Faith of the Fathers

Monday, October 29, 2012

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

The National Catholic Reporter calls attention to the decision of Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to celebrate Mass ad orientem in the city's cathedral.

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

The Vatican has indicated that it has not yet received a formal response from the Society of St. Pius X to an offer of reconciliation, and is willing to wait.
The Ecclesia Dei commission, which has been coordinating talks with the traditionalist group, announced on October 29 that the SSPX “had indicated that additional time for reflection and study is needed on their part as they prepare their response to the Holy See’s latest initiatives.”

The following excerpts are from The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) Blog:

It’s no Halloween tale. Sadly, The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty’s account of Georgetown University’s failings—published in today’s Georgetown campus newspaper, The Hoya—is all too true.
But now the master of suspense has Georgetown officials wondering what’s lurking around the next corner. Blatty reminds them that he and other Georgetown patriots are about to file their promised canon law petition, urging Church and University officials to attend to Georgetown’s substantial decline in Catholic identity.
Blatty also asks the Georgetown community to join his Father King Society “to unite students, faculty, parents and alumni to make Georgetown honest, Catholic and better.”