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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Leo XIV: “a very ‘say the black, do the red’ kind of priest”
It’s great to see a phrase you have popularized for so long that people now use it rather commonly. It’s even better when that phrase is used to describe our new Pope Leo XIV. Also of note in that screen … Read More
“Shut up, pray for the man, keep doing your thing and stay out of sight. Winter is not over. The wolves are not dead yet.”
I have a text group which includes very bright, highly credentialed men, of high caliber and “work” experience, including a religious, curial official, rooted Roman, etc. This is something that appeared today in the “stream”. I’ve edited it and pasted … Read More
ASK FATHER: Did Leo XIV use an older, traditional form of the “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I have not had time, and will probably not any time soon to go back to footage of previous last handful of Roman Pontiff to confirm, but I heard that apparently Pope Leo XIV when he … Read More
ASK FATHER: Celebrating Our Lady of Fatima’s Mass (TLM) on 13 May
From a priest…. QUAERITUR: I need an advice. I would like to say the Holy Mass on Tuesday in Vetus Ordo and I would like to use the texts from the Our Lady of Fatima feast (optional commemoration in Novus … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father just said “I absolve you in the name of….”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve been in a conundrum after confession today. The priest, a very holy yet elderly one was the confessor. At the words of absolution he said “and I absolve you in the name of etc…” and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest cut me off while confessing my sins
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Long-time listener, first-time caller, as it were. I’ve followed your blog for years, and it has been a great source of knowledge and spiritual wisdom for me. I went to confession today in a cathedral. As … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest went “off script” when giving absolution
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In Confession recently, a visiting priest went off script during the absolution and concluded with “I do absolve you in the name of the Father…” Do you think this is valid? I trust in God’s mercy … Read More
ASK FATHER: Security video camera inside a confessional
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Are security cameras allowed inside the confessional? I went to confession to a Novus Ordo parish and when I was done saying my sins something prompted me to look up and when I did, I saw … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged can. 1386, confessional
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Here’s an idea to bring about healing and peace: Let the “Dubia Cardinals” re-submit the 2016 Dubia (Amoris) and 2023 Dubia (Synodality)
One of the thing that a new Pope has to do, is tie up the loose ends left by his predecessor. There are no ends looser that one can imagine that the DUBIA about Amoris laetitia submitted in 2016 to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Leo XIV, POPES, The future and our choices
Tagged dubia, Leo XIV
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ASK FATHER: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave? They can chose a baptized male, right? It’s unlikely that they would go outside the Cardinals in the conclave, even for an older … Read More
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