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Category Archives: Linking Back
Sean Card. O’Malley responds to critics of his decisions about the Kennedy funeral
The Archbishop of Boston, Sean Card. O’Malley, has a blog. The Cardinal was recently a highly visible participant in the funeral Mass for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a decades long promoter of abortion rights. The Cardinal, no surprise, … Read More
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A few amused comments on polls
We have turned the tide on the nugatory poll about women’s ordination on the website of the Cincinnati newspaper. GO HERE FOR MY POST. When I found the poll, 75% of respondents thought the Church should ordain women. "HA!" quoth … Read More
ALERT! ALERT! Poll on ordination of women needs attention
On the website of the Cincinnati Enquirer there was an article about the disciplining of a woman religious who works in for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. She is in favor or, working for, the ordination of women. Archbishop Pilarcyck is … Read More
Consecration of a chalice in the traditional Roman manner
A Catholic Life has a great entry about the consecration of a chalice in the older, traditional older Roman Rite. Be sure to check it out!
Return of a blogger: once an Anglican priest, now a Catholic layman
FYI, Jeffrey Steel, former Anglican clergyman and now a Catholic layman, has returned to blogging at de cura animarum. WDTPRS will be watching and reading with interest!
Buginicare
Liberals pit the experience of the individual during Mass against the assembly. Most liberals think congregations should be nearly constrained to do everything everyone else does (including what the priest does). Is it possible that the Novus Ordo lends itself … Read More
More comments on The Tablet’s vulgar little scream
In the last issue of The Tablet (aka "The Bitter Pill") the editors had a little hissy fit. I look at their piece here. Subsequently, I have found comment by His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Finigan as well as The Sensible Bond. … Read More
Transfiguration: Feast for the Lateran Basilica
Did you know that today is the titular feast of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome? "But Father! But Father", I can hear you objecting. "Don’t you know that that basilica is called ‘St. John‘? How … Read More
The 4th Luminous Mystery: Transfiguration
We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: 4th Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration The Mystery of the Transfiguration was a matter of intense reflection on the part of the Fathers. Remember that this takes place some eight days after … Read More
A reader reacts about the SSPX “emergency powers” argument
Under another entry, a reader posted a comment about the whole SSPX "emergency powers" argument, by which the same SSPX justifies its lack of obedience to the Bishop of Rome and continues to act without any kind of permission or … Read More
Lurker 59 on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “@thomistking I posit that the hermeneutic of continuity, as a viable hypothesis, died when Pope Benedict abdicated. It still has…”
