subject in the book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times,” when Seewald asks the pope whether it was “madness to forbid a high-risk … Continue reading →

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St. Jerome’s final resting place

Posted on 30 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have posted this is years past, but I worked so hard on it when I originally wrote it that I want to get as much mileage out of it as I can.  Besides, there are new readers here all … Continue reading →

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RATS IN THE RECTORY! Of priests and rodents: Part 2

Posted on 24 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Remember these guys?  Here are some priests in Georgia suffering from a home invasion.
By rats.
Check the blog Southern Orders.
The latest in the saga:
This is rat central and I have an update for you on the rectory wanderings of Ben and … Continue reading →

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Outstanding analysis of Papal Visit by Samuel Gregg

Posted on 24 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry, I suggested that I needed better analysis of Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK.
Lupus in fabula, is I believe the customary phrase.
This comes from Samuel Gregg of the Acton Institute, and one of the smarter writers I … Continue reading →

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VORTEX REPORT: What is that … growth?

Posted on 17 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As you know, my friends and I have been exploring …
The Vortex.
We managed to send in the remote probe to take photos of the thing, a portentous plant or growth of some kind, in or near the epicenter of the … Continue reading →

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