Tag summorum pontificum
Our friend Brian Kopp writes over at the Summorum blog about the preface written to Dr. Alcuin Reid’s new book. In the preface, Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, makes some very forceful comments about the rights of the faithful when it comes… Continue Reading →
Did you hear the news about the petition in England regarding the Traditional Latin Mass? Well, a number of notables and quotables from across the political spectrum – “humbly requests” that the bishops make traditional Masses widely available to the… Continue Reading →
Bishop Richard Williamson has persistently been the most hard line of the leadership of the SSPX. Over the past days there has been much talk about the pre-conditions set by Rome for some sort of gesture toward the SSPX seeking… Continue Reading →
Wow! I mean…Wow! Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has the incredible story of His Excellency Most Reverend André Rivest, Bishop of Chicoutimi in Canada. (What is it with these Bishops in Canada?). Bishop Rivest is in open opposition to Pope Benedict XVI… Continue Reading →
Following up on the incredible news that the Traditional Latin Mass, now called the Gregorian Rite, will return to all parishes. Damian Thompson, in a comment at Fr. Z’s WTDPRS sets the scene for us when he heard the words… Continue Reading →
In a stunning press conference given in England during his visit to that country, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, said that, according to The Telegraph, all seminaries must teach priests to say the Mass… Continue Reading →
Cardinal Kasper, the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity published an article at the end of March in Germany that has now been translated into English. This article follows all the hubbub that followed the change in… Continue Reading →
There was a comment recently in one of my posts on Bishop Williamson of the SSPX that got me thinking. (dangerous, I know) I have seen this comment here before and on many other blogs that comment on either the… Continue Reading →
First the statement, then a question. From the Vatican Press Office Following the publication of the new Prayer for the Jews for the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal, some groups within the Jewish community have expressed disappointment that it… Continue Reading →
Yesterday I had the honor and privilege to attend a Solemn High Mass of the Extraordinary form at which the Most Reverend William Murphy, Bishop of Rockville Centre on Long Island, conferred Papal honors and the title of Monsignor upon… Continue Reading →