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Tag Archives: Pope Francis
Pope Francis: modernity, vernacular stirred up many problems – music “mediocre, superficial and banal”
Nothing will come of this, of course, but it is nice to hear it from Pope Francis. Alas, Benedict XVI and John Paul II said similar things about music and liberals ignored them, too. Via Vatican Radio [which is going to … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged liturgical music, Musicam sacram, Pope Francis, sacred music, vernacular
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21 Comments
Damian Thompson on Pope Francis
Damian Thompson at The Spectator has penned a piece about Pope Francis. I don’t think I should reproduce any of it here or comment about it. I will merely point out the fact that it exists and then quietly back … Read More
Posted in Francis
Tagged Damian Thompson, Pope Francis
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Book which Pope Francis mentioned in address to Roman Curia
Yesterday His Holiness Pope Francis addressed himself to the Roman Curia for the annual Christmas greeting. He mentioned Industriae ad curandos animae morbos, that is, “Initiatives (for superiors) to cure illnesses of the soul”, a work of Jesuit formation by … Read More
Pope Francis’ Christmas Address to the Roman Curia
His Holiness Pope Francis today gave his annual Christmas “greetings” address to members of the Roman Curia. HERE With his extemporaneous words at the end, it amounts to some 43oo words and covered 8 single-spaced pages of Times 12 point … Read More
Edward Feser: The Five Dubia and the Silence of the Pope
I found Edward Feser’s essay on Schadenfreude to be especially helpful after the election of Donald J. Trump as President of These United States of America after the humiliating defeat of Hillary and everything she stands for. Truly helpful. … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Edward Feser, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Pope Francis
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Pope Francis pummels traditional priests, seminarians, laity … again. What can we learn from that?
UPDATE 14 Dec 2016: Jan Bentz of LifeSite has a follow up piece. ___ Originally Published on: Dec 12, 2016 ___ Over the last few years, Our Holy Father Pope Francis has said some pretty awful things about priests. He doesn’t … Read More
Fr. Murray on who are the traditional young Catholics… NOT.
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray has a good commentary at The Catholic Thing on some comments Pope Francis made about people, especially about young people, who desire the older, traditional form of Holy Mass and the Latin, Roman Church’s sacred worship. … Read More
WAR! Pope Francis on marriage’s enemy: Gender Theory
In October 2015 Card. Sarah said during the Synod on the Family (HERE): What Nazi-Fascism and Communism were in the 20th century, Western homosexual and abortion Ideologies and Islamic Fanaticism are today. We fought wars against Nazism and Communism. We … Read More
Sober and sobering views of the “Francis Effect”
I point the readership to two must-read pieces. First, in of all places the New York Times (aka Hell’s Bible), an op-ed by Matthew Schmitz of First Things. “Has Pope Francis Failed?” Next, Carl Olson’s opinion piece at Catholic World Report, which … Read More
Did Pope Francis really write that letter?
UPDATE: I have found a “news story” (but not really) at the site of Vatican Radio by Philippa Hitchen saying something about the letter. HERE Also, in today’s L’Osservatore Romano of 12-13 September there is an unsigned piece on p. 7 … Read More
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