The Roman Sacristan

In honor of the feast of Saint Thomas Becket , I thought I'd post the powerful excommunication scene from the movie "Becket" R...

A friend of mine noticed that at a papal Mass the pope ends the Mass differently (than just the "The Lord be with you," "and ...

The USCCB has finally released a "study edition" of new translations of the Ordinary of the Mass which Rome just recently approved...

What would it be like if the US bishop's had to design a stop sign back in the late 1970's: The US bishop's sign would first be ...

I saw this over at Fr. Z.'s blog and found the full article very interesting and quite valuable. As I say, it is hard now to retrace eve...

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,...

I found this post at Fr. Z's blog What Does The Prayer Really Say to be very detailed, clear, (and most importantly) authoritative, re...

As I was looking ahead at some preparations for work, I noticed that one of the few exceptions to my rule on whether you have to go to Mass ...

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 ...

That question I've posted in tons of comment boxes has an interesting article written about it. Now in some bishops' and cardinals...

Hat tip to The New Liturgical Movement for pointing out one of the better "secular" articles about the release of the motu propri...

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

I am removing the link to the Franciscans of the Renewal from my "Men's Religious" list on the sidebar. I do this because they...

I am currently watching "A Man For All Seasons" (the Paul Scofield version) and was struck by a quote. It is particularly relevan...

Well, I told you I would tell you if I heard any news about how orthodox Bishop Kevin Farrell was. As of yet, I have still heard nothing ab...

Well, I don't have much info about Bishop Ferrell except just general word of mouth. Thankfully that news sounds pretty positive. Still...