Category Archives: Pope of Christian Unity

QUAERITUR: Greek island without a Catholic church on Sunday

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
we will be on a Greek island without a Catholic church on a Sunday:
can we attend the Greek mass and/or receive the Sacrament?
You can, and I think should, attend the Greek Divine Liturgy if attending a Catholic Mass … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Can a regular Latin priest say Mass in the Anglican form?

Posted on 4 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
With all the hullabaloo in the past with bishops not allowing priests to offer the EF Mass, I’m wondering if Latin Rite priests are allowed to celebrate the Anglican Rite in an Anglican Use Ordinary?
I consulted with a … Continue reading →

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Another voice calling for “Romanorum coetibus”

Posted on 23 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have often written that the Church of England needs to issue their document Romanorum coetibus, by which they will give a safe-haven to catholic liberals who want to keep their large puppets and pottery, 60′s music and the ordination of … Continue reading →

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My call to the SSPX as Francis begins.

Posted on 14 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Gentlemen, I now repeat, on the first full day of the pontificate of Francis.
The entire SSPX should gather in St. Peter’s Square, crawl on hands and knees to the Apostolic Palace and beg the new Pope to allow them to … Continue reading →

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Hey Cardinal Electors! An expression of hope from Russia about a new Pope.

Posted on 4 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Benedict XVI was the Pope of Christian Unity.
He changed the course of ecumenical dialogue.
His efforts to bring our liturgical worship back onto the rails impressed many among the Orthodox, including the Patriarch of Moscow.
Now I read on ANSA (the Italian … Continue reading →

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On the feast day, congratulations to the Anglican, Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter!

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In these USA there has been established – due to the provisions in Anglicanorum coetibus approved by the Pope of Christian Unity (presently reigning) – a Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter!
Fr. Z kudos to all those who made it … Continue reading →

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Papal spokesman on SSPX, last minute gesture from Pope Benedict

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There has been some chatter about the possibility that before 28 February Pope Benedict would do something for the SSPX. An 11th hour sign of benevolence, perhaps.
I doubted that.
Today the papal spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, mentioned this in his … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Müller, Prefect of the CDF, anti-Catholicism in USA, time running out for SSPX

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Vatican Insider comes this.
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has launched a biting attack of [on?] the mood toward the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Europe, comparing it to … Continue reading →

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Swiss Bishop forbids the use of churches and chapels to the SSPX

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am saddened by the following story, which I found on Vatican Insider in Italian from Andrea Tornielli:
“Lefevbrites are suspended a divinis, they cannot celebrate in Catholic churches”
His is a striking and suggestive position: the Bishop of Diocese of Lausanne, … Continue reading →

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Lutheran Ordinariate coming?

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Vatican Insider has something today about some Lutherans who are getting nervous about the Holy Father establishing an Ordinariate for Lutherans, along the lines of that which he established for Anglicans.
“A Lutheran ordinariate? That’s a bad sign”
An ordinariate for Lutherans … Continue reading →

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