Consider... Some weeks ago, a reader from a far-flung part of the world, emailed to ask for my help in responding to critics of the SSPX . It surprises me that there are still Catholics out there who are living through the utter chaos in both the Church and the world, and yet do not...
Background… John Ogilvie was the eldest son of Walter Ogilvie, a respected Calvinist who owned the estate of Drumnakeith in Banffshire. At the age of twelve he was sent to Europe to be educated. He attended a number of Benedictine establishments and eventually, he decided to become a Catholic. The first part of the 17th century...
With increasing frequency, I hear people saying that, while they prefer the traditional Latin Mass (and attend it when they can), they still attend the novus ordo Mass; generally speaking, it's easier to get to the new Mass or, in some cases, the people concerned have commitments in their parishes which they are not...
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Pope Francis, while he says "we must rediscover the reality of the Sacred Liturgy" also warns against "[looking] back to nostalgic past tendencies or [wishing] to impose them again..." Loosely translated, this seems to be saying, stick with the new Mass, and don't hanker after the old... So, it's maybe time to remind ourselves...
Catholics will please God by holding to true beliefs and correct moral norms. The Mass you attend is secondary... Editor, Catholic Truth writes... I keep finding myself in conversations with diocesan Catholics - defined simply as those who attend the new Mass - who consider that being orthodox in doctrine and morals is the most...
From LifeSiteNews... April 3, 2018 – There is a strange tendency nowadays to think that the external aspects of a thing matter very little, while the “inside” is all that counts. For example: as long as you’re “a good person on the inside,” it doesn’t matter what you look like, how you dress, how you...
Report on the Diocese of Middlesbrough, north-east of England... The new diocesan outreach ministry to the LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community has now held its first Masses in York. Some 60 participants travelled from across the diocese for the first Mass. Catholic members of the LGBT+ community were joined by their families, friends and...
From Vatican Insider... In a special issue entitled “It will be the year of Paul VI Saint”, the weekly magazine of the diocese of Brescia, La voce del popolo, writes that on 13 December, theologians of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Montini, after...
From the Catholic Herald, 8th September, 2017... Matthew Schmitz is right that young Catholics are more traditionally-minded. But that doesn't always mean the Old Rite Everyone, including Catholics, wants to figure out millennials, the much-maligned generation to which I undeniably belong. Last week, my fellow native Nebraskan Matthew Schmitz wrote a piece for the Catholic...
