Monthly Archives: July 2008

Over at our friends of the NLM, we find an interesting post in which Fr. Thomas Kocik muses about concrete things priests can do to help along the "reform of the reform" in light of the growing success of Summorum … Read More →

A priest friend, Fr. Cusick, sent me a note saying that he started a blog … well… here are his words: Hi Fr Z!  May I ask a small favor? I have launched a new blog to hi-lite and promote … Read More →

I just noticed some interesting about His Holiness’s cassocks. Notice something about his sleeves? Not seeing anything interesting? Here is a detail. Maybe I simply missed it before, somewhere in the blogosphere, but it looks like the Holy Father has … Read More →

First things first.  Click here.  Spike those stats! What is this about?   A friend of mine in the UK who has the blog Mulier Fortis posted an interesting piece which deserves some thought. My emphases and comments. Bishops Contemplate A … Read More →

Here is an interesting piece from the ultra-lefty NCReporter.  The original piece is in L’Avvenire, the daily of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) My emphases and the questions are also in bold: ‘No’ to women priests is definitive, Vatican consultor … Read More →

Recently I have had a couple questions which mention Notitiae. Notitiae is the official publication of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.  In Notitiae the Congregation publishes editorials, scholarly studies, new liturgical texts, reports of plenary … Read More →

Here is an interesting story from the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter. My emphases and comments. St. Louis Archdiocese videoed women’s ordination rite By Tom Fox, NCR Staff Published: July 9, 2008 Rabbi Susan [I still don’t understand the whole female … Read More →

I have been have a few quite days away from the Sabine Farm at a retreat center with quite a few priest friends.  It isn’t really a retreat, however.  It is more like an informal conference. Each year we get … Read More →