Tag: Authority

I/We . . . Revisited

In regard to the Arizona baptism situation, I know for sure that many people have been hoping a liturgical musician with a rudimentary background in liturgical theology would weigh in.

February 21, 2022
Reading DW #3: Where are We About the Church?

The topic of the church remains an issue over which Lutherans and Catholics do not yet fully agree. But where are we on the road towards unity?

September 29, 2017
Judging custom

Now that we’ve discussed how customs arise in liturgical history, let’s turn to the principles by which they’re evaluated (in their pre-canonical period). This post takes some of the debate in the comment threads as examples of how these conversations normally go in the process of evaluation.

October 24, 2014
Archbishop of Munich, Ratzinger’s successor, criticizes “royal court carrying on” in Vatican

“There was a basic feeling among the cardinals that something has to change, that one must reflect anew on areas of responsibility, that one must deal with the scandals of the past.”

March 27, 2013
Swiss Bishop Sees Urgent Need for Reform of Roman Curia

“Sometimes the curial offices worry about things that simply are not their beer.” – Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel

February 17, 2013
Bishop Conry: Problems of Overcentralization and New Missal under Pope Benedict XVI

“There is a need for the Roman Curia, the central administration, to be reviewed. That was not one of Pope Benedict’s strengths.”

February 15, 2013
Fr. Tony Flannery, Emblematic of Our Era

“Finally, it could be asked why I am going public now having remained silent for a year. I need to take back my voice.”

January 21, 2013
Swiss Abbot Harshly Criticizes Church Structures, Calls for Reform in the System of Naming Bishops

“In our church we have serious structural problems. The problem is that bishops achieve their position through this system, and consequently they have no interesting in questioning the current system. The church thus becomes a closed system. Perhaps it eventually has to collapse or fall apart before anything happens.” – Benedictine Abbot Peter von Sury

December 15, 2012
Moral Theology and Using the New Translation

An anonymous priest observes: “To the extent that we make a choice to ‘obey’ misguided authority, then, prima facie, we are complicit, and are at least materially co-operating with this misguidedness…We cannot prevent the abuse of authority and many of its effects on our liturgical life, but we can at least maintain our integrity by…

November 22, 2011