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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- B on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “It just gets worse and worse. The Pope needs to publicly and very clearly put a halt to these shenanigans.…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “The origin of difference and division, the pharmakos represents evil both introjected and projected. Beneficial insofar as he cures—and for…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “White to move and mate in 4 Unless I’m missing something, this would seem to fall into the too easy…”
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- on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “This reminds me of something Thomas Pink said in a response to a question fromAndrew Cusak: Many European Bishops are…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Sound pronunciation of Church Latin vs. spittle-flecked rigidity
I just got off the phone with a representative of a Catholic publisher. He had some questions about the pronunciation of liturgical Latin. His experience in digging into this issue is much the same as what I have found through … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can pastors deny the use of the church to visiting priests/groups?
I got these questions via e-mail: I have a question dealing with the proper understanding of the Motu Propio Summorum Pontificum. A hypothetical diocese has a policy in which the Extraordinary Form is only allowed where explicitly permitted by the … Read More
PODCAzT curiosities: B16 & the snake v. Fr. Z & Fr. Finigan
Check out the PODCAzT page. [uc] UPDATE: 21 AUGUST 17:59 GMT 2289 – Pope and snake, et al. 2291 – Fr. Z and Fr. Finigan, et al. And His Hermeneuticalness Fr. Finigan’s interview in PODCAzT 64 has taken the lead! … Read More
Pope invited to visit China
A friend sent this story from the AP: Beijing bishop urges pope to visit China Wed Aug 20, 4:27 PM ET The Beijing bishop appointed by China‘s state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict … Read More
How do I get to be one of these?
I just learned that the Romanian Orthodox have the title for priests: Great Ecclesiarch WOW! We need titles like this!
L’OssRom: Knights Templar were innocent
There was an interesting article in L’Osservatore Romano today, in Italian, about the Knights Templar. Alas, their articles scroll off and soon become unavailable. The Times picked up this story. I don’t have the energy or time to translate the … Read More
QUAERITUR: If priest denies Communion when I kneel
I got this by e-mail: Dear Father, Last week during a trip to ________, I went to the _______ Cathedral, and attempted to receive communion kneeling, but as I knelt the priest gave me a sigh, at first ignored me, … Read More
More sorrow in Leeds
A truly sad situation in the Archdiocese of Leeds. Six parishes were to be suppressed, but now they are simply to be "closed". The local ordinary now forbids Mass to be offered in them. This includes the church where the … Read More
Benedict XVI: CD’s of the Rosary in Latin
Vatican Radio has issued a 4 CD set of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI reciting the Rosary. In Latin. I don’t have any practical ordering information yet.
Archbp. Burke on a global problem: marginalizing faith in the “private” sphere
When H.E. Most Rev. Raymond Burke was shifted from the Archdiocese of St. Louis to be Prefect of the Apostolic Segnatura, many people asked me if this was a matter of promoveatur ut amoveatur, that is, to get him out … Read More
B on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “It just gets worse and worse. The Pope needs to publicly and very clearly put a halt to these shenanigans.…”
