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  • THE "SIRI THESIS" UNRAVELS

    02/22/2006 11:51:34 AM PST · by Youngstown · 23 replies · 865+ views
    Inside The Vatican ^ | February, 2006 | Editor
    The "Siri Thesis" Unravels - by Inside the Vatican staff In our confusing times, many otherwise faithful traditional Catholics have denounced and broken with "conciliar Rome," including the "conciliar Popes." But that has not ended the confusion... "It has been very well observed that there is no such thing as an impartial historian. Every man who sets out to trace the development of life, whether in politics, religion, or art, is bound to do so with some theory in his mind... The historian, or the theologian, who is most nearly impartial is not he who has no view, but he...
  • Catholic Liturgy - Papal Funerals and the Sede Vacante

    04/14/2005 6:01:36 AM PDT · by NYer · 9 replies · 504+ views
    Zenit News Agency ^ | April 13, 2005 | Father Edward McNamara
    ROME, APRIL 12, 2005 (Zenit.org).- ZENIT's liturgical columnist, Father Edward McNamara, fielded more questions regarding the passing of John Paul II. * * * Many questions have still poured in regarding the liturgical specifics of papal funerals and the period of "Sede Vacante." An Australian liturgical scholar wrote regarding the use of red vestments: "With respect to Fr McNamara's comments on the red vestments of the pope [see April 7], red is worn because the pope is the vicar of Peter who was a martyr." I believe this comment complements rather than contradicts my earlier answer regarding the pope's use...