Category Archives: Classic Posts

Time: Benedict may have killed off American Catholic liberalism

This in from Time.  Let’s see what is going on, with my emphases and comments. Saturday, May. 03, 2008Is Liberal Catholicism Dead?By David Van Biema He may not have been thinking about it at the time, but Pope Benedict, in … Read More

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PCED’s Card. Castrillon Hoyos: celebrate TLM in parishes even when it isn’t requested

An alert WDTPRSer, our friend Henry, caught an interesting comment in an article from CNA on the new DVD being made by the FSSP – which I haven’t seen yet and therefore reserve comment about. Let’s take a look the … Read More

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FOLLOW UP: My review of the Visitor at Mass from Angelus Press

You may have seen the review I posted of a very helpful little booklet designed precisely For the Visitor at Mass.  It is on sale from the Angelus Press, publishing arm for the SSPX.  The director of the Angelus Press … Read More

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What is Black Liberation Theology? Some basics.

As the controversy surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright continues to build, and we hear more of what he has to say about the foundations of his world view and that of the church where he was pastor, it would not … Read More

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A friendly how to e-mail Fr. Z reminder!

o{]:¬) Folks, I literally get hundreds of e-mails a day.  o{]:¬/ If you write to me, please keep a few things in mind. 1) If you don’t get a reponse, that is not a slight. o{]:¬)2) If you don’t put … Read More

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A testimony about kneeling for Holy Communion and Communion rails

I found this on the blog Ecce Mater Tua: A couple of months ago someone left a comment on Fr. Z’s blog announcing that they had decided from then onwards to kneel each time they received Holy Communion. He appealed … Read More

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Summorum Pontificum now in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis – text variations

The daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference Avvenire has an article on p. A23 about the appearance of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum in the official instrument of the Holy See for the promulgation of documents, Acta Apostolicae Sedis. … Read More

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A PCED clarification: stabiliter not continenter in the MP and TLM in universities

A WDTPRSer sent me a copy of a response from the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei".  Our reader had some questions for the PCED and the PCED answered them. I must say right away that this letter requires me to make … Read More

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Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession – reprise

Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession   o{]:¬) We should…   1) …examine our consciences regularly and thoroughly;   2) …wait our turn in line patiently;   3) …come at the time confessions are scheduled, not a few … Read More

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WDTPRS: The new Good Friday prayer for Jews in the 1962MR

I have been thinking a little about the new prayer Pope Benedict XVI has swapped into the 1962 Missale Romanum for Good Friday when we, as a whole Church have always, do now, and will always pray also for the … Read More

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