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Tag Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
We need Summorum Pontificum. We need the new, corrected translation.
Over at Southern Orders there is a study in contrasts. For your consideration. And then… We need Summorum Pontificum. We need the new, corrected translation.
Summorum Pontificum, Latin, liberals, TLMs, seminarians, Magic Circles and an Instruction
From Damian Thompson’s blog comes a piece about Latin, seminarians, the Extraordinary Form and liberal enemies of all of the above, with my emphases and comments. Edited. […] In contrast, the proposal to teach all seminarians to celebrate the Tridentine … Read More
About the upcoming Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
There was a great deal of anxiety poured out by traditionalists over reports that an upcoming Instruction on Summorum Pontificum might erode Pope Benedict’s own provisions. I was skeptical about that and cautioned calm and the action of prayer for … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Instruction, John L. Allen, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
41 Comments
41 Comments
News about the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
The intrepid Andrea Tornielli has on his blog a note about the upcoming Instruction for Summorum Pontificum. Here, in my fast translation, is the heart of the matter. […] Above all, the instruction confirms that the Motu Proprio is universal … Read More
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Instruction, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
38 Comments
38 Comments
“It wouldn’t be the first time a Pope has had his arm twisted.”
This comes from Damian Thompson: 10,000 traditional Catholics appeal to the Pope not to water down Summorum Pontificum My first ever blog post, four years ago, reported that Catholic traditionalists were worried by the non-appearance of a Motu Proprio removing … Read More
News from an Italian source about the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
There is a good deal of hand-wringing going on right now about the possibility that the upcoming “Instruction” about Summorum Pontificum will water-down the provisions which the Supreme Pontiff made the law of the Latin Church. About this Instruction, I … Read More
SSPX Bp. Fellay about Summorum Pontificum
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. SSPX Bp. Bernard Fellay has issued some interesting observations in the form of Q&A. Here are his observations about Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. They are on the site of the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Does a parish priest have to ask permission of a bishop to allow marriages in the Extraordinary Form?
From a priest: I am a priest almost 3 yrs ordained last year I was asked to officiate at a wedding which was to be conducted according to the 1962 missal. The PP would not allow the wedding to go … Read More
Summorum Pontificum: what is possible?
I have been writing more about Summorum Pontificum lately than I have for a while. We have to remind people that Summorum Pontificum gave us some provisions that have the force of law. They are not merely part of the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged D. Arlington, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
91 Comments
91 Comments
QUAERITUR: How should we approach a priest to ask for the Extraordinary Form?
From a reader: A group at my parish is planning on approaching our pastor to request Mass in the Extraordinary Form. I would like to be prepared to answer his questions about the “mechanics” of putting on this Mass: training … Read More
WVC on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “@R2D – Can 1364 applies, but if folks provide you a boat load of examples of heretics not being punished,…”
