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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 Votes)
- I don't care one way or another. (6%, 1,696 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
A Sunday sermon
In the wake of many disappointments we have all seen in the press, continually see from people who should know better, concerning even Christians, Catholics, even whole Christian communities which betray both reason and Scripture and Christian Tradition, here is … Read More
QUAERITUR: oddities from a priest during Mass, invalid consecration?
From a reader: I have a question about the validity of the consecration. I attended two NO Masses this week and as each priest said, "…broke the bread…", they broke the bread with an audible crack. One priest held the … Read More
The next step
The Holy Father issued Summorum Pontificum. Card. Castrillon of the PCED offered the SSPS a list of conditions. The Holy Father lifted the excommunications. The PCED has been placed under the CDF. Now… with a biretta tip to Rorate. Bishop … Read More
Saturday? Find an exhibit!
I am at the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see an exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
U.S. bishops launch website on new Mass translation
For the most part we have not seen the Church’s leadership using the internet all that effectively. I think the situation will be improving. Here is one enormous improvement. From CNA: U.S. bishops launch website on new Mass translation Washington … Read More
Do not spend money to see this movie
Avoid Inglorious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino. It will be 7 hours of your life… er… well, 2 and a half hours of your life that seem like 7… which you will never get back. Ironically, the person who took me … Read More
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The next stage for the Holy Father’s wrist
CNA: Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug 21, 2009 / 10:20 am (CNA).- The Holy See’s Press Office has issued a statement today announcing that the Pope Benedict XVI’s personal physician, Dr. Patrizio Polisca, has removed the cast from the Holy Father’s … Read More
Archd. of Westminster checks The Bitter Pill
From Damian Thompson: The Tablet [The Bitter Pill or… considering their complacency about certain issues, perhaps RU-486] has been sternly corrected by Bishop Alan Hopes, auxiliary of Westminster diocese, for an editorial a couple of weeks ago in which it … Read More
grrr update
After having some successes with the desktop dashed to the dust of despair, I managed to get in enough to initiate a backup to a large external hard drive. I will set this problem to one side now for a … Read More
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