As to the bishops, traditional Catholics have been heartened to see Paris Archbishop Vingt-Trois’s openness to the extraordinary form in several parishes; the traditional Mass is increasing in number and frequency all throughout France. There are still the scattered strongholds that stubbonrly refuse to grant permission for one excuse or another–but the old Mass is indeed returning.

“The Church recognizes the Queen’s temporal power while pointing out that obviously her simultaneous claims of spiritual authority are completely null and non-existent. What part of that don’t you get?”

I totally understand that. No problem with it what so ever. My issue has never been with the Church. My issue has been with the besotted Catholic monarchists like you who march, decked out in your best country togs, in lock step behind the Windsors.

I also suspect and perhaps the Church does as well that since Elizabeth II is not actually who she claims to be or nor who her coronation service says she is that she isn’t a very good monarch….in fact she’s a lousy one if you look at England’s overall cultural trajectory during her reign and with her son, Prince Chowderhead next in line, England will only fall that much farther….

Do you know the ultimate irony of Elizabeth’s reign? Well, the most ironic happening so far…

If Elizabeth II had held fast to the teachings of the C of E rather then letting them become the prime target of Modernism, then divorce would still be a major no-no. But Elizabeth did not hold fast to any teachings. And so, her two boys went on to marry. Charles married Diana and Andrews married Sarah. Both of those girls came from families destroyed by divorce.

Those two marriages would never have taken place as the girls would have been deemed unsuitable. Which the entire world eventually found out the hard way…

The Queen claims to have BOTH secular AND religious authority. You refuse to name any reason why her claim to religious authority negates her claim to secular authority. One word: why?

The Church recognizes the Queen’s temporal power while pointing out that obviously her simultaneous claims of spiritual authority are completely null and non-existent. What part of that don’t you get?

The Crown is a power that makes various claims to authority: some of its claims are legitimate, others aren’t. So we follow where its claims are legitimate, and we do not when its claims are not legitimate.

If a mother tells his son to clean his room, he obeys. If he tells her to commit a sin, he refuses.

Simple!

Have you read her coronation service? Try it. And then try to make the case she is a secular Queen. It is wrong to say Elizabeth does not rule over the Church of England. Only she has the final say in matters, not the Archbishop of Canterbury. She just has chosen not to use that power. But her predecessors have. And her son intends to as he is planning and this means he will be called the Defender of the Faiths.

Oh yes! Great post, Cusack! Keep up the good work. (I especially loved the Republican-Monarchists with their Vendeen Tricolor. Great stuff!)

Well done. A most beautiful photo journal of the Pope’s visit to the City of Light. I second Jane’s request, if it is possible, for images from Lourdes, especially of Papa Benedetto transported in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

I think, if you look, Henry VIII making himself the head of the English church and the Archbishop of Canterbury merely his patsy on all things spiritual would have been a big problemo for St. Thomas More…and Henry used his kingly powers to make this happen…his kingly powers he got from God…

But I’m tired, and the Mayor of Detroit has decided to move in down the street…in 2 weeks they say…the dumpsters arrived 4 days ago….so the wine is chambre-ing and Mr. P is on his way home from work and I will return tomorrow to throw my back into it….