Daily Archives: 11 July 2021

VIDEO: A close look at the pipe organ and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

The Second Vatican Council said that the pipe organ had pride of place among all the instruments used in church for sacred music.  The pipe organ is the “king of instruments”. Here is a super-geeky close examination of the massive … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Do priests who celebrate only in the vernacular really know what they are saying?

From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I recently discovered the SCDF declaration Instauratio liturgica (Jan. 25, 1974), which says that the meaning of a translated sacramental formula is that of the original Latin, understood according to the mind of the Church. Especially … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 214

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