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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Yearly Archives: 2010
Document on the implementation of Summorum Pontificum
Remember that document that was supposed to come out about the implementation of Summorum Pontificum? For a while now I have been less than eager to see it issued. On the other hand, there is little likelihood that that such … Read More
Silver Trumpets in St. Peter’s
I was on an airplane for most of this… but I understand that the silver trumpets, retired from use by Paul VI, were used in the Vatican Basilica for the consistory. Any news on that?
What Did The Pope Really Say?
First, keep in mind that Papa Ratzinger was talking to a guy who had a microphone. How is that the same as an official act of the Vicar of Christ exercising his magisterium? Also, he was asked if the Church … Read More
Thinking about not thinking about the Pope, the press and condoms
I had a great day yesterday not writing about the Pope and condoms. After a Solemn High Mass at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, with music of De Victoria and the presence of a group of college students, I dashed up … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a deacon preach at a TLM?
From a reader: A priest who speaks very little English has volunteered to say the TLM on Sundays. Is it OK for a deacon to deliver the homily in his place? Yes.
About the Last Sunday of the Church’s Year
In the older, traditional calendar there is no special liturgy for this Sunday. This is a poignant way to point toward the seamless cycle of the Church’s representation of the mysteries of salvation. In the newer calendar we are … Read More
The Pope did not endorse the use of condoms
You will be hearing a LOT about this. Keep in mind that the Holy Father did not endorse or “open the way” to greater use of condoms. From CNA: Pope Benedict advocates right sexuality, not condom use, in fight against … Read More
The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down
I am heading back to the place where the people “ride in a hole in the ground”. No… but wait… that is what they do here in London. In any event, back to NYC.
Cardinalatial eye-candy
NLM has posted some screen captures of the ceremony of the creation of the new cardinals S.R.E. (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae). Here two that will be favorites for a long time: How nice not to have to say “soon-to-be” Cardinal Burke. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a deacon baptize with the older Rituale Romanum?
Want a traditional baptism with the Roman Rite? Have a deacon but not a priest? From a deacon reader: I […] was recently ordained to the transitional diaconate, asked me whether church law allows him to perform a Baptism using … Read More
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