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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
QUAERITUR: Can we obtain indulgences and pray for Holy Father’s intentions if there is no Holy Father?
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Many people have sent email asking about obtaining indulgences during the time when the See of Peter is empty, as will happen from 8 p.m. Rome time on 28 February until a new Bishop … Read More
Benedict XVI to be called “Pontiff Emeritus” or “Pope Emeritus” and some other end-of-Pontificate details
From VIS: BENEDICT XVI WILL BE POPE EMERITUS Vatican City, 26 February 2013 (VIS) – Benedict XVI will be “Pontiff emeritus” [would that be “Roman Pontiff Emeritus”?] or “Pope emeritus”, as Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI
Tagged Benedict XVI's resignation, conclave, Pope Emeritus
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45 Comments
REVIEW: St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass – WOW!
One of the fruits of Benedict XVI’s pontificate has been the freeing of the older form of Holy Mass. His Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was like an “emancipation proclamation”. Slowly but surely the use of the older Roman forms is … Read More
QUAERITUR: Sundays, open restaurants, and you.
From a reader: I have had a discussion with a good traditional Catholic that has told me going out to eat after Mass on Sundays, or for that matter any Holy Day of Obligation, is a sin against the 3rd … Read More
QUAERITUR: Are deacons “ministers of the cup”?
From a reader: I am a Candidate for Holy Orders as I prepare for ordination to the diaconate in 2015. We are being told that as deacons we are ministers of the Cup. For our formators this means when there … Read More
Card. O’Brien’s resignation – Cardinal Electors down to 115
We read that – because of allegations “of inappropriate behaviour towards priests dating from the 1980s” – His Eminence Keith Card. O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, is resigning his see and will not participate in the conclave even though … Read More
Berlin, NJ: Mater Ecclesiae (EF) parish prepares to say farewell to Pope Benedict (as Pope)
My friend Fr. Robert Pasley of Mater Ecclesiae parish in Berlin, NJ sent this: We, at Mater Ecclesiae, in Berlin NJ, owe a great debt of thanks to Pope Benedict XVI. We will always have a very special place for … Read More
QUAERITUR: Extraordinary Ministers of Communion giving blessings as if they were priests
From a reader: I talked to our parish Director of Liturgy today about our 12 (!) Eucharistic Ministers who routinely bless children and adults. She informed me that this has been approved by our bishop, and then berated me for … Read More
Question to readers for clarity’s sake: Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood – What’s up?
I have found that when I place a question here to the readership, experts (and non-) come out of the woodwork. So, I put a question to the readers. Do you know what the situation is right now with the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Drill
Tagged Girl Scouts, Planned Parenthood
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42 Comments
Laudamus Te Magazine. Fr. Z makes a proposal.
Sometime ago I wrote about the a fairly new publication called Laudamus Te, HERE. You can find readers’ comments about it under that entry. One year subscription is $32 per year. They have a volume rate, which will help parishes and … Read More
