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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Bishops of Minnesota will be attacked in the press, betrayed by their erstwhile allies
You have seen the feeble attempt of some defenders of homosexual acts to equate the efforts of those who want unnatural “unions” to be recognize in law as if they were marriages with the civil rights racial efforts of the … Read More
Benedict XVI: “The only danger the Church can and should fear is the sin of her members”
Persecutors can kill our bodies. Only we can kill our own souls, extinguish the life of grace, separately ourselves for eternity from God. I saw this in the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald: The Church should fear the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mixing Latin and English in the Ordinary Form
From a reader: Last Sunday I attended a Mass where the priest used one Latin phrase during an English-language Novus Ordo: he sang “Mysterium Fidei” after the Consecration. Is this permitted? Would that he had used more! Latin is the … Read More
QUAERITUR: With what level of voice should priests say those quiet prayers?
From a priest: A thought: In the rubrics of the Missal, would you agree that a change in a word signifies a change in action? Looking at the prayers that the priest says that are not directed to the congregation, … Read More
Peter Kreeft on liberals: “A Catholic cannot be today what is called a liberal about abortion.”
From the Wisconsin State Journal we have a tale of the visit and speech given by Dr. Peter Kreeft at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Madison, where the H.E. Most Rev. Robert Morlino reigns. In the Spirit: Can … Read More
Fishwrap rakes up some muck in the Arlington altar girl dispute
You may recall that a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Fr. Michael Taylor of Corpus Christi Church in South Riding, VA, made a decision in favor of male-only service at the altar (not against girls, but in favor of … Read More
Fr. Z about, and to, Mr. Gingrich. Implantation? Not conception?
How many times have we heard that presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is smart? I would pay money to watch a debate between Mr. Gingrich and Pres. Obama. People can convert, grow, change, mature, etc. … Read More
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L’Osservatore Romano: article about acceptance of Vatican II aimed at liberals and SSPXers
I am sure that, given some stories going around that the SSPX might refuse the CDF’s “Doctrinal Preamble”, there should be an article in L’Osservatore Romano (on the site in English, Spanish, French, German, Portughese and, of course, Italian) entitled: … Read More
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