Category Archives: Vatican II

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: Use of Latin in the Ordinary Form

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I thought you may be interested to know that our priest, for certain Daily Masses in the Ordinary Form, is using Latin for the majority of the Mass. We use English for the readings, the collect, postcommunion, and … 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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Fr. Scalon on the unfinished business of Vatican II

Posted on 23 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Homiletic and Pastoral Review there is a good article by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap.  Let’s see the first part, with my emphases:
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the Church in the United States is in … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis slaps down those who resist the Holy Spirit

Posted on 16 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Francis has been saying Mass semi-publicly in the chapel of the Casa S. Marta, where he has been living.  He has been giving a “fervorino” at Mass, that is, a brief, usually off the cuff, sermon.  So far, there … Continue reading →

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Just how tone deaf is the National Schismatic Reporter?

Posted on 12 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Just how tone deaf is the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap)?
Classly as ever, on the eve the conclave they suggest:
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No matter from what part of the world he hails, no matter what his theological or ecclesiastical pedigree, the best thing … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI on Vatican II: Council of the Fathers v. Council of the Media

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today during his annual meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, of which Benedict is still the Bishop, the Holy Father spoke about the Second Vatican Council.  Not my translation, but my emphases and comments:
[T]here was the Council … Continue reading →

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Tough talk about the Second Vatican Council – not pretty

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sandro Magister has an intriguing piece today about the Second Vatican Council and the possibility of reconciliation of the SSPX.
It might upset some people.
I think that some parts make sense.
A few bits from the larger piece…
The Impossible “Road Map” of … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap’s Kennedy wrong about Flannery’s heresy.

Posted on 27 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the Fishwrap, the National Schismatic Reporter (the paper of record for heretics which has hijacked the name “Catholic”), failed-priest Eugene Cullen Kennedy wrote a thought – not a very good thought – about the Irish heretic Fr. Flannery, … 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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