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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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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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- “The Great Diminishment” in Detroit – The pogrom against the traditionally-oriented continues
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- 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
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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. Williams
Anglican Archbp. Williams speaks about Anglicanorum coetibus in Rome
From The Telegraph: Churches lose their vicars as Anglicans “jump ship” for Rome, warns Rowan Williams The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has warned that parishes will be left without vicars as hundreds of Anglicans “jump ship” for Rome. … Read More
Anglican Archbp. Williams is in Rome. No, he is dry. No swimming.
From CNA: Vatican City, Nov 18, 2010 / 02:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of the Church of England, Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury met privately in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 18. The meeting comes at an … Read More
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Anglican Archbp. Williams wants a joint commission to oversee Anglican conversions
A reader alerted me to the following story from the Telegraph: Archbishop of Canterbury moves to flush out Anglicans plotting to defect to Rome The Archbishop of Canterbury moved last night to counter secret plotting [!] among disaffected Anglicans who … Read More
Anglican Archbp. Williams causes another dust up for the C of E and himself
There is a good deal of controversy in England right now about comments made by Anglican Archbp. Rowan Williams before Benedict XVI’s visit to England. In an article in The Times published today, the contents of an interview with Archbp. … Read More
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So a Pope and an Anglican Archbishop walk into an Abbey…
The other day when Benedict XVI was at Westminster Abbey, together with Anglican Archbp. Williams for an Anglican service, I just about sprayed my Mystic Monk Coffee on the screen when I heard that the Holy Father chose to wear … Read More
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Benedict XVI’s address for Vespers in Westminster Abbey
At Vespers, Archbp. Williams said inter alia: “St Gregory was the first to spell out … the magnitude of the gift given to Christ’s Church through the life of St Benedict … who, through a relatively brief Rule of life, … Read More
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Benedict XVI’s address to Anglican Archbp. Williams at Lambeth
The Holy Father paid a courtesy visit to Anglican Archbp. Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace. My comments at the end. First, I must say that Archbp. Williams gave a good address which I am starting to drill into. But he … Read More
Nothing “eccentric” about this theology! Nosirrie!
Whose theology is "eccentric"? The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury opined that for some (no doubt himself included) Benedict XVI’s provisions for Anglicans are "theologically rather eccentric". This from the fellow who recently got together with friends for an ecumenical conflab … Read More
Anglican Archbp. Williams: Benedict XVI’s provisions seen as “theologically eccentric”
I think Rowan Williams, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, likes the word "eccentric". It seems to be a word he understands inside and out. A few alert readers sent me links to an article in the Daily Telegraph which has comments … Read More
Benedict XVI grants an audience to Archbp. Williams
From today’s meeting between His Holiness the Vicar of Christ and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury:
A “back door ecumenical gesture”
There is a very instructive article in The Times about the Anglican Provision. In their latest meetings the Anglicans made no serious provisions for Anglican traditionalists. There is an interesting parallel here for Rome and the SSPX years ago. With … Read More
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Joint Statement of Archbps. Nichols (Catholic) and Williams (Anglican)
The doors to the Church are always open to those wishing to enter. Now there is not only a door open to Anglicans, but also a house full of furniture. The Holy Father will establish ordinariates for Anglicans who wish … Read More
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