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Some English Coptic Icons
Here are some neo-Coptic icons  at the Coptic Cathedral of St George at Stevenage in England.I discovered this by trying to get hold of pictures of art by an English-Egyptian icon painter called Fadi...
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Breaking: Pope to Resign; Conclave to be Called Soon
Many have asked, what will the liturgical future look like after Pope Benedict XVI? Well you are about to find out, because the Pope announced yesterday that he is renouncing the Office of Peter due to...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.1: The...
The very long rite for the dedication of a church will be presented in several parts. I anticipate that some people may find things a bit confusing, since the ceremony is not only radically abbreviated...
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Book Notice: Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal
Janet E. Rutherford & James O'Brien, editors Contents:D.V. Twomey SVD (NUIM), Ratzinger’s Sacramental Theology Dieter Böhler SJ, The Church’s Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, Israel’s Sacrifice Sven...
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Quo Vadis?: The New Liturgical Movement Post-Benedict XVI
The announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was understandably met with great surprise and shock throughout not only the Catholic world, but the world generally. Speaking liturgically,...
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The Debate Over the Council Continues
I saw this piece a few days ago on Chiesa and it struck me as not merely interesting but as rather important. I say this because, wherever one might fall with regard to these particular questions, this...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.2: The...
For a description of this part of the ceremony in the Pontifical of Clement VIII, click here. As in the Pontifical of Clement VIII, the evening before the dedication, the relics which are to be placed...
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In Utroque Usu from Argentina
The following was sent in to us by a priest in the diocese of San Luis, the pastor of the parish of San Antonio de Padua in Potrero de los Funes, Argentina. There he tells us that he celebrates...
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Portable Altar Cards for the Dominican Rite
I am pleased to announce that The Society for the Preservation of Roman Catholic Heritage has sent me a sample set of their new portable altar cards for the Dominican Rite. They have also upgraded...
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The English Missal
A number of readers were interested last summer in the discussion of the potentialities of the English Missal within the Ordinariate context -- not to mention as a potential model for vernacular forms...
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Final Public Papal Mass of Pope Benedict XVI
We have shown many of Pope Benedict XVI's papal Masses before, including his first, and so it only seems appropriate to now share the following from his final public Mass as Pope, taken yesterday in...
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St. Valentine (NLM Reprint)
With St. Valentine's Day being so prominent in the secular calendar of events, it seems a brief consideration of this day in its more properly ecclesiastical and liturgical aspect is in order. Here is...
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Pope Benedict's Future Residence
For those of you who might like to see the building in which Pope Benedict XVI will retire to, Robert Duncan of CNS has produced the following video which shows some outside views of it:
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Benedict XVI: Vatican II as I saw it
Recently there has been some vigorous discussion around the question of the Council, continuity and rupture. Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI shared his own reflections on this subject, which has been...
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Question about Fra Angelico's Work for NLM Readers
Recently a reader contacted me with a question about Fra Angelico's fresco of the Last Supper. Is there a particular reason why some of the figures are kneeling and others not? And who is the female...
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The Musical Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
At Crisis Magazine the other day, I offered some extended reflections on the musical challenge that faced Benedict XVI and his approaches to dealing with it. This was a very old problem, one that long...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.3: The...
This article includes the continuation of the dedication ceremony as found in the Pontifical of 1595, and the revision of this part made in 1961. The earlier sections can be read here and here. When...
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News from the FSSP in North America
It has been awhile since we last checked in the with the North American branch of the FSSP. They have recently reported that Bishop James Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Scranton, "traveled...
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True Knowledge is Being Struck by an Arrow of Beauty that Wounds Man
I recently wrote a small piece in which I highlighted the value of beauty in education, Beauty Communicates Something that Words Cannot. In this I quoted Augustine referring to the value of the beauty...
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Arms of Benedict XVI by Matthew Alderman
For those of you looking for a way to commemorate the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, I recently saw that Matt Alderman has done up a lovely rendition of Benedict's papal coat of arms -- which came...
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