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The Pope, Martin Luther, and Our Time

September 25, 2011 Mark Brumley 0

“Martin Luther” is not a popular figure in most Catholic circles. Understandably so. Most Catholics who think about Luther at all, hold him responsible for the dividing of Christendom and the problem of ongoing Christian […]

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In Case You Were Wondering

June 8, 2011 Mark Brumley 0

“The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei has clarified that girls are not allowed to serve at the Extraordinary Form of the Mass,” according to the UK’s Catholic Herald. “It made clear that the Instruction on Summorum […]

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Coming Home to Rome

June 6, 2011 Mark Brumley 0

“An Episcopal church in Bladensburg has decided to become the first in the country to convert to Roman Catholicism under new Vatican rules, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington announced Monday.”  So says the Washington Post.  […]

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Thursday

June 2, 2011 Mark Brumley 0

In the diocese in which I live (Santa Rosa) and in the diocese in which I work (San Francisco), it’s Thursday. (You may have noticed that it’s Thursday elsewhere as well.) At Ignatius Press in San Francisco, […]

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Going Gregorian But Not Fast Enough?

June 2, 2011 Mark Brumley 0

Music at Mass remains one of the most touchy subjects.  Vatican observer Sandro Magister pokes at some sensitive areas of this touchy subject in a column “Glorious Music. But the Choir is Tone Deaf”.  His […]