Catholic World News

‘Non-liturgical’ blessings do not exist, theologian argues

March 05, 2024

» Continue to this story on National Catholic Register

CWN Editor's Note: Father Nicola Bux, a former consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship, takes issue with a Vatican spokesman’s claim that a 2000 document signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is an “important precedent” for Fiducia Supplicans.

The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.

 

For all current news, visit our News home page.

Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.

All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!

  • Posted by: feedback - Mar. 05, 2024 9:36 AM ET USA

    Excellent article by the former consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship. It's one more proof that the Bishops of Africa and all Catholics who rejected Fiducia had the proper "Sensus Ecclesiae" - the "mind of the Church."

Wed30 April
Easter

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious

Image for Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious

Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had proclaimed the Reformation, St. Pius replied by…

Learn more about this day.

April Calendar ›
Subscribe to Insights...free!
News, analysis & spirituality by email twice-weekly from CatholicCulture.org.
First name:
Last name:
Email address: