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- Not on Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.: “YIKES”
- on Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.: “Just another example of a bishop whoring out a cathedral for the false mammon. I wouldn’t want to have to…”
- on Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”: “@Venerator Sti Lot Also, to claim the language of a “canonized Mass” is equivalent with a rejection of any kind…”
- on Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”: “@JabbaPapa That’s my point: the TLM is the reference point. The NO in Latin, as well as Sacrosanctum Concilium, do…”
- on Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.: “*Don’t forget the Aztec child sacrifice rituals. This sort of stuff makes an absolute mockery of morality.”
- on Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.: “Every bishop and priest should have a personal “common sense PR-consultant.” You could walk into the break-room of any factory…”
- on Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”: “Fr Jackson, Many thanks! I do not recall reading that sermon before – and I think I would, if I…”
- on 22 July: Feast of St. Mary Magdalene – A rocky history. Like the saint herself?: “I trust 1500 years of Catholic Tradition over recent enlightened bible scholars. I think Catherine of Siena believed Mary Magdalene…”
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Daily Archives: 22 July 2026
Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”
I spotted something interesting at Fakebook, posted by Peter Kwasniewski… a letter from Prof. Joseph Ratzinger to Wolfgang Waldstein in 1976. Dear Colleague Waldstein, Thank you very much for your kind note. To come straight to the heart of … Read More
22 July: Feast of St. Mary Magdalene – A rocky history. Like the saint herself?
In 2016, the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, headed by the great Robert Card. Sarah, issued a decree making – for the Novus Ordo, mind you – what was the Memorial of St. Mary Magdalene into … Read More
Not on Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.: “YIKES”
