An excerpt of a new video interview with Cardinal Burke surfaced yesterday. He spoke with France2 television. One segment of the interview was particularly interesting to synod-watchers. Lacking an official translation, several people have provided their own. Among those whom …
Armor and Armament Abandoned: Priestly Prayers Purged (Part I – Júdica Me)
A critique of the 1965 Order of Mass, in three parts A recent online discussion of more reverent Catholic liturgy has revived consideration of the 1965 “transitional” Roman Missal and its similarities with the 1962 Roman Missal (called the Vetus …
The Chapel Veil and a Woman’s Rights
In my experience, it is impossible to talk about the Catholic custom of women wearing chapel veils at Mass without encountering judgment. Progressives will insist that the practice is an outdated custom to be tossed aside. Reactionaries will declare that …
Mass of Reparation in the Philippines
From a reader: If you could, please help us get the word out that we would be having a First Friday Traditional Latin Mass and Holy Hour as a Solemn Act of Reparation for the sacrilege that occurred during the …
A Poor Church for the Poor? The Universality of Jesus’ εὐαγγέλιον
The universality of Catholicism implies a socially inclusive Church. From its revelation in the institution of Christ and the preaching of the apostles, the New Testament reveals the Church as the home of every natural identity. She embraces women as …
Why Opposing the Practice of Altar Girls is Not Disobedient
The modern liturgical practice of girl altar servers has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks. First it was Cardinal Raymond Burke’s interview with Matthew Christoff at “The New Emangelization” in which His Eminence addressed the current Catholic …
Nominalism and the Possibility of a Modern Liturgy
In a recent article here on OnePeterFive, “Liturgy, Adaptation, and the Need for Context,” Adam Michael Wood attempts to draw a sort of liturgical middle way between rigorist traditionalism and laxist liberalism. I recommend reading the article yourself in order …
The Rise of Polyamory: Anything But Shocking
There’s a newish sort of word you may have come across in your Internet travels over the last couple of years: polyamory. Polyamory is exacty what it sounds like – engaging in a romantic relationship with more than one person …
Baldisseri: Pope Francis Approved Controversial Midterm Relatio
Over at Aleteia there is an interesting post about last week’s International Conference of family and life movements held in Rome (January 22-24). With the theme, “The Vocation and the Mission of the Family in the Church and in the …
Liturgy, Adaptation, and the Need for Context
Historically authentic productions of Shakespearean plays are occasionally in and out of fashion. Recently a movement championing “original pronunciation” purports to let us hear Shakespeare’s words precisely as they would have been spoken when the plays were originally written …