In Koch’s view, the readmission of the celebration of Mass in the preconciliar form is “only the first step,” but “the time is not yet ripe” for further steps. Rome can take further actions only when there is readiness among Catholics to consider new forms of liturgy “in service of the Church.”
Archive for category Ecumenism
“The most serious ideological challenge to the ecumenical–liturgical consensus and vision was certainly the 2001 Vatican document on translation, Liturgiam authenticam, a source of frustration to so many both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church.”
This Protestant man doesn’t receive Communion in the Catholic Church – except when a Bosnian Franciscan priest offers it.
Worth fighting about?
Jan 1
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Erection of the personal ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter and naming of the first ordinary
Jan 1
The ordinariate is for Episcopalians/Anglicans in the U.S. coming into the Roman Catholic Church.
Language and Identity
Dec 29
One problem with a group-defining language is that it naturally excludes others. Apparently this was not a problem for the authors of Liturgiam authenticam.
Can Catholic Christians and other Christians still worship together when they disagree on controversial contemporary issues?
The service itself was not promoted as Roman Catholic per se… the presider said, “Let’s try that again. The Lord be with you.” The laughter immediately died down and the congregation responded, “And with your spirit.”
Intelligence sources for the Mormons misinterpreted the Pope’s words. They believed that the Catholics were about to launch a nuclear strike on their headquarters city.
A recent pastoral letter from Richard Chartres, Bishop of London entitled ‘Do This in Memory of Me’.