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This is how rumors get started
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deacon greg kandra
Yesterday, I posted on the proposed changes in the mass text, and how they might affect the deacon. A couple days earlier, I’d also put up a story about the Bishop of Tulsa deciding to celebrate mass ad orientem. This prompted one commenter to write: The new liturgical rite for the Mass is being finalized.…
Hail, Holy Queen: heaven and earth resound the hymn!
By
deacon greg kandra
Since we are convinced, after long and serious reflection, that great good will accrue to the Church if this solidly established truth shines forth more clearly to all, like a luminous lamp raised aloft, by Our Apostolic authority We decree and establish the feast of Mary’s Queenship, which is to be celebrated every year in…
A little Medjugorge news
By
deacon greg kandra
One of the leading critics of the alleged apparitions has given an interview that has appeared in several Serbian newspapers. In it, he puts the Medjugorge phenomenon in a cultural and political context — and describes the apparently differing opinions of Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul. You can read more and decide for yourself.
Lutherans vote to allow gay clergy
By
deacon greg kandra
What many predicted would happen has, in fact, come to pass. From the New York Times: After an emotional debate over the authority of Scripture and the limits of biblical inclusiveness, leaders of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination voted Friday to allow gay men and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as members of the…
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