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Category Archives: Francis
Clarity from @Card_R_Sarah
« I am an African. Let me say clearly : the liturgy is not the place to promote my culture. Rather, it is the place where my culture is baptised, where my culture is taken up into the Divine. » … Read More
Francis’ Four Postulates from his programmatic encyclical “Evangelii gaudium”
At Rorate today there is a piece, the title of which called to mind something I’ve posted in the past. The interesting part of the title… “Strong Communiqué of the Chartres Pilgrimage: “Clericalism-Caudillism never works well…” Note “Caudillism”. Caudillismo. This … Read More
A moment of reflection…
A moment of reflection… Priest. I will go in to the altar of God. Resp. To God who giveth joy to my youth. Priest. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver … Read More
Traditionis custodes: Separate But Unequal
Art. 3. The bishop of the diocese in which until now there exist one or more groups that celebrate according to the Missal antecedent to the reform of 1970: § 2. is to designate one or more locations where the … Read More
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Day 1: St. Ann Novena
Share and re-tweet, please. 17 July through 26 July, Ann’s feast day in both traditional and post-Conciliar calendars, we can pray a NOVENA to the grandmother of God, the mother of Mary. Here is one novena prayer to St Ann. There are … Read More
ACTION ITEM! PRAY! NOVENA to St. Ann – 17-16 July. WHO WILL JOIN ME?
Today I have often thought of the late, great “Extraordinary Ordinary”, Bp. Robert Morlino, Bishop of Madison, who died in November 2018. After Summorum Pontificum Bp. Morlino embraced the Church’s traditional liturgical worship and responded to requests with fatherly generosity … Read More
First reactions to “Traditionis custodes”
Today, 16 July, is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. During the Amazonian Synod (“walking together”), it was at her church in Rome, near the Vatican, that the shrine to to the demon Pachamama was set up. Today, … Read More
Wherein Jesuit Fr Thomas Reese kicks in a goal for the other team
Archlib Jesuit (tautology?) Fr. Thomas Reese at RNS has perhaps scored an auto-goal (aka own goal). In a plaintive mewl, Reese laments the cool reception and, I suppose, implied resistance to Francis. “It’s the beginning of the end!” Get this: … Read More
4 July 21 – Francis undergoing surgery
Bottom line: on 4 July in the afternoon, Francis went to the Gemelli Polyclinic for surgery for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon. When that surgery will take place is not yet known.
Despite rumors, TLM advances in @ArchdioceseSF
Rumor volat. Meanwhile, our response is to push ahead relentlessly, joyfully. We are our rites and we cannot be stopped. I received this… “ In celebration of the 14th anniversary of the publication of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, St. … Read More
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