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John Gallen and Bill Bauman, r.i.p.
Fr. John Gallen, SJ, and Fr. Bill Bauman, died yesterday.
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Liturgy translation “surprisingly good”
Andrew Hamilton writes, “My own judgment, based on a limited reading, is that, considering the narrow instructions governing its preparation, the new translation overall is surprisingly good. In less skilled hands the result could have resembled Inspector Poirot’s English. In fact it reads more like the English used in costume drama — workable, but with…
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When Choir Loft-Pulpit Relations Go South
Tense relationships between pastors and musicians are nothing new.
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Time on the new missal: Theological hairsplitting?
Time Magazine’s Tim Padgett writes: “The Catholic missal melee is unfortunately a reminder that the tiresome practice of theological hairsplitting is still alive and well in the 21st century… we Catholics look a little foolish right now — and not very Christ-like.”
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Translation… and contraception!
The Italian version of the Vatican-sponsored World Youth Day catechism says that Christian couples “can and should” use “contraceptive methods” – apparently caused by a problem in the original German text.
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Opening Prayer for Mass of Blessed John Paul II
Catholic News Service reports on the Opening Prayer (Collect) for the Mass of Blessed John Paul II, October 22nd.
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Conference: Implementing the New Missal: Anxiety, Renewal, Opportunity
Come to Saint John’s this June for CCMLA: Implementing the New Missal: Anxiety, Renewal, Opportunity.
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Another blognic in Rome
Well, the blognic sponsored by the Vatican probably will be kind of lefty liberal… so there’s anyother one happening in Rome: for Taliban Catholic bloggers.
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Bloggers invited to Rome
The Vatican is opening a new avenue for dialogue, this time with Catholic bloggers.