Tag Archives: Pope Benedict

A writer’s first experience of Mass “ad orientem”

Posted on 25 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Matthew Warner has a piece in which he descibes participating at Mass ad orientem for the first time.
My emphases and comments.
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Not too long ago, however, I attended an Ordinary Form of the Mass where the priest was facing away from … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices | Tagged ad orientem, Marshall Plan, Matthew Warner, Pope Benedict, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM | 40 Comments

Does Pope Benedict have arthrosis? (degenerative joint condition in his legs)

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Phil Lawler at CWN:
The Pope’s aching joints; the Vatican’s odd silence
By Phil Lawler | November 09, 2011
Today CWN passes along the report that Pope Benedict suffers from a degenerative joint condition in his legs. Although I am sorry … Continue reading →

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged arthrosis, Phil Lawler, Pope Benedict | 39 Comments

Pope Benedict is now in Germany: opening remarks

Posted on 22 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Holy Father is in his native place, Germany. The liberal German press and many groups have, in a way even nastier than what we saw in England, tried to poison the Pope’s visit before the fact. I suspect he … Continue reading →

Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Brick by Brick, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged Germany, Pope Benedict, state visit | 14 Comments

MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN – REVIEW: Mark Steyn – After America: Get Ready for Armageddon

Posted on 10 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am reading Mark Steyn’s brilliant After America: Get Ready for Armageddon.
USA book click here.
USA Kindle book click here. (Text-to-Speech enabled)
UK book click here. UK doesn’t have a separate Kindle version yet.
Readers in the USA, this is a good book. … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Our Catholic Identity, REVIEWS, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Belshazzar’s Feast, Cassandra, Europe, graffiti, identity, Mark Steyn, MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN, Pope Benedict, Western Civilization | 31 Comments

Hell’s Bible on the attack with the help of minions

Posted on 12 March 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The pragmatical clinchpoops of Hell’s Bible have cobbled together an article written by committee which has no other purpose than to cast the Pope in a bad light. No surprise.
Written by committee, surely with touching up by the editors of … Continue reading →

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged Hell's Bible, NYT, Pope Benedict, sexual abuse | 24 Comments

John Allen on the Pope, Prague and “affirmative orthodoxy”

Posted on 29 September 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend John Allen, the fair-minded nearly ubiquitous columnist of the otherwise ultra-lefty weekly fishwrap National Catholic Reporter, has an interesting piece today about the Holy Father’s trip to Prague.
Allen looks at the Holy Father’s work there from the … Continue reading →