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27
Liturgical Dispute
September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Letter on 1962 Missal Causes Skirmish
By Elizabeth Lev
After the sunny skies of August, storm clouds appeared this week in Rome as Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter “Summorum Pontificum” came into effect Sept. 14.
For those who have been sleeping under a liturgical rock this summer, the July 7 papal document, issued “motu proprio” (on his own initiative), [...]
Sep
27
Six Nuns Excommunicated in Arkansas
September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Members of Canadian Sect
Six women religious were excommunicated in Arkansas for their involvement in the schismatic association Army of Mary, based in Quebec.
The diocesan newspaper The Arkansas Catholic said that it is believed to be the first time anyone in the Diocese of Little Rock has been formally excommunicated.
“It is a painfully historic moment in [...]
Sep
27
Mexican Medical Mission
September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In the city of Gomez Palcio located in the northern Mexican state of Durango, the second annual Medical Mission was held from May 21-25, spearheaded by a group of seven Americans that came from the SSPX’s chapels in Philadelphia, Phoenix, El Paso and North Carolina who joined up with a fellow group from SSPX’s chapels [...]
Sep
27
Quote Of The Month
September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“If our life was not under Mary’s protection, we might tremble for our perseverance and our salvation.” (St. Peter Julian Eymard)
Sep
27
Pope Praises the Evangelical Wisdom of Paul VI
September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday evening in the Swiss Hall of the Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo, Benedict XVI attended a concert by the “Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli” International Festival Orchestra of Brescia and Bergamo, Italy. The event was organized to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Pope Paul VI who was a native of the town of Concesio [...]



