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Priest facing people leads to him as ringleaderResponse to Chicago archbishop crackdown on ad orientem

Priest facing people leads to him as ringleader
Response to Chicago archbishop crackdown on ad orientem

….Further, most priests will say that, once they have offered Holy Mass Ad Orientem, they too find it far easier to celebrate. Mass facing the people facilitates clericalism as the priest becomes the center of attention, leading some priests to

Venice, Florida full of liturgy abusesPriest as performer celebrates Mass to please congregation and boost his ego

Venice, Florida full of liturgy abuses
Priest as performer celebrates Mass to please congregation and boost his ego

Last week I shared a video on social media that went viral (with more than 59,000 views at last count). What was this video? Was it a cat doing a cute trick? Or a Karen going crazy at

Ad orientem in Oakland

A California Catholic Daily exclusive by Anna Rose:

After Cardinal Robert Sarah addressed the Sacra Liturgia Conference on July 5, 2016, at least two churches in the Oakland

Did Pope Francis rebuke Cardinal Sarah?

Did Pope Francis rebuke Cardinal Sarah?

The following is a July 11 Catholic Culture article: The Vatican has moved quickly to counteract a suggestion by Cardinal Robert Sarah that priests should celebrate Mass ad orientem. Father

Cardinal Sarah: ‘God, not man, is the centre of the Catholic liturgy’

Cardinal Sarah: ‘God, not man, is the centre of the Catholic liturgy’

The following comes from a July 6 story on the site of the Catholic News Agency. Cardinal Robert Sarah on Tuesday appealed to priests throughout the world to

Cardinal Sarah: Face east from Offertory on

Cardinal Sarah: Face east from Offertory on

The following comes from a May 26 story in the Catholic Herald (U.K.). The Vatican’s liturgy chief has called on priests to celebrate Mass facing east.

Pope Francis says Mass ad orientem – shock horror!

The following comes from a Nov. 1 blog posting in the Daily Telegraph (U.K.). And he mystifies us again… It seems that on Thursday morning

Love Abp. Cordileone on Archbishop Cordileone: Perhaps we have it too easy: “Love to receive Holy Communion kneeling, on the tongue, at our wonderful Abp. Cordileone’s holy Latin Tridentine Masses! A great…” Dec 7, 12:56
Two Novenas on Willing to miss the Cardinal Burke scoop: “I have been participating in an annual Novena for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception– of course, the Feast Day…” Dec 7, 11:01
Reply to question on Willing to miss the Cardinal Burke scoop: “We should always pray daily for the deceased. Have a Mass said for your friend, too.” Dec 7, 10:35