Monthly Archives: March 2013

Hans Küng is extremely delighted

Posted on Sunday, 17 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pope Francis: Reformers call unexpected pick ‘a very happy surprise’ For a conservative, this would be a damning indictment for the Franciscan Papacy. From the little I have read of Hans Küng, particularly his introduction to Hans Bernard Hasler’s How … Continue reading →

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Ah, begorrah

Posted on Sunday, 17 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It be Saint Paaatrick’s Day, to be surrre! I wish any Irish readers a happy feast day, in spite of the fact that the feast is displaced by Passion Sunday and has to be transferred or merely commemorated. I celebrated … Continue reading →

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High Church and Humble Service – no Opposition

Posted on Sunday, 17 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not ‘High Church’ versus humility and service of the poor Humility and service of the poor and sound Catholic teaching, reverently celebrated liturgy and glorious ceremonial are not opposed, but can and are intended to go hand in hand.  There’s … Continue reading →

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The Pastoral Side of Pope Francis

Posted on Sunday, 17 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Over the last couple of days, I picked up on sole of the articles relating to the new Pope’s apparent insensitivity to what he termed as the “carnival”, referring to items of Papal dress revived since 2005 by Benedict XVI. … Continue reading →

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Brace! Brace! Brace!

Posted on Saturday, 16 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Reports that Pope compared traditional liturgy to a carnival and the Master of Ceremonies to be sacked very soon Torpedo! Torpedo! Torpedo! – – – BOOM! It does seem to be insulting to the former Pope that some of the … Continue reading →

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Free Church of England and the Union of Scranton

Posted on Saturday, 16 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is interesting – Økumeniske samtaler i Storbritannia. I suspected this for a long time, but it was all kept under wraps. Bishops Flemestad of the Nordic Catholic Church has revealed ecumenical work between the Union of Scranton and the Free … Continue reading →

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“The traditional Latin Mass brigade is finished.”

Posted on Saturday, 16 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

First Impressions of Francis This is an interesting point of view. A Vatican diplomat assured me yesterday, “The traditional Latin Mass brigade is finished.” Do I detect a note of triumphalism and schadenfreude? This, if truly said by someone in … Continue reading →

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Official Vatican Response to Accusations against Pope Francis

Posted on Friday, 15 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I reproduce this official statement from the Vatican Information Service. As far as I am concerned, Pope Francis is innocent of any collaboration with an evil dictatorship, and I will not comment any further on the issue. * * * … Continue reading →

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Ordinariates under Pope Francis

Posted on Friday, 15 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Deborah Gyapong asks the question Could this new Pope pave the way for new Ordinariates? I suppose nothing is impossible, and we will not have long to wait to find out what the major orientations of the new pontificate are going … Continue reading →

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Fools for Christ

Posted on Friday, 15 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Is this an image of the Church? This moving image shows a person who appears to be a strict-observance Franciscan praying in St Peter’s Square before the white smoke appeared. The western Church had St Francis of Assisi himself. One … Continue reading →

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