Oct
11
Uh Oh…Now What Do We Protest?
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
According to a story in the Times of London, Pope Benedict XVI is about to sign a universal indult permitting priests everywhere to celebrate the Mass in accordance with the rubrics of 1962 any time and any place they wish. This raises two questions.
First, who is going to wish to do these things beyond the [...]
Oct
11
Combox A’Poppin’!
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Christopher Blosser has done everyone in the Christian blogging community a huge favor by compiling the information in his two posts on torture (here and here) that I mentioned the other day. The topic is obviously a controversial one, so it comes as no surprise to find nearly 100 comments in the combox of [...]
Oct
11
Now Playing at Pontifications
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There is an interesting selection from the Vatican II document Gaudium et Spes on display at Pontifications. In this passage we hear that
In reality it is only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of humanity truly becomes clear.
This is a fascinating idea to me–I have blogged several times on the [...]
Oct
11
Martyrology Returning Soon
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A couple folks have asked about the daily lectio from the Martyrologium Romanum. In making the move to Beta Blogger I managed to lose the code I had written that was providing that, and it will be a day or two before I can put it back in. For those of you who can’t wait, [...]
Oct
11
Comment Moderation Now Off
October 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I have turned off comment moderation to facillitate discussion. I had only turned it on when I found that I was getting some obscene and racist comments on certain posts, but now that I’m getting a little more traffic from folks who want to discuss issues raised at Pontifications, I think that it will speed [...]
