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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: October 2012
Catholic Near East Welfare Association and winter aid for Christians in Syria
I picked this up from my friend John L. Allen, the nearly ubiquitous and normally fair-minded prolific writer, alas still writing for the über-liberal Fishwrap. My emphases. The Catholic Near East Welfare Association — among the largest the providers of … Read More
Drama
From xkcd: Did you know that “dray-ma” is a legitimate alternative pronunciation of “drama”?
Ante diem vii kalendas novembres
From rogueclassicism: ante diem vii kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 1) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 1656 B.C. — Noah enters the ark (this must be Bishop … Read More
Hypocritical, one-sided, biased, mendacious, “tolerance” is on the horizon
Minnesotan readers! Get out the vote! Get your like-thinking to the polls and VOTE! Otherwise, have a taste of Christmas-Yet-To-Come. Not only is the Obama Administration actively and doggedly undermining our religious freedom, trying to reduce freedom of religion … Read More
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Of processions, flower girls, quzzing altar boys, and the use of the biretta outside
In some places it is customary to have a procession for the Feast of Christ the King. In the older, traditional, Roman calendar, this Sunday (the last of October) is the Feast of Christ the King. Our friends at Romanitas … Read More
Archbp. Chaput: “We are Catholics before we are Americans”
More from Archbp. Chaput: [wp_youtube]DaL176Wd70k[/wp_youtube]
Card. Burke’s contribution at the Synod of Bishops: “antinomianism …infected post-Council ecclesial life”
His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke, distinguished canonist and head of the Church’s “Supreme Court” gave his contribution to the Synod of Bishops. The theme he touched on, all too briefly, alas, was topic also examined at a canon law conference … Read More
“years of concerts being interrupted by the Mass”
From the fun Eye of the Tiber: Yonkers, NY––Blake Jennings, lead guitarist at St. Therese Parish in Yonkers, New York is outraged over what he calls “years of concerts being interrupted by the Mass.” The 56-year-old accountant and father of … Read More
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Archbp. Chaput: “Catholics cannot have alternate views on abortion”
It seems to me that His Excellency Most Rev. Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is probably the heavy-hitter of the US episcopal conference right now. CNA has this: Archbishop Chaput: Be Catholic before you are Democrat or Republican By Carl Bunderson … Read More
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