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Category Archives: POPES
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
Summorum Pontificum, reforming the reform, and resisting the reform
Pope Benedict, in his ongoing effort to heal the rupture that occurred in our worship when a composed, artificial rite was suddenly imposed on the Church, in 2007 put into effect the provisions of Summorum Pontificum, by far surpassing the … Read More
Grumbling about Anglicanorum coetibus
With the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus, Benedict XVI (the Pope of Christian Unity) opened a door for and gave a place to Anglicans who desired unity with the Bishop of Rome in the Catholic communion. Certainly they were distressed by … Read More
Let the swimming begin! The Anglican Ordinariate is going to grow.
There will be an interesting article in the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald about the big influx of Anglicans who are expected to join the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the Diocese of Brentwood alone. Brentwood … Read More
A mordant observation about the Week for Christian Unity
I missed this on the great Fr. Blake’s blog the other day. Fr. Blake is the P.P. of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton. About the week of Christian Unity: Strange that it should be more acceptable to welcome into one’s … Read More
Benedict XVI on the ‘pillars of Christian unity’
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI during his General Audience, in the context of a week dedicated to Christian Unity spoke of the “four pillars” of Christian Unity. After all, Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. From CNA with … Read More
First fruits of Anglicanorum coetibus
At the site of the Ordinariate Portal there is a photo of one of the former Anglican Bishop saying his first Mass. He is, of course, now a Catholic priest. Fr. Andrew Burnham said Mass for the first time at … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglican Ordinariate, Anglicanorum coetibus
7 Comments
7 Comments
Do I hear an “Amen!”?
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE STATEMENT ABOUT THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM IN ENGLAND AND WALES In accordance with the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus of Pope [of Christian Unity] Benedict XVI (November 4, 2009) and … Read More
The Catholic Herald’s William Oddie about critics of Benedict XVI’s Assisi confab
In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, columnist William Oddie opines about people who are having a nutty over the Pope’s plan for an ecumenical meeting in Assisi… Assisi III. Before we plunge in, I must say that … Read More
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, The Drill, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Assisi, ecumenism, false ecumenism, William Oddie
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65 Comments
SSPX Bp. Fellay criticizes Benedict XVI about Assisi meeting
From The Catholic Herald (which has a huge discount right now annual subscriptions to the full digital version): SSPX leader criticises Pope’s plan to hold inter-religious meeting By Anna Arco The leader of the Society of St Pius X has … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10 – Day 30: With apologies to the Bard: “Tacens stat ursus. Turrim spectat clericus. Quis sapit magis?”
