While some leading Catholic universities in America are so anxious to curry favor with the secular culture that they are willing to compromise their very identity, one woman stands unafraid… By Andrew Rabel MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2009 Dear friends, I am here late in the evening in the office of Inside the Vatican in Rome, [...]
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Mass trend: Latin making a comeback locally Preface: One can appreciate Mr. Steven Spearie’s efforts with writing about the Traditional Latin Mass at Blessed Sacrement in Springfield, Illinois. However, his knowledge and understanding of the Traditional Latin Mass falls short. He sure didn’t get his research from Father Arnaud Devillers, FSSP! Yet, just enjoy the fact [...]
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His Excellency, Bishop Fellay From RORATE CAELI: In his latest Letter to Friends and Benefactors (in French, dated April 15, 2009), the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX), Bishop Bernard Fellay, after some strong words about those enemies of the Church (inside and outside Church institutions) who have [...]
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Fr Annibale Bugninis Defense of Mass Antiphons against Vernacular Hymns First, does this eye-opening piece by Jeffrey Tucker … at NLM bear further comment? Second, can Hymns Licitly Replace Propers? In short, in 1969 the [Bugnini] Consilium was asked this question. Their reply: “That rule [permitting vernacular hymns] has been superseded. What must be sung [...]
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The Vatican has cleared the way for the beatification of John Henry Newman, the English Roman Catholic Cardinal. By Simon Caldwell, Telegraph.co.uk . A panel of theological consultors agreed unanimously that the inexplicable healing of an American man who was “bent double” by a severe spinal disorder came as a result of praying to Newman [...]
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Okay, technically, Catholics in the US are only allowed to dispense from the year-round Friday abstinence from meat if they substitute a comparable penance for it … but in practice, the vast majority of Catholics have forgotten to even do this. . Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, however, has dispensed with the substituting … and has [...]
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Th Vatican City, Apr 23, 2009 / 11:00 am (CNA).- On Thursday morning, Pope Benedict addressed representatives of the Pontifical Biblical Commission following their plenary assembly and said that a correct understanding of Scripture does not come from “the individualistic illusion that biblical texts can be better understood outside the community of believers” but rather [...]
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Peoria, Ill., Apr 24, 2009 / 03:46 am (CNA).- The famous Catholic evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s reputation for holiness and his impact on Catholics and non-Catholics alike has led to his cause for beatification being opened. Bill Engelbrecht, a member of the Archbishop Sheen Foundation’s board of directors, told CNA recently that the cause is progressing [...]
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On Sunday April 26th, 2009 the University of Notre Dame will hold its 5th annual Eucharistic Procession. All are welcome to join the Reverend Patrick Neary, Rector of Moreau Seminary, and the Notre Dame community as they celebrate and give witness to Christ’s presence in the Eucharist. Read the entire article [...]
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On April 19, 2009 Bishop Frank J. Dewane of the Diocese of Venice in Florida Dedicated Christ the King Church in Sarasota, the first church in Florida which will administer the Sacraments exclusively according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Read the entire article
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