Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fr. John Hodgins, priest for the Toronto Ordinariate Group, has posted about plans for a pilgrimage to Quebec this summer. Here’s an excerpt. Go on over and read the rest at his site: My wife and I will be making … Continue reading →

Pat Archbold’s piece at Creative Minority Report on Church unity specifically as regards the SSPX has been making the rounds, and interestingly was dropped or not run at The National Catholic Register. Father Z picked up the story yesterday, quoting … Continue reading →

Sandro Magister’s latest column at Chiesa has some interesting observations about the expectations of change regarding Church teachings on marriage, communion for divorced-and-remarried Catholics and so on.  Here’s an excerpt: In presenting the questionnaire to the press last November 5, … Continue reading →

A good reflection by Dale M. Coulter: The friendship between Francis and Tony Palmer, which preceded Francis’ rise to the papacy, prompted the greeting. On the basis of this friendship and the trust it entailed, the pope decided to risk … Continue reading →

Louis Campese, a former Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) bishop who led his Orlando, Florida parish into the Personal Ordinariate of St. Peter got a personal letter from Pope Francis that he received while in Rome—I guess he is with the … Continue reading →

Fr. Hunwicke asks the question and lays out a  number of scenarios. (1) Maundy Thursday. What will our Holy Father do? Will he, like last year, disregarded the law confining those whose feet he washes to the half of humanity called viri (don’t … Continue reading →

BTW, if the Pope did decide to name women cardinals, I would not mind if she were one of them.  From Crisis Magazine: I first visited Belgium in 2004 to attend a theology conference in Leuven.  The conference Mass was … Continue reading →

Here’s some of what the former Episcopal Delegate for Anglicanorum coetibus said over at the New Liturgical Movement: Let us be realistic. If you want the Extraordinary Form to become the Ordinary Form, reflect on the millions of people who … Continue reading →

He writes: In his first morning homilies as pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio often referred to the devil. And even this manner of speaking was appreciated, was found endearing. But one morning, on November 18, instead of the devil he  took … Continue reading →

Fr. Dwight Longenecker continues his look at what Bishop Tony Palmer means in terms of what is happening with the wider Anglican world.  (My bolds.) He writes: I hope the post did not come across as totally negative. While I … Continue reading →