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Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
QUAERITUR: Can religious read their Office with the older books?
From a religious: When the motu proprio came out in 2007, it gave permission for clerics to use the older breviary to fulfill their obligation. I belong to the OCDS and many of our members wondered if we could pray … Read More
News about the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
The intrepid Andrea Tornielli has on his blog a note about the upcoming Instruction for Summorum Pontificum. Here, in my fast translation, is the heart of the matter. […] Above all, the instruction confirms that the Motu Proprio is universal … Read More
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TLM at a primary school for children aged 8-11
With a tip of the biretta o{]:¬) to His Hermeueticalness, I present this: The LMS Birmingham and Black Country reports on a Mass celebrated according to the usus antiquior for St John Fisher Primary School at West Heath, Birmingham … Read More
“It wouldn’t be the first time a Pope has had his arm twisted.”
This comes from Damian Thompson: 10,000 traditional Catholics appeal to the Pope not to water down Summorum Pontificum My first ever blog post, four years ago, reported that Catholic traditionalists were worried by the non-appearance of a Motu Proprio removing … Read More
News from an Italian source about the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
There is a good deal of hand-wringing going on right now about the possibility that the upcoming “Instruction” about Summorum Pontificum will water-down the provisions which the Supreme Pontiff made the law of the Latin Church. About this Instruction, I … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay about Summorum Pontificum
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. SSPX Bp. Bernard Fellay has issued some interesting observations in the form of Q&A. Here are his observations about Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. They are on the site of the … Read More
QUAERITUR: priest answers cellphone during Mass
From a reader: My wife attended Mass today with my children for our homeschooling co op. There were two priests concelebrating the Mass. The older priest’s cell phone started ringing and he got up and went to the side (Still … Read More
Reason #645795 for Summorum Pontificum
The nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen Jr., columnist for the ultra-liberal National Catholic Reporter has a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. My emphases and comments. The Vatican’s Marriage Quandary Fewer Americans get annulments. Is it because fewer are getting … Read More
An initial comment concerning the Instruction about Summorum Pontificum
Many people have written to me asking about the rumors that the upcoming Instruction about Summorum Pontificum and asking if the Instruction will undermine the Holy Father’s provisions. I wrote about this Instruction here, and there was considerable discussion about … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a traditional rite of baptism be in English?
From a priest reader: Please excuse my sending this request to you, but I have not been able to find an answer to my questions. A couple have asked me to baptize their soon-to-be-born child, using the EF of Baptism. … Read More
7SisterBMoore on GUEST POST: “Father Bob’s First Day on the Job”: “I dread the day this happens. I pray the day doesn’t come. How will this be Catholic with Fr. Bob…”
