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Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Feeder Feed: Old Master Edition
I am in the National Gallery, gallery 3 enjoying Italian Gothic painting. Here is a tryptich of Puccio Di Simone and Allegretto Nuzi. The subject is Our Lady Enthroned, the infant Lord enthroned on her. The Lord had in His … Read More
Instruct Fr. Z in a matter of great importance
I have decided that I am nearly completely ignorant on a topic of grave importance. I don’t know much about Country Music. What provoked this? I occasionally zoom around on the radio when driving. I hear songs with disgusting content … Read More
NEWS FLASH! Bp. Slattery is to be celebrant in Washington DC
I just received noticed that His Excellency Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has stepped up and will be the celebrant for the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC on Saturday 24 April. This is … Read More
A case about violation of the Seal of Confession in the press
From the 1983 Code of Canon law 983 §1 The sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore it is absolutely forbidden for a confessor to betray in any way a penitent in words or in any manner and for any reason. If … Read More
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Tagged confession, Seal, Seal of confession
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The slapping down of a dissident theologian
The nice folks at First Things… do you subscribe? … have performed a fine public service – and some smile provoking entertainment – in the form of an open letter from George Weigel to none other than, wait for it, … Read More
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Happy Birthday Rome!
Today is the traditional observed 2763rd anniversary of the founding of Rome! 2763 AUC! For more on the fellow who worked out the date, see this.
NEWS FLASH: Card. Castrillon will not be celebrant for Washington DC Mass.
FIRST note that the 24 April Pontifical Mass for the anniversary of the inauguration of Pope Benedict’s pontificate will go on. I received this PRESS RELEASE from the Paulus Institute: In consultation with His Eminence, Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, The … Read More
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