Fr. David Friel & Pope Francis
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Cardinal Sarah reveals the instructions he received from Pope Francis upon his appointment as Prefect of the CDW.

Baptism & Confirmation “go together like Easter and Pentecost.”

The Next Big Thing Is Here

If the priest is “excessively” focused on the rubrics “…I do not enter into the mystery” “…if I am a showman, the protagonist” of the Mass, “then I do not enter into the mystery” either.
Driving Out the Unclean Spirits in Our Midst

“The faith of many was quite infantile, I would say.” —Paul Inwood, talking about preconciliar Catholics
Hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2015

Is it appropriate for a pope to let kids dance around him in such a crazy fashion?
Tell People What They Need to Hear

The catastrophic scandals in our Church, especially those perpetrated by members of the hierarchy, are an opportunity for us to place all of our trust in God.

Does This Mean That Cohabitation Is Okay Now?

That Tablet article could best be described as ill-informed gossip from an unqualified author with too much time on his hands…

Following the rubrics or enacting the GIRM is not the ends. It is a means towards which we find immediacy with God in prayer and therefore healing for humanity.

When I speak with Pope Francis, will I ask him to care about sacred music? No. Abuses of the liturgy? No, I will ask him about the root of these problems.
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