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Category Archives: 1983 CIC can. 915
ASK FATHER: How can we, as lay Catholics, pass on the Faith given heterodoxy coming from high places?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father Z., I see you include soon-to-be Bl. Fulton Sheen’s comments on your sidebar: Don’t rely on popes, bishops and priests. “He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church … Read More
IMPORTANT expert canonical exam of the DDF SSPX Decree: It does NOT excommunicate SSPX priests or faithful who attend Masses, or change the practical canonical position of faithful seeking SSPX sacraments.
Again at Rorate today, there is a careful examination of the SSPX Decree and Explanatory note by an anonymous canonist who clearly knows what he is talking about. Here is a dense summary. Let’s call this… What Does The Decree … Read More
ASK FATHER: Lay people, SSPX and excommunication
I have several of these in my mail box, similar situations. From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a lay person who attends a diocesan Latin Mass with my family. On occasion, we attend SSPX Masses or devotions out of necessity … Read More
The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX
Today the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released – along with the decree and explanatory note about the SSPX – the requirements for clerics (deacons and priests, according to the 1983 Code) seeking reconciliation with the Church. … Read More
What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.
The Explanatory Note from the DDF today references the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts’s Explanatory Note on the excommunication for schism incurred by adherents of the movement of Bishop Marcel Lefebvre of 24 August 1996. The DDF says they adopted … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, SSPX
Tagged formal adherence, SSPX
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ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?
From a reader: This is from the Archdiocesan website, “Why do priests anoint candidates for confirmation alongside the bishop? The Sacrament of Confirmation is conferred by the bishop presiding over the liturgy. When there are a large number of candidates … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged can. 880, confirmation
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ASK FATHER: Question about the impacts of Excommunication
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If Father Joe Schmoe were validly ordained a bishop, and then immediately excommunicated for having been illicitly so ordained, does he actually have any of the abilities/authorities that bishops are supposed to have? If Deacon John … Read More
ASK FATHER: We can eat meat on Easter Friday, but do we have to do some other penance?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Please excuse my ignorance. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, (e.g. in Octave of Easter) the abstinence from meat is lifted. However, if I decide to eat meat do I still have to substitute it … Read More
St. John Chrysostom: On giving the Eucharist to UNWORTHY PUBLIC FIGURES
St. John Chrysostom could be nicknamed the “Patron Saint Of Telling It Like It Is”. Chrysostom (+407), known as the “golden-mouthed” for the excellence of his preaching, was Bishop of Constantinople. Trained in Antioch, he expounded Scripture in its literal … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging
Tagged can. 915, St. John Chrysostom
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ASK FATHER: Must we do penance, abstain from meat, on Friday in the Octave of Christmas?
This is a question which comes up each year. It came up again today. Must we do penance on Friday within the Octave of Christmas? The short answer is YES. This year. According to Canon Law, Catholics are bound to … Read More
Not on ROME 26/10– Day 06: Tomorrow should be good: “I think Commander Data would figure a way to eat snails faster.”
