Yikes! • More Plagiarism from Boise’s Bishop
I did some digging—and the results aren’t pretty. I hope Bishop Christensen will immediately retract his directive, which contains false statements.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
I did some digging—and the results aren’t pretty. I hope Bishop Christensen will immediately retract his directive, which contains false statements.
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See for yourself. On the left is the letter from 2020; on the right is a blog from 2016.
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Nobody’s perfect; we all make mistakes. His Excellency’s letter must be retracted as soon as possible.
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His assertion that “smoking out enemies” is best done by appointing them to high positions in the Vatican is absurd.
They will assume—and why shouldn’t they?—that “approved by the USCCB” applies to the hymns and songs…
The Bishop of Little Rock has sent a letter (14 July 2016) forbidding his priests to celebrate Mass “ad orientem.”
“No preference is expressed in the liturgical legislation for either position.”
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