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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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Examining Priorities Against a New Standard

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

As every morning, I opened my e-mail and Internet, just like gentlemen in the old days reading The Daily Telegraph or The Times, or even The Guardian over their breakfast coffee and toast. I pay my fixed fee each month … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis and the Liturgy

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found a word from the Chairman of the Latin Mass Society in England who has this to say: There’s little indication that he has a great interest in the liturgy. Surprising as that might seem, I’m quite happy with … Continue reading →

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Oh dear!

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pope Francis branded Britain ‘usurpers’ over Falklands conflict I was 23 at the time and saw an English warship with a massive hole in the side from one of Leopoldo Galtieri’s Exocet missiles as I sailed into Portsmouth from France … Continue reading →

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New Counter Reformation

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

That has been a theme of the Abbé de Nantes and Catholic Counter Reformation in the 21st century for years and decades. Look at the sixteenth century. There were not only popes putting people in dungeons and torture chambers. There … Continue reading →

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A Conservative Evangelical Pope

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Francis I a friend to Argentine Anglicans In a note released after the election of the new Pope, Francis I, on March 13 Bishop Venables wrote: “Many are asking me what Jorge Bergoglio is really like. He is much more … Continue reading →

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Morning After Round-up

Posted on Thursday, 14 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m still reeling even though I went nowhere when most of the TAC either crumbled or went by bits and pieces into the Ordinariates. What transpired is that anyone who has an interest in liturgy, Anglican or pre-Pauline Roman, is … Continue reading →

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More Traditionalist Reactions

Posted on Wednesday, 13 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m English living in rural France, not Argentinian, but there are traditionalists who have experience of Cardinal Bergoglio as their Ordinary. The Horror! A Buenos Aires journalist describes Bergoglio It’s pretty hard. Comments would be welcome from anyone who has … Continue reading →

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Habemus Papam!

Posted on Wednesday, 13 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We had the white smoke and the bells of St Peters about fifty minutes ago. I’m watching Rome Reports live on the Internet. I’ll edit this posting when we know who the new Pope is. * * * The new … Continue reading →

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