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Dantesque on Is this something to worry about?: “Bl. Ignatius Maloyan is set to be the first canonized martyr of the Armenian genocide. He took his name after…”
Loquitur on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “@JonPatrick, All of those things were envisioned by Vatican II’s Sacrosanctum Concilium; none of them are forbidden by the (Novus…”
RichR on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “Interesting, our diocese (Austin, TX) is currently without an Ordinary. The administrator is a very fair-minded priest who is truly…”
TLMYak on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “A few points… -Abp Weisenberger has all been about being in a listening phase. Just the very day this document…”
mbabc123 on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “I find it very interesting that some Bishops who happily implement TC and use as an excuse that the Pope…”
JonPatrick on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “You would think that if the goal was to wean trads away from the Traditional Roman Rite over to the…”
TradCathMale on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “I used to laugh it off when my SSPX friend talked so seriously about the crisis in the Church, but…”
Senor Quixana on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “Cera applicanda, cera detrahenda”
Saint110676 on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 06-02-25 – Falling into the trap: “It is odd that parish mergers are done with so little planning and forward thinking. Suddenly, it seems as if…”
TheCavalierHatherly on Is this something to worry about?: “The important question remains: If and when will we seen the Papal Fanon again?”
DianeK on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “As someone else pointed out to me, we can only pray that Pope Leo XIV will have something to say…”
Charivari Rob on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 06-02-25 – Falling into the trap: “How about Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa as the name for the diocesan annual appeal? Let’s see people…”
Suburbanbanshee on Is this something to worry about?: “Yes! Blessed Peter To Rot, defender of marriage! And I think he’s going to be Papua New Guinea’s first canonized…”
Vir Qui Timet Dominum on “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues: “Still more merciful than +Martin in Charlotte.”
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- Pentecost Saturday: We Are Our Rites – Wherein Fr. Z rants
- OLDIE PODCAzT 61: Pope Leo I on a post-Pentecost weekday; Fr. Z rambles not quite aimlessly for a while
- “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues
- From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 06-02-25 – Falling into the trap
- Pentecost Friday: tearing it up
- Is this something to worry about?
- PODCAzT 60: Pentecost customs; St. Ambrose on the dew of the Holy Spirit
- SSPX: Habemus Papam! Pray or Speculate?
- OLDIE PODCAzT 59: St Leo the Great on Pentecost fasting; Benedict XVI’s Pentecost sermon – UPDATED
- Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.
- Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.
- ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?
- Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow
- OLDIE PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
- 7 July: CATHOLIC Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Beckett –
- VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia
- OLDIE PODCAzT 57: John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell
- Daily Rome Shot 1372 – Confirmation
- WDTPRS – Pentecost Monday: Feast of the Lacrimation of Paul VI.
- OLDIE PODCAzT 56: Octaves – Fr. Z rants & Augustine on Pentecost
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- Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare war! Hackers, scams and YOU. Some discussion.
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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.
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Tag Archives: Archbp. Müller
Devolution of power to regional Churches? I think not.
There is a fear among some people with whom I converse that Pope Francis might undercut Roman curial congregations and devolve authority to regional conferences of bishops. I am all for subsidiarity. That said, some things just don’t work well … Read More
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“Antinomianism in high places” – Canonist Ed Peters on divorce, remarriage, Communion
From Prof. Ed Peters, canonist, and his blog In The Light Of The Law – which has not an open combox. Antinomianism in high places is still antinomianism We live in pervasively antinomian times, and basic unawareness of law is all around … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z cynically reflects on Germany and divorce and remarriage
I have been thinking – with my cynical cap on – about why calls for Communion for the divorced/remarried have been coming out of Germany. You will recall that a mid-level drone came out with a statement in the Archdiocese … Read More
Müller corrects Marx on the issue of Communion for divorced/remarried
From Andrea Tornielli: The Prefect of the Congregation for the Faith, Gerhard Müller, has written a letter asking for the withdrawal and revision of the proposal to allow remarried Catholics to receive the sacraments ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY When the … Read More
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Archbp. Müller (CDF) on Communion for divorced/remarried. Liberals’ panic to follow.
In tomorrow’s edition of L’Osservatore Romano there is a long essay (4000+ words) by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbp. Müller, on the hotly-debate issue of Communion for the divorced and remarried. (I haven’t checked it … Read More
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When you hear talk of Liberation Theology, don’t be fooled.
You, like I, have been hearing a lot these days about a Church of “the poor” and a rehabilitation of Liberation Theology. This has caused concern for some who are doctrinally coherent and orthodox and elation for liberals. The following … Read More
Pope Francis and Liberation Theology
I just finished reading a new book by Paul Vallely called Pope Francis: Untying the Knots. I am glad I read it on my Kindle so that I don’t have to have it on my shelf. There are some helpful … Read More
Roman Curial appointments: a few observations
A couple things popped up on the screen today. First, Pope Francis has finally named a Secretary of State: Archbishop Pietro Parolin, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela. He starts on 15 October 2013. Also, the Holy Father assigned Spanish-born Fr. Fernando … Read More
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Archbp. Müller (Prefect of the CDF): No need for deaconesses
In The Bitter Pill (aka The Tablet) I spotted something sure to irritate feminists: No need for deaconesses: Müller 4 July 2013 The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has questioned the notion that a … Read More
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HUGE! CDF to LCWR
Will this be the moment the National Schismatic Reporter crowd turns on Francis? This is new. It does NOT refer to their meeting of some months ago. From news.va: COMMUNIQUE OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONCERNING … Read More
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Archbp. Müller, Prefect of the CDF, anti-Catholicism in USA, time running out for SSPX
From Vatican Insider comes this. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has launched a biting attack of [on?] the mood toward the Catholic Church in the U.S. and Europe, comparing it … Read More
Lutheran Ordinariate coming?
Vatican Insider has something today about some Lutherans who are getting nervous about the Holy Father establishing an Ordinariate for Lutherans, along the lines of that which he established for Anglicans. “A Lutheran ordinariate? That’s a bad sign” An ordinariate … Read More
Prefect of CDF on Anglican Ordinariate and SSPX
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald with my emphases: Head of the CDF urges Catholics to welcome ordinariate converts Catholics in England and Wales should welcome members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, the new … Read More
CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller: “the hermeneutic of reform” is “only possible interpretation”
My old pastor, the late Msgr. Schuler used to say that “You can go into the ditch on either side of the road, left or right. Either way, you are still in a ditch.” This has been my concern about … Read More
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Declaration of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” about the SSPX and the discussions
From VIS: The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” takes this occasion to announce that, in its most recent official communication (6 September 2012), the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X has indicated that additional time for reflection and study is needed … Read More
Another hurtful article by Nicole Winfield of AP about the SSPX
In his interview with the National Catholic Register, posted online in two parts on 2 and 4 October, the Prefect of the CDF, Archbishop Gerhard Müller said of the dealings of Rome and the SSPX: “I believe that these problems will be … Read More
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More on CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller and the SSPX
The other day I posted that the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbp. Gerhard Müller indicated about the SSPX in an interview with a German radio station that “I don’t think there will be any more new … Read More
Prefect of CDF about SSPX and LCWR
The National Catholic Register (not the National catholic Reporter, aka Fishwrap) has an interview with the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbp. Gerhard Müller. Part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE. The interview … Read More
New CDF Prefect on talks with the SSPX
From CNA: Rome, Italy, Jul 24, 2012 / 04:00 am (CNA/EWTN News). Although the new head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is optimistic about reconciliation with the Society of St. Pius X, he says that … Read More