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Numbers down in England and Wales
A depressing bit of news from not-too-Catholic-friendly RNS: Roman Catholics decline in England, Wales CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The number of Roman Catholic adherents in England and Wales fell by more than 90,000 in 2012, despite a wave of immigrants from … Read More
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ENGLAND: 1000 priests and bishops sign letter against redefinition of marriage
Today the UK’s daily The Telegraph published a letter to the editor signed by some 1000 priests and bishops about the Tory party’s attempts to redefine marriage. One quarter of the priests in England. I am proud of my brethren across the … Read More
ENGLAND Friday 29 June is a Holy Day of Obligation
My friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeueticalness, has on his parish’s website a good reminder for his readers in the UK that Friday 29 June, the Feast or Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul is, for them, a Holy Day … Read More
Problems with the Anglican Ordinariate in England?
Preamble: Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. Pope Benedict gets to determine the parameters and dynamics of ecumenism, not his critics. According to his approach and vision, he has been making headway. Some will say that he is … Read More
Benedict XVI refers to riots, relativism when welcoming new British Ambassador. Fr. Z rants.
In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, there is a sound observation about a comment made by Pope Benedict as he formally received the credentials of the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great … Read More
A new Catholic liberal arts college in England!
His Hermeneuticalness, my friend Fr. Tim Finigan, posted about a great initiative in England. A group formed to establish a Catholic liberal arts college along the lines of Wyoming Catholic College and Thomas Aquinas College in California. Fr. Finigan wrote: … Read More
ENGLAND: TLM training for priests and servers concluded, new session announced for August
From the Latin Mass Society in England with a few edits: THE LMS’s Seventh Training Conference for Priests and Servers Successfully Concluded Over thirty clerics and laymen attended the Latin Mass Society’s seventh residential training conference for the training of … Read More
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Thoughts on Benedict XVI’s state visit to England and Scotland
The Holy Father is about to travel to the "hedonistic wasteland … the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death", and, judging from some of the nutty media coverage – Satan is irritated. I think Satan particularly hates this visit … Read More
