Monthly Archives: June 2007

Here are some rapid notes after a first reading.  This should post appear after the embargo is lifted, after 1200h in Rome. The Letter to Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons and Lay Faithful of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic … Read More →

If you don’t subscribe to CWN, you ought to, even if only to show appreciate for Diogenes.   (My emphases.) yet another motu proprio? Posted by: Diogenes – Today 4:28 PM ET USA Pope Benedict the XVI will soon release a … Read More →

On the blog of His Eminence Sean Card. O’Malley, we read an account of the meeting he attended in Rome concerning the Motu Proprio.  My emphases and comments. From Cleveland I flew to Rome at the request of Cardinal Tarcisio … Read More →

The solid Andrea Tornielli has a meaty piece in Il Giornale about the Motu Proprio. Highlights: 1)  The MP will be released probably on 7 July.2)  There will probably be no press conference to present the document.3)  The Pope offers … Read More →

On the website of the one of the worst, one of the most liberal newspapers in the USA, the execrable Minneapolis Star-Tribune, there is an informal poll: Instant poll: Should the church allow wider use of the Latin Mass? Pope Benedict … Read More →

There is a very piece at The Paragraph Farmer (great name!) about liturgical music.  You have all heard rotten music in churches, music which makes even the Campbell Soup jingle or the theme from Gilligan’s Island sound like Mahler.  Then … Read More →

We are interested these days in accuracy of reporting on the details of the Motu Proprio. I offer for your consideration…. …the finely crafted caption for a photo from Reuters Pope Benedict XVI leads the Vespri’s mass at the St. … Read More →

Here is something I wrote for the paper: We won’t know the details of the Motu Proprio until it is promulgated, but we must consider several points.  When a major document comes from the pen of a Pope, I always … Read More →

This is too funny!   The Curt Jester offers a… well… you read it.  I tip my biretta!  o{]:¬) I have too say, he nailed this!  Not quite sure what "MSM" is exactly, but it must have something to do with … Read More →

Yesterday in a post about an ANSA story on the recent MP meeting I mentioned that ANSA made an error about the number of bishops present.  ANSA reported that some 15 bishops were present when I and others thought there … Read More →

This is from ANSA on the MP.  They spoke with Card. Bertone.  Here is an excerpt (my translation): "Leaks in circulation during the autumn of last year about the first draft of the Motu Proprio hypothisized that a request by … Read More →

You may think the news about the Motu Proprio is great, but this is out of this world. I think we can make some analogies with the derestriction of the older Mass, no? In any event, this is very cool … Read More →

This is from ASCA.it.  Highlights: 1) There were 13, not 30, cardinals/bishops present for the meeting.  Card. Pell and Card. Toppo were there and Bp. Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B of Libreville in Gabon.2) Two representatives from Latin America didn’t come … Read More →

I just saw the SKY TG24 coverage of the meeting yesterday.  They actually made some decent distinctions.  For example, they made the point that after the Council, with the implementation of the Novus Ordo, something happened that was unheard of … Read More →

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   VATICAN CITY, JUN 28, 2007 (VIS) – The Holy Father:    – Appointed Fr. Peter F. Christensen of the clergy of the archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of the Nativity … Read More →

This is in from ANSA.  It is about yesterday’s meeting of Card Bertone and bishops from around the world for the MP. Here are the highlights: 1) They fall into the trap of calling this "the Latin Mass".2) The MP … Read More →

I slept in today, so I am sure others have posted already but… COMUNICATO DELLA SALA STAMPA DELLA SANTA SEDE Si è svolta ieri pomeriggio in Vaticano una riunione, presieduta dal Cardinale Segretario di Stato, in cui è stato illustrato … Read More →

What a day. Priest: We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all Thy benefits, who livest and reignest world without end. R. Aaaaaa….