Liturgical Referees.

I’m betting that most non-Catholics won’t quite get the humor of the link, but for someone like me who is a conservative Catholic, it is *really* funny.

I’ll offer some commentary for the baffled. SKip it if you already know the background…

The site is quite cleverly poking fun at the myriad of weirdness that has infiltrated many Catholic parishes’ services since 1970 when the Latin Mass was rather abruptly surpressed. The Vatican II council intended to make the Mass “more accessible” to the faithful by offering it in the vernacular languages (English, French, Spanish… whatever), but a lot (a great lot) of liberal priests (either with the outward support of their bishops or just the assistance of their blind eyes) used this as an excuse to try all kinds of wacky experimentation with the liturgy — “liturgical dance” is one of these being lampooned here. The ‘rules’ on how to say the “new” (now 37 year old!) Mass are well-documented; it’s just that many parishes choose to ignore them.

Cardinal Arinze heads the “department” within the Vatican that establishes protocol on conducting the Mass. He is from Nigeria & widely considered to be a conservative, who doesn’t tolerate much nonsence or kooky theology. He was also a close advisor to the late John Paul II, and was considered a front-runner for the papacy himself. If he had been elected, he would have been the first black pope, which would have kept Jay Leno busy for a couple weeks. He’s a good man — let’s hope the African countries put out more like him

Straight talk from Sid.

For those of us who got the joke, this had to be, hands down, the funniest thing in a long time.

this reminds me of this!!

http://moronland.net/moronia/moron/1047/

which is also super funny!!