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Bishop Fellay speaks

Gary Scarrabelotti — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:08:30 +0000

Video posted by Jim Lackey | CNS Blog | May 15, 2012

Il Camino

Gary Scarrabelotti — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Maybe American popular culture is not beyond redemption: a review of Emilio Estevez’s film The Way.

By Lyle Dunne

Recently my wife and I had a rare expedition to the cinema. After a debate about whether to see The Avengers in order to catch up with the pop-culture references whizzing about our household (and in truth to see what the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had done with the comics of our childhood), we ended up with a classic compromise: we went to see The Way, a sensitive film about human relations, feelings and stuff.

First, a word to the trusting: Read no farther, just go and see it.

The Decline of Decadence

Gary Scarrabelotti — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:57:31 +0000

Just yearning for intelligent discourse: a review of Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress.

By Christopher S. Morrissey^*| Catholic World Report |May 10, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI has observed that “Christianity, Catholicism, isn’t a collection of prohibitions: it’s a positive option. It’s very important that we look at it again because this idea has almost completely disappeared today. We’ve heard so much about what is not allowed that now it’s time to say: we have a positive idea to offer … I believe we need to see and reflect on the fact that it’s not a Catholic invention that man and woman are made for each other, so that humanity can go on living: all cultures know this.”

Whit Stillman’s new film, Damsels in Distress, offers one of the most positive film endings in recent memory. What most reviewers of the film have neglected to mention is how the film makes a subtle suggestion about authentic Catholicism as a positive, counter-cultural option in the face of dominant cultural trends.

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Fellay argues case for reconciliation with Rome.

Gary Scarrabelotti — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:14:19 +0000

Letter of the General Council of the Society of Saint Pius X.

We publish an important letter from the Superior General of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX), Bishop Bernard Fellay, together with two other members of the Society’s General Council, First Assistant Fr. Niklaus Pfluger and Second Assistant Fr. Alain-Marc Nély. The letter is dated April 14, 2012 and has been addressed to the other SSPX bishops Tissier de Mallerais, Williamson, and De Galarreta.

American Ordinariate gets its first priest

Gary Scarrabelotti — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:00 +0000

Fr. Eric Bergman of Scranton Joins Ordinariate; Church Purchased for New Parish

By Susan Gibbs | US Ordinariate.Org | May 9, 2012

The new U.S. ordinariate for Anglican groups entering the Catholic Church achieved a milestone on May 8, 2012 when The Reverend Eric Bergman of Scranton, PA became its first priest.

The Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was established by Pope Benedict XVI on January 1 in response to repeated requests by Anglican groups and clergy who were seeking to become Catholic. The ordinariate is similar to a diocese, though national in scope.