Day: April 10, 2012
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Pelicans on Good Friday
“O pie pellicane!”
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I know something about liturgical authenticity. It doesn’t exist.
Conservatives frequently use the word “authentic” to chide liberals for playing fast and free with “the real thing.” Using “authentic” that way is not, well, not “authentic.” It’s not the way “authentic” is authentically used. By all means, let the Church do due diligence in debating what it wishes to pray, but not under the…
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Meeting Eucharistic Need
Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, England, issues a pastoral letter seeking input for the best possible deployment of priests and deacons. A reader responds.