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Monthly Archives: December 2016
ASK FATHER: Are pastors bound to teach oddities of Amoris Laetitia?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Fr. Z: Our bishop visited our parish tonight to install our new pastor. The rite required father to vow to adhere to the teachings “which either the Roman Pontiff or the College of Bishops enunciates when … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Canon Law, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, profession of faith
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12 Comments
ASK FATHER: Can religious priests omit wearing an alb for Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is a priest required to wear an alb when saying Mass? I’ve seen on two separate occasions where Franciscan priests would just wear the chasuble and stole over their habit without putting on an alb. While I was interred … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged alb, RS 123, RS 126
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26 Comments
ASK FATHER: Blessing wine on St. John’s Day… or “another beverage”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: You usually give your readership an annual reminder for the blessing of wine on St. John’s Day. The Rituale says “Benedicere… hunc calicem vini et CUJUSLIBET POTUS”- so presumably any hard beverage could be blessed with … Read More
Super cool Galileo gravity experiment
Super cool. Galileo claimed that if there was no air, a cannonball and a feather would, if dropped, hit the ground at the same time. One of the Apollo astronauts did this experiment on the moon with a hammer and … Read More
DOUTHAT in NYT: Ongoing ‘Amoris laetitia’ controversy
Dear readers… a lot of time and electrons are being spilled on Amoris laetitia these days because it may be the most important controversy of our time, with long lasting implications for doctrine on faith and morals, and on discipline. Our … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Hell's Bible, NYT
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46 Comments
Edward Feser: The Five Dubia and the Silence of the Pope
I found Edward Feser’s essay on Schadenfreude to be especially helpful after the election of Donald J. Trump as President of These United States of America after the humiliating defeat of Hillary and everything she stands for. Truly helpful. … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Edward Feser, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Pope Francis
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The Pope, The Five Dubia and the “Formal Correction”
His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke gave interview to LifeSite. He said that the “formal correction” of Pope Francis he had mentioned before could “probably” be issued sometime after the upcoming Feast of the Epiphany, thus after 6 January 2017 Among the … Read More
Among the dumb and evil things on the internet…
I’ve seen some pretty dumb things on the internet. I’ve seen some pretty evil things on the internet. I’ve seen things that are both pretty dumb and pretty evil on the internet. This has to be right up there with … Read More
Can “Rome” be trusted? SSPX questions and beyond
I have smart friends who think that – things being as they are – the SSPX should NOT at this time accept terms offered by the Holy See. It’s hard to see what that might entail… things being as they … Read More
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