Tag Archives: Roman Catholicism

The Return of “And also with you”?

Posted on Saturday, 28 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

With this posting, I am going to bring this new spate of “crisis porn” to a stop. Pope Francis has ordered a review of the new Mass translation He doesn’t speak a word of English. I wonder who he’s going … Continue reading →

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Paolo Sesto e Mussolini!

Posted on Thursday, 26 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I don’t often remember dreams, but when I was at seminary, I had a dream of being in Italy during the Fascist era. A crowd was singing the Fascist anthem Giovinezza to other words beginning  Paolo Sesto e Mussolini… followed … Continue reading →

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Our Lady of the Atonement

Posted on Wednesday, 25 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been reading about the events of the Anglican Use parish in Texas of Our Lady of the Atonement, built and faithfully served for so many years by Fr Phillips. This good and dynamic priest has been removed by … Continue reading →

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More Papal Bull

Posted on Wednesday, 30 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I invariably have other things to do when some new absurdity comes out of the Roman Catholic Church. The newest is that Pope Francis is being threatened by four Cardinal whistle-blowers over the issue of allowing civilly remarried divorcees to … Continue reading →

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Oh dear! Prosciugare la Palude…

Posted on Friday, 18 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

See The latest from Rome. When Benedict XVI abdicated, one intention of Pope Francis was in some way to “drain the swamp” in Rome, to coin the slogan now used by the Trump campaign / beginning of administration in America. … Continue reading →

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The Fatal Flaw

Posted on Friday, 21 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a constant theme: Anglicanism is intrinsically flawed by its comprehensiveness and doctrinal relativism because of the lack of a teaching authority (magisterium).  It is one argument that convinces Anglicans who are new to it to become Roman Catholics. … Continue reading →

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Pre-Tridentine Catholicism

Posted on Saturday, 17 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Searching for the Long Lonely Road to Pre-Tridentine Catholicism I heartily recommend this highly lucid article.

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Liturgists and Terrorists

Posted on Wednesday, 20 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It’s an old quip: the difference between a terrorist and a liturgist. You can negotiate with a terrorist – unless he cuts your throat with a knife or blows you up with a bomb shouting the middle-eastern equivalent of Heil … Continue reading →

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A Basket of Crabs

Posted on Tuesday, 19 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Un panier de crabes doesn’t mean very much in English, but I was appalled on reading The Sacra Liturgia Conference has set the cause of the Reform of the Reform back by 20 years. That may not be a bad … Continue reading →

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Pisser dans un Violon

Posted on Wednesday, 1 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The French expression conjures up a repugnant image of someone urinating into a violin. An earlier form of the expression conveyed the idea of blowing air into this stringed instrument, something that would not make the violin play music either. … Continue reading →

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