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Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Bishops who to date have made no public statement about Summorum Pontificum
A reader wrote with a question: I have been reading your posts of individual Bishops who have responded publicly to the Motu Proprio. Is there anyway of knowing the Bishops/Dioceses that have chosen not to respond publicly to date? Shall … Read More
BOOK REVIEW: Reprint of travel size 1962 Missale Romanum
UPDATE (4 Sept): Be sure to look at “brendan”‘s comment below. He checked on the availability of this Missale. A while back I wrote that if you were looking for a perfect gift for a traditionally minded priest you might … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, REVIEWS, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Missale Romanum, St. John Cantius, travel
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Fr. Z in National Catholic Register
I was just informed by JM in Switzerland (go figure) that the National Catholic Register finally published an interview with me by Mr. Tim Drake about Summorum Pontificum.
NCR’s John Allen on the older Mass and Jewish-Catholic relations
My friend Mr. John Allen, the well-balanced nearly ubiquitous former Rome correspondent for the über-lefty National Catholic Reporter has a blurb in his weekly notes about Jewish reactions to the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. This Motu Proprio derestricts the older … Read More
PODCAzT 41: Ratzinger on liturgical silence; silent Eucharist Prayer
Today’s PODCAzT brings us back to my little project of drilling down into certain questions the older form of Mass might excite in the minds of those unfamiliar with it. Before, we used Joseph Ratzinger’s book, The Spirit of … Read More
The official Italian translation of the Motu Proprio?
If you look on the website of the Holy See for the Motu Proprio summorum Pontificum, you find a link only to the Latin text. Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on the "Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970" (July … Read More
PODCAzT 40: Eusebius of Vercelli in exile; my column in The Wanderer about detractors of Summorum Pontificum
In today’s PODCAzT you will hear excerpts of a tender letter (ep. 2) from an exiled St. Eusebius of Vercelli to his flock. I have a rather longer selection of the Latin original this time. Also, I read my latest … Read More
YouTube video in Italian on the Motu Proprio
For those of you who understand spoken Italian, there is a nice video on YouTube, which I can recommend both for the information it coveys and its balanced tone. [youtube:watch?v=pbOY1-eFgFQ]
Commonweal: weird hysteria about the Motu Proprio
While scanning my RSS feeds this morning I noticed that Gerald at the Cafeteria found an article in a publication I nearly never pay attention to: Commonweal. They published something by a Rite Ferrone on the Motu Proprio. Commonweal … Read More
Archbishop Vlazny of Portland on the Motu Proprio
Last week I presented the Archbishop of Portland, His Excellency, Most Reverend John Vlanzy’s comments from a 2006 article about the older form of Mass. Click here for that entry. Now His Excellency has presented his view of the Motu … Read More
