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Category Archives: Classic Posts
Need another reason for Summorum Pontificum?
If you are looking for reasons why we really needed Summorum Pontificum – well – let’s also say the GIRM then take a look at this video which I found at Orate Fratres. The video is from the May 2008 … Read More
Time: Benedict may have killed off American Catholic liberalism
This in from Time. Let’s see what is going on, with my emphases and comments. Saturday, May. 03, 2008Is Liberal Catholicism Dead?By David Van Biema He may not have been thinking about it at the time, but Pope Benedict, in … Read More
PCED’s Card. Castrillon Hoyos: celebrate TLM in parishes even when it isn’t requested
An alert WDTPRSer, our friend Henry, caught an interesting comment in an article from CNA on the new DVD being made by the FSSP – which I haven’t seen yet and therefore reserve comment about. Let’s take a look the … Read More
FOLLOW UP: My review of the Visitor at Mass from Angelus Press
You may have seen the review I posted of a very helpful little booklet designed precisely For the Visitor at Mass. It is on sale from the Angelus Press, publishing arm for the SSPX. The director of the Angelus Press … Read More
What is Black Liberation Theology? Some basics.
As the controversy surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright continues to build, and we hear more of what he has to say about the foundations of his world view and that of the church where he was pastor, it would not … Read More
A friendly how to e-mail Fr. Z reminder!
o{]:¬) Folks, I literally get hundreds of e-mails a day. o{]:¬/ If you write to me, please keep a few things in mind. 1) If you don’t get a reponse, that is not a slight. o{]:¬)2) If you don’t put … Read More
A testimony about kneeling for Holy Communion and Communion rails
I found this on the blog Ecce Mater Tua: A couple of months ago someone left a comment on Fr. Z’s blog announcing that they had decided from then onwards to kneel each time they received Holy Communion. He appealed … Read More
Summorum Pontificum now in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis – text variations
The daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference Avvenire has an article on p. A23 about the appearance of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum in the official instrument of the Holy See for the promulgation of documents, Acta Apostolicae Sedis. … Read More
A PCED clarification: stabiliter not continenter in the MP and TLM in universities
A WDTPRSer sent me a copy of a response from the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei". Our reader had some questions for the PCED and the PCED answered them. I must say right away that this letter requires me to make … Read More
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession – reprise
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬) We should… 1) …examine our consciences regularly and thoroughly; 2) …wait our turn in line patiently; 3) …come at the time confessions are scheduled, not a few … Read More
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