East Meets West #25: Little Nemo .vs. Slumberland

Last November, I learned that Netflix released a live-action adaptation of Windsor McCay's Little Nemo comics, and my first response was "What?" It seemed odd that producers would attempt to hash out a modern-day remake of a franchise that's been dormant since 1927; not to mention, how since then many popular movies with a similar … Continue reading East Meets West #25: Little Nemo .vs. Slumberland →

East Meets West #20: Super Mario Bros (1986) .vs. Super Mario Bros (1993)

It's been more than a year since I last discussed the Super Mario Bros. anime, sub-titled The Quest To Rescue Princess Peach. It's a colourful, yet unassuming anime movie which retains many of the features from its video game source material and visually reminds us of why it has become one of the most well-beloved … Continue reading East Meets West #20: Super Mario Bros (1986) .vs. Super Mario Bros (1993) →

Moreover the sacred canons of the Church prescribe that ancient Oriental rites legitimately introduced should be scrupulously retained... Indeed the liturgy of the Ruthenians can be no other than that which was either instituted by the holy fathers of the Church or ratified by the canons of synods or introduced by legitimate use, always with the express or tacit approval of the Apostolic See. If variations have occurred in this liturgy in the course of time, they have been instituted after consultation with the Roman Pontiffs and for the express purpose of freeing such rites from any taint of heresy or schism and expressing Catholic teaching more correctly and clearly for the preservation of the faith and the good of souls. Accordingly, nothing other is intended by the deceptive pretext of purifying rites and restoring them to their original condition than the preparation of pitfalls for the faith of the Ruthenians of Chelm, whom evil men are striving to tear from the bosom of the Church and to hand over to heresy and schism.
Pope Pius IX, Omnem Sollicitudinem (13 May 1874)

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