“Magical” chants win Austrian monks recording contract

Berlin, (CNA).- After “blowing away” music executives with their performance of Gregorian plainchant, a group of Austrian monks has been given a record deal with Universal Music, the Independent reports. Universal had been persuaded that there was a market for albums of Gregorian chant by the success of the video game Halo.  The game, which [...]

Catholic vote could make or break McCain, says Reagan Catholic liaison

Washington DC, Mar 27, 2008 / 04:33 am (CNA).- Supporters of all major party candidates for the United States presidency are angling to discover how to best appeal to Catholic voters, who could be a key swing vote in the November presidential election. According to Robert Reilly, a successful McCain campaign must win over Catholics [...]

British government to reconsider Catholic monarch ban

                           Jack Straw  London, Mar 26, 2008 / 07:21 pm (CNA).- The British government is considering whether to abolish the 300-year-old Act of Settlement that forbids Catholics from sitting on the British throne, the Scotsman reports. Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, revealed the proposal after he unveiled the draft of the sweeping Constitutional Reform Bill yesterday. [...]

Vatican Encourages Work of Latin Mass Youth Group

 BROOKLYN, NY (MARCH 20, 2008) – With World Youth Day 2008 approaching fast, many Catholic youth groups are gearing up for the trip to Australia and the chance to meet other young Catholics from all over the world – as well as the Holy Father. The International Juventutem Federation is among those going to Sydney, [...]

St. Boniface Parish, Lafayette, IN Hosts Father Samuel Weber, OSB First to Offer the TLM in the Diocese of Charlotte

  On April 11 & 12, the Music Department at St. Boniface Parish will conduct a workshop on Gregorian Chant. The goal of the workshop will be to de-mystify Gregorian chant for those new to it, without neglecting those who already have a basic understanding of chant. Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB, will be guest lecturer [...]

Saudi king calls for interfaith dialogue

  By DONNA ABU-NASR and ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Associated Press Writers Tuesday Mar 25 King Abdullah is calling for a dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, the first such proposal from this strictly Muslim kingdom at a time of mounting tensions between followers of Islam and those of other religions. In a speech late Monday, Abdullah [...]

POINT, COUNTERPOINT: FATHER GY VERSUS CARDINAL RATZINGER ON THE LITURGY

The New Liturgical Movement’s Mr. Shawn Tribe’s sharp eye has caught a particularly interesting article in ANTIPHON, the journal of the Society for Catholic Liturgy.  This article in part is then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s response to Father Pierrre-marie Gy’s critique of the former’s THE SPIRIT OF THE LITURGY.  The Society has made available on their [...]

Intercession of Virgin Mary prevented war in South America, newspaper reveals

  Bogota, Columbia March 24, 2008 / 11:19 am (CNA).- The Colombian daily “El Tiempo” revealed on Holy Saturday that a crisis that could have ended in an open conflict between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela was averted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe confiding the situation to the intercession of Mary under the three different titles [...]

FSSP Ordinations by Cardinal Rodé and Archbishop Ranjith

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (MARCH 24, 2008) – The Fraternity of St. Peter is happy to announce the following ordination information: Saturday, May 31, 2008 Ordinations to the Deaconate:  Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation of Divine Worship, will ordain 7 men to the diaconate. Saturday, June 28, 2008 Ordinations to the Holy Priesthood:  (Vigil of [...]

For the Lord hath TRUELLY risen, Alleluia

   Quia surrexit Dominus vere alleluia Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain…for you are yet in your sins. + It has been my great pleasure to be with you since the feast of the Holy Family, which seems but a [...]

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