Monthly Archives: August 2008

A great poster from a diocesan vocations office:   This is from the Diocese of Raleigh.

Here, for a change of pace, is the Holy Father’s Angelus from the summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. [flv]08_08_24_B16_angelus01.flv[/flv] [flv]08_08_24_B16_angelus02.flv[/flv] Alle ore 12 di oggi il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI si affaccia al balcone del Cortile interno del Palazzo Apostolico … Read More →

Here is a snapshot of places where, or near to where some of you are when you come to visit WDTPRS. These are approximations in some cases.  I also eliminated some of the entries such as "Canada" or "Unknown" as … Read More →

This from ANSA: Pope considers ‘last leg of life’ Benedict XVI ready to face old age with brother Georg (ANSA) – Castel Gandolfo, August 22 – Pope Benedict XVI is looking forward to a peaceful old age spent alongside his … Read More →

The other day a friend skyped me with a note about the hijinx at the University of San Diego concerning dissenter feminist Rosemary Radford Reuther.  She was let go.  People are protesting.  So, some want to support the decision to … Read More →

I heard from my spies that last night there was a massive power outage in the Vatican.  Apparently, the Vatican City State’s electricity totally failed for 10 minutes. The lights did not go off in St. Peter’s Square because that … Read More →

From the Wall Street Journal: HOUSES OF WORSHIP     The Problem With Liberation Ordination [The choice of title is important.  Most of the feminist thing in the Church is rooted in a Marxist starting point.] By KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ August … Read More →

Apparently Democrat Presidential "hope"full Barak Obama, the short-term senator from Illinois, has chosen as his VP running mate long-term Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Sen. Biden is pro-abortion, but against partial-birth abortion.  On Meet The Press he said that he … Read More →

I rediscovered a fun photo of yours truly being called on for a question by H.E. Archbp. Ranjith during a CDW sponsored conference on liturgy last December, as Card. Arinze looks on.  

I direct your attention to the NLM which has posted an interesting entry taking to task the "The August/September issue of Pastoral Music, published by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, is dedicated to liturgical ensembles. The pictures of musicians … Read More →

I have gotten a lot of mail about how some priest harass people who kneel for Holy Communion. The notes I have gotten break down in several categories. First, there are those who think I somehow don’t know about this … Read More →

I just got off the phone with a representative of a Catholic publisher.  He had some questions about the pronunciation of liturgical Latin. His experience in digging into this issue is much the same as what I have found through … Read More →

Check out the PODCAzT page. [uc] UPDATE: 21 AUGUST 17:59 GMT 2289 – Pope and snake, et al. 2291 – Fr. Z and Fr. Finigan, et al. And His Hermeneuticalness Fr. Finigan’s interview in PODCAzT 64 has taken the lead! … Read More →

A friend sent this story from the AP: Beijing bishop urges pope to visit China Wed Aug 20, 4:27 PM ET The Beijing bishop appointed by China‘s state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict … Read More →

I just learned that the Romanian Orthodox have the title for priests: Great Ecclesiarch WOW!  We need titles like this!  

There was an interesting article in L’Osservatore Romano today, in Italian, about the Knights Templar.  Alas, their articles scroll off and soon become unavailable. The Times picked up this story.  I don’t have the energy or time to translate the … Read More →