Mission Rosa Mystica In the Philippines – Part 1
As every year for 4 years, Rosa Mystica Medical Mission arrived in the Philippines. We suggest you to follow, almost day by day, the actions of the mission through photographs and written testimonies sent by the priests and the volunteers. "Finally! We are about to start! Rosa Mystica 2010 edition officially begins today, on the feast of St Ann, the Mother of the Full of Grace, under a shining sun. It is 7 am and our mission is already a little ‘ants’ nest’. There are people everywhere. By 8 am, strengthened by the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for all ...
Argentina: the vote on the law on “homosexual marriage” and the reaction of the bishops as analyzed by Father Bouchacourt.
Father Christian Bouchacourt, superior of the district of South America of the Society of Saint Pius X, published an official statement which may be read in our Documents. He agreed to give DICI the following precise details on the vote, which casts the role of the Argentinean ecclesiastical hierarchy in a different light from that in which the official media presented it. This July 15th, after an entire day and night of stormy debates, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the senators voted in the law: 33 votes for, 27 votes against and 3 abstentions. By this vote they threw ...
The Compass and the Magnet
In late August several clerics, former students of Professor Joseph Ratzinger, will meet at Castel Gandolfo to pore over the hermeneutic of Vatican II, in other words, to discuss the correct way of interpreting the documents of that Council. Last March the Lenten conferences at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris described Vatican II as “a compass for our times”. This raises the naïve question: can one interpret the direction that a compass indicates? If it points north, as every good compass can do, what commentary does it need? It furnishes precise information that should silence all discussion: here is north, and ...
Philippines: Wrestling between the State and the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church and the Filipino Ministry of Education have wrestled for several months over the installation of a sex education pilot programme in no fewer than 80 elementary schools and as many colleges. After having assured the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) that it would be consulted beforehand, the Ministry of Education back-pedalled and announced that although the Filipino bishops’ conference still remained “invited to dialogue on the subject,” the implementation of the programme would continue. The bishops have long declared their opposition to this programme as well as to a group of measures planned by the ...
Argentina: Senators Pass Law in Favor of “Homosexual Marriage”
On July 15, Argentina became the first Latin American country to authorize “homosexual marriage”, when a law was passed that also allows a homosexual couple to adopt children. The Catholic Church had organized a large rally in front of Congress on July 13, the eve of the debate over the bill. She had also run a parallel campaign for a referendum on the matter, but unsuccessfully. The bill, supported by President Cristina Kirchner's central-left government, was passed with 33 votes for, 27 against and three abstentions after 15 hours of debates. Cristina Kirchner had criticized the Churches arguments that, according to ...
Official Letter from the District of South America on the Legalization of “Homosexual Marriage” in Argentina
Letter from Fr. Christian Bouchacourt to the priest of the District of South America of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X, on the passing of a law that authorizes “homosexual marriage” in Argentina on July 15, 2010. (Official Translation FSSPX – MG) + Martinez, 15 de julio de 2010 Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pio X Distrito América del Sur El Superior Estimados Padres, This 15th of July 2010 is a day of mourning and of great sorrow for Argentina. Indeed, in approving the bill in favor of “homosexual marriage”, the senators and all those who voted in favor of the bill have committed a grave sin ...
Portraits of Four Apostles Discovered in the Catacombs
Four portraits of the holy apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and John, dating from the end of the 4th century, were discovered in the Santa Tecla catacombs, near St. Paul Outside the Walls south of Rome, a press release announced on June 22. The circular icons, the earliest known to date, were revealed after several months of work overseen by the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. During the press conference, Mgr Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Commission, reported the team of archaeologists’ discovery of a cubiculum, a burial chamber with the walls ornamented by frescoes in red, ochre, and black. On the ...
France: A Priest of the Society of St. Pius X Blesses the Tour de France Cyclists
Fans of the Tour de France may have recognized him on their television screens on Friday, July 16. While the racing cyclists were crossing the Ardeche in the middle of the afternoon, the cameras paused for a few moments along the side of the road on Fr. Dominique Lagneau, who then blessed the cyclists’ passage with a fine sign of the cross broadcast throughout the world! The preacher of Ignatian retreats at the Gastines Priory (Maine-et-Loire) was vacationing at his parents’ and had simply wished to watch the passage of the famous bicycle race… “Like everybody else, I stood alongside ...
The Holy See’s and the Vatican City State’s Accounts Still in the Red
For the third consecutive year, the Holy See’s balance sheet for the year 2009 showed a deficit, nearly 4.1 million Euros. According to a communiqué released by the Vatican news agency on July 10th, with 250,182,364 Euros in receipts and 254,284,520 Euros in expenses, the consolidated balance sheet of the Holy See for the 2009 fiscal year shows a loss of exactly 4,102,156 Euros. The loss exceeds that incurred in 2008, which came to 911,514 Euros. The Holy See has been experiencing a series of deficits since 2007 after three consecutive years of positive balances in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The ...
The Pope spends the summer at Castel Gandolfo
Late in the afternoon on July 7, Benedict XVI traveled to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a nearly three-month stay. The pope, who has chosen not to go to the mountains this year, will stay in this palace situated above the volcanic Lake Albano, twenty-five kilometers from the Vatican. “Far from the media storms and frantic pace of Rome, Benedict XVI will rest, pray, walk, read, and above all devote himself to writing, his great passion,” explained the French edition of Vatican Radio. “While we await the publication of Volume Two of his book on ...
The Priestly Society of St. Pius X in statistics
After the priestly and diaconal ordinations in June, the Generalate of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X published the latest statistics on its members, which can be found at its website www.fsspx.org
Switzerland: A Canon from the Abbey of St. Maurice Joins the Society of St. Pius X
Canon of the Abbey of St. Maurice in Valais since 1996, Canon Yannick Escherr, 36 years of age, left his monastery on June 29, feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and the day of the ordinations at Ecône. He joined the Priestly Society of St. Pius X, after discovering the Tridentine Mass and studying at great length the writings and conferences of Bishop Marcel Lefebvre. Professor, students' chaplain, master of ceremonies, correspondant for the Bulletin Paroisses vivantes and of the paper Le Nouvelliste, “Canon Escher had deployed a great zeal in his numerous activities”, reveals the Abbot of St. Maurice, Josesh ...
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Mission Rosa Mystica In the Philippines – Part 1As every year for 4 years, Rosa Mystica Medical Mission arrived in the Philippines. We suggest you to follow, almost day by day, the actions of the mission through photographs and written testimonies sent by the priests and the volunteers. “Finally! We are about to start! Rosa Mystica 2010 edition officially begins today, on the feast of St Ann,...
Early Celebration of 40 Years of the Society of Saint Pius X in Argentina
The 40th Anniversary of the Society of Saint Pius X will be officially celebrated in November, but the District of South America, on the occasion of a visit by Bishop Bernard Fellay, has anticipated this birthday. We offer some photographs of the celebration that took place in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, on July 18 last. You can find the...
Inauguration of the new chapel of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
On the 18th of July, the new chapel of Nouméa (New Caledonia) in Dumbea (north of Nouméa) has been inaugurated. →
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Québec : Pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne de BeaupréThe District of Canada will organize a pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne de Beaupré on the...
The Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle
2010 is a jubilee year for St. James, for July 25, the feast of the saint, falls...
USA : Celebrating 40 years of the Society of St. Pius X
From October 15-17, 2010, Angelus Press will host a conference on the occasion of...
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Early Celebration of 40 Years of the Society of Saint Pius X in ArgentinaThe 40th Anniversary of the Society of Saint Pius X will be officially celebrated...
Inauguration of the new chapel of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
On the 18th of July, the new chapel of Nouméa (New Caledonia) in Dumbea (north of...
Msgr. Brunero Gherardini’s Judgement on the Theological Debate between Tradition and Vatican Council II
In the May 2010 edition of Courrier de Rome (n°333), Professor Paolo Pasqualucci...
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DICI N° 219
New Edition of the Roman Breviary
The Seminary of Ecône has published a new edition of the Roman Breviary in 2 volumes, for more information or to place an order, please click on the photo.
Christendom # 20
