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Monthly Archives: May 2006
We are not amused: the Holy See’s reaction to the Chinese consecrations
The Holy See uttered forth its reaction to the two recent illicit episcopal consecrations in China. I read the Reuters story which has been getting around. However, when you read the actual statement of the Holy See’s Press Secretary, Dr. … Read More
More on the Chinese consecrations and Card. Zen
Someone kindly shared some articles from the South China Morning Post which shed more light on the situation in China and the illicit (but valid) consecrations of bishops for the People Republic of China’s "Patriotic Catholic Association", the official Church … Read More
UPDATE: INTERNET PRAYER – Swedish
I am very grateful to the fellow who volunteered a translation of the famous "Internet Prayer" into Swedish. Kindly say a prayer for him. This week we also added Vietnamese. Progress! Feel free to send in a version in a … Read More
At Cross purposes
On Zenit there are regular forays into liturgical Q&A. Recently there was a question about the direction the corpus of the altar Cross should face.
“Q: When an altar crucifix is used during the celebration of Mass, ought the corpus to be facing toward the priest or toward the congregation?”
Ya know… this is not a problem when the altar is ad orientem and everyone is facing the same direction, right? Read More
A reaction to someone’s reaction to her 1st “Tridentine” Mass
At Mormon2Catholic, Cynthia (who seems to be a very sensible lady) reports on her first experience of a "Tridentine" Mass. I thought her observations interesting enough to make some positive comments about. On her blog she says: The priest was … Read More
The Zen of Diplomacy
I love this guy. The Bishop of Hong Kong, Joseph Card. Zen has said that dialogue between the Holy See and Beijing "cannot continue". He was reacting (in part) to the "Patriot Church’s" illicit (but probably valid) consecration of a … Read More
Well… it came and went…
EXCERPT:
The feast of St. Pius V came and went without so much as a peep from any dicastery of the Holy See. Nary a word was issued from the Apostolic Palace which might widen the use of the older form of Mass, the so-called “Tridentine” form.
yawn
In the meantime, according to a paper that comes from my home town, the SSPX bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais has blasted the Pope as a do nothing and a heretic, in so many words.
Yah… that’ll help, I think. Read More
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