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Kathleen10 on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “The fact he used Latin at all is the thing. He used Latin. After our exile to hear the pope…”
TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “I have had a reason to actually open my copy of the Concordantiae Bibliorum Sacrorum I was given lo these…”
quomodocumque on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “At this point, with so many years having passed, perhaps it is really time to start saying we need a…”
dep on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “re. jaykay: Sorry about my reference to the current pope playing Mass when he was little — I seem to…”
jaykay on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: ““the guys in the Latin Letters office must be a little perked up!” They probably wish Fr. Foster were still…”
Loquitur on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “The next part of that address is quite remarkable and very encouraging too: “Thus it is fundamental to preserve your…”
OzReader on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “I was stunned, visiting the US about a decade ago, to attend Novus Ordo Masses, try to follow my missal,…”
dep on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “I wonder: Has the vernacular in other countries worked out better than it has in the US? Here, despite what…”
Jack007 on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “St Michele Garicoïts! He holds a special place in my family. My late father was a boarding student at their…”
TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: ““Non turbetur cor vestrum. Creditis in Deum, et in me credite.” Jo. 14:1 Must be idiomatic.”
Charivari Rob on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “Gregg: I think MLB had always officially called it “permanently ineligible”, not “lifetime ban”, which would head-off anyone trying to…”
DCLex on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “1. … Bg2+ forcing 2. RxB Qf1+ forcing 3. Rg1 Nxg3+ forcing 4. h2xN Qh3#”
Geoffrey on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “I believe it was the custom for a new Pope’s first homily in the Sistine Chapel to be given to…”
Lurker 59 on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “The royal “we”, the “we” of the Roman “principes”, the “we” of the first citizen, who speaks not just for…”
Robbie on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “Has there been anything more about the rumors/suggestions that the pope said the TLM in his past life? I ask…”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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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
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Recent Posts
- ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?
- ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe
- ROME 25/5– Day 33: languid
- ROME 13 May 609 – Exorcism, screaming demons, terrified people fainting – Dedication of the Pantheon as a church
- ROME 25/5– Day 32: The Ave Maria Bell Explained and “If you are a woke Catholic, you aren’t Catholic anymore.”
- ASK FATHER: Did Leo XIV use an older, traditional form of the “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing?
- ASK FATHER: If Father must say Mass AFTER the new Pope’s election is announced but BEFORE we know his name…?
- ROME 25/5– Day 30-31:
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Easter 2025 (N.O. 4th Sunday of Easter)
- Leo XIV – relax
- Some Notes about Leo XIV.. maybe more to follow
- ASK FATHER: Celebrating Our Lady of Fatima’s Mass (TLM) on 13 May
- ASK FATHER: Father just said “I absolve you in the name of….”
- ASK FATHER: Priest cut me off while confessing my sins
- ASK FATHER: Priest went “off script” when giving absolution
- ASK FATHER: Security video camera inside a confessional
- Wherein cooking and conclaves how the cardinals ate in conclaves come together in a fun video
- ROME 25/4– Day 28-29: New Pope – What Do The Romans Really Say?
- Here’s an idea to bring about healing and peace: Let the “Dubia Cardinals” re-submit the 2016 Dubia (Amoris) and 2023 Dubia (Synodality)
- Card. Burke on Leo XIV
- Another Romanaccio sonnet about “The New Pope” by G.G. Belli (1832)
- Leo XIV’s first public words
- ASK FATHER: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave?
- A Sonnet “The Election of the Pope” in Roman dialect by G.G. Belli
- “…qui sibi nomen imposuit [NAME]”? Nominative? Accusative? Genitive?
- Conclave watch… WATCH: Readers… get involved! (UPDATE: NEW POPE watch WATCH!…)
- DURING A CONCLAVE! 8 May – Indulgence for the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii (twice a year)
- Catholic school staged an educational monk Conclave
- ROME 25/4– Day 28: Conclave day
- Another Roman Sonnet from “Er Belli” – “The end of the conclave” (1831)
Let us pray…
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: Romanorum coetibus
Another reason for ‘Anglicanorum coetibus’: Church of England says Sunday services no longer mandatory
I think it was the late Fr. Neuhaus who quipped that the purpose of the Church of England was to make irony redundant. Today I read this at AP. No, this is not Eye of the Tiber or the Onion. … Read More
The Church of England… whither? Fr. Z again offers his solution.
The late Fr Richard John Neuhaus once quipped that the purpose of the Anglican Communion was to make irony redundant. From the Daily Mail: Church of England chief backs ‘re-christenings’ after sex changes: Officials risk furious backlash by introducing ‘services … Read More
Now is the time! Romanorum coetibus!
I think it was the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus who said that the Anglican Church existed in order to make irony redundant. They took another step in perfecting irony by approving wyshops… errrr. women “bishops”. There is a Vatican … Read More
The Wrong Stuff: Anglicans on the course of self-destruction.
One of our frequent commentators here sent me this (appetite spoiling) photo with this: The Right Stuff? (Remember the scene with the 7 astronauts in space suits? Get a load of these photos of “clergy” arriving for vote on wymen … Read More
Nancy Pelosi: Episcopalian foot washer!
Just think! Over with the Episcopalians, Nancy Pelosi could both vote for public funding of abortion and also be a bishop at the same time! She could even the “Presiding Bishop”! From The Washington Times with my emphases and comments: Nancy … Read More
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Church of England to dump “sin” and “devil” from baptism rite?
The leading prelate of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who recently called Pope Francis his own Person of the Year, has been a busy bee! From The Mail: [Archpb. of Canterbury] Welby [Anglican] casts out ‘sin’ … Read More
Hasta la vista, baby! One step closer to ‘Romanorum coetibus’!
Those of you who have been reading here for a while may remember my urgent pleas that the Anglican communion issue provisions in some form of document that could be called Romanorum coetibus (as a response to Benedict XVI’s Anglicanorum … Read More
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Another voice calling for “Romanorum coetibus”
I have often written that the Church of England needs to issue their document Romanorum coetibus, by which they will give a safe-haven to catholic liberals who want to keep their large puppets and pottery, 60’s music and the ordination of … Read More
Just how tone deaf is the National Schismatic Reporter?
Just how tone deaf is the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap)? Classly as ever, on the eve the conclave they suggest: […] No matter from what part of the world he hails, no matter what his theological or ecclesiastical pedigree, … Read More
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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
Take the Women’s Ordination Conference! Please?
As we approach the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, I just want to give a big shout out to the folks at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in downtown Washington, DC, for allowing some Catholic girls to jump around in … Read More
Reason #5466 for “Romanorum coetibus”!
In England, there is a new Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury. In the USA, in the Episcopal Church, I read thanks to a link sent by a priest friend, that there is a new Episcopal Bishop in the Diocese of Eau … Read More
New Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury – a new hope!
Via the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald… Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has welcomed the appointment of the Rt Rev Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. Writing on behalf of the … Read More
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Reason #756 for why Anglicans must issue “Romanorum coetibus”
On his way out, Anglican Archbp. Rowan Williams really has to get his crew to issue Romanorum coetibus. No, really. They are so very… progressive. They are so far ahead of us Catholics. For example, I read in The … Read More
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Episcopalian “Bishop” has hissy fit over Catholic doctrine on homosexual acts
If we treated their “doctrine” like they treated ours… imagine the high dudgeon! Here is a story from CNA with my emphases and comments: San Francisco, Calif., Oct 4, 2012 / 12:25 am (CNA).- The Episcopal “bishop“ of California Marc Andrus has … Read More
Lumen gentium 14
A reading from Lumen gentium: 14. This Sacred Council wishes to turn its attention firstly to the Catholic faithful. Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary … Read More
National Catholic Reporter’s Sr. Fiedler upset by the new Ordinariate
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap, which sports the word “Catholic” in their title despite having been explicitly told not to by the local bishop, has an amusingly flaky piece by Sr. Maureen Fiedler, whom we have seen several times … Read More
Why Anglicans need Romanorum coetibus
I saw this at Insight Scoop. This piece is an object lesson in why Anglicanorum coetibus was a great idea and why various bodies of Anglicans should sign on to Romanorum coetibus as soon as possible. You cannot make this … Read More
Anglican Communion’s greatest contribution to ecumenism, ev-er!
Remember my proposal that Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, should facilitate the creation of ordinariates for disgruntled Catholics? Archbp. Williams could issue a document responding to Benedict XVI’s Anglicanorum coetibus called, say, Romanorum coetibus, by which he would offer … Read More
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Anglican Bishop announces intention to use Anglicanorum coetibus. Fr. Z rants.
I was remiss in not posting about this before, but the lovely and persistent Anna Arco of The Catholic Herald posted that the Anglican Bishop of London, … well.. here it is… The Anglican bishop of Fulham and the chairman … Read More
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