Month: March 2014
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Viewpoint: Advancing the Roles of Women in the Church
The Church continues to be at a loss as to how to advance the roles of women in its administrative structures.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! [updated]
Some Irish wit and wisdom for the day from Pray Tell:
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National Catholic Youth Choir – applications due FRIDAY!
Each year up to 45 high school students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 from across the United States are selected to participate in the choir. This year’s theme, drawing on the message of Pope Francis, is “Called to Serve.”
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Yves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XXXI
[The proposed motu proprio] lays down that texts for use in the vernacular must first be submitted to the Holy See, and approved by it. This is the very negation of the worth of the Council.
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Liturgical Translation: Some Are More Equal than Others?
In theory the procedures for obtaining official recognition for vernacular translations from the Congregation for Divine Worship in Rome (hereafter CDW) are the same for everyone. In practice it seems that some nations and groups are more equal than others.
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The Secret Pope Francis Haters
The Pope won’t likely worry about how people judge his first year on the job.
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The life of a monk ought to be a continuous Lent…
Luther eventually fell three months behind and gave up altogether.
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Pan-Orthodox Synod has my head spinning…
A few days ago, at the end of the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox churches this month, a Pan-Orthodox Synod was announced by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to begin in 2016. This is a big deal.
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A Thoughtful Few Days
I recently received an email from a friend in which he concluded with the line: “Have a less ascetic Lent but a more thoughtful one.”