Felix Sit Dies Anniversarius Decimus Octavus!

Today is June 29, the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the 18th anniversary of the founding of the Unam Sanctam Catholicam blog. 

Bishops See Reverent Novus Ordo as a Gateway Drug

Not yet three months into his administration of the Archdiocese of Detroit and the new Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has already called for the eviceration 10 TLM parishes and drafted an instruction against traditional elements in the Novus Ordo with a decree reminiscent of Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin's horrific document. There is some uncertainty as to whether this document was meant to be released or was leaked; the archdiocese moved swiftly to scrub access to the document from the internet shortly after Rorate Caeli broke the story. At any rate, one notable aspect of the document, entitled Traditionis Custodes Implementation Norms, concerns not the TLM but the ad orientem posture at the Novus Ordo. As Martin sought to do in Charlotte, Weisenburger wishes to ban Mass ad orientem throughout the archdiocese:

Latin and the Contextual Understanding of Ritual

Happy Feast of Pentecost to one and all! On this holy day upon which we commemorate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to the Church, may the same Spirit dwell richly in your hearts, that through His goodness you may abound in the fruits of grace and every good work. Amen.