Tag Archives: St. Cyprian of Carthage

ASK FATHER: During sick call, tea and biscuits before administering Communion

From a reader… QUAERITUR: When a priest arrives at a sick person’s house in order to provide Communion, should the Communion rite happen immediately upon arrival? I presume that tea, biscuits and chatting should certainly not happen beforehand? I was … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Salvation “outside” the Church

From a reader… QUAERITUR: To begin, I want to let you know how much I enjoy reading your blog – Thank you. I have always struggled with the teaching of “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus”. Is this doctrinal? My thoughts always … Read More

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Benedict XVI on Bishops

As I write, Pope Benedict XVI is in Africa.  For this trip his Post-Synodal Exhortation (following the Synod on Africa) has been released with the title Africae munus.  It is a long, “omnibus” document.  We can look at a few … Read More

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Nifty entries in the Martyrologium Romanum

The Roman Martyrology has a few particularly interesting entries today. Who wants to work with them? I find the inter-meshing, even scrambling, of dates interesting. BTW… perendie means “the day after tomorrow”.  Pridie is “the day before”. Festum exaltationis Sanctae … Read More

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