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The Bishop's Column
2008
The Fourth Year of This Column

Previously Archived Columns by Year

2007
2006
2005

December

"Ask not what they say, ask rather why they say it..."  December 20 2008
Bishop Williamson on the continuing crisis in the Church (Off-site) Audio file - 40 minutes long. December 10 2008
Another Cardinal says Moslems need more mosques... (Off-site) December 10 2008
Papa Stronsay implodes ! (Off-site) More proof that Trad regularization just doesn't work ! I said it all along ! Yes the date was July 2005 !!!! Doom and gloom or reality time ? Divide et impera (Divide and conquer) an art refined by Rome centuries ago ! December 6 2008
It's all about the Society... ! December 4 2008
Even Fr. Z has second thoughts now about the "Instruction" (Off-site) December 4 2008
The sacred music scene in Rome: mediocrity and paralysis (Off-site) Remember I told you here that the key was understanding where the German offensive against the Soviet Union ended - Berlin ! Moral of the story: don't fight wars you can't win ! The "wise" are beginning to "wise up". December 4 2008
Cardinal Martini blasts Humanae Vitae in new book - Archbishop blasts Cardinal... (Off-site)
Things are looking up ?
December 3 2008
Senior Oriental-rite Prelate Expresses Frustration With Vatican Offices (Off-site) I'm not the only one then ! December 3 2008
Trad author sees admission of Apostasy in Tauran's remarks... (Off-site) December 3 2008
Cardinal Tauran thanks Moslems for bringing "God" back to Europe (Off-site) Sheer madness ! December 3 2008
"Luther was right" says Pope (Off-site) Really ???? December 3 2008
Vatican praises Beatles (Off-the wall !) December 3 2008

November

A Most Revealing Conference - Summorum pontificum one year on... November 19 2008
Schoenborn's Mass - A supposed conservative - Is it getting better TR ? (Off-site)
Cardinal Schoenborn was Joseph Ratzinger's student. They co-wrote the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Potentially he could be the next Pope.....
November 19 2008
The Neutering of Tradition November 18 2008
The Pope's Trip to France November 13 2008

October

Apostolic Succession October 30 2008
Vocation and Mission October 29 2008
Two Steps Backward  October 23 2008
"Everything is going very badly"  October 22 2008 

September

Papal fireworks with French Bishops over MP (Off-site) September 14 2008
Pope breaks silence (and so do I) on Latin Mass (Off-site) September 13 2008

June

London Calling... June 22 2008
Seated at the right hand of majesty his best ever ! (Off-site) June 22 2008

From Lincoln to London...an attaché case mix-up ?

June 17 2008
The "surrender" of Stalingrad (Read the previous two posts first) June 3 2008
Stalingrad 1943 June 2 2008

May

Cardinal Castrillón's Call to Action - shocker ! May 30 2008
Trad Mass in Anglican Cathedral - will wonders never cease ? (Off-site) May 20 2008
Et in Arcadia ego May 17 2008
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos goes to bat for the Trad Mass again ! (Off-site) May 9 2008
Interesting analysis of the pitfalls of SSPX ecclesiology (Off-site) May 9 2008
Pope wants Latin Mass everywhere (Off-site) May 9 2008
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos on the Trad Mass (Off-site) May 6 2008

April

"A Pope who gets it" The tears were flowing as I read this - thank you Holy Father ! April 29 2008
A life worth reading April 5 2008

Vatican clarifies prayer for Jews (Off-site)
Not the big sell out it was cracked up to be !

April 4 2008

March

Cardinal Vingt-Trois (Archbishop of Paris) to allow Trad Mass in Cathedral (Off-site)
Truly a Spring offensive ! Not clear if he will be the celebrant or not.
March 25 2008
Pope launches another vesture come-back (Off-site) March 25 2008
Roman Chasuble on Good Friday ! (Off-site) Dorothy's closet opens again ! March 25 2008
Not as I remember it...and answering your question for you... March 17 2008
Holy Week 2008 March 17 2008
On and on and on... March 16 2008
Cardinal "Don't mess with" Castrillón in London (Off-site) Absolute riot of a reference to +W March 16 2008
Palm Sunday in Rome (Off-site)
Cardinal Deacons wore lace - majestic throne used behind the traditional altar 
March 16 2008
Papal Staff reverts to tradition (Off-site) March 16 2008
When is a Sacrament not a Sacrament ? March 15 2008
An Irish offensive by JP II's 1st papal MC (Off-site) March 15 2008
Latin Mass in the US seminary Cardinal Rigali's Philadelphia front (Off-site) March 15 2008
Cardinal Castrillon's Mass in May via EWTN (Off-site) March 15 2008
More signs of the spring offensive: MP finally published in AAA (Off-site) March 14 2008
All change at Ecclesia Dei (The High Command is beefed up) (Off-site) March 14 2008
A Spring Offensive and Trojan Horses March 14 2008
Raising some Red Flags... March 12 2008
Vatican: Pope will not re-habilitate Luther (Off-site) Just take another sip of coffee ! March 12 2008
No change in sins (Off-site) So Giovanni you can take the garbage out again ! March 12 2008
Ecclesia Dei: St. Joseph's feast March 15 this year (Off-site) March 12 2008
Why there isn't a tiara in Dorothy's closet March 9 2008
When your chickens come home to roost - Jews planning to go after +W (Off-site) March 5 2008
More +W fall-out... (Off-site) March 5 2008
A new priest in 1951 part 1 (Off-site) March 2 2008
A new priest in 1951 part 2 (Off-site) March 2 2008
Are you validly baptized ? Not a joke either ! (Off-site) March 2 2008
The Great Oz March 1, 2008

February

"Every Catholic with his head screwed on should be an anti-Semite." February 25, 2008
Archbishop Lefebvre used to say that each vocation was a miracle
in this modern age. Here are two of them ! (Off-site)
February 23, 2008
Textus Inserendi in Solemni Actione Liturgica 
Postmeridiana in Passione et Morte Domini
February 23, 2008
Newsflash: Habemus Corvum (again) 2008 ! (It was Feb 3 last year) February 20, 2008
BVM of Prompt Succor wins Super Bowl (Off-site) February 18, 2008
Chief German bishop: "End celibacy !" (Off-the-wall) February 18, 2008
English Bishops in revolt over MP (Off-site) February 18, 2008
Marini takes a hit (off-site) February 13, 2008
"Jews have prayers in their liturgical texts that we Catholics don't like," (off-site)
Cardinal Kasper -Vatican's newest attack dog !
February 8, 2008
Vatican got it wrong....(off-site) February 8, 2008
"Archbishop" of Mecca ? (off-site) February 8, 2008
Traditional ordinations in Papal cathedral (off-site) From US bishops' site February 7, 2008
"Re-consider Communion in the hand" (off-site) US Bishops' site again February 7, 2008
New prayer upsets Italian Jewry (off-site) February 7, 2008
Kaiser Karl's cancer cure in Orlando Florida (off-site) February 7, 2008
Ever ancient ever new - more traditional vestments (off-site) February 6, 2008
New Prayer for Jews a triumph (off-site) February 6, 2008
Jewish activist angry over new prayer (off-site) February 6, 2008
Sour-grapes traddie upset as well - Pope just can't win can he ? (off-site) February 6, 2008
A balanced look at the new prayer for the Jews (off-site) February 6, 2008
Living Eucharist - 18 months in preparation (off-site) February 6, 2008
"It's worth coming back and giving us a look" (off-site) February 6, 2008
Numbers of religious down 10% 2005 - 2006 (off-site) February 5, 2008
Convert England ! Catholicism reviving ? (off-site) February 5, 2008
Pope on "The One True Church" (off-site) February 5, 2008
St. Thomas Aquinas for the modern age (off-site) A thought-provoking look at one of the all time greats in the modern world. February 1, 2008

January

Want a little "fun" ? Check this out, then compare this with this (the winning design) January 31, 2008
Fanning the "flames" of  "Purgatory" January 30, 2008
The Hermeneutic of Spe Salvi January 29, 2008
Liturgy Dept. #2 "Communion on tongue and kneeling !" (off-site) January 29, 2008
The Summorum Effect (off-site) January 28, 2008
Twenty Years ago - Part 1 (off-site) January 28, 2008
The Pope faces east and the end of the table altar (off-site) January 27, 2008
On the air with Bishop Lynch January 24, 2008
The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite explained (off-site) January 23, 2008
The Pains of Purgatory January 21, 2008
Papa-day... a success ! January 20, 2008
Save to the desktop, print and paste... January 19, 2008
The Latin Mass in Ocala, Florida (off-site) January 19, 2008
La Sapienza Then and Now  January 17, 2008
The Tale of 3 Parakeets January 16, 2008
The Remnant's take on Benedict's moving towards Tradition (off-site)
"Give the Pope a chance !" I certainly agree with that !!!!
January 14, 2008
Fr. Selvester's take on the Mass (off-site) January 14, 2008
Liberal reacts to yesterday's papal Mass (off-site) January 14, 2008
The Return of the Crows January 14, 2008
Summorum pontificum Masses in Spokane ! January 13, 2008
Turned to the Lord - the Papal Mass January 13 (off-site) January 13, 2008
A critique of the + Williamson video and a nod in my direction (off-site) January 13, 2008
Pope's Mass tomorrow "ad orientem" = facing the Lord / back to people ! (off-site) January 12, 2008
Clarification of MP "prossimamente" (off-site) Well he should know ! January 12, 2008
The Master as I remember him in action ! (off-site) Simply magnificent ! Thank you BY. January 10, 2008
"We've been 40 years in the desert..." Part Three January 5, 2008
"We've been 40 years in the desert..." Part Two January 5, 2008
Is the Pope "going to the cats ?" (off-site) January 4, 2008
"We've been 40 years in the desert..." January 4, 2008
The MP for "Dummies" (off-site) Very funny indeed ! January 4, 2008
The Number of the Elect January 2, 2008
Interesting analysis of new (old) papal wardrobe and ceremonial (off-site) 
This priest designed my episcopal coat of arms. A priest who definitely gets it !
January 1, 2008

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