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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Chiesa: Vatican II, continuity and/or rupture
I am scanning some things on the web from my phone, which makes this clunky, but do check out the latest on Chiesa. A provocative paragraph: A third development of the discussion regards a thesis of Vatican II that is … Read More
Pro-abortion catholic Nancy Pelosi, D-CA continues to give scandal
Via CMR comes this truly scandalous piece. On the House floor today Nancy Pelosi sank to a new low in criticizing pro-life Congressmen behind the Protect Life Act, which simply ensures that no funds from Obamacare may be used to … Read More
QUAERITUR: Saying “Amen” before Communion in the Ordinary Form.
From a reader: Is it required that a communicant say “Amen” in order to receive Holy Communion at the Novus Ordo? I ask because we normally attend the Extraordinary Form, but last weekend we were traveling and attended the Novus Ordo. … Read More
Bp. Aquila predicts US Govt may try to silence the Catholic Church
I noted this on CNA. Bishop Aquila predicts state attempts to silence Catholic Church By David Kerr Rome, Italy, Oct 8, 2011 / 03:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An American bishop has predicted that government authorities may one day attempt to … Read More
QUAERITUR: People who arrive at Mass really late and then go to Communion
From a reader: During the Agnus Dei at Mass this morning, two unfamiliar teenage girls and a man, who I suspect to be their father, entered our rather small church and made their way to a pew. I was saddened … Read More
Forty Days For Life in London
Seminarians and others at Bedford Square in London during Forty Days For Life.
Conversations we have to have about Communion under both kinds.
The debate about U.S. bishops making the decision to follow the Church’s laws about Communion under both kinds continues. We need a conversation about several points. Let us today limit ourselves to one (which means we don’t need the introduction … Read More
US Anglican Ordinariate imminent this autumn
In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, we pick up on comments by Card. Wuerl of Washington DC that soon in the USA some form of the Ordinariate foreseen in Anglicanorum coetibus will be established. Here is a … Read More
Bp. Sample explains his vision for New Evangelization and Sacred Liturgy
My friend Fr John Boyle of the blog Caritas in veritate sums up a convocation of priests in the Diocese of Marquette. His notes about Bishop Alex Sample’s remarks are worth reading in full. Here is an excerpt of the … Read More
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