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- moon1234 on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “PIUS XIII is my vote. It is what my heart wants. I am tired and just want to be catholic…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “Father, you MUST visit Hungary. We had a pascal liturgy that… well I have no words for it. And the…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo XIV and Nicholas VI because they hark back to popes who subsequent generations deemed them “the Great” yes, that…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “excalibur says: We need a warrior Pope, someone like Saint Patrick, and surround himself with several dozen tough, like-minded men.…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pius still sounds antisemitic (popular opinion), John 24 would be a very high number, any recent name carries too many…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “The timing of this conclave is a bit uncanny. Cardinal Sarah turns 80 in June. I know people say he’s…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My money is on John XXIV because the new pope will be a centrist who desires to reach across the…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My preference would be for someone to take the name Pius XIII, Ah, but then what of the Pope Pius…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pope Lot would be an apt choice, but, sadly, how unlikely a one!”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Reading around about Formosus and Boniface and Stephen, as one does, I wonder if Romanus II would be a good…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo, we need a lion right now. Trump II , probably wouldn’t fly.”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “Those peonies! My, oh, my! They are beautiful. They are exactly the color I hope to add to my current…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I hope it isn’t Pope Elton John or Pope Liberace. With the cast of characters and uncle ted’s nephews there,…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “In 2013 somebody set up a website where you could “adopt” a cardinal elector to pray for. Should we do…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I said Stephen II III because Stephen II I died after three days and gets left out (is he even…”
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Tag Archives: Spirit of Vatican II
UPDATED: Commentary on “synodality” (“walking togetherity”) from Ratzinger in 1975 and a lot more.
UPDATE: At the end, I’ve updated this with some interesting info I was just sent. I had missed it before and it is relevant to my rants. At the always useful The Catholic Thing there is a piece well-worth reading by Eduardo … Read More
Corpus Christi in bombed out Cologne in 1947
No, no… everything is better now since the “reforms” of the liturgy and the way doctrine and law have been de-emphasized in the name of the spirit of Vatican II. No. Everything is so much better now… really… better.. it … Read More
Robert Mickens is exactly wrong about priestly vocations. Here’s why.
One of the worst of the hyper-liberal catholic publications, Commonweal, publishes a regular column by long-time Rome correspondent Robert Mickens. Many readers here will recall that Mickens loathes Benedict XVI. He lost his job with The Tablet, the UK’s worst catholic … Read More
It is as if the Church simply caved in before the world and its Prince.
Around the time of the Second Vatican Council some of our sound practices were simply dropped, as if they were no longer needed. For example, the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass which included the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. … Read More
Innovations which Vatican II did NOT call for, but which we got anyway.
I saw this on Facebook: Today a priest friend told me that Summorum Pontificum was the obituary of the Spirit of Vatican II. More and more we will see how important Summorum Pontificum is. It will have an ever greater impact.
Memories of Vatican II’s halcyon days. Who could have predicted that things would fall apart?
Over at Crisis there is a great piece recounting memories of Vatican II times… those spirit-filled, halcyon days! I particularly enjoyed this paragraph about the writer’s days in a Catholic girls school: We attended Mass in Latin, sang hymns in … Read More
OBITUARY: Spirit of Vatican II – RIP – 53 years of age
An oldie from the often amusing Eye of the Tiber: [2014] CINCINNATI, OH- A Solemn High Requiem Mass was held Thursday at St. Martura Church in downtown Cincinnati for the Spirit of Vatican II, aged 52. After suffering a progressively … Read More
OBITUARY: Spirit of Vatican II – RIP – 52 years of age
The often amusing Eye of the Tiber had this. CINCINNATI, OH- A Solemn High Requiem Mass was held Thursday at St. Martura Church in downtown Cincinnati for the Spirit of Vatican II, aged 52. After suffering a progressively debilitating illness … Read More
A bottle of wine: “Novus Ordo”
From a reader: When I was in Chicago, I picked up a bottle of wine called “Novus Ordo.” When I brought it back home for a priest friend he insisted that we create an appropriate wine stopper capturing the “spirit” … Read More
[*heavy sigh*] Archbp. Marini’s “nostalgia” for the “spirit of the council”
Does anything about the following strike you as supremely ironic? From CNS: Vatican II continues to mark ecclesial life today, says archbishop BY MARY SOLBERG Catholic News Service ERIE, Pa. (CNS) — Archbishop Piero Marini, a Vatican official, recalls watching … Read More
Dreher: “Pope Francis only confirms my decision to leave” the Catholic Church. A HARD look at where we are.
There is an intense piece by Rod Dreher over at TIME. The whole thing is worth a close look, but here are some longish samples. NB: While I disagree with Dreher’s decision to leave the Catholic Church, I sure understand … Read More
“When ‘Guitar Masses’ became a chew toy between traditionalists and progressives
There is a smart and well-written article at The American Spectator on liturgical music by Patrick O’Hannigan, whom I have mentioned before. The piece is longish, so here are a few bits to whet your appetite. Can Liturgical Music Be … Read More
Bp. Nickless (D. Sioux City): we must “exorcize” the “spirit of Vatican II”
I have mentioned Bishop Nickless of Sioux City before. This is from LifeSite: Sioux City Bishop Calls for “Exorcism” of “Spirit of Vatican II” By Kathleen Gilbert SIOUX CITY, Iowa, October 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics must learn to “exorcise” … Read More
Fr. Blake responds to Mr. Warner
Yesterday I posted Gerald Warner’s fulmination against bishops and Vatican II. My friend Fr. Ray Blake, pastor of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, has a response to Mr. Warner. Yesterday, Gerald Warner created a bit of a stir by … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers advice to liberals
Many liberals now openly foment revolt against Pope Benedict and the goals of his pontificate. They are quite worried about, inter alia, the new translation of the Roman Missal. I have a suggestion for these Vatican II Spirit defending … Read More
moon1234 on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “PIUS XIII is my vote. It is what my heart wants. I am tired and just want to be catholic…”
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