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11/10/2012
It is not clear that the present need is to rebuild a classic Congregation or Seminary. Both may be somehow out-dated.
It is not clear that the present need is to rebuild a classic Congregation or Seminary. Both may be somehow out-dated.
Before Vatican II the admirable Fr. Fahey warned that Catholics were not being armed to fight in today’s war on the Faith.
Today’s “universities” and job market both push young men towards the Sciences. But future priests need the Humanities. We have a problem.
The same author thanks all who sent greetings on his 70th birthday. The priest’s life has been and is a happy one.
The Mass is central to the Church because it embodies Catholic Doctrine. The Mass needed saving first. Now for the Doctrine.
Paul VI’s new rite of priestly Ordination can be validly used, because it does not positively exclude what is needed for validity.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.