Show All. Pope is "an expert in liturgy" - elder Marini. August 30, In the post ICEL translation - don't try this at home , I mentioned the ludicrous assertion made in the Tablet that the Pope is not a trained liturgist. This is occasionally taken seriously and therefore it was interesting to read a quotation, passed on to me by a correspondent, from the former Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, Archbishop Piero Marini not to be confused with his successor Mgr Guido Marini.
He says: [ In lui ho potuto conoscere, con mia viva soddisfazione, non solo un Professore ma un Papa esperto in liturgia. In him I have been able to know, with great pleasure, not only a Professor but a Pope Read more. More vintage CTS pamphlets. From various countries. There are so far clean pdfs of old pamphlets from Australia, England, and Ireland. It is quite a treasure trove. The illustration for this post is from Lux Occulta.
If you go there you can click on the picture and read the whole pamphlet in a pdf. I think that it might be of interest to those who write on " The Art of Manliness ". The back cover is interesting too because it shows the CTS bookshop before the Piazza was cleared. August 29, Your spiritual companion" sounds a promising title. I'm keen to promote anything good that comes my way as a parish priest so this was one piece of mail I put aside to read over coffee.
Inside the four page leaflet produced by the Redemptorists, there is an article about how it is not easy to be a Catholic, accompanied by a related "Hot topic" piece. Laurence England has kindly typed them out so you can read both articles over at The Bones. The first article includes a disturbing account of Lucy Russell's response to a question about Catholic sex education which implies that her school gave no distinctively Catholic teaching at all.
The sidebar article talks about the ordination of women, encouraging people to decide what they think about it. At the foot of the article is a link to the Catholic Women's Ordination website. How either of these pieces is supposed to help Catholics to prepare spiritually for the Papal Visit Via Romea cake.
