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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
QUAERITUR: Children sent out from Mass after the Gospel
From a reader: We recently moved to a new area, where the parish encourages children to leave Mass after the Gloria for a ‘liturgy’ and returns them after the intercessions. I have not permitted my children to leave Mass, but … Continue reading
November is coming swiftly
From my email: The Religious Liberty battle is NOT over.
Recycling
This image is clearly aimed at discouraging panhandling. However… could it have another application?
Bp. Egan’s first address as the new Bishop of Portsmouth
The other day I watched the live stream of the consecration of the new Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Most Rev. Philip Egan, who was a collaborator with the outstanding Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Davies. At the end of the Mass … Continue reading
An American Bishop on the Democrat Convention, intrinsic evil, and voting wisely as a Catholic
In The Catholic Times, the newspaper of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois with my emphases and comments: Think and pray about your vote in upcoming election by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Much … Continue reading
Sloppy reporting about new “church tax” decision by bishops
I haven’t been following this interesting story, but I noted some of the use of language in reporting about the German bishops and the “church tax”. I will ramble a bit and my emphases. From The Beeb: German Catholics lose … Continue reading
Portsmouth, England has a new bishop
Today I watched the live stream of the consecration of the new Bishop of Portsmouth, Most. Rev. Philip Egan. At the end of the Mass, Bishop Egan gave a brief address which, to my hearing, sounded like a program for … Continue reading
Whither Latin?
From CNS about Latin: [wp_youtube]-1hP_ps6JiE[/wp_youtube]
A reader’s impression of 1st TLM (Pontifical!)
A reader sent in impression of the first Holy Mass he attended in the Extraordinary Form, and not just a Low Mass, either: I attended my first TLM this past week. It was a beautiful Solemn Pontifical Mass said by … Continue reading
Peters on Canon Law and deaconesses
From the blog of The Canonical Defender, Dr. Edward Peters, comes this: Some thoughts occasioned by Bp. Wcela’s essay on female deacons by Dr. Edward Peters Writing in America magazine, Bp. Emil Wcela (ret. aux. Rockville Center) is encouraging wider … Continue reading
