The Church instituted the feast of the “Chair of St. Peter” to honor the “Prince” of the Apostles. According to the Roman calendar it has been celebrated on February 22 since the year 354. In order to conserve this precious relic, Pope Alexander VII enclosed the Cathedra Petri above the apsidal altar of St. [...]
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 New Liturgical Movement by Gregor Kollmorgen Bruno Volpe, of Petrus, has interviewed Archbishop Albert Malcom Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Here is my translation: B. Volpe: Your Excellency, unfortunately Holy Mass, in Italy and in various other parts of the World, continues [...]
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On Saturday March 1, 2008 a.D. at Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Lincoln, Nebraska His Excellency Bishop Alvaro Corrada, SJ of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas will ordain 3 seminarians to the Diaconate and 1 to the subdiaconate for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter is [...]
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By Phil Stewart Mon Feb 18, 1:48 PM ET VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican‘s top saint-maker said on Monday he was moving ahead with the cause of wartime Pope Pius XII, and defended him against accusations he was silent about the Holocaust. Some critics accuse Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, of [...]
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Thanks to everyone that attended our first speaker’s series, Culture, Convenience and Catholicism with Father Gerard Saguto. Everybody was very brave to weather the temperatures that were in the single digits with sub-zero wind chill factors. And again, many thanks to Father Saguto who drove over an hour to get back home. On a warmer note, we are [...]
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In H.H. Pope Benedict XVI’s ongoing Marshall Plan which is reinvigorating Roman Catholic identity in a secularizing world a Vatican letter leaked today confirms that all seminaries will be instructed to teach students how to celebrate what used to be known as the Tridentine Mass. Specifics of this letter are published on: FrZ’s blog ( http://wdtprs.com/blog/2008/02/pced-seminarians-have-the-right-and-must-be-trained-in-the-tlm/ [...]
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Father Roberto Cano, FSSP +AMDG+ So there abide faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. XIII, 13 In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen. On this Quinquagesima Sunday, the last Sunday before the season [...]
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Rev. Mr. Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP +JMJt “And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards He was hungry.” + Today we celebrate the first Sunday of Lent, yet today we do not fast. The Church rather began her fast this past Wednesday, so as to imitate most faithfully the life of our Lord [...]
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Father Roberto Cano, FSSP Arise be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for thy light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee. Isa. LX, 1 In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen. This solemn feast of the Epiphany is the continuation of [...]
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Canon Law of the Catholic Church concerning fasting and abstinence for Latin Rite Catholics states: Can. 1249 All members of the Christian faithful in their own way are bound to do penance in virtue of divine law; in order that all may be joined in a common observance of penance, penitential days are prescribed in [...]
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