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Category Archives: The Drill
NCReporter whines about Bp. Slattery’s choice for “ad orientem”
From the dissenting ultra-liberal National Catholic Reporter comes this whiny piece jabbing at the Bishop of Tulsa, Most Rev. Edward Slattery, over his choice to offer Holy Mass ad orientem versus when in the cathedral. Let’s have a look with … Read More
Drilling into an article on “active participation”
I discovered on CNA a interesting feature. Louie Verrecchio writes a column called Harvesting the Fruit of Vatican II. One of his columns concerns active participation in the liturgy. WDTPRS has been working to spread a correct understand of active … Read More
Buginicare
Liberals pit the experience of the individual during Mass against the assembly. Most liberals think congregations should be nearly constrained to do everything everyone else does (including what the priest does). Is it possible that the Novus Ordo lends itself … Read More
US Catholic article against Summorum Pontificum and the TLM
Someone alerted me to an article which appeared on 14 July, last, on at U.S. Catholic – publication/site to which I haven’t paid much attention. My emphases and comments. Two rites make a wrong Tuesday, July 14, 2009 By goodwink … Read More
John L. Allen of NCR on the restructuring of the PCED
My friend the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen, normally fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the dissenting National Catholic Reporter has an article on the restructuring of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei". Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments. … Read More
Posted in Ecclesiae unitatem, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Ecclesiae unitatem, Levada, SSPX
40 Comments
40 Comments
An important paragraph in “Caritas in veritate”
I am still absorbing the encyclical, and I don’t want simply to toss snippets around. But I am being hammered in e-mail to make some comments about the encyclical. First, perhaps not much new is in the first part. … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Caritas in veritate, encyclical, identity, Marshall Plan
33 Comments
33 Comments
French site Golias out Tablets the Tablet on a possible SSPX solution
This morning I posted an response to a query about the validity of marriages witnessed by an SSPX priest (short answer: they are invalid because of defect of form since the priest is suspended a divinis). Synchoronicitously…. if that is … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged a divinis, Card. Castrillon, faculties, Golias, reconciliation, SSPX
8 Comments
8 Comments
Fr. Z to Card. Cottier: Check your facts!
The Italian monthly 30 Giorni published an article purportedly by His Eminence Georges Card. Cottier, 87, the former papal theologian under the late Pope John Paul II. In 2005 Card. Cottier retired at the age of 83. Was Fr. Wojciech … Read More
Posted in I'm just askin'..., SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged 30 Giorni, abortion, Card. Cottier, John Allen, Notre Dame, Pres. Obama, UN
42 Comments
42 Comments
Amerika Magazine gets it wrong again
The Jesuit editors of Amerika Magazine have little clarity about both recent American history or sound theology. This is obvious from their editorial in the 22 June issue. Be prepared for some bad writing here. They are getting worse. Now … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged America Magazine, Amerika, Jesuits, President Obama
79 Comments
79 Comments
Response to America Magazine’s Editorial “Community of Disciples” (22 June 2009)
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 18 JUNE They are at it again with the same old tricks. They are losing on the issues, so they try to silence people by saying that they aren’t being civil or reasonable or tolerant. The editor … Read More
