Monthly Archives: February 2008

I am in Brighton until tomorrow, when I dash southward to Rome. I am hosted here by Fr. Raymond Blake, pastor of St. Mary Magdalen parish, who has his own blog. Here is Fr. Blake in action this morning:   … Read More →

This evening took me away from Fr. Finigan’s place down to the coast and Brighton, where Fr. Blake is pastor at St. Mary Magdalen parish.  I came in on the late side, but we dashed out to a fine Chinese … Read More →

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I posted Fr. McBrien’s panegyric of Archbp. Marini here. McBrien’s piece raises a question for me. Consider what he says: What they oppose is the de-clericalization of the liturgy. In their minds, the Church is identical with the hierarchy and … Read More →

On the website of Card. Mahony’s newpaper, The Tidings, there is a piece by Fr. Richard McBrien (inexplicably still teaching at Notre Dame University) about the book that recently came out under the name of Archbishop Piero Marini. Shall we … Read More →

Here is a sample of what I write in The Wanderer each week (some of the format was lost in pasting it over here, but I am too lazy to put it back in): What Does the Prayer Really Say?   … Read More →

The fair-minded nearly ubiquitous former Rome correspondent for the ultra-lefty NCR, Mr. John L Allen, Jr., has led his weekly blurb with a clear and correct statement: Without a doubt, the push for robust assertion of traditional Catholic identity is … Read More →

At the time of this writing I am the guest of the intrepid Fr. Timothy Finigan, one of the Telegraph‘s front-runners to be the next Archbishop of Westminster (though that might be news to the Congregation for Bishops, perhaps it … Read More →

I have arrived in the UK.  After taking the Gatwick Express to Victoria and then transferring to the Underground to get to my destination, I am now enjoying the hospitality of the the great English clerical blogger, and pastor, and … Read More →