Tag Archives: Vatican II

A fine word

Posted on February 11, 2014 by

The Holy Father had something good and important to say yesterday: When we celebrate the Mass, we don’t accomplish a representation of the Last Supper: no, it is not a representation. It is something else: it is the Last Supper … Continue reading →

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EF Mass threat, the abuse crisis, ‘whimsical’ liturgically dancing bishops: so what can we do?

Posted on July 30, 2013 by

H/T to Richard Collins at http://linenonthehedgerow.blogspot.co.uk  for this reasoned blogpost. from: http://australiaincognita.blogspot.co.uk I posted last night, on the decision to outright suppress, or severely restrict, the use of the EF Mass by the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Naturally some have sought … Continue reading →

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Crunch time?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

In amongst our comments, JabbaPappa reports: Le Figaro – “Rome and Écône on the verge of reaching an agreement” From major French daily Le Figaro, in an article signed by its main religion correspondent, Jean-Marie Guénois: Rome and Écône on … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Church Politics, Church Teachings, Ecumenism, Interreligious relationship, Pope Benedict, Society of St. Pius X | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Kicking away the ladder

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Shortly after I was born, an educationalist noticed that adults read in a peculiar way: we don’t actually read the letters in a word, or look at the word’s phonetic value, instead most adults look at a word, see its … Continue reading →

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April may be cruel month for relations with traditionalists

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

John L Allen Jr on Mar. 24, 2011 For anyone hoping that longstanding ruptures between Rome and the traditionalist wing of the Catholic church are on the brink of swift resolution, it may turn out that April is indeed the … Continue reading →

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In Defence of Tradition – Bishop Salvador L. Lazo

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

As we approach the advent of the New translation of the Roman Missal, and mutterings arise regarding resistance to change, it behoves us to look back to times when changes were greeted with equal trepidation. One such time was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotion, Liturgy, Mass, New translation of the Mass, Sacraments | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

VATICAN II – Bishop Schneider’s call for a “syllabus of errors”

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

I encountered Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who is also a patristic scholar, through a small volume entitled “Dominus Est”. From the book’s very first pages, this young and gifted bishop’s holiness shines through. His description of the Eucharistic devotion, which flowed … Continue reading →

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