Monthly Archives: July 2008

For the one year anniversary of the release of Summorum Pontificum, on 7 July, I asked you readers to post some of your own thoughts about what the Motu Proprio has meant to you, what the provisions have done for … Read More →

I got this note via e-mail: Dear Fr Zuhlsdorf, Since you were so kind as to post a blog entry about the creation of the new personal parish for the traditional Mass in Vancouver, I thought you would be interested … Read More →

I have to ask…. Is there anyone in the Anglican Communion really thinking that the Church of England, etc., will be taken more seriously if they consecrate woman as bishops? The theologicai hermeneutic for the Anglican Communion seems to be … Read More →

Today we read that H.E. David L. Ricken, formerly of Cheyenne, WY, is now the new bishop of Green Bay, WI. Also, as per the rumor reported yesterday, H.E. Angelo Amato, SBD, is now the new Prefect of the Congregation … Read More →

We are Italian now. Well.. I am Italian in a sense already… but… the One Year Later interview I did with ZENIT (in two parts here and here) is now coming out in Italian. Part 1 (Part 2 on Wednesday) … Read More →

We are watching the Anglican implode this week. No surprise. But this is rather interesting.  Damian Thompson has this to report, as I picked up from my friend Fr. Blake: [Church of England] bishop will lead Anglicans to RomeTuesday, July … Read More →

I am caught in a dilemma.  I am simultaneously filled with admiration of those bishops who know how to manipulate the rules of order for the Conference of Bishops, the "process", in order to delay something they don’t like (such … Read More →

For the following, many thanks to the first in the trail of bread crumbs, His Hermeneuticalness, and then Creative Minority Report.  Kudos. Notice the Instructions?  

The intrepid Andrea Tornielli of Il Giornale has a solid on some changes.  Here is my fast translation: Before Benedict XVI’s departure for the long trip to Australia, which will take place mext Saturday, the name of the new Vatican … Read More →