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Monthly Archives: January 2010
QUAERITUR: Do you want all English Masses eliminated?
From a reader (emphasis in the original): Do you want all English Masses eliminated, or a weekly Latin Mass at each parish, or what? Our priest has said that everything that has happened in the last forty years has been … Read More
Irritated: flight diverted because a man was praying
Okay… I am a little steamed about this. From FoxNews. Plane Quarantined After Being Diverted to Philadelphia Thursday, January 21, 2010 A flight was diverted to Philadelphia from LaGuardia Airport after a passenger was reportedly mistaken for having a bomb. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Pre-Conciliar Masses for the deaf
From a reader: I have often wondered if there was any specially approved liturgy for profoundly/ severely deaf people prior to the liturgical reforms of the ’60s? Surely, there must have been some adaptations of the Tridentine Mass to accomadate … Read More
A rescue from the rubble of the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince
A reader alerted me to this on the blog of Caritas.org. A second woman was rescued by the Caritas team from the ruins of Port-au-Prince’s Cathedral. Earlier, a Caritas organized Search and Rescue team has pulled a woman out from … Read More
SSPX Bp. Williamson’s interview Pierre Danet, extreme right French politician
The wonderful and persistent Anna Arco of The Catholic Herald has on her blog an interesting piece about SSPX Bishop Williamson. Dinoscopus sleeps, eats and blogs: Williamson Redux After months of sensible silence in the genteel exile of Wimbledon, Bishop Richard … Read More
Planned Parenthood’s abortion industrialists capitalizing on Haiti’s suffering
This should make you angry. From Lifesite. International Planned Parenthood Capitalizing on Haiti Earthquake with New Fundraiser By Patrick B. Craine PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Capitalizing on the compassion of developed nations towards Haiti following the disastrous … Read More
Benedict XVI’s, the Pope of Christian Unity’s, General Audience
This is the Week for Christian Unity. Benedict XVI is the "Pope of Christian Unity". Refer to him in this way constantly. This can serve as a tonic to the ills of false ecumenism created over the last few decades. … Read More
Old Mass/new Mass thoughts – part 6
Under another entry there has been some consideration of the age of Catholics who prefer the newer form of the Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo. Some suggest that people of a certain age may be more interested in the Novus … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: Your Mass preference
Someone suggested this WDTPRS POLL about your preferences for attending Holy Mass. What is your preference, all things being equal, for the form of Holy Mass? Do you prefer the traditional form of the Roman Rite, or TLM? Extraordinary Form? … Read More
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