Category Archives: Linking Back

FOLLOW UP: McBrien’s “rather adolescently rigid” article… NCR readers react!

Notre Dame’s Richard McBrien says that "Eucharistic adoration, perpetual or not, is a doctrinal, theological, and spiritual step backward, not forward." You can read his sneering NCR article if you want or read it with my commentary HERE. A WDTPRS … Read More

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QUAERITUR: female servers for Extraordinary Form

From time to time the question of female servers for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite pops up in my inbox.  Yes… Extraordinary Form or TLM At present, the 1983 Code of Canon Law is interpreted such that females … Read More

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I mentioned “reparation” in my last PODCAzT

Then comes this. Here is the PODCAzT. 090 09-09-05 St. Leo on the beatitudes; the sacred, sacrilege and reparation

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A parish priest’s feedback about the funeral of Sen. Kennedy

I have received a great deal of feedback by e-mail from readers concerning my comments on the funeral of the late Edward Kennedy, pro-abortion Catholic Senator. Most of the feedback was what you might expect: we should celebrate Kennedy’s life, … Read More

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UPDATED: list of US bishops who have spoken about health care reform

The young Papist has been doing us a service.  He is listing the American Bishops who have made strong statements about "Obamacare" and what would – from a Catholic perspective – need to be considered in any debate about health … Read More

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Sean Card. O’Malley responds to critics of his decisions about the Kennedy funeral

The Archbishop of Boston, Sean Card. O’Malley, has a blog.   The Cardinal was recently a highly visible participant in the funeral Mass for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a decades long promoter of abortion rights. The Cardinal, no surprise, … Read More

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A few amused comments on polls

We have turned the tide on the nugatory poll about women’s ordination on the website of the Cincinnati newspaper.  GO HERE FOR MY POST. When I found the poll, 75% of respondents thought the Church should ordain women.  "HA!" quoth … Read More

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ALERT! ALERT! Poll on ordination of women needs attention

On the website of the Cincinnati Enquirer there was an article about the disciplining of a woman religious who works in for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.  She is in favor or, working for, the ordination of women.  Archbishop Pilarcyck is … Read More

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Consecration of a chalice in the traditional Roman manner

A Catholic Life has a great entry about the consecration of a chalice in the older, traditional older Roman Rite.  Be sure to check it out!  

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Return of a blogger: once an Anglican priest, now a Catholic layman

FYI, Jeffrey Steel, former Anglican clergyman and now a Catholic layman, has returned to blogging at de cura animarum. WDTPRS will be watching and reading with interest!

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