Monthly Archives: October 2007

  I got this note from California Daily Daily.   It sounds like good news! My emphases and comments. “The use of the Latin language is to be preserved”  [Well.. after all, …. that’s … that’s… only Vatican II saying … Read More →

Here is an interesting piece, long in advance, which a monsignorial friend has passed along for your edification: St. Colman’s Society for Catholic LiturgyEst. 2007 INTERNATIONAL LITURGICAL CONFERENCE “Benedict XVI and The Sacred Liturgy” at The Sheraton Fota Island Golf … Read More →

I have been for a long time that the Pope has a kind of "Marshall Plan" for the Church.  He is trying to revive, rebuild, reinvigorate many sectors of the Church after the devastation of the last decades.   Despite the … Read More →

Keep watching this for updates! I received this from a WDTPRSer: Bishop to celebrate Missa Pontificalis Bishop Robert C. Morlino will celebrate a Missa Pontificalis (Pontifical High Mass at the Throne) according to the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite … Read More →

There is an interesting little article in the Italian Il Riformista about the three Vatican Monsignors Marini.  There is a little pun here on the well-known Italian "Le Tre Marie". Remember that Italians use terms like "Monsignor" a bit more … Read More →

Look at the difference in these reports: Emphases mine.     Gerlie Anobong – AHN News Writer     Vatican City (AHN) – A drunken, barefoot Frenchman was reportedly seized by the authorities after he managed to ring a bell in the … Read More →

While many in Italy are moaning and grousing, Carlo Card. Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna, known to be quite papalino has established the older form of Mass, according to Summorum Pontificum, as of Sunday 18 October, every Sunday and Holy Days … Read More →

I am listening to the radio interview with His Excellency Bishop Sheridan of Colorado Springs about Summorum Pontificum.  It is very interesting and balanced! He makes some great observations about Mass ad orientem, young people who want the older Mass, … Read More →

Our friends in the common cause over at Rorate have put up the full text of the talk, in English, delivered in the Netherlands by His Excellency Most Reverend Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline … Read More →