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- Venerator Sti Lot on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “Suddenly realizing with fresh emphasis how bad my canonical/theological Latin is, it occurs to me to wonder what real, living…”
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Category Archives: POPES
Declaration of Council of 9 Cardinals: “adhesion and loyalty to the figure of the Pope and to his Magisterium”
This is from the Bolletino: Declaration of the Council of Cardinals, 13.02.2017 The Council of Cardinals began its eighteenth session today. At the beginning, Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, coordinator of the group, after greeting the Holy Father, thanked him … Read More
Posted in Francis
Tagged Card. Rodriguez Maradiaga, cardinals
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FOLLOW UP PHOTOS – Septuagesima: Burying the Alleluia for Pre-Lent
The other day I posted about burying the Alleluia on Septuagesima Sunday. As Pre-Lent (aka Fore-Lent) begins, in the traditional Roman Rite we sing the Alleluia for the last time at 1st Vespers of Septuagesima. There was a custom of … Read More
Where were you 4 years ago?
Where were you four years ago. This is the fourth anniversary of Pope Benedict’s announcement that he would abdicate. My blog that day HERE You might also remember that on 11 February 2013 lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. The photo from Agence … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mass texts for Pope Benedict
From a priest… QUAERITUR: While I mourn the resignation of Pope Benedict I also mourn the fact that there is no particular Mass text with which I can pray for his health. If there were to be a Mass for … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can priests serve as and vest as deacons in the Novus Ordo?
UPDATE: I’ve received quite a bit of mail about my response. The preponderance says that I was right in my argument, but also that the Caerimoniale‘s directions do NOT prohibit priests from vesting as deacons. Here is an example: When the … Read More
Reality Check – Clear, Liberating Truth
WARNING TO SNOWFLAKES: THIS IS NOT A SAFE SPACE GROW UP OR GET OUT! I’ve been busy, so I missed this, almost a week ago, at the increasingly valuable Crisis. Here are a couple extracts to tease you into reading the … Read More
PHOTOS: Candlemas Followup in the @MadisonDiocese with @BishopMorlino
Last night we had a beautiful Candlemas with the blessing of candles, a procession and Pontifical Mass at the Throne. Many heartfelt thanks and kudos to the Extraordinary Ordinary, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, for … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Candlemas, candles, D. Madison, The Extraordinary Ordinary
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12 Comments
SSPX Bp Fellay: We don’t have to wait for everything to be completely satisfactory
A reader sent me a link to Radio Spada which posted that SSPX Superior Bp Fellay said in an interview that it isn’t necessary to wait for reconciliation with the Holy See until the situation is perfect. Of course the … Read More
What to do if you don’t know what to do. Wherein Fr. Z … advises.
My in-box is filled with email from people who are frustrated, angry, confused. I am with you. I jot people’s names down and I pray for you. I am shifting my other practices around to include mortifications. After all, as … Read More
Can 7th c. Pope Honorius I teach us about “Amoris laetitia” controversy?
These days it seems like we are “all Amoris laetitia all the time”. That’s because the document has stirred great confusion. The confusion has resulted even in contrary interpretation on the part of conferences of bishops, no less, about whether … Read More
Posted in Francis, One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged adultery, Amoris Laetitia, divorced and remarried, Fr. Regis Scanlon, Pope Honorius
25 Comments
25 Comments
Venerator Sti Lot on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “Suddenly realizing with fresh emphasis how bad my canonical/theological Latin is, it occurs to me to wonder what real, living…”
