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From what I've read, the last version of the typical Tridentine Missal was 1962. The next typical missal was the 1970 Missal, the Novus Ordo. "The final typical edition of the Tridentine missal was issued by John XXIII in 1962.... Similar changes made to the liturgy in 1965 and 1967 in the...

It’s been a few months since we first told you about allegations of wrongdoing at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden. A former gravedigger, Tom Keigney, says workers desecrated graves, stealing gold fillings from corpses and even a skull. The most shocking allegation from Keigney concerns the...

I have a question about a novel. It's pro-life. If anyone is here tonight and would be willing to listen, please PM me. (I'll probably be hitting the hay soon, though.) Thanks! RT

My understanding is that anyone who dies for the Christian faith receives a "baptism by blood" and goes straight to heaven. How does one determine what is "for the Christian faith," and when does violence become acceptable (or morally required)? Does there need to be a crusade called for by...

Any of it. But in particular I'm thinking of books like Left Behind and This Present Darkness.

In my own state of New Hampshire, there is a candidate for office who has very "interesting" views. I can't believe he won a primary! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703775/posts?page=1,50

Is the OO headed by a Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch, or something of that sort?

What is the OO view of "salvation outside the Church"? Do you view the OO as exclusively "the Church," in the way that the EO and RC view themselves? In your view, can RC, EO, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, etc. be saved without joining the OO?

I just found this and thought it was interesting. First, (retired) Bishop Elya's answer on how Melkite's view the post-schism councils, such as Trent and Vatican I & II. http://www.melkite.org/Questions/T-2.htm Second, the questions given to Melkite children for religious formation...

Is this orthodox? Heretical? Right or wrong?

The clown mass having become so common that it lost its zing, clever priests are coming up with new abuses. Here is the Wizard of Oz mass: http://cathcon.blogspot.com/2006/04/yellow-brick-road-instead-of-way-of.html

May God grant you many years.

What's a guy/gal to do? What will you do?

Moreover, can a Catholic in good conscience oppose the passage of pro-life laws? ---- Costly Gestures South Dakota has enacted a ban on abortion except to save a woman’s life. Pro-choice forces in the state have not decided whether to try to repeal the law by referendum or to file a...

Does the Church teach that people who are not in the visible Catholic Church, who believe that faith alone is sufficient for salvation, are saved? Does the Church teach that people who use Scripture alone as their guiding rule are saved?

In the movie "Leaving Las Vegas," it shows a couple that have unconditional love. Sera accepts that Ben is an alcoholic, even buying him a flask that holds his poison. And Ben accepts that Sera is a prostitute, having sex with men for money and often being physically abused by those men. In...

It should be clear from the above survey of relevant Catholic magisterial statements that those who now talk about Limbo as only ever having been a mere “hypothesis”, rather than a doctrine, are giving a very misleading impression of the state of the question. They are implying by this that the...

Is there a group in existence that claim to know and live "true Judaism"? That is, ignoring all Jewish history and teachings as "traditions of men," but going solely by the OT (Hebrew Bible) and "recreating" "true Judaism"? Do you think it would make sense to create such a group? To tell...

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 30, 2005 (Zenit.org). - Whoever seeks peace and the good of the community with a pure conscience, and keeps alive the desire for the transcendent, will be saved even if he lacks biblical faith, says Benedict XVI. The Pope made this affirmation today at the general audience...