“It’s long past time that Catholics of all stripes came together to work through the issues that divide us. But it will never happen without a dose of realism.”
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Category: Pope Benedict XVI
One Flock, Walking Together
“When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”
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Is the Confiteor an obligatory part of Mass?
The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a letter earlier this week regarding the report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising. This post will not
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Two Views on Liturgical Reform: Joseph Shaw (Latin Mass Society) and Anthony Ruff (Pray Tell)
Shaw and Ruff respond to nine questions on liturgical reform and Traditionis custodes.
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Liturgical change at the Second Vatican Council: a report from 1963
Ratzinger on the liturgies held at the start and conclusion of the 1st session of Vatican II.
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Divine Mercy negotiations UPDATED 5/18
This morning a letter from the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was released. It was addressed to the Polish Episcopal Conference to mark the 100th anniversary
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Vatican asks bishops to review use of pre-Vatican II mass
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has sent a letter to presidents of the national episcopal conferences asking each bishop in the world
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It is ALWAYS Advent!
Homiletic reflections on Advent from a probing and thoughtful theologian: Joseph Ratzinger.
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Troubling the Lex Vivendi: The Church at Prayer Amidst an Imperiled Home
What is there about Sunday Mass participants that makes them least in accord with teachings on the ecology of Popes John Paul, Benedict, and Francis?
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Ad Orientem in Gallup NM
The Cathedral in Gallup turns things around.
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