Category Archives: Mail from priests

A priest reacts to priests reacting to the new translation

Posted on 22 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the Deacon’s Bench, Rev. Mr. Kandra has a great post.  A priest wrote to Dcn. Kandra as a reaction to the whiny survey of priests about the new translation.  My emphases and comments:
After reading this latest post on how priests … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: “No more terrible Latin.”

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
I regularly use a limited amount of Latin in the OF at weekend Masses. Most parishioners really appreciate it, but after catechesis and so on a few just won’t give up their protest.
Last Sunday I preached on Otranto … Continue reading →

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Again about validity of absolutions by SSPX priests

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A priest reader sent me a link to an article on the site of The Remnant, which is I believe a bi-monthly newspaper staunchly on the traditional side of our Catholic spectrum.  The article in question concerns the validity of … Continue reading →

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WSJ on “The Trials of Father MacRae” – IMPORTANT

Posted on 11 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Falsely-accused Fr. MacRae blogs at These Stone Walls.
I bring to your attention this important article in the Wall Street Journal:
Rabinowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae
He was convicted when it was obligatory—as it remains today—to give credence to every accuser charging … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Ember Days during Octave of Pentecost… penitential?

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
For those that follow the 1962 calendar or simply follow the traditional penitential days, are the ember days in the octave of Pentecost days of fast? It would seem not since the octave days, similar to Easter, are … Continue reading →

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TLM: We need it everywhere!

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A friend of mine, Fr. Charles Johnson, is a Navy chaplain serving in Afghanistan.
The TLM:

You may remember that Fr. Johnson gave me a tour of USS Theodore Roosevelt a few years back.
Please support the Archdiocese for Military Services.  I have … Continue reading →

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If you build confessionals, people will come … and use them

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Religion News Service there is something about confession and confessionals.
Putting real confessionals in churches… that’s what I call promoting the New Evangelization.
Let’s have a look at this excellent brick by brick story.
DERBY, Conn. (RNS) The Rev. Janusz Kukulka can’t … Continue reading →

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The effects of secularism at the Marathon’s finish line

Posted on 27 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This morning the parish priest where I am staying in Cambridge pointed out a piece in the Boston Globe (Friday 26 April).
At the finish line of the Boston Marathon, clergy were not allowed to reach the victims of the bombing.
On … Continue reading →

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A priest asks about exorcisms

Posted on 10 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
I am a young priest in the Diocese of ….. A number of months ago you posted from a conference on exorcism you attended in Tulsa. In one of those posts you said something to the effect that … Continue reading →

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ARMENIA: Islamic rebels demand $250,000 for kidnapped Catholic priest

Posted on 26 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Public Radio of Armenia:
Rebels demand $250,000 for the kidnapped Armenian Catholic Priest
A world wide appeal has been initiated by the Bishop Marayati, Armenian Catholic, of Aleppo for the release of Fr Michael Kayyal who was kidnapped on 9th February … Continue reading →

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