Pope sees Pseudo-Dionysius as model for dialogue

Vatican, May. 14, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) resumed his series of talks on the early Church Fathers at his weekly public audience on May 14, introducing the Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, explaining how that 6th-century scholar anticipated the demands of inter-faith dialogue today.
The actual author of the works written by the [...]

Archbishop orders end to lay preachers at Mass

Minneapolis, May 15, 2008 (CNA). - Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul Harry Flynn has ordered an end to lay preaching at parishes in the archdiocese, saying the practice was more widespread than he had realized.
The Catholic Spirit reports that over the past 25 years as many as 29 parishes in the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and [...]

Why is Gregorian chant making a big comeback into American Catholic liturgical life?

Interesting article by Jeffrey Tucker over at NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT on the comeback of chant.  In fact, concerning that subject, our very own Michael Hughes has picked up the ball of organizing our schola.  If you have an interest in helping to develop our schola and live in the Indy metro area please contact Michael.    
by Jeffrey Tucker, NLM 
I just gave a [...]

St. John Bosco Latin Mass Community Crowns the Mother of God

Carmel, Indiana May 11, 2008 - The St John Bosco Latin Mass Community at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Carmel, Indiana crowned the Mother of God in a traditional crowning ceremony on Mother’s Day.  Father Roberto Cano, FSSP offered the Traditional Latin Mass prior to the crowning ceremony.  Mr. Robert M. Hofmeister and his son Nicholas were [...]

Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos on Summorum Pontificum

This is the introduction from the long awaited training video by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and EWTN on the Traditional Latin Mass.
 

 

High Schoolers Facing East

Six high school boys stayed after Thursday’s daily Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic School:
“Father, why didn’t you celebrate Mass facing East today?”
“I’m doing so on two days of the week, and on the other two the usual way. Do you like the Mass when I celebrate facing East?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“It feels more holy. It’s older right? But [...]

Anglicans Hesitate on the Path to Rome

HOLY SMOKE
by Damian Thompsom
 
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At least one Church of England “flying bishop” is ready to convert to Catholicism, and so are thousands of Anglicans. What is stopping them? According to a highly placed source, they simply cannot face the hostility of the current bishops of England and Wales.
There are four provincial episcopal [...]

Interview with Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos on Implementing Summorum Pontificum

by Vittoria Prisciandaro, JESUS
Found and translated by by Gregor Kollmorgen of  the NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
His Eminence is contented. The telephone of the ground floor office in the palace of the former Holy Office lives a new life. And on the desks correspondence from the entire world is piling up. After the promulgation of the Motu [...]

Ordained at 76, today he’s 80 and spitting nails!

Happy Birthday Father Sid!
May 8, 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana - In the Indianapolis metropolitan area, many know Father Sidney A. Sidor at St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church for his nail spitting sermons, his orthodox approach to the Catholic faith, Patristic academics and his Jungian scholarship.  Yet many are unaware that Father Sid answered the call to serve the Holy Trinity only after a [...]

Anglicans must choose between Protestantism and tradition, says Vatican

By Anna Arco, THE CATHOLIC HERALD 
The Vatican has said that the time has come for the Anglican Church to choose between Protestantism and the ancient churches of Rome and Orthodoxy.
Speaking on the day that the Archbishop of Canterbury met Benedict XVI in Rome, Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity, [...]