Daily Archives: February 16, 2012

Archbishop Vincent Nichols: Secularists are Holding Back the Faithful

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We started blogging this morning with the post, Britain has gone from God-fearing to God-jeering (here). Well still with Britain: The Archbishop of Westminster has said that intolerance is preventing believers from making “some of the best contributions” to the common … Continue reading →

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22-minute Dolan

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Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan knows that the New Yorkers at his daily Masses in St. Patrick’s Cathedral are pressed for time, so he makes sure his Masses are reverent but his sermons are brief. I think this 38-second clip should be … Continue reading →

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Ordinariate: Rome Expected to take Five Years to Approve a Liturgy

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Still with the Ordinariate, I see that Rome is expected to take five years to approve Personal Ordinariate liturgy: Members of the personal ordinariate will have to wait up to five years for Rome to approve their liturgical texts definitively, … Continue reading →

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Anglican Clergymen Become Catholic Priests: Taking the Final Steps to Ordination

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Texas — Charles Hough already had quite a career, including 18 years in the  prestigious post of canon to the ordinary in the Episcopal Church’s Fort Worth  Diocese. Now he wants to become a Catholic priest. Hough hopes to lead … Continue reading →

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Britain has Gone from God-fearing to God-jeering

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The Church of England is on course to disappear from these isles within three generations, unless there’s a miracle.  … An English professor at Cambridge tells me that, for the first time, they have put the Bible on the undergraduate reading … Continue reading →

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