Monthly Archives: July 2008

Here is a story from the Chicago Tribune about Santissima Trinita dei Pellegrini, the church in Rome which is established as the parish for the Extraordinary Use of the Roman Rite. ‘A greater sense of the sacred’With pope’s blessing, Latin … Read More →

A friend of mine has just been made the new Bishop of New Ulm, MN.   Please pray for Bishop-Elect (or "Designate" as some prefer) John LeVoir, presently pastor of St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s in Stillwater, MN (home of … Read More →

Here is a find from American Papist: Report: Does incense make you high? Of course not, but that doesn’t prevent scientists from issuing research papers with titles such as this (I’m not making this up): "Incensole Acetate, an Incense Component, … Read More →

Fr. Joseph Kramer, FSSP, Pastor of Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome, gave an interview to Vatican Radio: Here is the Italian text.  I am rather too busy to do a translation.  Maybe one of you Italian readers can do … Read More →

If you are able, I recommend that you subscribe to The Catholic Herald, which seems to be pretty much on the correct side of most of our issues. Today I read an interesting review by Alcuin Reid of a new … Read More →

Here is a short excerpt from my weekly column for The Wanderer. Let us move to this week’s Collect, which historically was in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Gellonensis.  It was also the prayer over the people, Super populum, in … Read More →

Interesting…  I caught this from VIS:  S.E. Mons. Pierre-André DumasS.E. Mons. Pierre-André Dumas è nato a Saint-Jean-du-Sud, nella diocesi di Les Cayes, il 26 settembre 1962. Dopo gli studi primari compiuti presso i Fratelli dell’Istruzione Cristiana a Les Cayes, e … Read More →

Some video from Australia.  I find in this piece from World News Australia to be a bit polemical.  [flv]08_07_13_B16_arrives_austr01.flv[/flv] More of the same. This video has the Pope answering a question on the airplane about the sexual abuse situation in … Read More →

The intrepid Andrea Tornielli, vaticanista of Il Giornale, and now travelling with His Holiness to World Youth Day, reports on his blog what Pope Benedict said about the Anglicans, whose communion is imploding. My translation and emphases: Benedict XVI is … Read More →

Yes, folks, I’ll be here all week. … quoth His Holiness on the way to Australia.