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Category Archives: The Drill
Good analysis from John Allen about Pope Benedict’s plan
My friend John L Allen, Jr., the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded columnist for the ulta-dissenting National Catholic Reporter has a piece in Forward, a Jewish daily. Take a look at the full piece, but here is something of interest to WDTPRS … Read More
HAARETZ: Editorial in defense of Ven. Pius XII
I saw this on the site of HAARETZ. My emphases and comments. 22 Jan 2010 Much-maligned pontiff By Dimitri Cavalli Some things never go away. The controversy over Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II was recently reignited when … Read More
Catholic Herald editorial: “Benedict XVI is truly the Pope of Christian Unity”
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has an editorial with a title which may sound familiar to readers of WDTPRS. My original post about a project. This comes during the Week for Christian Unity. My emphases and comments. … Read More
Hymns versus the actual antiphons designated for Mass in the Roman Rite
There has been some discussion here of late about the Introit v. hymn debate, as well as the general issue of the use of hymns at Mass instead of the actual antiphons designated by Holy Church for use each day. … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged antiphons, GIA, Graduale Romanum, hymns, worship
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Winding up the clock, not turning it back
With a tip of the biretta to the Recovering Choir Director I was guided to The Authentic Update: My emphases and comments: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Some Thoughts About "Turning Back the Clock" I’ve done a lot of reading (mostly … Read More
WSJ: “As the Flame of Catholic Dissent Dies Out “
I missed this yesterday in the WSJ. My emphases and comments. As the Flame of Catholic Dissent Dies Out By CHARLOTTE ALLEN Mary Daly, a retired professor at Boston College who was probably the most outré of all the dissident … Read More
A comment on the death of Mary Daly
Many people asked me why I wasn’t commenting on the death of Mary Daly. Okay… here is something. From New American with my emphases and comments: Boston College and Its Radical Feminist ‘Catholic’ Written by Jack Kenny Friday, 08 … Read More
The Pope, the “sedia” and security – a security consultant’s view
Here on WDTPRS we had a POLL about whether or not the sedia gestatoria should be revived for the sake of the security of the person of the Roman Pontiff, at least in the Basilica of St. Peter. The results: … Read More
Bp. Vasa: excommunication can be appropriate
More from the ever interesting Bishop of Baker, H.E. Most Rev. Robert Vasa. My emphases and comments: Excommunication is a declaration of acts that severs ties By Bishop Robert Vasa BEND — During the course of this past year there … Read More
Positive news about the talks between the SSPX and Holy See
The always interesting Rorate as well as the experts of liturgical eye-candy NLM, not to mention the Italian site messainlatino.it all get my biretta tip for this. I share it here to make it known to a wider group of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Alfonso de Galarreta, SSPX
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