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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
ASK FATHER: “Is it possible for the structure of the Church to be the ‘wrong’ church, while the ‘true’ Church is elsewhere?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: One of the most used terms regarding problems in the Church is that it is indefectable, implying that there is no need to worry about this or that issue, soon God will resolve it. But there … Read More
11 October: Maternity of Mary. A tale of an antiphon, image, and a little street chapel.
It is the 20th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo calendar. It is also the Feast of the Maternity of Mary established by Pope Pius XI for the universal Church in 1931, commemorating the fifteenth centenary of the Council … Read More
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Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum
AdVaticanum is increasingly useful. Here is their reportage of an interview that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone gave with a French source. This is an Archbishop who gets it. Here is a taste from the beginning. My emphases Archbishop Cordileone: Church … Read More
ACTION ITEM REVIVED! The “Birettas for Seminarians Project”
“We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today, we celebrate our BIRETTA Day!” – (pace Pres. Pullman) On the same day I received … Read More
“The building of the blog never ends” – update about amazing maintenance and restoration
When you go about in Rome, you notice that facades are being rejuvenated, fountains cleaned, churches renewed and illuminated, ancient ruins uncovered and restored. It’s ongoing. Rome wasn’t built in a day and it won’t be repaired in a day … Read More
ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is one to do when the new and old Vulgates differ to such a high degree, the entire context is changed? What context is correct? For example, Psalm 143 from the traditional translation presents the … Read More
Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and old project, and a plot
It being the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, I am minded of a project a few years ago during the Amazonian Together Walking when the demon idol was venerated in the Vatican Gardens and the demonic idol bowl was … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Are limits to the trope-ability of the Kyrie?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am wondering if there are limits to the trope-ability of the Kyrie. Today I attended a parish that my husband and I usually avoid — although it is probably our territorial parish — because of … Read More
ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I understand that before Vatican 2, only the priests distributed Holy Communion. There are conservative people who think that it is fine for lay men to be Eucharistic ministers if need be, but not women. While … Read More
ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have taken your advice from almost a decade ago in a previous «Quæritur» to heart; I want to help the church where I live and be a diocesan priest. The issue I am struggling with … Read More
Fr. Kelly on ROME 26/10 – Day 28: Natalis Dies: “Happy Birthday, Fr. Z”
