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- ProfessorCover on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: ““The problem is… as I see it… the approval of translation of sacramental forms is reserved to the Roman Pontiff…”
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- on WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “We were so fortunate to visit and venerate St Jude’s arm when it was brought round by Fr Martins a…”
- on WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Years ago I taught a high-school level CCD class. One of the kids asked me if there were any relics…”
- on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: “I find it curious that the German bishops are apparently not considered in schism for changing the actual form (words)…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate: “White to move and mate in 4. 1. Rc5 Rg2 {or Ra2,Rb1,Rc2-Rh2,b3,c2,g5} 2. Rh5+ gxh5 forced 3. g5+ Rxg5 forced…”
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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Archbp. Gullickson: “ad Orientem” will be our saving grace
Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, Nuncius to the Antilles, has a blog called Island Envoy. We have heard from His Excellency before, when he had sharp words about bishops who resist Summorum Pontificum. Here is something from Archbp. Gullickson’s latest entry: What … Read More
Bad groups within and without and knowing who our friends are
Remember distinctions of ad intra and ad extra when it comes to matters that concern the Church? Remember my posts about the “Magisterium of Nuns”? Remember how the “Catholic” Health Association gave cover against the local bishop to a “Catholic” … Read More
Egyptian Army violently disperses protests by Coptic Christians
Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, pray for us. From ahramonline: Army violently disperses new Copts’ protest Thousand of Copts organised a protest calling for the punishment of all those who attacked and injured pro-Coptic sit-in demonstrators on Sunday night in front … Read More
Michael Voris on Summorum Pontificum and the lay of the land
Michael Voris of Real Catholic TV, reporting from Rome these last days, has a 15 March video in which he uses a phrase found rather frequently in these electronic pages. [wp_youtube]j-kRwoZKjPk[/wp_youtube]
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Michael Voris
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33 Comments
Wm Oddie: Extraordinary Form in seminaries
UPDATE 15 March 15:29 GMT: Mr. Oddie in his article, below, speaks about how Card. Rigali in Philadelphia has said that seminarians should be taught to say also the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and that he is introducing … Read More
“Catholic” Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) supports tax money for abortions
From CatholicVote: Lisa Murkowski won re-election last November as a write-in candidate after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller. She is one of only a handful of Republicans in the Senate that support abortion. She is the first Republican … Read More
SPAIN: Church vandalized with satanic symbols
The other day a university chapel in Madrid was disrupted and profaned and vandalized. Now comes this. From CNA: Historic Spanish church vandalized with satanic symbols Almeria, Spain, Mar 11, 2011 / 05:54 pm (CNA).- A 100-year-old church under restoration … Read More
Dr. Peters on being “pastoral” v. being faithful
The great Ed Peters, Canonman, has offered on his blog In the Light of the Law some observations about the discussion of c. 915 and the Governor of New York. But first, I ask rhetorically… how many times have I … Read More
Fr. Burnham on the Catholic Church and the secular gospel
Fr. Andrew Burnham of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham will has Lenten Reflections in the print edition of the Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly. His column this week is entitled “The secular gospel is our … Read More
Sensible examination of SSPX/Rome talks
Over at The Sensible Bond, which I have recommended before, there is a very strong entry about the SSPX and who gets to judge what Catholic doctrine is. Here is something of what you can find at The Sensible Bond, … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, The Drill
Tagged Sensible Bond, SSPX
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33 Comments
ProfessorCover on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: ““The problem is… as I see it… the approval of translation of sacramental forms is reserved to the Roman Pontiff…”
