Residuum Revertetur: Fr Z's thoughts on Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos comments, SP Conference

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Fr Z's thoughts on Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos comments, SP Conference

Reflecting on Card. Castrillon’s remarks the other day
CATEGORY: SESSIUNCULUM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 5:40 am
I haven’t been online much lately, due to connection problems. But I have been busy listening, conversing and thinking about many issues having to do with Summorum Pontificum, the older and newer forms of Mass, the people who adhere to them, etc.There has been a bit of a flap about what His Eminence Card. Castrillon Hoyos said in off-the-cuff remarks to a conference meeting in Rome on the occasion of the first year of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Fr Z's thoughts on Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos comments, SP Conference

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