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Category Archives: Priests and Priesthood
ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Finally I got my first Latin Mass and it was wonderful. I want more more more and I can’t understand why the Pope doesn’t want us to have it. I know he doesn’t like things he … Read More
FATHERS! Enlightening article at CWR – Civil Suits by Catholic Priests: A Status Report by Michael Mazza
Reverend and Dear Fathers… Here is a link to an article that was just released late yesterday on the website of The Catholic World Report. Civil Suits by Catholic Priests: A Status Report by Michael Mazza HERE Michael Mazza is … Read More
VIDEO INTERVIEW with a Canon Lawyer specialized in penal law who defends priests
This is a valuable, highly instructive interview with Dr. Michael Mazza, a civil lawyer and canon lawyer who defends priests in canonical processes. His workload? “Swamped.” Consider the implications of that. Some of the things he deals with. Above all: … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Cancelled Priests, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged canon law
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Another prayer for priests
Do you consciously pray for priests? For those local priests whom you know and those far away? For those whom you love? For those who are annoying or obviously in grave spiritual danger? On the sidebar I have an image … Read More
Posted in Cancelled Priests, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged prayer for priests, Queen of the Clergy
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Priests and the imparting of blessings for same-sex “couples”. Risks? Wherein Fr. Z prays.
This comes via a comment under another post HERE QUAERITUR: Serious question – if a priest were to bless an unholy act, would he be bringing a curse upon himself? God the Father is very clear in the Dialogue of … Read More
Now THAT’S what I call “concelebration”!
Amazing. Photos of the ordination of 842 priests at the XXX International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona at the Olympic stadium in Montjuich on May 31, 1952. 21 altars were erected on which 21 bishops celebrated Holy Mass simultaneously. Each bishop … Read More
Number of Priestly Ordinations in Free Fall
A recent piece at the SSPX site deals with the “vertiginous” drop in priestly vocations in France, in particular, Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe. The figures they used are from the French bishops conference and other non-SSPX sources. The … Read More
MAZZA: The Importance of the Value of Reputation, Part II
At Homiletic and Pastoral Review (yes, it still exists), find the second part of important work by civil and canon lawyer Michael Mazza (whom I’ve known for a zillion years). He now works as a canonist especially in defense of … Read More
VIDEO: Dr. Janet Smith at the Coalition For Canceled Priests conference
I debated within myself attending this conference held near Chicago by the Coalition For Canceled Priests. This talk makes me wish that I had. NB: Coalition FOR Canceled Priests not Coalition OF Canceled Priests. That means YOU.
Posted in Cancelled Priests, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Coalition For Cancelled Priests, Janet Smith
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“The clerics’ starting gun … Itinerarium Clericorum” read in Latin, an mp3 audio file available for priests.
I just concluded a driving road trip that chalked up over 3400 miles. There were a few perilous moments and one or two that were, frankly, frightening. One involved a human who shouldn’t be allowed to drive and the other … Read More
Jon on Bad news and good news. The Bishop of Camden crushes the TLM. The FSSP will start up in the Diocese of Arlington: “Good Lord, Father. Does this mean he’s going to crush Mater Ecclesiae?”
