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The Vatican’s liturgy chief has said that the Traditional Latin Mass was “abrogated by Pope Saint Paul VI.” Archbishop Arthur Roche made the comment in a letter dated August fourth to the English Cardinal Vincent Nichols. The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments was replying to a letter from the cardinal dated July twenty eighth, regarding the application of Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis custodes in England and Wales.
A married father of three from the Diocese of Lansing claims that Blessed Solanus Casey, the humble Capuchin friar and priest, visited him twice in hospital and hastened what he believes to be a miraculous recovery from COVID nineteen. The fifty two year old construction worker, Nolan Ostrowski, had been placed on a ventilator and was suffering from severe respiratory issues. One night, he saw a man sitting at the end of his bed. He said, quote, "he reached out and he touched my rib cage under my arm and then at the bottom of my rib cage. I remember kind of lifting my arm a little bit, but it was all very quick. And then he just stepped back a couple steps, and I felt like there was this ease that came over me and I felt very relaxed and comfortable. I knew I was saved.” That apparent visitation occurred on July thirtieth, the Feast of Blessed Solanus Casey.
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran. It marks the dedication of the cathedral church of Rome by Pope Sylvester I in 324. This church is the cathedra (or chair) of the bishop of Rome, who is the Pope.