Monthly Archives: November 2006

If you don’t check out Diogenes every day on Off the Record… well… start.  I posted a blurb on the WSJ article, but Diogenes today says what I think and prevent myself from writing.  Here it is (my emphasis): I’ve … Read More →

Over at Idle Speculations we find the BBC’s (gak) list of 200 books for your Christmas vacation.  It might be fun to see just how many of them we have read.  The Top 200 were (those I’ve recal reading are … Read More →

I usually like the Wall Street Journal and I read it often, especially the opinion page. However, the WSJ has an article on the Holy Father right now that really misses the mark, both in its quality of writing and … Read More →

When I first began the WDTPRS series, I got some snarky hate mail from whiners saying things like, "How DARE you ciriticize the translation? How DARE you translate liturgy prayers? After all they were done by EXPERTS!!" I would always … Read More →

Here is a functioning link to the encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia.

I am rereading The Children of Men by P.D. James after my unfortunate viewing of the new movie of the same name.  UK HERE It had been some years since I read the book but I remembered something very different … Read More →

Over at Pontifications someone threw his hat into the ring about the pro multis question.  Over there you can read: I’m all in favor of correct or superior translations of biblical and liturgical texts, and therefore I support the restoration … Read More →

Does anyone think these days about the "derestricting" of the "Tridentine" Mass? I still do. You might remember when everything was flying furiously a few fair weeks ago that the French bishops went bananas about the possibility of an indult.  … Read More →

When the Holy Father travels to Turkey, he will not be received there as a Head of State. There are consequences for protocol. It was also announced recently that the Pope’€™s welcome has been downgraded to a second-class protocol instead … Read More →

You must go over to Valle Adurni for the blow by blow description, with pictures, of the Papal Coronation of John XXIII. There are some VERY funny editorial comments interspersed with Father’s descriptions of the ceremonies: After the Holy Father’s … Read More →

Put everything down and read this: The Byzantine Divine Liturgy, like that of all the Eastern Churches, is celebrated facing East. The priest and all the faithful look to the East, whence Christ will come again in glory. The priest … Read More →

Here is a rather strongly worded document issued by the Roman Pontiff on clerics who commit homosexual acts (Latin original followed by my translation): Contra quoscumque Clericos, tam saeculares quam regulares, nefandi criminis reos. PIUS EPISCOPUS (SANCTUS PIUS Pp. V)SERVUS … Read More →

The Commmon Declaration, the Holy Father’s Address, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Address… ho hum. You’ve all seen them in the news and, with a yawn, maybe scanned them and moved along quickly to find something more interesting. I did. However, … Read More →

Quaeritur:  Are any of you making use of the "Recent Comments" links I put on the left side bar? Also, I have discovered the blog looks different when using MS IE as compared to Firefox (which is the browser I … Read More →

There is a must read article by Sandro Magister on the problems the Holy See is having in actually reporting what Pope Benedict is really saying.  Here at WDTPRS we have dealt with this before. He is a engaging snip … Read More →

I happily tip my biretta to The Ironic Catholic and Catholic and Enjoying It! for the following.

I ask you…. Reluctant biretta tip to Whitehall for this unfortunate graphic.  o{]:¬( How those of that communion, trying to be well-meaning and faithful to what they know, must suffer. I have a solution for them.