Carrying physical and emotional baggage, U.S. military visit Lourdes
LOURDES, France (CNS) -- About 60 retired or active duty U.S. military personnel packed their uniforms, flags, wheelchairs, canes and the inevitable emotional baggage of their daily struggles to take …More
LOURDES, France (CNS) -- About 60 retired or active duty U.S. military personnel packed their uniforms, flags, wheelchairs, canes and the inevitable emotional baggage of their daily struggles to take part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
While many of these men and women, who had been injured in some way in the line of duty, went to seek peace and healing from this sacred place, some said they also found enormous and unexpected blessings from the people they encountered on their journey.
The soldiers, together with family members or caregivers, took part in a "Warriors to Lourdes" pilgrimage, sponsored by the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and the Knights of Columbus. The Knights covered the costs for the wounded personnel for the weeklong encounter of prayer, healing and friendship. For many of them, the May 13-19 visit to Lourdes -- where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 -- was their first pilgrimage ever.
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While many of these men and women, who had been injured in some way in the line of duty, went to seek peace and healing from this sacred place, some said they also found enormous and unexpected blessings from the people they encountered on their journey.
The soldiers, together with family members or caregivers, took part in a "Warriors to Lourdes" pilgrimage, sponsored by the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and the Knights of Columbus. The Knights covered the costs for the wounded personnel for the weeklong encounter of prayer, healing and friendship. For many of them, the May 13-19 visit to Lourdes -- where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 -- was their first pilgrimage ever.
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Extraordinary ministers at Papal Mass deny Communion in the hand
While Pope Francis doesn't reject Communion in the hand (remember Rio?), it's nice to see the convention retrieved under Pope Benedict XVI continued in Rome: Communion on the tongue. Check it out: Video …More
While Pope Francis doesn't reject Communion in the hand (remember Rio?), it's nice to see the convention retrieved under Pope Benedict XVI continued in Rome: Communion on the tongue. Check it out:
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Now just imagine one of your lay "Eucharistic ministers" try that in your local AmChurch parish! Isn't this crazy? All hell would break loose, and you know it!
For a good discussion of the issue by Bishop Athanasius Schneider , author of Dominus Est – It Is the Lord! Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion(Newman House Press, 2009):
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Now just imagine one of your lay "Eucharistic ministers" try that in your local AmChurch parish! Isn't this crazy? All hell would break loose, and you know it!
For a good discussion of the issue by Bishop Athanasius Schneider , author of Dominus Est – It Is the Lord! Reflections of a Bishop of Central Asia on Holy Communion(Newman House Press, 2009):
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"Papa we want to get married"
Going to the Chapel of Love In an extraordinary letter addressed to His Holiness, the unnamed women say they are just a 'small sample' of believers being forced to 'live in silence' because of their …More
Going to the Chapel of Love
In an extraordinary letter addressed to His Holiness, the unnamed women say they are just a 'small sample' of believers being forced to 'live in silence' because of their relationship.
The letter starts: 'Dear Pope Francis, we are a group of women from all over Italy (and further afield) and are writing to you to break down the wall of silence and indifference that we are faced with every day.
'Each of us is in, was or would like to start a relationship with a priest we are in love with.' The 26 women signed with just their name and the initial letter of their surname, plus the name of their hometown, but they did write their surnames and telephone numbers on the envelope
About 6,000 Italian men have left the priesthood to marry, compared with a total of 33,000 parish priests now in service. The Pope has previously supported the tradition of celibacy, but has suggested his position might waiver.
'For now, I am in favour of maintaining celibacy, with all the …More
In an extraordinary letter addressed to His Holiness, the unnamed women say they are just a 'small sample' of believers being forced to 'live in silence' because of their relationship.
The letter starts: 'Dear Pope Francis, we are a group of women from all over Italy (and further afield) and are writing to you to break down the wall of silence and indifference that we are faced with every day.
'Each of us is in, was or would like to start a relationship with a priest we are in love with.' The 26 women signed with just their name and the initial letter of their surname, plus the name of their hometown, but they did write their surnames and telephone numbers on the envelope
About 6,000 Italian men have left the priesthood to marry, compared with a total of 33,000 parish priests now in service. The Pope has previously supported the tradition of celibacy, but has suggested his position might waiver.
'For now, I am in favour of maintaining celibacy, with all the …More
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US Catholic priest challenges Church to love gays more deeply
Photo ~ Father James Martin.Photo: America, The National Catholic Review A prominent Catholic writer priest has challenged his church "to love gays and lesbians more deeply." The Rev. James Martin, a …More
Photo ~ Father James Martin.Photo: America, The National Catholic Review
A prominent Catholic writer priest has challenged his church "to love gays and lesbians more deeply."
The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit editor at America, a Catholic magazine, underlines the problem with the "love the sinner, hate the sin" formula he says many Christians use to guide their beliefs around homosexuality.
His piece entitled, Simply loving, comes at a time that the Vatican is said to be considering relaxing its stance on same-sex civil partnerships and when Pope Francis has urged more tolerance toward gay people.
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A prominent Catholic writer priest has challenged his church "to love gays and lesbians more deeply."
The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit editor at America, a Catholic magazine, underlines the problem with the "love the sinner, hate the sin" formula he says many Christians use to guide their beliefs around homosexuality.
His piece entitled, Simply loving, comes at a time that the Vatican is said to be considering relaxing its stance on same-sex civil partnerships and when Pope Francis has urged more tolerance toward gay people.
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This priest has a history of focussing on the same-sex topic and he loves to hang around the artsy fartsy crowd, it kind of makes you wonder whats up …More
This priest has a history of focussing on the same-sex topic and he loves to hang around the artsy fartsy crowd, it kind of makes you wonder whats up with him???? He accused Blessed Cardinal Newman of being gay also in an article a few years back that was very distasteful to say the least.
Two comments: 1. Hating the sin and loving the sinner is the maxim. Although we are all sinners, what if the sinner identifies himself with the sin? …More
Two comments:
1. Hating the sin and loving the sinner is the maxim. Although we are all sinners, what if the sinner identifies himself with the sin? It is one thing to steal, another to be a thief, stealing habitually. Likewise it is one thing to commit adultery, another to do it habitually, becoming an adulterer.
2. Although there are various interpretations of Zachaeus' meeting with Christ, the Martin interpretation seems not to be consistent with text.
a. When Zachaeus tells Christ about giving to the poor and not defrauding anyone, the tenses do not indicate that it is a promise of future behavior. Rather, it is a comment directed at the opinion of Jews, that he is already acting ethically in his work. This is not a story of ethical conversion.
b. And so the story indicates that ethical behavior, while good, is not sufficient—he is not able to see Christ without climbing a sycamore tree . It is not the same as the presence of Christ, or, more specifically, the Divine Indwelling of …More
1. Hating the sin and loving the sinner is the maxim. Although we are all sinners, what if the sinner identifies himself with the sin? It is one thing to steal, another to be a thief, stealing habitually. Likewise it is one thing to commit adultery, another to do it habitually, becoming an adulterer.
2. Although there are various interpretations of Zachaeus' meeting with Christ, the Martin interpretation seems not to be consistent with text.
a. When Zachaeus tells Christ about giving to the poor and not defrauding anyone, the tenses do not indicate that it is a promise of future behavior. Rather, it is a comment directed at the opinion of Jews, that he is already acting ethically in his work. This is not a story of ethical conversion.
b. And so the story indicates that ethical behavior, while good, is not sufficient—he is not able to see Christ without climbing a sycamore tree . It is not the same as the presence of Christ, or, more specifically, the Divine Indwelling of …More
While in Church, a Catholic Woman Says: "I almost got in a fistfight today"
I stopped into a church today intending to pray the whole Rosary (all 15 decades) sitting before Our Lord reposed in a tabernacle. I got through the Joyful Mysteries when a crazy man/professional …More
I stopped into a church today intending to pray the whole Rosary (all 15 decades) sitting before Our Lord reposed in a tabernacle. I got through the Joyful Mysteries when a crazy man/professional panhandler entered the church begging for handouts. He zeroed in on me and wouldn’t relent. I tried to ignore him. Then… he touched me.
Now I’m engaged. It’s on. He curses me, turns and faces Our Lord in the tabernacle, curses Him, and then spits at Our Lord in the tabernacle. Now, this is where it gets… interesting. Crazy panhandler dude then wheels back on me and says, “Why don’t you go back? Why don’t you go back where you came from?” Over and over again. Now, I guess there is a certain general quality to that statement, but I found it interesting considering that the creature that was saying this had just cursed and then spit upon Our Blessed Lord reposed in the tabernacle. Hmmmm. Maybe someone doesn’t like like me being here in Riverville. Edifying!
There were two men, excuse me, “men”, …More
Now I’m engaged. It’s on. He curses me, turns and faces Our Lord in the tabernacle, curses Him, and then spits at Our Lord in the tabernacle. Now, this is where it gets… interesting. Crazy panhandler dude then wheels back on me and says, “Why don’t you go back? Why don’t you go back where you came from?” Over and over again. Now, I guess there is a certain general quality to that statement, but I found it interesting considering that the creature that was saying this had just cursed and then spit upon Our Blessed Lord reposed in the tabernacle. Hmmmm. Maybe someone doesn’t like like me being here in Riverville. Edifying!
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I'd guess that the soldier was following orders and so he did not interfere with the screaming kid. I'd also guess that it was a N.O. mass since Trads …More
I'd guess that the soldier was following orders and so he did not interfere with the screaming kid. I'd also guess that it was a N.O. mass since Trads, from my experience, have more consideration for others than to allow their bundle of joy to so greatly disturb the mass and many of the mass goers.
A few years ago toward the end of Sunday mass a child started screaming. Not crying. Screaming. On and on. It was obviously a situation where one of …More
A few years ago toward the end of Sunday mass a child started screaming. Not crying. Screaming. On and on. It was obviously a situation where one of the ushers should have advised the parents to take the child toward the back of the church to the vestibule. None made a move. Were they pansies?
Well, one wasn't. He is a Medal of Honor winner--I know him and his wife. In fact, I was told he is the only man in history to have the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Medic Badge, and the Medal of Honor.
Well, one wasn't. He is a Medal of Honor winner--I know him and his wife. In fact, I was told he is the only man in history to have the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Medic Badge, and the Medal of Honor.
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Russian church the absent player at pope-patriarch summit
Photo ~ Pope Francis (L) talks with Metropolitan Hilarion, the foreign minister of the Russian Orthodox Church, during a private meeting at the Vatican March 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Osservatore Romano …More
Photo ~ Pope Francis (L) talks with Metropolitan Hilarion, the foreign minister of the Russian Orthodox Church, during a private meeting at the Vatican March 20, 2013.
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(Reuters) - When Pope Francis meets the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians next week, the speeches and symbolism will focus on how these ancient western and eastern wings of Christianity want to come closer together.
After almost a millennium apart, however, the key to the elusive unity they seek does not lie in Jerusalem, where the Catholic pope and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will embrace on May 25. If anywhere, that key lies in Moscow.
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), by far the largest church in the Orthodox world and increasingly influential at home and abroad, has long been wary of the closer ties Francis and Bartholomew want to work towards.
Its opposition has only stiffened in recent months amid the crisis in Ukraine, where the political standoff between …More
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(Reuters) - When Pope Francis meets the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians next week, the speeches and symbolism will focus on how these ancient western and eastern wings of Christianity want to come closer together.
After almost a millennium apart, however, the key to the elusive unity they seek does not lie in Jerusalem, where the Catholic pope and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will embrace on May 25. If anywhere, that key lies in Moscow.
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), by far the largest church in the Orthodox world and increasingly influential at home and abroad, has long been wary of the closer ties Francis and Bartholomew want to work towards.
Its opposition has only stiffened in recent months amid the crisis in Ukraine, where the political standoff between …More
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The Homosexual Manifesto
By Michael Swift, “Gay Revolutionary.” (Excerpted) We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your …More
By Michael Swift, “Gay Revolutionary.” (Excerpted)
We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us.
All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. Instead, legislation shall be passed which engenders love between men. All homosexuals must stand together as brothers; we must be united artistically, philosophically, socially, politically and financially. We will triumph only when we present a common face to the vicious heterosexual enemy.
We will unmask the powerful homosexuals …More
We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us.
All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. Instead, legislation shall be passed which engenders love between men. All homosexuals must stand together as brothers; we must be united artistically, philosophically, socially, politically and financially. We will triumph only when we present a common face to the vicious heterosexual enemy.
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Tolerance is a one way street for LGBT (Video)
Photo ~ Michael Sam & Boyfriend Vito Cammisano When he was belatedly drafted into the NFL, openly gay player Michael Sam celebrated on TV by kissing his male lover. Oddly, the pair also smooshed cake …More
Photo ~ Michael Sam & Boyfriend Vito Cammisano
When he was belatedly drafted into the NFL, openly gay player Michael Sam celebrated on TV by kissing his male lover. Oddly, the pair also smooshed cake in each other’s faces as if they were a couple getting married. One Texas talk show host objected to the display on TV, but when she spoke up she began to receive death threats and even threats of rape.
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Amy Kushnir said airing the kiss was “inappropriate” and “over-the-top,” scolding ESPN for showing the “shocking video” in the first place. Kushnir did not say anything negative about gay people, she simply expressed her outraged that ESPN would use the opportunity “to promote their left-wing agenda.”
When he was belatedly drafted into the NFL, openly gay player Michael Sam celebrated on TV by kissing his male lover. Oddly, the pair also smooshed cake in each other’s faces as if they were a couple getting married. One Texas talk show host objected to the display on TV, but when she spoke up she began to receive death threats and even threats of rape.
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Amy Kushnir said airing the kiss was “inappropriate” and “over-the-top,” scolding ESPN for showing the “shocking video” in the first place. Kushnir did not say anything negative about gay people, she simply expressed her outraged that ESPN would use the opportunity “to promote their left-wing agenda.”
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Pope Will 'Recognize Palestine, Call to End Occupation'
Photo ~ Pope Francis with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Reuters) The claims that his trip will begin in a "recognition of Palestine" comes amid reports from February by Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a member of …More
Photo ~ Pope Francis with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Reuters)
The claims that his trip will begin in a "recognition of Palestine" comes amid reports from February by Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a member of the Argentinian parliament and close friend of Pope Francis, who said that the pope intends to define himself as the "Che Guevera of the Palestinians" and support their "struggle and rights" during his visit.
In Bethlehem the pope is to travel in an open-top car and meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, holding "mass" prayer services there instead of in Jerusalem in what has been called a show of support for the PA.
It has been noted that the pope has been remarkably tight-lipped over the violent persecution of Christians in Bethlehem, instead choosing to condemn alleged Jewish "price tag" vandalism.
The fact that "the pope will begin his visit in Palestine and not Israel," as Bandak put it ( Ziyyad Bandak, Abbas's adviser for Christian affairs), was meant as a slight to the Jewish state …More
The claims that his trip will begin in a "recognition of Palestine" comes amid reports from February by Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a member of the Argentinian parliament and close friend of Pope Francis, who said that the pope intends to define himself as the "Che Guevera of the Palestinians" and support their "struggle and rights" during his visit.
In Bethlehem the pope is to travel in an open-top car and meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, holding "mass" prayer services there instead of in Jerusalem in what has been called a show of support for the PA.
It has been noted that the pope has been remarkably tight-lipped over the violent persecution of Christians in Bethlehem, instead choosing to condemn alleged Jewish "price tag" vandalism.
The fact that "the pope will begin his visit in Palestine and not Israel," as Bandak put it ( Ziyyad Bandak, Abbas's adviser for Christian affairs), was meant as a slight to the Jewish state …More
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I am horrified, though I understand now why Pope Francis can have friends who are Marxists. If the man identifies himself with Che Guevera, he is agreeing …More
I am horrified, though I understand now why Pope Francis can have friends who are Marxists. If the man identifies himself with Che Guevera, he is agreeing with a Marxist who has murdered, surpressed religion, tortured thousands and put thousands into political presion camps. The Palestinian leadership wants no peace with Israel, just the elimination of Israel and of living Jews. Check out Memri tv and Palestine Watch and you can listen to very young Palsestian children praising the killing of Jews!!! No doubt the Pope's words will be fit inbetween such tv broadcasts, sort of as a blessing. Pope Francis is overstepping the bounds to his function as a head of a state. He could be mixing into explosive politics. I can now understand why many times many Roman and Italian inhabitants chased popes out of Rome. (What the heck, Che got chased about in So. America until he got his just reward.) Pope Francis will undo all the reconciliation that Pope John Paul II did and revive(with a great deal …More
What’s at stake when Pope Francis visits the Holy Land
Photo ~ Pope Francis leaves next Saturday for a three-day outing to Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, and Israel. Pope Francis leaves next Saturday for a brief but intense three-day outing to Jordan …More
Photo ~ Pope Francis leaves next Saturday for a three-day outing to Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, and Israel.
Pope Francis leaves next Saturday for a brief but intense three-day outing to Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, and Israel, a region Christians traditionally call the “Holy Land.” He’ll become the fourth pope to make the trip, which is always a religious and political high-wire act.
Four challenges await him, beginning with the situation facing the region’s small Christian minority.
Across the Middle East, Christians have declined from 20 percent of the population in the early 20th century to roughly 4 percent, and that decline is palpable in the Holy Land. The city of Bethlehem in the Palestinian Territories, where Francis will say an open-air Mass on Sunday, was almost entirely Christian a century ago, but today it’s more than two-thirds Muslim.
The Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, warns that the Holy Land, if the trend continues, could become a “spiritual …More
Pope Francis leaves next Saturday for a brief but intense three-day outing to Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, and Israel, a region Christians traditionally call the “Holy Land.” He’ll become the fourth pope to make the trip, which is always a religious and political high-wire act.
Four challenges await him, beginning with the situation facing the region’s small Christian minority.
Across the Middle East, Christians have declined from 20 percent of the population in the early 20th century to roughly 4 percent, and that decline is palpable in the Holy Land. The city of Bethlehem in the Palestinian Territories, where Francis will say an open-air Mass on Sunday, was almost entirely Christian a century ago, but today it’s more than two-thirds Muslim.
The Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, warns that the Holy Land, if the trend continues, could become a “spiritual …More
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Italian bishop's abortion clinic remark draws criticism
Photo ~ These are seminarians of the Pontifical Seminary the “Josephinum”, praying the rosary in front of an abortion clinic. An Italian bishop's comment that appeared to denigrate pro-life advocates …More
Photo ~ These are seminarians of the Pontifical Seminary the “Josephinum”, praying the rosary in front of an abortion clinic.
An Italian bishop's comment that appeared to denigrate pro-life advocates who pray at abortion clinics drew criticism from a pro-life leader in the U.K., who said their witness helps save lives.
Bishop Nunzio Galantino of Cassano all'Jonio, who is also secretary-general of the Italian bishops' conference, told the Florentine newspaper La Nazione May 12 that “I don’t identify with the expressionless person who stands outside the abortion clinic reciting their rosary, but with young people, who are still against this practice, but are instead fighting for quality of life, their health, their right to work.”
The remark drew a response from John Smeaton, director of the U.K.-based Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
“I thought I would let you know that I do identify with the person outside the abortion clinic praying their rosary, whether or not the person …More
An Italian bishop's comment that appeared to denigrate pro-life advocates who pray at abortion clinics drew criticism from a pro-life leader in the U.K., who said their witness helps save lives.
Bishop Nunzio Galantino of Cassano all'Jonio, who is also secretary-general of the Italian bishops' conference, told the Florentine newspaper La Nazione May 12 that “I don’t identify with the expressionless person who stands outside the abortion clinic reciting their rosary, but with young people, who are still against this practice, but are instead fighting for quality of life, their health, their right to work.”
The remark drew a response from John Smeaton, director of the U.K.-based Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
“I thought I would let you know that I do identify with the person outside the abortion clinic praying their rosary, whether or not the person …More
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Prof Wessell, Those who sympathize with Marxists like Castro, Allende, and Chavez are obviously opposed to economic prosperity. Wherever Marxism or …More
Prof Wessell,
Those who sympathize with Marxists like Castro, Allende, and Chavez are obviously opposed to economic prosperity. Wherever Marxism or quasi Marxism was implemented, depressed economies followed.
Marxism is opposed to natural law because it opposes a natural right to property.
The Germans are very, very industrious. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, however, the effects Marxism were obvious: East Germany looked like little else than a garbage dump.
Those who sympathize with Marxists like Castro, Allende, and Chavez are obviously opposed to economic prosperity. Wherever Marxism or quasi Marxism was implemented, depressed economies followed.
Marxism is opposed to natural law because it opposes a natural right to property.
The Germans are very, very industrious. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, however, the effects Marxism were obvious: East Germany looked like little else than a garbage dump.
The Church in Italy is a court Church, with bishops trying for promotion by imitating what the pope says. Galantino was selected not because he's going …More
The Church in Italy is a court Church, with bishops trying for promotion by imitating what the pope says.
Galantino was selected not because he's going places but because he's not--Southern Italian bishops are of little consequence. The pope wants to break the Italian episcopal career path and its influence in the curia, which BTW kept Benedict from implementing anything.
Galantino was selected not because he's going places but because he's not--Southern Italian bishops are of little consequence. The pope wants to break the Italian episcopal career path and its influence in the curia, which BTW kept Benedict from implementing anything.
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Death sentence for Christian in Sudan draws global criticism
Photo ~ Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is pictured in this undated image with her husband, Daniel Wani. A pregnant woman who was raised as a Christian has been sentenced to execution by a Sudanese court that …More
Photo ~ Meriam Yehya Ibrahim is pictured in this undated image with her husband, Daniel Wani.
A pregnant woman who was raised as a Christian has been sentenced to execution by a Sudanese court that contends she has apostatized from Islam, drawing worldwide condemnation.
“Mrs. Ibrahim’s willingness to stand-up for her faith – even in the face of death – is a true mark of uncommon courage and bravery,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said May 15.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, is recognized as Muslim under Sudanese law because her father was Muslim. Her father abandoned the family when Ibrahim was six years old and she was raised as a Christian by her Ethiopian Orthodox mother.
Ibrahim married Daniel Wani, a Christian from South Sudan, and is now eight months pregnant.
She was arrested in August 2013; a Khartoum court convicted Ibrahim May 15 of apostasy from Islam, and adultery, on the grounds that marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men is not recognized.
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A pregnant woman who was raised as a Christian has been sentenced to execution by a Sudanese court that contends she has apostatized from Islam, drawing worldwide condemnation.
“Mrs. Ibrahim’s willingness to stand-up for her faith – even in the face of death – is a true mark of uncommon courage and bravery,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said May 15.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, is recognized as Muslim under Sudanese law because her father was Muslim. Her father abandoned the family when Ibrahim was six years old and she was raised as a Christian by her Ethiopian Orthodox mother.
Ibrahim married Daniel Wani, a Christian from South Sudan, and is now eight months pregnant.
She was arrested in August 2013; a Khartoum court convicted Ibrahim May 15 of apostasy from Islam, and adultery, on the grounds that marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men is not recognized.
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“Dear Francis, we are in love with a priest, please review the celibacy law”
The Pope has received a letter signed by 26 Italian women who admit to have feelings for a priest or a monk and are asking for a review of the celibacy law “Dear Pope Francis, we are a group of women …More
The Pope has received a letter signed by 26 Italian women who admit to have feelings for a priest or a monk and are asking for a review of the celibacy law
“Dear Pope Francis, we are a group of women from all over Italy (and further afield) and are writing to you to break down the wall of silence and indifference that we are faced with every day. Each of us is in, was or would like to start a relationship with a priest we are in love with.” This is the letter’s opening statement. The 26 women signed with just their name and the initial letter of their surname, plus the name of their hometown, but they did write their surnames and telephone numbers on the envelope. All of them claim to be in a relationship with a priest. The women say they are just “a small sample” but add that they are writing on behalf of many other women who are “living in silence.”
“As you are well aware,” the letter reads, “a lot has been said by those who are in favour of optional celibacy but very little is known …More
“Dear Pope Francis, we are a group of women from all over Italy (and further afield) and are writing to you to break down the wall of silence and indifference that we are faced with every day. Each of us is in, was or would like to start a relationship with a priest we are in love with.” This is the letter’s opening statement. The 26 women signed with just their name and the initial letter of their surname, plus the name of their hometown, but they did write their surnames and telephone numbers on the envelope. All of them claim to be in a relationship with a priest. The women say they are just “a small sample” but add that they are writing on behalf of many other women who are “living in silence.”
“As you are well aware,” the letter reads, “a lot has been said by those who are in favour of optional celibacy but very little is known …More
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Boston College to honor John Kerry, Cardinal O’Malley urged to withdraw
BOSTON, May 15, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized Jesuit administered Boston College for its decision to confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree …More
BOSTON, May 15, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized Jesuit administered Boston College for its decision to confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on U. S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who has also been invited to serve as the university's 2014 Commencement speaker. The League is also urging Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, to repeat his 2013 decision to withdraw from the commencement because of the honoree's advocacy of abortion.
In their 2004 statement, Catholics in Political Life, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said: "The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."
In their 2004 statement, Catholics in Political Life, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said: "The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."
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Robbers Beat Priest with Holy Water Sprinkler [sic]
Photo ~ In 2011, the Rev. Dan Mallette was beaten and robbed in the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland parish. Jerrell Harris is now charged in the attack. Jerrell Harris, 21, was arrested Thursday …More
Photo ~ In 2011, the Rev. Dan Mallette was beaten and robbed in the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland parish. Jerrell Harris is now charged in the attack.
Jerrell Harris, 21, was arrested Thursday after being identified as the person who broke into the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church on Dec. 6, 2011, where 80-year-old Fr. Dan Mallette lived, police said.
Mallette was awakened on the night of Dec. 6, 2011, by two men wearing masks and "ninja-like suits" who had broken into the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, Assistant State's Attorney Erin Antonietti said.
The two robbers demanded money and started beating the 80-year-old priest, Antonietti said. One of them grabbed Mallette's walking cane and a tool used to sprinkle holy water (Aspergillum-ED), striking the priest in the head, she said.
The robbers got the combination and key to the church safe, where they found $600, Antonietti said. The culprits sprayed Clorox around the rectory in an effort …More
Jerrell Harris, 21, was arrested Thursday after being identified as the person who broke into the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church on Dec. 6, 2011, where 80-year-old Fr. Dan Mallette lived, police said.
Mallette was awakened on the night of Dec. 6, 2011, by two men wearing masks and "ninja-like suits" who had broken into the rectory of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, Assistant State's Attorney Erin Antonietti said.
The two robbers demanded money and started beating the 80-year-old priest, Antonietti said. One of them grabbed Mallette's walking cane and a tool used to sprinkle holy water (Aspergillum-ED), striking the priest in the head, she said.
The robbers got the combination and key to the church safe, where they found $600, Antonietti said. The culprits sprayed Clorox around the rectory in an effort …More
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Pope Francis Backs Neocatechumenal Way Liturgy
Neocatecumenal Way Video The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a letter on April 3rd from the Holy Father to Kiko Argüello, initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way, along with Carmen Hernandez, confirming …More
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The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a letter on April 3rd from the Holy Father to Kiko Argüello, initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way, along with Carmen Hernandez, confirming the liturgical praxis of the Way with regards to the Eucharist and the Paschal Vigil.
In the letter, the Holy Father confirms that "as far as it pertains to the celebrations of the Paschal Vigil and the Sunday Eucharist, […] articles 12 and 13 [of the Statutes], read in their entirety, constitute therefore the regulatory charter of reference."
This message was in response to a letter sent previously by Kiko Argüello in which he told the Pope of his concern about several negative interpretations of the words of the Holy Father addressed to a group of some 12,000 neocatechumens on February 1st, 2014.
In his response, Pope Francis not only confirmed the full validity of the Statute of the Neocatechumenal Way, but acknowledged "the evangelizing dynamism of the Neocatechumenal Way, the …More
The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a letter on April 3rd from the Holy Father to Kiko Argüello, initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way, along with Carmen Hernandez, confirming the liturgical praxis of the Way with regards to the Eucharist and the Paschal Vigil.
In the letter, the Holy Father confirms that "as far as it pertains to the celebrations of the Paschal Vigil and the Sunday Eucharist, […] articles 12 and 13 [of the Statutes], read in their entirety, constitute therefore the regulatory charter of reference."
This message was in response to a letter sent previously by Kiko Argüello in which he told the Pope of his concern about several negative interpretations of the words of the Holy Father addressed to a group of some 12,000 neocatechumens on February 1st, 2014.
In his response, Pope Francis not only confirmed the full validity of the Statute of the Neocatechumenal Way, but acknowledged "the evangelizing dynamism of the Neocatechumenal Way, the …More
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A one way street. I will stay with the Mass of my Catholic forefathers, and the proper public worship of God. THE HOLY TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS.More
A one way street.
I will stay with the Mass of my Catholic forefathers, and the proper public worship of God.
THE HOLY TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS.
I will stay with the Mass of my Catholic forefathers, and the proper public worship of God.
THE HOLY TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS.
Philo-Homosexual Vienna cardinal praises Conchita Wurst
The bearded ESC (EUROVISION SONG CONTEST) winner also stands for "God's most intriguing idea", says Archbishop Christoph Schönborn. He demands respect for Conchita Wurst. As we all know, there is a …More
The bearded ESC (EUROVISION SONG CONTEST) winner also stands for "God's most intriguing idea", says Archbishop Christoph Schönborn. He demands respect for Conchita Wurst.
As we all know, there is a diversity in the garden of God. Not all those who were born male beings, feel as a man, and also on the female side. To earn the respect that we all have a right to, as people. I'm happy for Thomas Neuwirth having such success with his performance as Conchita. I wish that this success does not go over his head, and pray for God's blessings for his life for him.
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As we all know, there is a diversity in the garden of God. Not all those who were born male beings, feel as a man, and also on the female side. To earn the respect that we all have a right to, as people. I'm happy for Thomas Neuwirth having such success with his performance as Conchita. I wish that this success does not go over his head, and pray for God's blessings for his life for him.
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Schönborn predica un altro vangelo.. se penso che questo essere contro natura andrà al festival di Sanremo, pagato con i nostri soldi, mi viene male!…More
Schönborn predica un altro vangelo.. se penso che questo essere contro natura andrà al festival di Sanremo, pagato con i nostri soldi, mi viene male! I vertici massonici-satanici della RAI non pensano ai nostri figli? Sono così perversi? Siamo proprio messi male. Naturalmente, Bergoglio, farà orecchie da mercante... E a noi chi ci difende da tutta questa satanizzazione?
How Catholic fashion got that way
Photo ~ Clockwise from left: Cardinal William O’Connell in 1948; Pope Francis; an image from the West Philadelphia Catholic Girls’ High School yearbook; a sister from the Sisters of Charity order, mid …More
Photo ~ Clockwise from left: Cardinal William O’Connell in 1948; Pope Francis; an image from the West Philadelphia Catholic Girls’ High School yearbook; a sister from the Sisters of Charity order, mid to late 20th century; members of the Daughters of St. Paul in Brookline in 1999; Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, 1885-95; Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856), founder of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
The Catholic faith is rich with symbolic clothing: the priest’s Roman collar, the nun’s habit, the Pope’s white cassock and cap. They invest the church with a sense of timelessness and gravity.
But even in a 2,000-year old sacramental religion, clothing changes—and in the United States, Catholic dress has had its own distinct story. The Roman collar, ubiquitous now, wasn’t mandatory for American priests until 1884. Nuns’ hemlines have crept upward, and headpieces receded in size. Even Catholic school uniforms have changed.
In her new book, “Common …More
The Catholic faith is rich with symbolic clothing: the priest’s Roman collar, the nun’s habit, the Pope’s white cassock and cap. They invest the church with a sense of timelessness and gravity.
But even in a 2,000-year old sacramental religion, clothing changes—and in the United States, Catholic dress has had its own distinct story. The Roman collar, ubiquitous now, wasn’t mandatory for American priests until 1884. Nuns’ hemlines have crept upward, and headpieces receded in size. Even Catholic school uniforms have changed.
In her new book, “Common …More
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The illustration from the West Philadelphia Catholic High School year book needs one more further illustration of today's modification of that same …More
The illustration from the West Philadelphia Catholic High School year book needs one more further illustration of today's modification of that same uniform-in addition to the higher hemline needs the removal of the uniform shirt to expose her bosoms. Now that is truly a modern Catholic fashion!
Tampa priest commits suicide inside parish
Photo ~ According to police, a maintenance man discovered Father Vladimir Dziadek at the bottom of a staircase along with a broken belt in the church office on Monday morning. TAMPA -- A Tampa priest …More
Photo ~ According to police, a maintenance man discovered Father Vladimir Dziadek at the bottom of a staircase along with a broken belt in the church office on Monday morning.
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A Tampa priest that died earlier this week, committed suicide, according to reports.
According to police, a maintenance man discovered Father Vladimir at the bottom of a staircase along with a broken belt in the church office on Monday morning.
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner says the cause of death is a suicide by hanging.
Nobody yet knows exactly why Father Vladimir committed suicide, but a Catholic Church spokesman says the 57-year-old priest had historically struggled with depression.
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A Tampa priest that died earlier this week, committed suicide, according to reports.
According to police, a maintenance man discovered Father Vladimir at the bottom of a staircase along with a broken belt in the church office on Monday morning.
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner says the cause of death is a suicide by hanging.
Nobody yet knows exactly why Father Vladimir committed suicide, but a Catholic Church spokesman says the 57-year-old priest had historically struggled with depression.
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Francis Will Not Use Bulletproof Cars In Upcoming Middle East Visit
(Reuters) - Pope Francis is shunning bulletproof vehicles during his trip to the Middle East this month, insisting that he use a normal car and be allowed to be as close to people as possible, the …More
(Reuters) - Pope Francis is shunning bulletproof vehicles during his trip to the Middle East this month, insisting that he use a normal car and be allowed to be as close to people as possible, the Vatican said on Thursday.
The Vatican, briefing reporters on the trip, also confirmed that a rabbi and an Islamic leader will accompany Pope Francis on his trip to the Middle East in a gesture of the importance he attaches to inter-religious dialogue.
Francis will visit Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Israel during the May 24-26 trip, his first as pope to the region.
"The pope wants an open popemobile and a normal car. The local security official took the desire of the pope into consideration," said chief spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
"I don't think there was too much discussion about that," he said, hinting that local security officials had suggested the use of bulletproof vehicles but were over-ruled.
Francis' predecessors were driven in bulletproof limousines on their trips, …More
The Vatican, briefing reporters on the trip, also confirmed that a rabbi and an Islamic leader will accompany Pope Francis on his trip to the Middle East in a gesture of the importance he attaches to inter-religious dialogue.
Francis will visit Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Israel during the May 24-26 trip, his first as pope to the region.
"The pope wants an open popemobile and a normal car. The local security official took the desire of the pope into consideration," said chief spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
"I don't think there was too much discussion about that," he said, hinting that local security officials had suggested the use of bulletproof vehicles but were over-ruled.
Francis' predecessors were driven in bulletproof limousines on their trips, …More
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