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- Doing lunch
Today I had the treat of lunching with Barbara Nicolosi, who was in the area speaking at Huntington University, a small Christian liberal arts college. Greg Erlandson of OSV joined us (OSV is located in Huntington - Michael is out...
- A Whapster's take
Drew at Holy Whapping has interesting thoughts:The Exhortation plays an important role in this movement, then, by codifying Ratzinger's ideas on liturgy into the written magisterium of the Church. He gave the reform of the reform much of its steam...
- Must-watch of the day. Or night.
Or whatever. Found this via The Hermeneutic of Continuity, Fr. Tim Finigan's great blog. Fr. Tim found it on a new UK Catholic blog called Obnoxiously Pious. What this seems to be is the last part of a documentary film...
- Whoa, now
Go read Fr. Z on the English translation of the exhortation - rather, the translation of two Latin words (in the original) into the English, as compared to how it was translated into other languages. Update: Okay, okay...Fr. Z has...
- Putin and the Pope
They met today. From AsiaNews: Relations between Catholics and Orthodox were also on the agenda of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Benedict XVI, which took place this evening in the Vatican, in a “very positive climate”. The “cordial...
- Another take
Fr. Bernardo Cerverella, of AsiaNews, sums up the Apostolic Exhortation:Benedict XVI ‘s successful undertaking lies in having explained, as in a short catechism, that everything, really and truly everything subsists in and is held together thanks to the Eucharist: action...
- Summing up
...for now. I'm going to be out of the ..er..office until early afternoon, so this will have to do. First, as regard to abuses, let's get one thing clear - the norms for the celebration of the Mass are clear....
- Digging through the footnotes...
we find this:150) Taking into account ancient and venerable customs and the wishes expressed by the Synod Fathers, I have asked the competent curial offices to study the possibility of moving the sign of peace to another place, such as...
- New post
I'll continue going through this document. I have to say, as I do so more closely, I'm seeing things I didn't see in that first quick read (naturally enough). There is a subtle, yet very clear effort to re-orient the...
- Here ya go
Let's read.. First impression: Good stuff, but nothing in terms of practice that hasn't been said before, and nothing really new in terms of emphasis. This is not, of course, a legislative document (although in the Catholic context, that is...
- Put this on your list..
...to read and contemplate. Aimee Milburn at Historical Christian's short version of why she became a Catholic. (Longer versions are linked at the post!)In a nutshell, through a long period of study and reflection I simply became convinced that the...
- Beautiful
Fr. Dwight Longenecker on 40 Hours in his parish:To the outsider I know this seems arcane, irrelevant and difficult to understand. To many Catholics it seems the same. They wonder why worship cannot be more 'relevant' and more easy to...
- Responding..
....to the Hannity/Euteneuer dustup...FoxNews commentator, Fr. Jonathon Morris, LC:As I watched a fellow Catholic priest spar with you on the March 9 edition of Hannity and Colmes, I hung my head in shame and sadness. My colleague in religion (whom...
- Praying with the Pope
On Saturday, Pope Benedict gathered with European and Asian university students, both in reality and virtually, to pray the rosary. This event was held to mark the fifth European Day for Universities. A CNA story:On Saturday the Holy Father gathered...
- Speaking of Art
Painting Cardinals:When New York artist Alex Melamid watched the funeral of Pope John Paul II on TV in 2005, he was struck by the way the cardinals all looked the same -- as iconic dignitaries in red vestments.This year, Melamid...
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