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Meeting of Pope Saint Leo the Great and Attila the Hun LM had asked about the Homilies of Pope Saint Leo the Great. Finding "homilies...

I think I have found another typo in the 2002 Missale Romanum. Apparently I have read that there are quite a few typos in the Vatican's...

I was just notified of a post about a Thanksgiving Mass of Father Benedict ( who was just recently ordained ) on his trip here in the US at ...

I was interested by John f h h's comments on this past Sunday's Prayer over the Gifts which got me to thinking. Dear Christopher, Fu...

"A quite incredible story has reached our ears ... It is alleged that you have such an aversion from the sweet chant of St Gregory ... ...

Don Quixote As at least a third of the US bishops keep behaving like Don Quixote in their delusions of helping the Church through bad ideas,...

Inscription at the base of the oblisk in the Piazza of St. Peter's I've debated putting this up, but I have had several people say t...

The New Liturgical Movement pointed out an amazing audio of the Christmas Vigil Mass Gospel, The Geneology Our Lord Jesus Christ according t...

O wow, this is great! I just saw a post over at The New Liturgical Movement that had me elated. Several years ago, while in Rome, I had met...

Picture above the altar of Pope Saint Gregory the Great in the Basilica of Saint Peter, Rome, Italy I've never really gotten into podcas...

Arg! I can't believe some bishops! Supposedly, the bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, has said: Until other law is promulgated, all liturgies ...

Incorrupt Body of Saint Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney Today is the feast day of Saint John Vianney, the Cure d'Ars. As I was reading abou...

Ooooh, I was able to hold and look through a brand new 1962 Missale Romanum (sounds contradictory but is so great to say: " brand new ...

Whew! Just got back from being an amassador for the Latin Mass ("Novus Ordo"). I helped chant some of the Mass and serve as well...

As a side note, Father Gary Coulter has a page that has a summary of Father Reginald Foster, OCD's programs on Vatican Radio about the ...

Well, I just finished reading "Summorum Pontificum" and the accompanying letter from Pope Benedict to the bishops explaining the m...

Sample of Caeciliae font I just saw an interesting post over at The New Liturgical Movement on a new font being developed that displays Gre...

Since there seems to be those in Germany and here in the U.S. that refuse to obey the Vatican (and authentic translation and just common se...

Here's a repost relevant for Sunday's Gospel Peter, Do You Love Me? RS

Two years ago today was an amazingly happy day! I was at the church working on some handouts and had just been emailed a website that was a ...