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Category Archives: POPES
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
What is the Pope of Christian Unity up to now?
The first time I used the phrase “Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity“, which is starting to get around, liberals were in grand-twit: they are losing control of what “ecumenism” means and how it is pursued. Benedict is … Read More
An Anglican priest on his way in opines
A reader alerted me to a blog written by an Anglican priest making his way into the Roman Catholic Church and the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham for Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Keeping in mind that Catholics do not … Read More
Wm. Oddie on the Holy See/SSPX talks.
William Oddie, columnist for the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, opines about the SSPX. I have made my own comments about the talks between the Holy See and SSPX, saying that it was no surprise that a first … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay about Summorum Pontificum
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. SSPX Bp. Bernard Fellay has issued some interesting observations in the form of Q&A. Here are his observations about Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. They are on the site of the … Read More
More fruits of Anglicanorum coetibus!
The print edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, has an item by the loverly and persistent Anna Arco about four more Anglican priests resigning their positions in order to join the Ordinariate of Our Lady of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglicanorum coetibus, ordinariate
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8 Comments
PODCAzT 116: Toward a true ecumenism
NB: iTunes users… I found that there was a second enclosure buried in the post which screwed up the feed. Let me know if you are getting this on iTunes. Ecumenical dialogue has been much on my mind these days. … Read More
Why does the old fashioned style of Catholic-Anglican dialogue continue?
Remembering that Pope Benedict, who had the CDF issue Anglicanorum coetibus, is the Pope of Christian Unity, I share here an piece by William Oddie of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald. He asks a necessary question. Now … Read More
A first fruit of the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus
For your Brick by Brick and Pope of Christian Unity files. A first fruit of the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus. Do you remember the story about the number of people coming into communion with Rome in the Diocese of Brentwood … Read More
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