At the National Catholic Register there is a story about how the Bishop of Lincoln has told priests, “NO PHONES in the Confessional”. HERE Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, formalized a new policy this year banning … Read More →
UPDATE: 30 October 2024 More… below. UPDATE: 29 October 2024 From bad to…whatever level this is. More work by the same guy who designed this… whatever this is. BELOW. And remember the logo for the 2025 Jubilee (which you see … Read More →
I wonder what sort of people are in charge of this? This is on the Vatican site today for the Feast of the Assumption. I don’t like the semi-defiling of my site by his “art”, but I thought you should … Read More →
Well, I for one look forward to the application of this general principle in the next “boomers complain about new young ‘pre-Vatican II’ parish priest” NCR article. https://t.co/ZNpewUIQtH pic.twitter.com/Fw4Di0ajo2 — Matthew Hazell (@M_P_Hazell) August 11, 2024 Matthew references the piece … Read More →
Reactions to Harrison Butker’s commencement speech abound. Today there are couple of note. First, at Crisis is a piece by Paul Kengor: “Hell’s Fury for Harrison Butker” subtitled: “If you’re sick of the bullying thugs of cancel culture, then stand with Harrison … Read More →
It has been quite a week. During this last week I’ve felt a real malaise, a spiritual smog. Many have written asking for my comments on highly visible disasters. Firstly, my insights lead me to the brilliant conclusion that, “Yup, … Read More →
A reader kindly alerted me to a astonishing creativity at St. Joseph’s in Mandarin, FL (Jacksonville area) in the Diocese of St. Augustine. First, to their credit, I see in their parish bulletin that they have an adoration chapel. Also … Read More →
Remember… there’s only one expression of the Roman Rite now. RIGHT?!? And then there’s this.. whatever the fresh hell this is. I’m afraid to look at their archive. From their Youtube site: Welcome to Church of the Nativity! We aim … Read More →
UPDATE: From what I am picking up, this is more than a rumor at least in the effect if not in the exact verbiage. From the Italian site La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, which has an English page as well as … Read More →
Francis says he's getting rid of diocesan Latin Masses in order to foster unity in the Church. Evidently, this is an example of what Francis sees as unifying liturgy pic.twitter.com/K3oFdsTgwU — Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) November 24, 2023 Pretty clear, … Read More →
UPDATE: This was suggested by a reader… The letters “P. M. A. X” are not a – ridiculous – maltreatment of ‘P. MAX.’, but should be read as ‘P.M. A.X’, i.e. ‘Pontifex Maximus, anno decimo’. The work was done *in … Read More →
UPDATE 12 Oct: From CRUX comes this. A journalist, not sure which but I have an idea, asked Card. Tobin of Newark: Tobin was asked about Catholics who feel that their concerns were not reflected in the synod’s preparatory working … Read More →
UPDATE 10 Oct 2023 Here is more news about the demon idol. We’ve been able to confirm that the demon idol Cindy McCain gave to Pope Francis is most likely the ogre-woman called Soyoko Mana, not the priest killer. Soyoko … Read More →
I’ll wager that in the readership there are people who are experts on how to hold meetings, how to control the message and direction of meetings, changing minds, creating consensus, etc. I’ve only read a little about it. However, … Read More →
I’m torn. I really am. On the one hand, don’t you wish they would just stop talking? Stop writing? For example, the new guy to head up the Dicastery (yeah, that’s what we call it now) for the Doctrine of … Read More →
But remember, you can’t have the Traditional Latin Mass because there is one expression of the Roman Rite. Right? IRELAND This version of the Our Father has divided opinion online What are your thoughts? pic.twitter.com/pfAUm0VO2J — Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) September … Read More →
Run don’t walk to read a piece by a chap of whom I had not heard just a few short months ago. Larry Chapp has a great piece on the great façade of the upcoming Synod on Synodality (“Walking together … Read More →
As a preamble, Fr. Antonio (“2+2=5”) Spadaro, SJ … more HERE. Scroll down a little. Read about his interest in Pier Vittorio Tondelli. Fr. Antonio Spadaro, editor of the semi-official publication La Civiltà Cattolica, has been, at times, nearly sewed … Read More →
UPDATE 9 Aug 23: When I first posted this, I didn’t make any comments. It was really late. HOWEVER, as someone on the combox points out, this jackass is distributing Communion on the hand BY INTINCTION. Watch the first part … Read More →
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.