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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: decree about excommunications of SSPX bishops
I have received several emails asking about the juridical effect of the lifting of the excommunications of the SSPX bishops in January 2009. Some are saying that the decree means that there never were excommunications in the first place, some … Read More
QUAERITUR: Bishop requiring exclusive use of the Extraordinary Form
From a reader: I have a purely hypothetical question. I know all priests may say the Extraordinary Form of the Mass without special permission of their bishops (i.e. It is up to the priest if he wishes to say it), … Read More
QUAERITUR: Requiem on Sunday
From a reader: Father, is it ever allowed in the Extraordinary Form that a Requiem Mass be celebrated on a Sunday? Perhaps for a private Mass. If I, for example, were to learn of the death of a friend, I … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX just being stubborn?
From a reader: Why is the SSPX still not in union with Rome? Especially with groups like the FFSP what problem do they still have with us? They could unite with Rome, and still basically continue as usual. Am I … Read More
QUAERITUR: parent won’t attend wedding without SSPX priest
From a reader: My Fiancée’s family is SSPX. Since coming to college she has realized the error in their beliefs, so she is no longer SSPX. We are planning on getting married next november We would absolutely love to get … Read More
QUAERITUR: Was Latin the “vernacular”?
From a seminarian: A brother seminarian and I recently attended one night of a parish mission of sorts led by a renowned Catholic musician. In one tangent mentioning the newly corrected translation of the Missal, he stated how the Mass … Read More
QUAERITUR: Admitting RCIA candidates to Communion?
From a reader: I have a question that I cannot find a direct answer: Our pastor made the decision to allow non-Catholics in RCIA to receive Holy Communion. He stated that “Anyone who believed the Church’s teachings on the Mass … Read More
QUAERITUR: The canopy over the Holy Father’s chair
I was not able to see any of the canonization Mass on Sunday. Today, however, I received a question from a reader about the canopy over the Holy Father at his chair. Whilst watching some of the Ceremonies from the … Read More
QUAERITUR: non-Catholics reciting the Rosary
From a reader: Me and a group of my friends try to go weekly to a nearby nursing home to visit and pray with the people there. We usually go around the rooms asking if any of them want to … Read More
QUAERITUR: Traditional Mass but newer office
From a reader: Father, I seem to be in a quandry about the liturgy. I attend a Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Parish in Tulsa and I am an Oblate of Clear Creek monastery, which also uses the 1962 liturgies. … Read More
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