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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
South African Bishop stands against Benedict XVI’s restoration of the Church
The National Catholic Fishwrap reproduced on its site a talk given by South African Bishop Kevin Dowling (about whom WDTPRS has written before). I think they were especially interested to support Bp. Dowling’s talk, because he attacks what he called … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Bp. Dowling, Bp. Slattery, cappa magna, magisterium
32 Comments
32 Comments
Archbp. Carlson: “You cannot be “pro-choice” (pro-abortion) and remain a Catholic in good standing”
Catholic politicians who promote abortion should not receive Holy Communion. In the Saint Louis Review of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson has laid it on the line. My emphases and comments. Good Catholics … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Carlson
21 Comments
21 Comments
“to reconcile disputes and to renew the Church”
I have been hammering away for years now that the major goal of Pope Benedict’s pontificate is the revitalize our Catholic identity. There is a macro dimension to this and there is a micro dimension. With my emphases and comments … Read More
A priest explains: “Why the Old Form thrives in my parish”
On the site of the Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly, (it has a great new look) there is an article you will want to see, with my emphases and comments. Why the Old Form thrives in my parish … Read More
Fr. Sirico: the ramifications of driving Christianity from the public square
On detnews.com (The Detroit News) Fr. Robert Sirico has a column about the terms the ramifications of driving freedom of religion from the public square. My emphases and comments. Don’t devalue Christian heritageFr. Robert Sirico A week or so ago … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr. Sirico
24 Comments
24 Comments
Hidden treasures rediscovered
A sign that things are changing. Younger priests are starting to open up dusty old cabinets, looking for treasures. On NLM I saw this. Happily they posted also an English translation of the original German. The Vestment Treasury of … Read More
CNA and USCCB’s Sec. for Communications square off. Who speaks for the Catholic Church in the USA?
Before proceeding, you might want to review my post "Magisterium of Nuns". Remember: In direct opposition to the US Catholic bishops, the Catholic Health Association (CHA), run especially by liberal Catholic women religious, backed the "health care" reform legislation of … Read More
Gerald Warner on Lord Lucas and “non-sectarian” Catholic schools
From my friend Fr. Ray Blake of St. Mary Magdalen, I learned about this article by firebrand Gerald Warner’s piece in the Daily Telegraph on something bizarre. WDTPRS has written of Gerald Warner before. Here he is on the real … Read More
Card. Meisner: converted priests, not ecclesial engineers
This from CNA is a few days old, but it deserves some attention: World needs converted priests, not ecclesial engineers, Cardinal Meisner states Vatican City, Jun 10, 2010 / 07:35 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, addressed … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, Year of Priests
Tagged Card. Meisner, confession
15 Comments
15 Comments
“Opportune and necessary.”
I use the following good news as a stepping stone into a little rant of my own. A reader with the Latin Mass Society in the UK sent me a copy of a letter they received from the Pontifical Commission … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!: “So, what have the Diocesan Bishop, Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas, and his Archbishop, Jesús Sanz Montes, said about this?”
