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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Benedict to Swiss and German bishops
Sandro Magister posted an exceptionally good entry today, with excerpts from Benedict XVI’s second address to the Swiss bishops on their ad limina visit and, then following day, an address to a group of German bishops. Remember that the Holy … Read More
Indult, Milingo, and Anglicans
Some people are making connections between the wacky schismatic leanings of the strange Archbishop Milingo and the possible derestriction of the "Tridentine" Mass via an indult issued by the Pope and dialogue with Anglicans, even consideration of the Anglican Use … Read More
The Saturno… always good for a photo
Yes, the saturno is available in Rome. So much have the times changed that you even see it in clerical shop window… along with other hats more than a few clerics of my acquaintance would like to have, alas.
Cat Street
Do you remember Fr. Foster? His new Latin Academy is located in Rome on the Via della Gatta… "Kitty Avenue". "But Father! But Father!", you ask, scratching your heads, "Why is it called "Cat Street? Are there cats there?!?" In … Read More
Turning the Tables
This was an commentary on an editorial article in Notitiae of May 1993, which I translated from the Italian original. The translation was published in the Winter 1993 issue quarterly journal Sacred Music and this commentary appeared in Spring 1994. … Read More
Conjure the image
I am watching the USCCB meeting lunch-break presser via my SlingBox (may God bless the makers of the SlingBox) back in the Land of the Free. His Excellency the Bishop of Erie, Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, head of the … Read More
Webcam and Yahoo Messenger
I have been having a hard time getting my webcam to stream through the firewall of my residence in Rome, and so the Z-Cam has been offline. I discovered, however, that Yahoo Messenger (wdtprs) could allow people to view my … Read More
Praying “Ad orientem versus”
This was an editorial article in Notitiae of May 1993, which I translated from the Italian original. The translation was published in the Winter 1993 issue quarterly journal Sacred Music. I wrote a commentary on it as well. The editorial … Read More
Pen jing
If you want a bonsai tree and live in Rome, check out the little shop on the V. del Coronari, 16. These dedicated guys know their stuff. And, when I go away, they tree-sit for as long as I need. … Read More
What were you expecting from Rome…
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