The Roman Sacristan

From Pope Benedict XVI's homily at Monte Cassino, May 24th, 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters of the great Benedictine Family! Almost at th...

I just saw from a few days back in one of the Holy Father's addresses to some youth in Angola and thought I would publish an excerpt: Af...

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 ...

It appears that a few bloggers have already published thier Advent rants [cough] Fr. Z , Fr. Erik [cough] [LOL], so I am going to re -re-pub...

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...

In the Ordinary Form, today is the feast of Pope Saint Leo the Great . Here you can see where he is buried in the Basilica of Saint Peter in...

A few pictures of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. This is the actual Cathedral of Rome and is where the cathedra of the Pope is. Cathedr...

Here's a few new photos which I took on my pilgrimage a year ago. Pope Saint Gregory the Great holds a place in my heart, not just beca...

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...

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

Well it's been one year since the Pope released the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum." It's interesting that it was rele...

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...

Well, did not watch the papal liturgy yesterday at Nationals Stadium, precisely because I figured it would be pretty bad musically. However,...

I just happened to be able to catch the first half of the Midnight Mass at the Vatican and was really surprised by what happened at the begi...

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...

Vigil Mass of the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, September 13th, 2007, in Rome. Cardinal Bertone ...

Kansas City Catholic has a new brilliant "dialogue" in a clever series. Go and check them out: Signs: Street Talking and an olde...

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

Most of you are probably familiar with the main Vatican website of the Holy See over at http://www.vatican.va . (Remember, all official Vati...

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