Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas to be released today

Kevin McHugh, MSSC, recently retired to Dalgan Park, Navan, writes: BACKGROUND I am Kevin McHugh, Columban Missionary, recently retired to Dalgan Park. After almost 40 years working in the Southern…

Dear Friends, So many of our young people have long since given up on Church, attending only on special occasions like christenings, weddings and funerals. Pastoral opportunities? Maybe. Opportunities at…

Nathan Chase has posted an article in praytellblog.com commenting on a recent circular letter, dealing with the “sign of peace” at Mass, from The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
In light of the many crises facing the church would it be fair to apply the old cliche about deck chairs being moved on the Titanic to this circular letter?

“I can confirm that this morning, at the instruction of the emeritus pope, I asked Cardinal Robert Sarah to contact the editors of the book requesting that they remove the name of Benedict XVI as co-author of that same book, and also to remove his signature from the introduction and conclusion [to it],” stated Archbishop Gänswein, who is also the prefect of the papal household.

He said: “The emeritus pope in fact knew that the cardinal was preparing a book and had sent a brief text on the priesthood authorizing him to make whatever use he wanted of it. But he did not approve any project for a book under the two names, nor had he seen or authorized the cover.”

In under a fortnight’s time, the Easter Triduum will begin, on Holy Thursday evening. During the Triduum, each of us recalls the great events that Easter remembers. We ask God’s…