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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)
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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: March 2010
Catholic Herald: Bishops call for renewal of Britain
Some time ago, Fr. Aidan Nichols set out radical and comprehensive program for Catholic renewal of England in a book The Realm: An Unfashionable Essay on the Conversion of England. (For readers in the UK click HERE to buy.) Fr. … Read More
Good spiritual reading in New Jesuit Review’s latest issue
In the latest issue of New Jesuit Review (issued by real Jesuits!) there is a fine article by my friend Fr. John Gavin, SJ, whom I got to know in Rome. Folks, there are good young Jesuits. Really. His article … Read More
Every storm clouds has its lining of silver… this time in Tennessee
In Tennessee a baptist minister has engaged in the worst sort of anti-Catholic bigotry. The pastor of Conner Heights Baptist Church, Jonathan Hatcher, distributed to students at Pigeon Forge High School the lowest sort of anti-Catholic pamphlets. One such refers … Read More
An initiative at St. Patrick’s, Soho, London. Not complicated, it just works.
If you want to see what a Catholic newspaper should be like, check out this article in The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly. Here is a great story. Preamble: Keep in mind as you read that NCR in … Read More
NCR has another little nutty
Poor things. Would they like some cheese with that whine? The hermeneutic of dysfunction Mar. 05, 2010 An NCR Editorial It doesn’t take an expert church observer to understand that those who want to diminish the effect of the Second … Read More
WDTPRS – Thursday 2nd Week of Lent – “Prayer over the People” (2002MR)
A great new feature of the 2002 Missale Romanum in Latin is that for Lent the "Prayer over the people" or Oratio super populum has been revived as an option. This is a step in the right direction, to be … Read More
Three monitors
Have any of you set up three monitors? On the mothership I have 2 identical monitors (a card with two digital heads). Could I plug in an additional graphics card and run a third monitor?
Team RUBICON at it again in Chile!
I am glad to report that Team Rubicon is working in Chile. Remember what they did in Haiti? They are on the move!
REMEMBER! 1st Thursday PLENARY INDULGENCE
Remember! 1st Thursday is TODAY… make a plan. In this year dedicated to priests and prayer for priests, Holy Church has provided lay people with a special plenary indulgence on first Thursdays of each month. For the faithful, a plenary … Read More
Merry del Val revisited; sundry digressions on Ratzinger and Horace and The Cardinal
Once upon a time the Secretary of State was not at the top of the heap in the Vatican Curia. Then came Pope Paul VI. To gain some historical perspective be sure to check the piece about Card. Merry del … Read More
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