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Read Entire LetterAs a part of this letter, the Holy Father, as is no surprise to anyone, encouraged Latin and Gregorian Chant. This letter also represents the thoughts of a synod of bishops. He also tries to correct some mistaken ideas about the mass and what "active participation" means. This later being one of the most misunderstood ideas in the Church since the Second Vatican Council and

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From Inside the VaticanAll who are interested in the Church's liturgy are wondering if the Pope will soon issue a motu proprio allowing the celebration of the 'Old Mass,' and (if he does), what it will say. One of the Vatican’s liturgists sheds light on the Pope’s plansTuesday, February 27, 2007By Anthony ValleANTHONY VALLE: Your Excellency, you have been generous in giving several interviews to

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Read Full Story POPE BENEDICT XVI plans to bring back the celebration of mass in Latin, overriding a rare show of protest from senior cardinals.With a papal decree said to be imminent, Catholic publishers in Rome are preparing new editions of the Latin missal. They have sent proofs to Vatican authorities for approval, the Rome newspaper La Repubblica reported yesterday.Vatican sources said

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See articleVatican, Jun. 23 (CWNews.com) Vatican, Jun. 23 (CWNews.com) - The secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship has conceded some "negative results" of liturgical changes since Vatican II, and voiced his support for reform of the post-conciliar liturgy, in an interview with the I Media news agency. Archbishop Albert Malcom Ranjith Patabendige Don told I Media that the Council

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The new Secretary for the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, gave this first public speech since his appointment. (This comes from Sandro Magister) It is a speech on the occasion of the publication in Italian of Father Lang's book, "Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer."The Ignatius

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"On Friday, March 31, 2006, ChurchWerks.com hosted an online chat session with Cardinal Roger Mahony from the main Exhibit Hall at the Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, Calif. Here is an excerpt:See conversationJoe: Hello Cardinal. With the growing interest in traditional worship of the Catholic Church are we going to see a more generous use of the Traditional Latin Mass?Cardinal

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This was an original commentary on the ConferenceProvidence brings Bishop Rifan to Una Voce conferenceBrian MershonNovember 30, 2005From the December 1, 2005, edition of The WandererPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amidst buzz in Catholic circles about the possibility of an imminent freeing of the classical Roman rite of Mass, Bishop Fernando Rifan offered a Solemn Pontifical Mass from the throne and delivered

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I am really sorry I missed the Una Voce Conference in Providence. Here are two articles that talk about the conference. Here are Bishop Bruskowitz and Bishop Corrada talking about the Tridentine mass and the way in which the Novus Ordo mass can be improved over time. (note: this does not constitute an endorsement of the site "renewamerica" I am only referring to these articles) Bishops

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The Rainbow Sash movement distributed a press release saying it wants to disrupt the mass again and use the Holy Eucharist as a tool to gain attention. I think they have a right to their own opinions but it is wrong to impose themselves on others at holy mass and create a sacrilege by misusing the most holy gift and possession of the church for their own political use. I thought it might be fun

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Here was a great post about the8 Habits of Highly Effective Bishops1. A bishop must be personally holy.2. A bishop must promote and defend the authentic Catholic Faith.3. A bishop must be committed to Catholic education.4. A bishop must work to strengthen the Catholic family.5. A bishop must foster vocations.6. A bishop must love the Mass.7. A bishop must be willing and able to start from scratch

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See Article"According to the Official Catholic Directory of 2005, the authoritative guide to the Catholic Church in the U.S., there are 121 active diocesan priests in Lincoln and 89,236 Catholics.Those numbers indicate there is one priest for every 737 Catholics, which is far greater than the total national statistic of one priest for every 4,723 Catholics. The New York Times reported Oct. 7 that

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Propositions from the Synod"Proposition 36 suggests that in international celebrations the Mass be said in Latin, apart from the readings, the homily, and the Prayers of the Faithful, and that priests be trained from the seminary to use Latin prayers as well as Gregorian Chant. It also recommends that the faithful be educated to do so as well.John Allen's originalThis reminds me of a conversation

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Bishop in Fargo says he will deny Funeral rites to Catholics who attend St. Pius X Latin MassIn contrast, this is how our current Pope Benedict XVI viewed these people:The Holy Father (then Cardinal Ratzinger) wrote in 2002:"For fostering a true consciousness in liturgical matters, it is also important that the proscription against the form of liturgy in valid use up to 1970 should be lifted.

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Two things to keep in mind when reading this articleThe Melkite Patriarch is right and wrong. Communion in the hand existed but it was the exception not the rule. St. Basil admitted it for times of persecution but there is no evidence that it was a universal custom in the church. The use and abuse of ancient history as it relates to the liturgy is amusing. People with no real evidence imagine

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...but new music? Attn: Peter, Paul and Mary: The idea is to remove profane musicWorking Paper Suggests Return to More Prayerful HymnsVATICAN CITY, JULY 22, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The working paper of the next Synod of Bishops suggests that "songs used at present" in the liturgy should "be reconsidered."The proposal appears in No. 60 of the working document for the assembly of bishops from all over

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Cardinal Keeler will boycott the Loyola University Graduation because Rudolf Guliani is the commencement speaker. I am not sure I agree with this. Rudolf Guliani maybe pro-choice but he is not against people holding pro-life views. I think that is what is most important. Mother Theresa was booed at Harvard but she was allowed to speak. Here is an excerpt from an interview with her and Time

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Archbishop Levada has been appointed the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. This is good news. I am sure he is glad to go even though I am sure he will miss San Francisco. We wish him well in his new endeavor. I have only met him twice. But both times he seemed somewhat distant and more than anything diplomatic. But always seemed like he was in a hurry to get

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How Does Your Church Baptize? Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane, Australia commented to the press that baptisms performed at St. Mary's Church for the past 10 years were invalid and re-baptism would be needed. This was according to canonical advice he received. The Archbishop said, "The words of scripture can't be adjusted to suit our own taste. The next thing we'll be getting rid of is

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This nice prayer for the Voice of the Faithful seems to have been answered. That was a quick election in which a pope was elected with what reports to be 80% of the Cardinal's votes. The Holy Spirit gave the church the leader we need to bring us all closer to Christ. Thank You VOTFA Litany for the FaithfulAt the time of the ConclaveR: God of Wisdom, God of Mercy, God of Justice, hear our

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This is a review Cardinal Ratzinger wrote Versus Deum per Iesum Christum. Versus Deum per Iesum Christum“The latest direction of liturgical action, never expressed to such an extent in the outer forms, is the same for the priest and for the people: towards the Lord”. The introduction of the dean of the Sacred College to the book of Uwe Michael Langby Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Now Pope Benedict

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I think it is generally unfair to characterize opposing viewpoints by their most extreme adherents or the most absurd end of their spectrum. Therefore, the following should be read in jest, even though the authors are quite serious. This is from the "Open Conclave" movement of feminists called Woman Church Convergence" Press Release of Women-Church ConvergenceApril 19, 2005 Women-Church

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See original article"En route to Rome, Clinton told reporters the pope “centralized authority in the papacy again and enforced a very conservative theological doctrine. There will be debates about that. The number of Catholics increased by 250 million on his watch. But the numbers of priests didn't. He's like all of us - he may have a mixed legacy.”I wonder if Clinton realizes that the growth in

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Looking at the news and the millions of people around the globe mourning the Pope and the encomiums filing in from everyone, I can't help but to think that maybe the Nobel Prize committee made a mistake when they did not give the Holy Father the Nobel Peace Prize this past time. See storyWhat struck me was Senator Dodd's statement that he met the Pope in 1983 and gave him a message from Lech

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last week had disrupted the flow of stuff. more tommorrow. Let us Pray for the Holy Father who is deathly ill at this point. Latest News from Bloomberg.

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As heard on the NewsHourJudicial or political interventionJIM LEHRER: In other words, the judge in Florida should not be resolving this; there should be a federal law of some kind that would resolve this?DAVID BROOKS: Right. And I would say building off the abortion example, I mean, I personally believe if we had settled the abortion issue politically rather than judicially, we would have

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