Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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QUAERITUR: female servers for Extraordinary Form

From time to time the question of female servers for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite pops up in my inbox.  Yes… Extraordinary Form or TLM At present, the 1983 Code of Canon Law is interpreted such that females … Read More →

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NCReg: formal statement coming on proposals by the CDWDS plenary

Remember how once the intrepid vaticanista Andrea Tornielli posted about the proposals of the plenary session of the Congregation for Divine Worship, the Holy See Press Office issued its non-denial denials? Tornielli said that the members of the Congregation were … Read More →

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The Holy See’s team for the SSPX talks?

Our friends at Rorate found a story which seems to report the names of the theologians who will represent the Holy See in the theological talks with the SSPX. Vatican names chosen? According to French Vaticanista blog Osservatore Vaticano (followed … Read More →

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Some blog server problems

Today we have been trying to tidy up a few glitches with the speed of the blog.  Apparently there are a couple sites out that which have, on every page load, bring up lots of sites.  Thus, when people look … Read More →

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ND’s McBrien: Eucharistic Adoration “is a doctrinal, theological, and spiritual step backward”

In many places where perpetual, or even frequent, Eucharistic Adoration has been made available, there have been great benefits. But Richard McBrien of Notre Dame is against Eucharist Adoration. In his latest piece for the dissenting, ultra-liberal National Catholic Reporter … Read More →

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Save the Liturgy – Save the World… the coffee mug

Some people noticed my SAVE THE LITURGY SAVE THE WORLD coffee mug in another entry. So… by popular demand…  you can get your own! They are available through a Cafe Press store I set up.  I made a prototype but … Read More →

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Diogene’s mordent commentary on the funeral of Sen. Kennedy

From Diogenes: Good morning, class. Today we’re going to see how well you understand what you read. Please read carefully through the blog post in which Cardinal O’Malley justifies his participation in the canonization funeral of Ted Kennedy. Then answer … Read More →

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How a bishop takes his hacks, in a newspaper

On the website of the Pioneer Press, a newspaper of my native place, Minneapolis and St. Paul, I found with the help of Stella Borealis that the new Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, His Excellency Most Rev. Lee … Read More →

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What about this ministry at your parish?

I am not making this up… really…  a reader alerted me to this.   I see also that the young Papist found it too. In the bulletin and on the website of St. Agatha Parish in Milton, MA, we learn that … Read More →

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ALERT UPDATE! POLL on ordination of women – dissssenters losing

CNA picked up the story. UPDATE 7 Sept 2357 GMT Should the Church allow women to be ordained as priests? Yes     (7073) 26.59%No     (19024) 71.51%I’m undecided     (508) 1.91%Total Votes: 26605 Go HERE for the original entry I did.Go HERE for … Read More →

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