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- Christopher M on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “We held a Twitter space this evening and prayed the rosary for the church, the Holy Father and the SSPX.…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “No one is mentioning the elephant in the room. Rome wants the SSPX to explicitly state that the Novus Ordo…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1653: Procession with the chains of St. Paul: “Thanks to the Archconfraternity for all their efforts and hello to The World’s Best Sacristan(TM)! It was fun to spot…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “In his very interesting 25 June One Peter Five article, “When Pope Leo Allowed Illicit Episcopal Consecrations”, Father Matthew Dimock,…”
- on ASK FATHER: Frequency of confession and confession of venial sins: “I remember being told Venial sins are forgiven during the penitential rite of Mass.”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “Honestly, the number of olive branches both publically and privately that have been offered to the SSPX since JPII has…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “Regarding the accusation that the SSPX is guilty of “neo-Feeneyism,” it is worth considering that the recent SSPX Profession of…”
- on Leo XIV has written to the SSPX: “I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!”: “@R2D The SSPX doesn’t wholesale reject NA. That is why they could and were going to sign the 2011 Doctrinal…”
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Tag Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Notes about the Fishwrap on Charlie, Pope Leo on other stuff
I’ve been busy with a lot of other things recently and important things have happened. People have asked me to comment. I’ll ramble a little. First, tonight I was drawn over to that fever-swamp that is the Fishwrap (aka National fill … Read More
Posted in Leo XIV, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Fiducia supplicans, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
26 Comments
26 Comments
Raymond Arroyo video interviews with Ed Pentin, Damian Thompson, Archbp. Gänswein
Raymond Arroyo interviewed Archbp. Georg Gänswein on his recent show. (BTW… that ä means his name is pronounced like “gens-vine” not “gans-wine”). Please. At a certain point, Raymond asked Gänswein about what Benedict XVI thought about his own motu proprio Summorum … Read More
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Traditionis custodes
Tagged Archbp. Gänswein, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
11 Comments
11 Comments
16th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end and a fitting song.
Sincerely, I think all this madness will pass one way or another. Today is the anniversary of the release of Summorum Pontificum, the saintly Pope Benedict XVI’s “emancipation proclamation” for those who desired what they ought to have had all along: freedom … Read More
14 September: Exaltation of the Cross and Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is also the anniversary of the 2007 Summorum Pontificum going into effect. This Motu Proprio – the Emancipation Proclamation for the faithful who desire the Vetus Ordo – was a keystone … Read More
07-07-07 Bittersweet Summorum Pontificum
15 years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum, which freed up the use the 1962 Missale Romanum. This was one of the most significant acts of his pontificate. His motives for issuing Summorum were to jump start an organic and legitimate … Read More
Reshuffling of the Roman Curia: implications for the future of Doctrine and the Traditional Latin Mass
The unnecessarily cruel legacy document of the reign of Francis, Traditionis custodes, seems to be rapidly becoming a dead letter, rather like Ex corde Ecclesiae. This weekend some version of the new Constitution, Praedicate Evangelium, about the reshuffling of the … Read More
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Praedicate Evangelium, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Traditionis custodes
3 Comments
3 Comments
ZISK: In an interview, Francis talks about “Traditionis custodes”, how he views it, what it means, why he did it. Wherein Fr. Z comments.
From Vaticannews.va: Extracted from an interview with Francis by Carlos Herrera on Radio COPE Q: I don’t know if Pope Francis is a man who likes to bang his fist on the table. Would it be possible that the last … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, My View, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Traditionis custodes
Tagged Francis, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Traditionis custodes
25 Comments
25 Comments
It’s not just the numbers right now, it’s the rate of growth.
Last night during the rag chew on ZedNet, one of the participants wondered about why the crack down on Catholics who desire the Traditional Latin Mass. After all, the numbers aren’t all that threatening. I opined that it wasn’t just … Read More
ACTION ITEM! PRAY! NOVENA to St. Ann – 17-16 July. WHO WILL JOIN ME?
Today I have often thought of the late, great “Extraordinary Ordinary”, Bp. Robert Morlino, Bishop of Madison, who died in November 2018. After Summorum Pontificum Bp. Morlino embraced the Church’s traditional liturgical worship and responded to requests with fatherly generosity … Read More
ASK FATHER: RUMOR – Will the attack on Summorum Pontificum be on Friday, O.L. of Mt. Carmel?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I just read on Rorate that they expect Francis to issue his new motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass this week Friday. Do you think it was deliberate that they chose to issue … Read More
Christopher M on Prayer for the SSPX and Leo: “We held a Twitter space this evening and prayed the rosary for the church, the Holy Father and the SSPX.…”
