Tag Archives: Marshall Plan

“the time has come for us to be courageous in working for a true reform of the reform and also a return to the true liturgy of the Church”

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A friend and I have been talking about the provisions of Summorum Pontificum and the need to press press press them forward again.  We need to keep pressing and working.
On that note, I was delighted to read at NLM that … Continue reading →

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I sense a trend.

Posted on 3 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at Orwell’s Picnic there is a post entitled “Face it, Hippies”, which this graph.

I sense a trend.
The growth is slow, some will say.  But there is growth.  There is growth in several important spheres of the Church’s life, including … Continue reading →

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CARA study on trends for parishes, Mass attendance

Posted on 18 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the Fishwrap, their elder-dissenter Richard McBrien posted a column about shifts in Mass attendance.  He works from a study about the “‘Supersizing’ the U.S. Catholic Parish Life” conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI refers to riots, relativism when welcoming new British Ambassador. Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, there is a sound observation about a comment made by Pope Benedict as he formally received the credentials of the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great … Continue reading →

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When diocesan priests choose to use exclusively the Extraordinary Form. Fr. Z rants, a lot.

Posted on 8 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate have an interesting piece, which you should read in toto over there.
Here are some salient points.
Can one be a diocesan priest and
celebrate the traditional Mass exclusively?
A true motivational example
[We [Rorate] consider this to be one of … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gramsci, the destruction of Catholic identity, and you.

Posted on 24 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the Catholic Thing there is a must read article by George Marlin about the uber-anti-Catholic and founder of Italian Communism, the brilliant but twisted Antonio Gramsci.
Understanding Gramsci and the Italian version of Communism is verrrrrry important for faithful Catholics … Continue reading →

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Brick by brick… it is happening

Posted on 16 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over at the excellent Chant Cafe, I found this from a priest contributor, Fr. Christopher Smith.  My emphases and comments.
I was recently at a Cathedral down South on a weekday and I wanted to celebrate a private Mass. As I … Continue reading →

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“Who would deny that human society is in most urgent need of this cure now?”

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The global economic trend downward and recent events are going to create change, uncertainty and hardship, perhaps much suffering, for a lot of people.   I imagine that some of you readers are already being affected.  You are not alone.
Our … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: “They get the Ratzinger Marshall Plan better than many Catholics.”

Posted on 28 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend the great Fabricius Romanus, paterfamilias, sent me a reaction to the story I shared here about a priest in Italy who was physically assaulted by someone invoking Satan, because the priest was reintroducing traditional elements of Catholic worship.
Fabrizio, … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI entrusts Italy to the Blessed Virgin. Fr. Z rants

Posted on 27 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You may have seen this yesterday.
POPE ENTRUSTS ITALY TO VIRGIN’S PROTECTION
VATICAN CITY, 27 MAY 2011 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Benedict XVI presided over the praying of the Rosary together with the bishops of … Continue reading →

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