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Category Archives: The future and our choices
CH: “You cannot be an Anglican and use the Roman Missal.”
On the site of the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald, there is an interesting piece about Catholic and Anglican and Anglo-Catholic and Anglicanorum coetibus Catholic identity. The Bishop of London is right about Anglicans using the … Read More
Benedict XVI to children: “When I receive Communion, …”
I have not been paying the greatest attention to Pope Benedict’s trip to Africa, though I have been scanning the reports and the new Post-Synodal Exhortation. Yesterday, however, His Holiness spoke to children at a parish in Cotonou in Benin. … Read More
QUAERITUR: When during Mass should people strike their breasts?
From a reader: For those of us who attend the Tridintine form of the Holy Mass, we see the servers striking their breasts at several points in the liturgy. In the Novus Ordo, where are appropriate points for the servers … Read More
QUAERITUR: Valid matter, water, for baptism
From a reader: Several months ago, we attended a violin recital in a Methodist church (did not attend their service) and the pastor announced that he would be doing a “beach baptism”, and I imagine that he used the salt … Read More
QUAERITUR: Advent wreaths, lumps of coal, and you
From a reader: Do you have any suggestions for where I can buy a good Advent wreath online? Why, yes! I do! Since the Mystic Monks don’t have Advent Wreathes, I suggest that you use my links to Amazon. They … Read More
England/Wales: efforts to bring back lapsed Catholics
We have heard from time to time of efforts to bring lapsed Catholics back to the practice of their Faith. WDTPRS thinks this is very important. To that end, I read in – of all places – The Guardian that … Read More
Benedict XVI: saving on life cannot justify destroying another
From VIS: SAVING ONE LIFE CANNOT JUSTIFY DESTROYING ANOTHER VATICAN CITY, 12 NOV 2011 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican, the Holy Father received a group of 250 participants in an international conference entitled “Adult Stem Cells: Science and … Read More
England: Court rules that priests are employees of bishops
Liberals and secularists rail against bishops who are too restrictive or who are perceived to be too controlling. If a bishop actually seeks to govern, they accuse him of being authoritarian, mean-spirited, backward. On the other hand, they think that … Read More
