Tag Archives: Benedict XVI

A Clarification

In consultation with my fellow contributors, I have made two structural changes to the layout of The Anglo-Catholic in order to clarify any ambiguities which may have existed with respect to the relationship of this site with the Traditional Anglican … Continue reading

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What Sort of Catholic Church?

Sandro Magister has written a new article — The Defenders of Tradition Want the Infallible Church Back.  He bases his observations on a newly-published book by the Italian philosopher Romano Amerio, who was also a Catholic traditionalist and critic of … Continue reading

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What Are We Waiting For?

The tragedy is at an end.  La Bella Synoda has sung (and how!) and the applause of the audience, led by the claque from WATCH, has died down.  So what is there left but to go home? For all that, … Continue reading

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An Orthodox Priest's View of Christian Unity

Fr. John Guy Winfrey, the parish priest of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, MI, and a former parishioner of the Anglo-Catholic St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ft. Worth, has written to offer the following … Continue reading

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We Few, We Happy Few…

With everyone having read the recent post about a "healthy dose of reality" by Christian Campbell, and many having chimed in with their comments, there is another side to this. The rest of his title refers to the "promise of … Continue reading

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Cardinal Ouellet Named Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

Today, the Holy Father announced the appointment of Cardinal Marc Ouellet as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. When I first heard the rumors, I knew they were true.  Call it a word of knowledge, perhaps a woman's intuition.  I … Continue reading

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The Present Importance of Newman's View of Anglicanism

Fr. George William Rutler, pastor of the Church of Our Saviour in New York City, delivered the following talk at the Portsmouth Institute 2010 Conference on Friday, June 11, 2010. I found myself in agreement with most of what Fr. … Continue reading

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Cold Feet?

Because bad news always gets the boldest headlines, we have been hearing too much lately in England from priests with misgivings about the Ordinariate. Fr Philip North used the Pusey House Conference on Anglican Patrimony to say how very C … Continue reading

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A Service of Love

In his homily during the Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that marked the conclusion of the Year for Priests, Pope Benedict XVI meditated on the metaphor of the shepherd's rod, the disciplinary office and ministry … Continue reading

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Some Deep Insight into Eros

I put the following post up at my personal blog, but seeing as it is rather quiet post-wise here at the Anglo-Catholic, and C.S. Lewis, whom we can claim as part of our patrimony, is quoted, I'm posting it here … Continue reading

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So That the World Might Believe

During an ecumenical celebration today at the archeological area of the Church of Agia Kiriaki Chrysopolitissa, the Holy Father spoke on Christian Unity, and specifically the reconciliation between East and West. The unity of all Christ’s disciples is a gift … Continue reading

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An Illustration of the Benedictine Reform

I just found UK: Bishop with priests using new translation – wordy but a huge improvement on Fr Zuhlsdorf’s site. An English Catholic bishop has been using the new ICEL translation before the official date. How naughty! Now, the point … Continue reading

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"There is a tide…

…in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."  So the Bard of Avon.  Anticipating political correctness (though making the situation worse) Byron gave another version: "There is a tide in the affairs of women, which, … Continue reading

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The Benedictine Reform of the Reform and Its Meaning for Anglicans

Getting away from our parochial concerns and looking at the big picture, though still about the liturgy, I think it is important to understand how the Pope thinks and acts. Some expect him to bring back the Inquisition and others … Continue reading

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New Hope in Europe – Holy Russia

Getting away from some of our more parochial considerations of late, I am very excited by the new developing relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church. A capital article is Sandro Magister’s A … Continue reading

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