Tag summorum pontificum
Some good news for the Extraordinary Form on Long Island. On June 15, 2008 at St. Agnes Cathedral the Most Reverend William Murphy, Bishop of Rockville Centre, will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the Traditional Form. Further, Bishop… Continue Reading →
Let’s meet the Most Rev. Roger L. Schwietz, OMI, Archbishop of Anchorage Alaska. Bio: Archbishop Schweitz was member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate since his first profession of vows on August 15, 1961, Archbishop Schwietz was born in… Continue Reading →
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has obtained a letter from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei in response to a dubia. This response contains some very interesting hints of things to come in the forthcoming clarifying document. Damian Thompson expresses his particular brand… Continue Reading →
Fr. James Martin of the magazine America has been swamped by comments on his piece on the Latin Mass. But he remains curiously unimpressed by it. So unimpressed in fact that he’s concluded that it’s not the people who really… Continue Reading →
The Jesuit-run magazine America is asking if you can find the Latin Mass. A few weeks ago, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, said that he saw a certain obstinance (my word, not his) in response… Continue Reading →
In San Francisco, Archbishop George H. Niederauer, has recently issued his own norms for the celebration of the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. This has been the favorite maneuver of those Bishops not favorably disposed toward the classical liturgy…. Continue Reading →
Some may ask, what was the purpose of the recent Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum? There certainly has been no groundswell for the Traditional Latin Mass. Sure it is now available more and that is a good thing, but will it… Continue Reading →
In a move that I think should be applauded by the traditional minded, Bishop Renato Corti of Novara, Itay, has suspended 3 priests who refused to celebrate the “ordinary form” of the Mass on Sunday, according to the newspaper La… Continue Reading →
These two article appeared within days of each other. It’s comical how different the takes are. This first one is from Sunday’s Washington Times on the effect of Summorum Pontificum: Roman Catholic churches nationwide are rushing to accommodate a surge… Continue Reading →
I surely do love the crazies. Fr. Pat of the Sacred Heart Church in Missouri writes in the parish bulletin so that we can all read his insightful musings on the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. I will try to refrain… Continue Reading →