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Ave Maria on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “The so called ‘reforms’ from V2 have led to millions of souls leaving the Roman Catholic Church along with hundreds…”
Archlaic on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “Definitely sounds like Grillo or some other litnik, at least the guts of it does. The Yorkshireman is indeed clever,…”
jhogan on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “If the Novus Ordo is truly an organic development, then the young people, who did not grow up with the…”
Not on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “Thank you Father Z. No one speaks the way this document is written. If comedy was still funny, it would…”
Loquitur on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “The fact that Cardinale Scarafaggio felt it necessary to distribute this at the consistory might be a sign that he…”
Senor Quixana on The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”: “I differ with you in that I am hopeful and somewhat enthusiastic that Leo is launching an exploration of Vatican…”
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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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Daily Archives: 9 September 2014
UK: Parish resuscitated by Extraordinary Form. New Evangelization continues
On whichever side of the Pond you are, you can be sure that reviving a parish doesn’t have to be rocket science. We have all heard of parishes which, though moribund, have been revived through the use of Catholicism. … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! 9 Sept – International Buy a Priest a Beer Day!
UPDATE 9 Sept: The wonderful ladies who do some cleaning in the building, which includes the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue in which I live, brought me a cold beer today! They are the best. _____ A reader asked: “When … Read More
CHART: Correspondence of lectionaries, Ordinary and Extraordinary Form
A while back I asked for help, for a way to line up the readings on Sundays between the Novus Ordo and the Usus Antiquior. For example, I want to see whether or on which Sundays the readings for the, … Read More
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