Secular report on Bishop Williamson's arrival from Buenos Aires to London this morning demonstrating the scale of interest in this story. The spotlight has not fallen on traditionalists like this since Mel Gibson released his Passion of the Christ film in 2004. Sadly, once again, the media attention surrounds controversy over the Jews and the Holocaust.

The bishop, wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap bearing an emblem of the Sacred Heart, briskly moved through the Argentine capital's Ezeiza airport last night. Hounded by a local TV reporter, at one point he shook his fist at the man before attempting to shove him into a steel column. A shocking display for a bishop.

As he arrived at Heathrow at 7am, he was greeted by a large media contingent, many reporters having travelled from Germany. He remained silent and composed as the police escorted him through the airport to a waiting vehicle. Fr Paul Morgan, British superior of the S.S.P.X, filled the role of chauffeur, presumably driving the bishop to the district headquarters in Wimbledon.

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Good Friday Catholic Meditation. Diego Velázquez's crucifixion accompanied by Allegri's setting of Psalm 50, Miserere Mei - both masterpieces of the 1630s. Allegri's setting was originally deemed so sublime that it was only ever performed annually on Spy Wednesday and Good Friday in the Sistine Chapel - transcribing it or performing it elsewhere was punishable by excommunication.
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Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dēlē iniquitatem meam. Amplius lavā me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo mundā me.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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Traditional Latin Mass filmed on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in the small chapel of the International Seminary of Saint Cure d'Ars, Flavigny, France, in 1999. The seminary is the Society of Saint Pius X's second European seminary. Typically seminarians spend their first year of spiritually there before leaving for Ecône, Switzerland, to complete their training.

The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass with Gregorian chant and polyphonic motets. Some local customs take place during the Mass. For example, birettas are not worn and the Domini Non Sum Dignus is recited aloud by all present. More astute listeners might also notice the French pronunciation, which is perhaps not the ideal.

This film has been available on the Internet for quite some time encoded in a very low quality format. I have encoded the video here from an original source at the highest quality possible given the size restrictions at Youtube. Unfortunately this has resulted in a slightly blurred picture and mono sound rather than stereo. Apart from the addition of captions, the film remains unchanged.

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BBC's Mark Easton reports on Richard Williamson, a bishop who does not believe in the presence of gas chambers during the mass killings that took place in the infamous Holocaust. His outspoken beliefs have caused much uproar in the Catholic Church.

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- A legacy

- An honor to God, a pleasure for the spirit

- An ecumenical bridge

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