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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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Category Archives: Fr. Z KUDOS
Have a meatless day!
GMTA. Over at His Hermeneuticalness’s place we find a photo of eggs and toast. “But Father! But Father!”, I thought. “I also had an egg and toast today!” Then, I continued needlessly, “Why? I’ll tell you why. Which it’s Friday, … Read More
A great newspaper op-ed by a priest on same-sex attraction
My dear old friend Fr. Jim Livingston, a priest of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has this to say about same-sex attraction. We are jumping in media res, but this is from the STrib: Some people can make the gay go … Read More
Brick by Brick in Duluth – 14 Sept. Solemn TLM (Great story behind this!)
For your “Brick by Brick” file, from the site of the Diocese of Duluth where the His Excellent Most, and I do mean Most Reverend Paul Sirba is Bishop, comes this. I have written about Bp. Sirba before, here. The … Read More
A parish bulletin message to people who dress inappropriately for Mass
A screenshot of a pdf of an actual parish bulletin. WDTPRS kudos to Fr. Paul Parkerson of Sacred Heart Church in Dunn, NC.
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Archbp. Nichols of Westminster is now a free man!
This is rather cool. The Diocese of Westminster has on its site the news that the Archbishop of Westminster received the Freedom of the City of London. The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster has received the Freedom of … Read More
Archbp. Chaput quotes St. Augustine on bishops during his installation Mass
During his sermon for his installation in the Cathedral Basilica in Philadelphia, Archbishop Chaput used several good analogies, including that of an arranged marriage (versus romantic love which often today winds up in divorce). However, he used a striking quote … Read More
UK: MP pushes to force Church to have contrary-to-nature “marriages” or no marriages at all
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, comes this portentous (I’m serious this time) article: Tory MP urges Cameron to crack down on churches that refuse to hold same-sex ceremonies By Simon Caldwell on Thursday, 8 September 2011 … Read More
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Design for a new cathedral in Raleigh. Great!
Is it possible that the Silly Season of church architecture is coming to an end? I saw at CMR that His Excellency Most Rev. Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, help a presser about the construction of a new cathedral church … Read More
The left-wing jihad against Bp. Robert Finn examined
Some of the most vicious attacks I have ever seen on a Catholic bishop from the catholic and the secular left, have been launched at His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Lately, the … Read More
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Listen to the new, corrected translation in use last Sunday in the wilds of England on BBC 4
On the site of BBC 4 you can listen, for this week, to a recording of a broadcast of Holy Mass from a parish in England, Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, from this last Sunday. That means Mass … Read More
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