In this episode of Vatican II Revisited, Kevin and I complete our examination of Gaudium…>
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(WM Round-Up) Arouca Press has brought out the third edition of their lovely little work The Liturgical Rosary.>
It is an unusual book, and to my knowledge, nothing of its kind has been produced before. There are many collections of meditations, but none like this.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year—for those of you that enjoy great conversations do we have a present for you! Tim Kelly, the veteran host of Our Interesting Times, had us on the program to discuss the oft misunderstood 1937 papal encyclical from Pope Pius XI, Mit brennender Sorge “On the Situation of the Catholic Church in the German Reich”.>
If you prefer listening to an audio-only version, as opposed to the YouTube link above, the conversation can be found on the platform Podomatic. Once again, we would like to thank Tim Kelly for inviting us on to discuss this much-needed reevaluation!>
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Men, many of us think of prayer as something that happens quietly in the head.>A thought.
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In address to leaders of Neocatechumenal Way…>
Bob Prevost of Chicago (right) greets Kiko Argüello of the Neocatechumenal Way>
(image: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News)
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Original Tags: Novus Ordo Wire, Carmen Hernandez, Kiko Arguello, Leo XIV, Mario Pezzi
In this series I summarise the traditional doctrine of the Catholic Church as explained in the 1907 masterpiece of Pope St Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis.>In the Gospel of St John Jesus Christ told Saint Peter:>
“Feed my lambs…feed my sheep”
Originally published in Frank Wright. Read original article
Men, there’s a particular kind of man you notice when you travel through Europe. He moves through a piazza in Rome or a café in Vienna with an ease that seems almost lost to our generation. His clothes fit properly. His manners are not performative. He knows the difference between a good espresso and a great one, and he knows why it matters.>My friend Evan Amato has dedicated himself to recovering what made men like this and more importantly, teaching the rest of us how to become them. His publication, Letters from the Old World, is a masterclass in what we’ve lost and how to reclaim it.>
The modern world has sold us a false bargain. We traded craftsmanship for convenience, beauty for efficiency, and substance for speed. Walk into any mall and you’ll find synthetic fabrics masquerading as clothing, mass-produced trash marketed as style, and a general flattening of taste that would make our grandfathers weep.
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Those misguided persons today who, in earlier times would be branded with the name “liberal Catholics”, sometimes attempt to present Pope Leo XIII (reigning from February 20, 1878, until his death on July 20, 1903) as an agent of liberalism, which is an absurdity to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of his pontificate. Others, more intelligent but possibly lacking in integrity, concede that Leo XIII was thoroughly anti-liberal in his magisterium, his doctrinal pronouncements and in the exercise of the papacy, but attempt to represent the august pontiff as sympathetic to their cause in the practical order. The Ralliement “Rallying” to the French Republic is the most [in]famous example. That said, is there any merit to this latter view and, if yes, to what extent?>Rest assured, the facts of history do not bear this out,1 nor will the contemporary testimony of our featured author, Monsignor Justin Fèvre, confirm this. Rather, his 1907 analysis dispels any such notion of liberalism on the part of Pope Leo XIII, either in the theoretical order (of course, impossible in his divinely assisted magisterium), or in the practical order. Importantly, Monsignor Fèvre begins his treatment by distinguishing between a liberal, properly understood and characterized by the adherence to revolutionary, rationalist and individualistic ideas, from the liberal man who displays the true virtue of liberality. The latter case is legitimate and not really the thrust of the accusation as we will see.
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This is an essay about the Doom Cult that tells you Things Can Never Get better, why it is a popular delusion, and how its sale has become a successful and lucrative product line.>In it, I explain how beliefs are popularised and why and that thinking is not what many people think it is.>I then explore the basis of reality and truth in an age when the supply of the mass manufacture of meaning is fuelling demand for alternatives.
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(WM Round-Up) – For several months, X has seen a few viral videos of white-habited Sisters singing Gregorian chant in a high gothic church. >
These videos garner much admiration, for the beauty of the singing and the architecture, and appreciation for a young religious order of Sisters.
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