Monthly Archives: July 2007

You will recall that I have written on various occasions that when the Motu Proprio comes out we must sing Te Deum and Non Nobis, as they did in Henry V. I received a nice note from DS informing me … Read More →

In today’s Il Giornale, an Italian daily, there is a piece by the reliable Andrea Tornielli which speaks of a possible consistory to create new Cardinals in November.   We all know that has to happen, so it is not so … Read More →

The following prayer was composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791. He was the first bishop appointed for the United States in 1789 by Pope Pius VI. He was made the first archbishop when his see of Baltimore … Read More →

In the 2002 Missale Romanum (but NOT in the 1962MR, btw) there is a Mass Pro christianis persecutione vexatis… For Christians harassed with persecution. Given the manifold liberties we enjoy in the United States, I thought it good to share … Read More →

So we know the title. Summorum Pontificum … (Something or other) of the Supreme Pontiffs (something or other)… Anyone care to speculate about the way the rest of the sentence continues? Be nice.

Here is a snapshot from a few minutes ago of where some of you are. Vienna, Virginia Columbus, Ohio Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Saint Louis, Missouri Mattawan, Michigan Baltimore, Maryland Ternat, Brabant Irving, Texas Toronto, Ontario London, Ontario Rome, Lazio Australia Fairfax, … Read More →

In the South China Morning Post (4 July) there is another story on the ongoing joust between His Eminence Joseph Card. Zen Ze-kiun, Bishop of Hong Kong, and the layman who is vice chairman of mainland China’s government recognized Catholic … Read More →

Check out this great post at Rorate!

It rained very hard here this evening.  You can nearly here the grass turning greener.

Translations are the plague of the modern Church.   We know that several documents have been delayed because of translation problems.  Some have been amended.  Many people study and quote documents without knowing what the really say because of the discontinuity … Read More →