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A Telegraph article on the priest who said Mass on the set of TPOTC Very interesting – the fellow has high family connections among intellectual, aristocratic Old Europe. But it was this passage that I found the most memorable: Speaking at his home near the Roman-era Caracalla Baths – a room in the College of…

About Bishops’ appointments: From the Texas perspective From the Philadelphia paper And here From Helena

I mean, the rule to stand during communion is dumb and slightly comical (they instituted it here in my archdiocese with the caveat that your could sit after the first song if you liked. Result: half the community is sitting and the other half is standing, the exact opposite result from the one desired.) And,…

First, Donoghue in Atlanta, in a letter to his clergy last week: (no link available) “At the celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the rite of the Washing of the Feet is optional. Where it is celebrated in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, it is my decision that the rubric…

You probably already know, but I am just emerging after engaging in the most idiotic, frustrating research this morning and afternoon. Which bore no fruit, anyway. But here’s today Bishops in the USA: Appointed Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante, coadjutor of Dallas, U.S.A., as bishop of Camden (area 6,967, population 1,337, 476, Catholics 450,271, priests 353,…

The play based on the depositions of Cardinal Law, that originated in Chicago, is coming to Massachusetts The lights go up on Cardinal Bernard Law, his back to the audience, kneeling in prayer. It almost seems as if the cardinal himself is onstage until he turns around and it’s actor Jim Sherman. What happens during…

Somehow, this escaped my radar… You may remember that South Dakota was all ready to pass legislation banning abortion, and the governor was ready to sign it. Turns out the bill was defeated, and many are wondering what’s going on with National Right to Life Shock waves are still reverberating one week after South Dakota’s…

Who gets the deed to the Polish church? Archbishop Raymond Burke sent a clear message this weekend to an independent Polish church in St. Louis: Follow church law or cease to exist as a Catholic church. Many parishioners of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church north of downtown received the letter Saturday from the archbishop outlining the…

The following comments refer to issues related to implemenation of the GIRM, particularly re/post-Communion posture, which has been contentious for a year now, and the subject of much confusion.

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