Category Archives: ecumenism

Sunday Masses for Various Needs and Occasions

Posted on 28 August 2012 by catholicsensibility

The third edition of the Roman Missal includes a host of “Masses for Various Needs and Occasions.” Forty-nine in all. In doing research on the Roman Antiphonary and on our running topic of evangelization, I uncovered an interesting fact. Four … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict, Stalker?

Posted on 30 June 2012 by catholicsensibility

I like the UCANews site for its coverage of Catholic matters across the continent of Asia. Their commentary is often thoughtful and occasionally tart, like this essay by Fr William Grimm, who suggests that schismatic Catholics aren’t the only ones … Continue reading →

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Thumping Trustees, Not Bibles

Posted on 17 April 2012 by catholicsensibility

By now, I should be used to stories like this. The deletion of free Bibles from public schools, and the almost-required Christian bile hurled in the way of those-who-dare-to-question. If my daughter had attended a public school in fifth grade, … Continue reading →

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Intercommunion Aftermath

Posted on 22 February 2011 by catholicsensibility

The Anchoress muses on the incident of a Presbyterian minister taking a leadership role with a priest at a Catholic Mass. I think Ms Scalia sidesteps the real matter: union with Rome. She and some of her commenters wonder about … Continue reading →

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Ecumenical Consultation: Choose Bishops Locally

Posted on 8 October 2010 by catholicsensibility

More on that Catholic-Orthodox consultation, especially a juicy point that would be a good step in sending CitE* to a happy retirement: In harmony with the Pope’s universal ecumenical ministry, the Roman curia’s relationship to local bishops and episcopal conferences … Continue reading →

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Toward a Common East-West Easter

Posted on 8 October 2010 by catholicsensibility

The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation endorses a common date for Easter: In 2010, Eastern and Western Church Calendars coincided so that all Christians celebrated the Feast of the Resurrection on the same day.  The dates for the Holy Day … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal for Intercommunion

Posted on 5 August 2010 by catholicsensibility

May a non-Catholic receive Communion at a Catholic Eucharist? The relevant reference from canon law gives the legal basis for no intercommunion: Can.  844 §1. Catholic ministers administer the sacraments licitly to Catholic members of the Christian faithful alone, who … Continue reading →

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In India, Practical Ecumenism

Posted on 19 December 2009 by catholicsensibility

This news item from India: Catholics and Orthodox agree to cooperate practically on church buildings, cemeteries, and clergy for Sunday and funeral Masses. Father Paul Thelakat, spokesperson of the Syro-Malabar Church, says unity among the Churches is the need of … Continue reading →

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Simul Iustus et Peccator: Should it Divide Us?

Posted on 6 November 2009 by catholicsensibility

(This is Neil) A few days ago, while marking the signing of the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in 1999, the Pope said, “This anniversary… is an occasion to recall the truth about man’s justification, testified together, … Continue reading →

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Ecumenism, Gestures, Sex, and Peter

Posted on 29 October 2009 by catholicsensibility

Even before a single Anglican emerged dripping, shivering, and towelling dry from the Tiber, there was lots of cheering, jeering, and whatnot on the forthcoming apostolic constitution on absorbing Anglicans into the Roman West. The matter doesn’t interest me deeply. … Continue reading →

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“Vatican II is the reason”

Posted on 8 March 2009 by catholicsensibility

Interesting comments from a once-Anglican bishop, now Catholic priest of Santa Fe: I don’t have any interest at all in the extraordinary rite or in any move of retrenchment against the Second Vatican Council. Vatican II is the reason I … Continue reading →

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No Spirit For Joint Confirmation

Posted on 6 March 2009 by catholicsensibility

I saw this piece reported on CNS and CathNews Australia: the CDWDS has vetoed a joint Anglican-Catholic Confirmation in New South Wales on Pentecost. I’m a bit unclear about one detail. Anthony Barich of CNS writes the Confirmation was to … Continue reading →

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Ashes and Protestants

Posted on 26 February 2009 by catholicsensibility

I saw this quick piece on Nashville Bishop David Choby’s visit to a Protestant university. Nice. Not surprising that reformation churches would latch on to this tradition. Not surprising at all. Check out Bishop Choby on video. When I was … Continue reading →

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ABC on Lourdes

Posted on 24 September 2008 by catholicsensibility

The Archbishop of Canterbury is under fire for going to Lourdes, preaching at Lourdes, and in general for being a “papal puppet.” Jeremy Brooks, of the Protestant Truth Society levels his criticism: Lourdes represents everything about Roman Catholicism that the … Continue reading →

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Hryniewicz Abstract

Posted on 23 September 2008 by catholicsensibility

Brian linked the abstract from the controversial paper by Polish theologian Waclaw Hryniewicz. I’d prefer to take a look at the whole thing, but I think what this summary reveals does not show the CDF in any more of a … Continue reading →

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