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- Senor Quixana on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “I suspect that most of this could be resolved in an afternoon if, instead of asking for an audience, Pagliarani…”
- on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “My hope would be after such prayer that he would be open to cooperation with divine grace so that “the…”
- on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “@Lurker 59 To support your position, I don’t have any hope that my bishop will allow the confirmation of my…”
- on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “Doing such requires hope, even a fool’s hope. The reason you don’t see a common place of individuals taking the…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 52: lace imitates God’s beauty enlaced in flowers: “The soup looks delicious! Where can I find your Daily Mass stream?”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 54 & 55: double: “1. . . . . . . N-g3+ Forcing: 2. K×h2 . N-f1++ (King must move) If: 3. K-h3 .…”
- on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “haydn seeker, the Church’s job is to prescribe a “minimal” set of beliefs we can sign up to and agree…”
- on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “The pope should grant him an audience while wearing the full regalia (including tiara). That’d solve it, I reckon.”
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Category Archives: The future and our choices
It is hard to believe that people can be this dumb.
Via CMR (you can read the rest there): Freedom of speech is DOA in the USA folks. A federal judge has ruled that nobody at a high school graduation can use religious terms like “prayer” and “Amen.” So, remember that … Read More
Brick by Brick! Pont. Seminary “Josephinum” and training in the Extraordinary Form
The ever alert long-time reader HE alerted me to a piece for your Brick By Brick file in Our Sunday Visitor. We are here concerned with the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae about the provisions of Summorum Pontificum and the real necessity … Read More
Business owners: Want to support vocations to the priesthood?
May I recommend to Catholic business owners… If you want to support vocations to the priesthood, one way to do so would be to find or offer summer jobs to seminarians.
A concrete reminder of how quickly things can go wrong: an English Catholic “recusant” house
I would like to redirect your attention to a fascinating post over at Damian Thompson’s place. He has written about a … well… here is the first part as a tease to get you to go over there and read … Read More
QUAERITUR: Does the debate over liturgy overlook the plight of the Church and the world?
The Instruction Universae Ecclesiae 8, on the implementation of the provisions of Summorum Pontificum (the emancipation proclamation for the older form of the Roman Rite), states that the Extraordinary Form, the Usus Antiquior, is a treasure for all. With that … Read More
A look at the posture and manner of receiving Holy Communion
From the website of the newspaper the Catholic Herald of the Diocese of Madison, where H.E. Most Rev. Robert Morlino reigns, comes this piece about the manner of reception of Holy Communion. I must add, as the writer does not, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Communion in the hand, D. Madison, decorum, Eucharisticum mysterium, GIRM, Memoriale Domini, Redemptionis Sacramentum, Universae Ecclesiae
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54 Comments
Card. Pell: “Young people don’t see the Catholic Church as being inevitably in decline”
Remember the Tumult in Toowoomba? Bp. Morris, removed from governance of the diocese after years … strange stuff? From CNA: Cardinal Pell says Bishop Morris sacking ‘a tragedy’ but also ‘a useful clarification’ By David Kerr Sydney, Australia, May 28, … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Morris, Card. Pell, D. Toowoomba
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24 Comments
Benedict XVI entrusts Italy to the Blessed Virgin. Fr. Z rants
You may have seen this yesterday. POPE ENTRUSTS ITALY TO VIRGIN’S PROTECTION VATICAN CITY, 27 MAY 2011 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Benedict XVI presided over the praying of the Rosary together with the … Read More
Methodist “ordination” in Liverpool’s Catholic Cathedral cancelled
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, comes this news. Archbishop calls off Methodist ordinations By David V Barrett on Wednesday, 25 May 2011 The controversial proposed ordination of Methodist ministers in Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral in July has … Read More
Senor Quixana on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “I suspect that most of this could be resolved in an afternoon if, instead of asking for an audience, Pagliarani…”
