I betrayed my religious vocation and all I got was this stupid pen.
Sr. Keehan receives presidential pen for supporting health care despite bishops' objections :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sr. Keehan receives presidential pen for supporting health care despite bishops' objections :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
I betrayed my religious vocation and all I got was this stupid pen.
Sr. Keehan receives presidential pen for supporting health care despite bishops' objections :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Russians Forced to Confront Implications of Large Number of ‘Ethnic Orthodox’
Paul Goble
Russians for a long time have dismissed many of the traditionally Islamic peoples of their country as “ethnic Muslims,” a term that refers to the fact that, as a result of Soviet anti-religious policies and modernization, many members of these nations identify as Muslims but neither know much about Islam or practice the faith.
Now, largely in reaction to a new poll, Russians and especially Russian religious leaders are having to focus on the reality that alongside “ethnic Muslims,” there appear to be an increasing number of “ethnic Orthodox” Russians who identify with the religion but neither know much about it or take part in religious practice.
The confrontation with that somewhat uncomfortable reality has at least two serious consequences. On the one hand, it calls into question the claims the Moscow Patriarchate makes and that some in the Russian government accept that the Russian Federation is genuinely “an Orthodox Christian” country.
Link to Georgian Daily...
Russians for a long time have dismissed many of the traditionally Islamic peoples of their country as “ethnic Muslims,” a term that refers to the fact that, as a result of Soviet anti-religious policies and modernization, many members of these nations identify as Muslims but neither know much about Islam or practice the faith.
Now, largely in reaction to a new poll, Russians and especially Russian religious leaders are having to focus on the reality that alongside “ethnic Muslims,” there appear to be an increasing number of “ethnic Orthodox” Russians who identify with the religion but neither know much about it or take part in religious practice.
The confrontation with that somewhat uncomfortable reality has at least two serious consequences. On the one hand, it calls into question the claims the Moscow Patriarchate makes and that some in the Russian government accept that the Russian Federation is genuinely “an Orthodox Christian” country.
Link to Georgian Daily...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Cardinal Schönborn Honors Dissident Group in Stepansdom
Despite his own criticism of 'We are Church' and that of his brother Bishops and the Spanish Bishops Conference, even, Cardinal Schönborn will host this group which by most estimates is nothing more than a different confession, certainly outside the Church. Kathnet won't come out and criticize Cardinal Schönborn for this, but perhaps even the people at Regnum Christi are starting to wonder about just who or what this Cardinal is about.
Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn is invited with the controversial organization "We are Church" to a Penance Service in the Vienna Stepensdom.
I am angry, God...Kath.net...
Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn is invited with the controversial organization "We are Church" to a Penance Service in the Vienna Stepensdom.
Wien (kath.net) The Vienese Cardinal Schönborn will hold a meeting next week on Wednesday, the 31st of March, together with the controversial group "We are Church" (WSK) in the Stepensdom a complaint and penance service under the motto "I am angry, God". There will be victims of sexual violence by priests who will have the opportunity, to formulate their pain in the presence of the Cardinal. Hans Peter Hurka, the director of the Austrian Group, informed the "Presse" of this event on Sunday.
"We are Church" is not an officially recognized group of the Church and has in the past years increasingly made initiatives against the Church, which have been clearly rejected by Rome. The Diocese Regensburg reported "We are Church" in November 2006 as a "problematic splinter group". The Salzburg Archbishop Alois Kothgasserr has prohibited in 2005 the organization "We are Church" in the Cathedral Book Store from presenting a so-called "Pastoral Letter". Kothgasser then said, orally: "Who follows Christ, must also follow Peter, and whoever remains by Peter, there is also the Church." [Wow]
Even the Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn had criticized the group on a number of occasions in the past. Among them, in 2003 he criticized the group at a press conference, that the Platform of an Initiative supported, belonged to a network of Freemasons, of the "European Humanity Federation", which seeks the omission of article 51 from the EU-Constitution. Article 51 is concerned with the status of the Church and cultural societies. It will have been stated that they respected and did not vitiate, that the Union will grant "according the legal status, to Church and religious Unities or Communities in the member states." Otherwise it is certain, that the Union led a "open, transparent and fair Dialog" with the Church. "This Dialog Clause was put into question by "We are Church", said Schönborn: "One wonders." It needs a "more specific and thorough explanation."
A number of other Bishops, like Archbishop Ludwig Schick who said that "Weisner and his confederates need to do penance and go to confession. 'We are Church' could tell everyone, that through the triple bonds of Faith, the Sacraments and the pious and obedient unity with Pope and Bishops, builds a church community. From this Communion, Weisner and his followers appear to have separated themselves."
Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa said in 2003 clearly, "'We are Church' is not in the soil of the Catholic Church."
The famous Catholic journalist Guido Horst said in a commentary: "The church-whiners, who in the last years trusted themselves to the "spirit of the Council", were unfruitful. "We are Church" consists of a post-office box and an E-mail server, Church-People-Demanders, who found their organ in the public forum, are remaining today, grey and (spiritually) childless.
I am angry, God...Kath.net...
Berlusconi Lauds Holy Father's Sincerity and Humility
INTERNATIONAL REACTION: POPE BENEDICT’S pastoral letter to the Irish yesterday prompted the unexpected approval of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
In a remarkable communiqué, which may or may not be influenced by forthcoming regional elections, Mr Berlusconi expressed admiration for the “humility and sincerity” shown by the pope in the letter.
“Benedict XVI, like many of his predecessors, is often called on to confront very difficult situations . . . The way in which he responds is remarkably efficient, at least for all those who are not guided by totally hostile sentiments, and it is efficient both for its humility and sincerity and for the sound reasoning of the pope,” he said.
Link to original...
In a remarkable communiqué, which may or may not be influenced by forthcoming regional elections, Mr Berlusconi expressed admiration for the “humility and sincerity” shown by the pope in the letter.
“Benedict XVI, like many of his predecessors, is often called on to confront very difficult situations . . . The way in which he responds is remarkably efficient, at least for all those who are not guided by totally hostile sentiments, and it is efficient both for its humility and sincerity and for the sound reasoning of the pope,” he said.
Link to original...
Polish Court Upholds Verdict Against Catholic Magazine for Calling Abortion "Killing"
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
KATOWICE, Poland, March 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Katowice Appeal Court has today upheld the verdict of the Katowice District Court which ruled in September '09 that the Polish Catholic newspaper Gosc Niedzielny (Sunday Visitor) and its editor-in-chief Fr. Marek Gancarczyk were guilty of making offensive comments by saying abortion is the killing of an unborn child.
A further appeal is expected to go to Poland's Supreme Court.
Fr. Gancarczyk had appealed the earlier decision in the case brought against him by Alicja Tysiac, a woman who had previously won a "wrongful birth" suit against the Polish government at the European Court for Human Rights because she was refused an abortion. Poland permits abortion only in cases of rape, serious handicap in the baby, or serious health risk to the mother.
Link to Lifesite...
KATOWICE, Poland, March 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Katowice Appeal Court has today upheld the verdict of the Katowice District Court which ruled in September '09 that the Polish Catholic newspaper Gosc Niedzielny (Sunday Visitor) and its editor-in-chief Fr. Marek Gancarczyk were guilty of making offensive comments by saying abortion is the killing of an unborn child.
A further appeal is expected to go to Poland's Supreme Court.
Fr. Gancarczyk had appealed the earlier decision in the case brought against him by Alicja Tysiac, a woman who had previously won a "wrongful birth" suit against the Polish government at the European Court for Human Rights because she was refused an abortion. Poland permits abortion only in cases of rape, serious handicap in the baby, or serious health risk to the mother.
Link to Lifesite...
Pope's Critics Must Get their Facts Straight
THE evil of sexual abuse has no place in the Catholic Church and no one should doubt Benedict XVI's resolve to see it eradicated. His unprecedented pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland reflects his deep compassion for the victims of sexual abuse and his strong commitment to seeing that justice is done.
The Pope has met victims of sexual abuse in Australia and elsewhere. He has heard first-hand what they have suffered.
He is a man of immense compassion and goodness, and is personally committed to doing all he can to bring justice and healing to the victims.
The Australian...
The Pope has met victims of sexual abuse in Australia and elsewhere. He has heard first-hand what they have suffered.
He is a man of immense compassion and goodness, and is personally committed to doing all he can to bring justice and healing to the victims.
The Australian...
Zenit says Lifesite is too "Negative"
Zenit is controlled by the recently discredited Legionares of Christ, btw.
Dear readers,
This letter is hard to write, and it is long, but we are sure you will find it compelling reading.
LifeSiteNews is under attack - a sustained and focused attack, and we need your help and support at this time. Let me explain.
Over the last year we witnessed the President of the United States manipulate and undermine the very system and society he was elected to defend. With the majority of the country opposing his health care bill, Obama has been willing to put his presidency on the line, not to mention democracy - in order to implement the ideology of extreme anti-life groups.
We published many revelations about the national and international dangers of the Obama presidency related to the issues of life, family, faith and culture. These revelations have caused some to view LifeSiteNews as being too negative and prone to sensationalism or having a political agenda - which we do not.
They refuse to believe that the presidency of this man, who appears so reasonable and concerned about the downtrodden, could actually be the subject of so many alarming reports.
We hoped that the facts would speak for themselves. However, the attractive image and inspiring, but too-often deceitful words of leaders such as Barack Obama, have in the past fooled the people of many nations. Hence LifeSiteNews is seen to be the bad guy - for merely reporting unwelcome and uncomfortable truths.
Last year we also saw Catholic Church officials in Massachusetts allow a scandalous near-canonization funeral for Ted Kennedy, arguably for many years the leading Catholic U.S. political proponent of abortion and same-sex 'marriage'.
The entire pro-life movement and many others were aghast that the Catholic Church would allow the funeral to be so blatantly used to idolize a man who was in many ways an arch-enemy of the Church, of life, of traditional morality. LifeSiteNews reported extensively on this scandal. For this we have received intense and still continuing backlash from some well-connected persons within the Church.
They are doing everything they can to falsely malign LifeSiteNews and its credibility and, it seems, have been spreading this poison everywhere they go. And they have been succeeding in convincing some people to believe their malicious propaganda.
And over the last year we have watched the executives of Development & Peace (D&P), the official international development organization of the Canadian Bishops' Conference, scandalously deny mounds of evidence proving they have been using Catholic donations to fund pro-abortion social justice groups.
In the most recent part of the saga, D&P has released a document, "Questioning Development and Peace," that significantly adds to their on-going verbal barrage of assaults against LifeSiteNews.com - a barrage that is having adverse and tangible effects on our organization.
D&P writes, in reference to LifeSiteNews and another pro-life organization, Campaign Life Coalition, that, "These groups are part of the far right wing fringe element of North American society and have themselves been associated with groups and individuals who have resorted to violence to publicize their cause and achieve their objective."
What does the reckless proclamation of such harsh and completely unfounded charges say about those who are making them? Remember, this is supposed to be an official arm of the Canadian Bishops' Conference!
Reason and facts appear to be making no impression whatever upon the intransigent leadership of D&P and its proponents, who are sowing considerable confusion among the faithful.
Despite volumes of compelling Internet, photographic, and direct interview evidence, this situation remains unresolved, and we are amazingly still being attacked for allegedly misrepresenting the truth.
Unfortunately, Development and Peace has a far greater access to Canadian Catholic Church institutions, publications, parishes and bishops across Canada than does LifeSiteNews. They are also networked internationally to other Church media and institutions. The vast majority of these have not read the LifeSiteNews reports on D&P and therefore, in most cases, have sadly mistakenly accepted the outrageous D&P claims at face value.
It is our obligation to continue with hard hitting news reports on the Obama administration's dangerous actions; on scandals such as the Kennedy funeral; and D&P and, in the US, CCHD funding of abortion advocacy groups, and in Rome, the Recife affair. However such reports have resulted in scathing assaults against LifeSiteNews.com and, in some cases, downright hatred.
Some who are startled by the influence of our reports and the loss of control over messaging and media they once had, are increasingly seeing LifeSiteNews as the enemy. Hence our motives and credibility are being attacked, while the solid facts in the reports are ignored or glossed over.
One result is that donations during this crucial fundraising campaign, a campaign we rely upon to sustain us until mid-June, have been lower than they should be. For instance, some of our previous donors have informed us that it is due to their confusion over the Development & Peace matter that they are not donating. They have never had to question the honesty of some notable Church representatives and find this difficult to deal with.
Additionally, there are other negative results of the determined slander campaign. An example of one of these is the very sensitive issue of Zenit News agency refusing to run a paid ad for LifeSiteNews. This was totally unexpected and is painful to report.
Late last year Zenit, with whom we have always had a positive relationship, began a new program of adding a paid ad to the top of their daily news email to their hundreds of thousands of subscribers in many nations. We immediately saw this as a great opportunity to expand our readership into an international market that would likely be very receptive to our news service.
Here is the ad text that we placed into Zenit's automated ad creation system:
News on our website or free daily news emails - comprehensive, truthful, faithful to Catholic principles.
Link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/
When the Jan. 11 date came on which our ad was supposed to show, the ad was surprisingly not there.
I called Zenit and to my shock learned that it had been declined, although we were never advised of this. When I spoke with Zenit's US Bureau Chief and asked the reasons behind their decision, which I found odd since they have used LifeSiteNews stories in the past, she told me it was based on our conflicts with various bishops over D&P. A number of calls and respectful emails to Zenit management for further clarification received no response.
And yet, Zenit had published an article on the D&P controversy written by Salt&Life television, which is managed by Fr, Tom Rosica who has been a severe critic of our D&P reports. Zenit did not contact LSN for our side of this issue or publish any of our reports on it - even the one from the Peruvian bishops pleading for a halt to D&P funding of pro-abortion groups in their country - or the one about a D&P funded group backing a family planning bill intensely opposed by the bishops of the Phillipines.
However, it is not my intention to point fingers at Zenit. They are an excellent service to the Catholic Church, their staff are exceptional and we still hold them in high regard. But this situation is important to mention because it demonstrates the continuing negative effect of the campaign by Development and Peace and its allies to poison others with unfounded information, unjustly malign our reputation and divert attention away from the facts.
While we are used to verbal backlash, and proudly stand on the side of Truth, D&P's scathing attacks are truly costing us. We have been shut out of an important opportunity to reach a large international market of people who would very likely benefit from reading our reports and consequently bring about much needed cultural change.
I am sure that you can relate with me when I tell you that often times I feel powerless in this fight for the Truth. But at the end of the day, we both know where true power comes from.
We have also received fewer donations than expected over the course of this crucial fundraising campaign, and some of our previous donors have informed us that it is due to their confusion over some of the issues mentioned above. For this reason we are asking for your help and need you to make a financial gift to LifeSiteNews if you have not already done so.
Obama has shown he will not relent on his radical push for anti-life and anti-family measures. Some Church leaders have shown that they do not comprehend the great social and spiritual dangers of our times - the D&P and US CCHD scandals have demonstrated that more than a few within those organizations have no understanding of the Christian principles they supposedly strive to promote and would rather continue their "inadvertent" funding of pro-abortion and otherwise anti-Christian groups than admit the truth.
Simply put, if Obama, weak or even corrupt Church leaders and D&P or CCHD get their way, it is truth and the innocent who will suffer.
For the sake of all that is at stake, LifeSiteNews will continue to reveal and report the Truth, not what is politically correct or what pleases the largest number of people or what is safe. And we will continue to take the hits that come our way. The times we are in call for this.
As French theologian Godefroid de Fontaines put it: "It is better to preserve the truth, even at the cost of a scandal than to let it be suppressed through fear of a scandal."
But we need you to help us carry the burden because as we have described, the material means supporting this work are lacking.
I know that many of you have donated already and we are so thankful that you have responded to our call. Please forgive us for sending you these appeal letters even after you have donated. This is in no way a sign of ungratefulness on our part as we simply send all communications to our entire list.
If any of you are yet to donate, or can spare another contribution, please do not hesitate. Our critics' strategy of trashing anyone who dares to question their questionable deeds is seemingly working.
More than ever, we need your continued support to carry on this mission of exposing this and other grave scandals.
John-Henry Westen
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
LifeSiteNews.com
Dear readers,
This letter is hard to write, and it is long, but we are sure you will find it compelling reading.
LifeSiteNews is under attack - a sustained and focused attack, and we need your help and support at this time. Let me explain.
Over the last year we witnessed the President of the United States manipulate and undermine the very system and society he was elected to defend. With the majority of the country opposing his health care bill, Obama has been willing to put his presidency on the line, not to mention democracy - in order to implement the ideology of extreme anti-life groups.
We published many revelations about the national and international dangers of the Obama presidency related to the issues of life, family, faith and culture. These revelations have caused some to view LifeSiteNews as being too negative and prone to sensationalism or having a political agenda - which we do not.
They refuse to believe that the presidency of this man, who appears so reasonable and concerned about the downtrodden, could actually be the subject of so many alarming reports.
We hoped that the facts would speak for themselves. However, the attractive image and inspiring, but too-often deceitful words of leaders such as Barack Obama, have in the past fooled the people of many nations. Hence LifeSiteNews is seen to be the bad guy - for merely reporting unwelcome and uncomfortable truths.
Last year we also saw Catholic Church officials in Massachusetts allow a scandalous near-canonization funeral for Ted Kennedy, arguably for many years the leading Catholic U.S. political proponent of abortion and same-sex 'marriage'.
The entire pro-life movement and many others were aghast that the Catholic Church would allow the funeral to be so blatantly used to idolize a man who was in many ways an arch-enemy of the Church, of life, of traditional morality. LifeSiteNews reported extensively on this scandal. For this we have received intense and still continuing backlash from some well-connected persons within the Church.
They are doing everything they can to falsely malign LifeSiteNews and its credibility and, it seems, have been spreading this poison everywhere they go. And they have been succeeding in convincing some people to believe their malicious propaganda.
And over the last year we have watched the executives of Development & Peace (D&P), the official international development organization of the Canadian Bishops' Conference, scandalously deny mounds of evidence proving they have been using Catholic donations to fund pro-abortion social justice groups.
In the most recent part of the saga, D&P has released a document, "Questioning Development and Peace," that significantly adds to their on-going verbal barrage of assaults against LifeSiteNews.com - a barrage that is having adverse and tangible effects on our organization.
D&P writes, in reference to LifeSiteNews and another pro-life organization, Campaign Life Coalition, that, "These groups are part of the far right wing fringe element of North American society and have themselves been associated with groups and individuals who have resorted to violence to publicize their cause and achieve their objective."
What does the reckless proclamation of such harsh and completely unfounded charges say about those who are making them? Remember, this is supposed to be an official arm of the Canadian Bishops' Conference!
Reason and facts appear to be making no impression whatever upon the intransigent leadership of D&P and its proponents, who are sowing considerable confusion among the faithful.
Despite volumes of compelling Internet, photographic, and direct interview evidence, this situation remains unresolved, and we are amazingly still being attacked for allegedly misrepresenting the truth.
Unfortunately, Development and Peace has a far greater access to Canadian Catholic Church institutions, publications, parishes and bishops across Canada than does LifeSiteNews. They are also networked internationally to other Church media and institutions. The vast majority of these have not read the LifeSiteNews reports on D&P and therefore, in most cases, have sadly mistakenly accepted the outrageous D&P claims at face value.
It is our obligation to continue with hard hitting news reports on the Obama administration's dangerous actions; on scandals such as the Kennedy funeral; and D&P and, in the US, CCHD funding of abortion advocacy groups, and in Rome, the Recife affair. However such reports have resulted in scathing assaults against LifeSiteNews.com and, in some cases, downright hatred.
Some who are startled by the influence of our reports and the loss of control over messaging and media they once had, are increasingly seeing LifeSiteNews as the enemy. Hence our motives and credibility are being attacked, while the solid facts in the reports are ignored or glossed over.
One result is that donations during this crucial fundraising campaign, a campaign we rely upon to sustain us until mid-June, have been lower than they should be. For instance, some of our previous donors have informed us that it is due to their confusion over the Development & Peace matter that they are not donating. They have never had to question the honesty of some notable Church representatives and find this difficult to deal with.
Additionally, there are other negative results of the determined slander campaign. An example of one of these is the very sensitive issue of Zenit News agency refusing to run a paid ad for LifeSiteNews. This was totally unexpected and is painful to report.
Late last year Zenit, with whom we have always had a positive relationship, began a new program of adding a paid ad to the top of their daily news email to their hundreds of thousands of subscribers in many nations. We immediately saw this as a great opportunity to expand our readership into an international market that would likely be very receptive to our news service.
Here is the ad text that we placed into Zenit's automated ad creation system:
Title: "Indispensible" News on Life, Family, Culture
Text: Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, Human Life International - "LifeSiteNews is literally the best and most reliable source of information on the Church as it engages in mortal combat with the culture of death."
Austin Ruse, C-Fam - LifeSiteNews is "indispensible."
News on our website or free daily news emails - comprehensive, truthful, faithful to Catholic principles.
Link: http://www.lifesitenews.com/
When the Jan. 11 date came on which our ad was supposed to show, the ad was surprisingly not there.
I called Zenit and to my shock learned that it had been declined, although we were never advised of this. When I spoke with Zenit's US Bureau Chief and asked the reasons behind their decision, which I found odd since they have used LifeSiteNews stories in the past, she told me it was based on our conflicts with various bishops over D&P. A number of calls and respectful emails to Zenit management for further clarification received no response.
And yet, Zenit had published an article on the D&P controversy written by Salt&Life television, which is managed by Fr, Tom Rosica who has been a severe critic of our D&P reports. Zenit did not contact LSN for our side of this issue or publish any of our reports on it - even the one from the Peruvian bishops pleading for a halt to D&P funding of pro-abortion groups in their country - or the one about a D&P funded group backing a family planning bill intensely opposed by the bishops of the Phillipines.
However, it is not my intention to point fingers at Zenit. They are an excellent service to the Catholic Church, their staff are exceptional and we still hold them in high regard. But this situation is important to mention because it demonstrates the continuing negative effect of the campaign by Development and Peace and its allies to poison others with unfounded information, unjustly malign our reputation and divert attention away from the facts.
While we are used to verbal backlash, and proudly stand on the side of Truth, D&P's scathing attacks are truly costing us. We have been shut out of an important opportunity to reach a large international market of people who would very likely benefit from reading our reports and consequently bring about much needed cultural change.
I am sure that you can relate with me when I tell you that often times I feel powerless in this fight for the Truth. But at the end of the day, we both know where true power comes from.
We have also received fewer donations than expected over the course of this crucial fundraising campaign, and some of our previous donors have informed us that it is due to their confusion over some of the issues mentioned above. For this reason we are asking for your help and need you to make a financial gift to LifeSiteNews if you have not already done so.
Obama has shown he will not relent on his radical push for anti-life and anti-family measures. Some Church leaders have shown that they do not comprehend the great social and spiritual dangers of our times - the D&P and US CCHD scandals have demonstrated that more than a few within those organizations have no understanding of the Christian principles they supposedly strive to promote and would rather continue their "inadvertent" funding of pro-abortion and otherwise anti-Christian groups than admit the truth.
Simply put, if Obama, weak or even corrupt Church leaders and D&P or CCHD get their way, it is truth and the innocent who will suffer.
For the sake of all that is at stake, LifeSiteNews will continue to reveal and report the Truth, not what is politically correct or what pleases the largest number of people or what is safe. And we will continue to take the hits that come our way. The times we are in call for this.
As French theologian Godefroid de Fontaines put it: "It is better to preserve the truth, even at the cost of a scandal than to let it be suppressed through fear of a scandal."
But we need you to help us carry the burden because as we have described, the material means supporting this work are lacking.
I know that many of you have donated already and we are so thankful that you have responded to our call. Please forgive us for sending you these appeal letters even after you have donated. This is in no way a sign of ungratefulness on our part as we simply send all communications to our entire list.
If any of you are yet to donate, or can spare another contribution, please do not hesitate. Our critics' strategy of trashing anyone who dares to question their questionable deeds is seemingly working.
More than ever, we need your continued support to carry on this mission of exposing this and other grave scandals.
John-Henry Westen
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
LifeSiteNews.com
Homosexuals Highly Susceptible to Fatal and Debilitating Diseases
tlanta, Ga., Mar 23, 2010 / 06:19 am (CNA).- A new data analysis by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows HIV/AIDS and syphilis are taking a “heavy toll” among men who engage in homosexual relations. Their risk of HIV and syphilis infection is 40 times greater than that of men who do not practice homosexuality. The data, presented at the CDC’s National STD Prevention Conference, finds that the rate of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sexual relations with men (MSM) is more than 44 times that of other men and more than 40 times that of women, a CDC press release reports.
According to the analysis, there are between 522 to 989 cases of new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 MSM, compared to 12 per 100,000 other men and 13 per 100,000 women.
The CDC analysis says that the rate of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM is more than 46 times that of other men and more than 71 times that of women. While two per 100,000 other men and one per 100,000 women are infected by the disease, the rate among men who have homosexual relations is 91 to 173 cases per 100,000.
Link to CNA...
According to the analysis, there are between 522 to 989 cases of new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 MSM, compared to 12 per 100,000 other men and 13 per 100,000 women.
The CDC analysis says that the rate of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM is more than 46 times that of other men and more than 71 times that of women. While two per 100,000 other men and one per 100,000 women are infected by the disease, the rate among men who have homosexual relations is 91 to 173 cases per 100,000.
Link to CNA...
Catholics Are Packing Churches in the South
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The pews are packed at many Charlotte-area Roman Catholic churches, but a scarcity of priests is leaving even some of the biggest parishes short-staffed and scrambling for help from retired and visiting clergy.
Recent examples aren't hard to find:
Just one full-time priest for months at 13,000-member St. Gabriel in Cotswold.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/21/90786/catholics-once-rare-in-the-south.html
Recent examples aren't hard to find:
Just one full-time priest for months at 13,000-member St. Gabriel in Cotswold.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/21/90786/catholics-once-rare-in-the-south.html
Monday, March 22, 2010
More Orthodoxy, less Hipsterism in a Collar
It's probably obvious to everyone except the especially guilty ones. Evil tends to make you short-sighted.
Catholic sex abuse scandal: time to sack trendy bishops and restore the faith
Gerald Warner
[The Telegraph] It has become fashionable to claim that the sex abuse scandal currently afflicting the Catholic Church is “its biggest crisis since the Reformation”. Oh, really? Tell me about it. The abuse issue is just a small part of the much larger crisis that has engulfed the Church since the Second Vatican Catastrophe and which is more serious than the Reformation.
Abolish clerical celibacy? The last thing a priest abusing altar boys needs or wants is a wife. There is no compulsory celibacy in the Church of England, but that has not prevented vicars and boy scouts furnishing gratifying amounts of copy to the tabloid Sunday papers for the past century. Celibacy goes against the grain of today’s “unrepressed”, “non-judgemental”, let-it-all-hang-out attitude to sex; its continued existence is a reproach to the hedonist Western world; so Rome must be persuaded to abolish it – likewise its condemnation of divorce, abortion, contraception, homosexuality and all the other fetishes of liberal society. Dream on, secularists.
“Irish abuse victims disappointed by Pope’s letter.” Of course they are. They were disappointed by it before they had read it, before it was even written. Any other response would diminish the power they find themselves wielding against the Church. Have they a legitimate grievance? In most cases, yes. They have a ferocious grievance against the “filth” (Benedict XVI’s term, long before he came under public pressure) who defiled them and treated them like animals.
Link to Telegraph...
Catholic sex abuse scandal: time to sack trendy bishops and restore the faith
Gerald Warner
[The Telegraph] It has become fashionable to claim that the sex abuse scandal currently afflicting the Catholic Church is “its biggest crisis since the Reformation”. Oh, really? Tell me about it. The abuse issue is just a small part of the much larger crisis that has engulfed the Church since the Second Vatican Catastrophe and which is more serious than the Reformation.
Abolish clerical celibacy? The last thing a priest abusing altar boys needs or wants is a wife. There is no compulsory celibacy in the Church of England, but that has not prevented vicars and boy scouts furnishing gratifying amounts of copy to the tabloid Sunday papers for the past century. Celibacy goes against the grain of today’s “unrepressed”, “non-judgemental”, let-it-all-hang-out attitude to sex; its continued existence is a reproach to the hedonist Western world; so Rome must be persuaded to abolish it – likewise its condemnation of divorce, abortion, contraception, homosexuality and all the other fetishes of liberal society. Dream on, secularists.
“Irish abuse victims disappointed by Pope’s letter.” Of course they are. They were disappointed by it before they had read it, before it was even written. Any other response would diminish the power they find themselves wielding against the Church. Have they a legitimate grievance? In most cases, yes. They have a ferocious grievance against the “filth” (Benedict XVI’s term, long before he came under public pressure) who defiled them and treated them like animals.
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+Mahony Plans to Destroy St. Charles Borromeo in LA
Like a mortally wounded dragon, Cardinal Mahony is attempting his last acts of malice before he retires.
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Reflections on Kappelmeister Ratzinger from a former Student
Choirs of the kind the Pope's brother teaches are very demanding and perhaps unfamiliar to those outside of Europe. Practice lasts often as much as 6 hours a day, and the highest standards of persona comportment and virtuosity are enforced. The boys work hard because they look forward to the choir trips where they are stay with guest families to far away places. It is a scene of comradery, discipline and great fun.
Severe -- Sometimes very Severe
"Like a grandfather to his grandchildren, he blessed us with the wondrous world of musical life, and most of us understood, that we had one of the best teachers anyone could want."
[Kreuz.net] On March 9th, the Bavarian musician and publicist Tobias Weber (43) on his Blog 'Musica in tempore' told of his experiences at the Regensberg Cathedral Choir under Prelate George Ratzinger.
Weber is a former member of the Cathedral School and current director of the 'Tobias Weber Musk & Buch Verlages' in Hofkirchen. He has been closely connected to the Cathedral School for 33 years.
A Commander's Address
"Sometimes under the Cathedral Choir Master things were very strict -- sometimes even very strict.
Weber reports that his first choir practice at the Cathedral School in January 198. The Kappelmeistr began with a "Commander's Address":
"For a choir which wants to have and hold a certain acme, there is only a on conceivable system of government: the unrestricted dictatorship of the choir leaders" - the Prelate explained.
Weber comments: "The authority of the "chief" in musical interests was inviolable for us, everyone subordinated himself to his wishes."
But Prelate Ratzinger never had to maintain authority by doubtful means:
"However, some schoolmates had their confrontations with him, which was also not discrete: mostly such, which discipline was not indiscernable from his view of the good of the choir."
If the reliabillity of the character of a singer was not certinly free of doubs with Prelate Ratzinger, even good singers were not permitted on concert journeys:
"He did not like exposing his singers in concerts or guest families because they lacked character or decorum," he says.
Beloved -- nearly like a Grandpa
But outside of the concert hall or musical obligations there was still another Prelate Ratzinger:
"And we - at least most of us - have this 'sense' that we loved him nearly like a Grandpa".
Before practie small groups of singers pushed themselves before the conductor's stand, to snatch up a gumdrop or a cookie, always available and generously distributed.
He always attached importance to respectful address, "schoolboy insolences like, 'Hey chief', "were heard sometimes, but surreptitiously." -Weber writes.
Prelate Ratzinger had an unpretentious friendliness and had an ear for each request.
"If the singers, voiced by either boy or adult, during or after practice he was ever ready, despite his stressed authority, to establish guidelines to deal with constructive proposals."
Weber betrays the secret of the success of the clergyman: "without the mutual cordial affection between us singers and our Cathedral Kapellmeister, the great expeiriences of these years woud not have been possible."
And: "Like a grandfather, he bequethed to us grandchildren a miracle of words of the musical life, and it was clear to most of us that we had one of the best teachers, whom anyone could imagine."
For one respected - for the other one loved.
Weber reflects on the Prelate since early childhood also personaly:
"And brilliantly he told humourous anecdotes from the treasurehouse of his imagination, and the deep love of music and of "his" Cathedral Choir always came through, which in turn shaped its life."
However, he admitted once that one year as a director of such a boys choir's training counts at least as three years with its physical and mental demand as three normal years of life.
Weber's time with the Cathdral Choir was summed up by severity and discipline in the Choir and simultaneously of the great humanity and warmheartedness of the Chathedral Kappelmeister:
"For the one we obeyed and respected, while the other we loved - and the majority of his former students respect and love him even still today."
Severe -- Sometimes very Severe
"Like a grandfather to his grandchildren, he blessed us with the wondrous world of musical life, and most of us understood, that we had one of the best teachers anyone could want."
[Kreuz.net] On March 9th, the Bavarian musician and publicist Tobias Weber (43) on his Blog 'Musica in tempore' told of his experiences at the Regensberg Cathedral Choir under Prelate George Ratzinger.
Weber is a former member of the Cathedral School and current director of the 'Tobias Weber Musk & Buch Verlages' in Hofkirchen. He has been closely connected to the Cathedral School for 33 years.
A Commander's Address
"Sometimes under the Cathedral Choir Master things were very strict -- sometimes even very strict.
Weber reports that his first choir practice at the Cathedral School in January 198. The Kappelmeistr began with a "Commander's Address":
"For a choir which wants to have and hold a certain acme, there is only a on conceivable system of government: the unrestricted dictatorship of the choir leaders" - the Prelate explained.
Weber comments: "The authority of the "chief" in musical interests was inviolable for us, everyone subordinated himself to his wishes."
But Prelate Ratzinger never had to maintain authority by doubtful means:
"However, some schoolmates had their confrontations with him, which was also not discrete: mostly such, which discipline was not indiscernable from his view of the good of the choir."
If the reliabillity of the character of a singer was not certinly free of doubs with Prelate Ratzinger, even good singers were not permitted on concert journeys:
"He did not like exposing his singers in concerts or guest families because they lacked character or decorum," he says.
Beloved -- nearly like a Grandpa
But outside of the concert hall or musical obligations there was still another Prelate Ratzinger:
"And we - at least most of us - have this 'sense' that we loved him nearly like a Grandpa".
Before practie small groups of singers pushed themselves before the conductor's stand, to snatch up a gumdrop or a cookie, always available and generously distributed.
He always attached importance to respectful address, "schoolboy insolences like, 'Hey chief', "were heard sometimes, but surreptitiously." -Weber writes.
Prelate Ratzinger had an unpretentious friendliness and had an ear for each request.
"If the singers, voiced by either boy or adult, during or after practice he was ever ready, despite his stressed authority, to establish guidelines to deal with constructive proposals."
Weber betrays the secret of the success of the clergyman: "without the mutual cordial affection between us singers and our Cathedral Kapellmeister, the great expeiriences of these years woud not have been possible."
And: "Like a grandfather, he bequethed to us grandchildren a miracle of words of the musical life, and it was clear to most of us that we had one of the best teachers, whom anyone could imagine."
For one respected - for the other one loved.
Weber reflects on the Prelate since early childhood also personaly:
"And brilliantly he told humourous anecdotes from the treasurehouse of his imagination, and the deep love of music and of "his" Cathedral Choir always came through, which in turn shaped its life."
However, he admitted once that one year as a director of such a boys choir's training counts at least as three years with its physical and mental demand as three normal years of life.
Weber's time with the Cathdral Choir was summed up by severity and discipline in the Choir and simultaneously of the great humanity and warmheartedness of the Chathedral Kappelmeister:
"For the one we obeyed and respected, while the other we loved - and the majority of his former students respect and love him even still today."
The Twisted Agenda of the Girl Scouts
[Worldnet Daily] A witness who attended the 54th session of United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women has unleashed a firestorm of controversy after reporting copies of Planned Parenthood's teen-sex promoting guide, "Healthy, Happy and Hot," were provided for Girl Scouts in attendance.
The Girl Scouts organization, in turn, has issued a denial statement, distancing itself from any involvement in "family planning," despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Sharon Slater of Family Watch International and Stand for the Family was at the New York City event when organizers ushered all adults – save for one from each of seven sponsoring organizations – out of the room for a "girls only workshop" that the Girl Scouts of the USA reports 30-35 teenage girls attended.
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The Girl Scouts organization, in turn, has issued a denial statement, distancing itself from any involvement in "family planning," despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Sharon Slater of Family Watch International and Stand for the Family was at the New York City event when organizers ushered all adults – save for one from each of seven sponsoring organizations – out of the room for a "girls only workshop" that the Girl Scouts of the USA reports 30-35 teenage girls attended.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
In Defense of the Catholic Clergy (Or Do We Want Another Reign of Terror?) -- Politics Daily
Reflection on a Great Article Relating to Americanism and Jacobinism
Some "commentators" like to mention that the American Revolution was less violent, particularly toward the Church, owing perhaps to some idea that the principles enshrined in the American Constitution guarantee "Liberty". We have a different view in the US about these things regarding our own history, preferring to remark upon our inevitable steps of progress from Republic to Empire in the 19th Century and our present "desirable" situation, we tend to forget (or never knew about) the slaughter of Catholic Indians and Mexicans during the Mexican-American War, and of course, we forget the slaughter of fellow Americans which also took place in the revolutionary furor launched by a man who has a stronger resemblance to Joseph Stalin, Oliver Cromwell and Fidel Castro, than he does to the mythical and paternal Abraham Lincoln.
If the American Government didn't massacre any Catholics in the wake of its revolution as the French did, it is only because they didn't have many to slaughter; there was still plenty of time for the United States to accomplish that as it finally did in the Spanish-American and Mexican-American wars, which were as bloody and full of anti-Catholicism as would please any erstwhile Jacobin of the French Revolution allied to Robespierre on the march to the Vendee.
All the same, we pray for a country which at least permits its Bishops to be Catholic without too much meddling. So few American Bishops have been worthy of imitation, but there is still time for our present Bishops to mend their ways and abolish the Americanism which they continue to foment and promote at the expense of souls which must surely go to Hell without the benefit of the Sacraments. Really, what we need are more saints and fewer bank managers and episcopal salesmen.
In Defense of the Catholic Clergy (Or Do We Want Another Reign of Terror?) -- Politics Daily
Some "commentators" like to mention that the American Revolution was less violent, particularly toward the Church, owing perhaps to some idea that the principles enshrined in the American Constitution guarantee "Liberty". We have a different view in the US about these things regarding our own history, preferring to remark upon our inevitable steps of progress from Republic to Empire in the 19th Century and our present "desirable" situation, we tend to forget (or never knew about) the slaughter of Catholic Indians and Mexicans during the Mexican-American War, and of course, we forget the slaughter of fellow Americans which also took place in the revolutionary furor launched by a man who has a stronger resemblance to Joseph Stalin, Oliver Cromwell and Fidel Castro, than he does to the mythical and paternal Abraham Lincoln.
If the American Government didn't massacre any Catholics in the wake of its revolution as the French did, it is only because they didn't have many to slaughter; there was still plenty of time for the United States to accomplish that as it finally did in the Spanish-American and Mexican-American wars, which were as bloody and full of anti-Catholicism as would please any erstwhile Jacobin of the French Revolution allied to Robespierre on the march to the Vendee.
All the same, we pray for a country which at least permits its Bishops to be Catholic without too much meddling. So few American Bishops have been worthy of imitation, but there is still time for our present Bishops to mend their ways and abolish the Americanism which they continue to foment and promote at the expense of souls which must surely go to Hell without the benefit of the Sacraments. Really, what we need are more saints and fewer bank managers and episcopal salesmen.
[Politics Daily] In 1790, most of the world was congratulating France for what seemed like a successfully completed revolution. The hated King had been brought to heel, and change had swept through an oppressed nation, offering hope for a brighter future under better government.
Newspapers, then coming into their own, proclaimed the dawn of a new era of peace and prosperity while proto-pundits compared the change of rule to England's Glorious Revolution of 1688.
One observer however, English statesman Edmund Burke, wasn't fooled by the triumphant images produced by revolutionary PR teams; he saw gathering clouds for the darkest storm yet. His first clue that the Revolution had yet to run its course? The sustained hostile attacks on the Catholic clergy.
In Defense of the Catholic Clergy (Or Do We Want Another Reign of Terror?) -- Politics Daily
Damian Thompson Catches Media in yet another Deception
Not only is the media's malice evident in this story that they intended upon misrepresenting this story before it came out, but the malice of other individuals in professional victim organizations is in evidence as well in the Irish people's supposed response to the letter. Damian Thompson has caught them in their game of deceit.
The terrible truth about this is that the only source for healing which will come of this is from the fullness of the Sacraments and stories like this will further create enmity between the people of Ireland and the Church which has been with them since the 4th Century.
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The terrible truth about this is that the only source for healing which will come of this is from the fullness of the Sacraments and stories like this will further create enmity between the people of Ireland and the Church which has been with them since the 4th Century.
This morning, before the Pope’s pastoral letter on Irish child abuse was published, and apparently before reporters from The Times had read a single word of it, the paper ran a story by Richard Owen and David Sharrock which began as follows:
The Pope’s letter to the Irish faithful will be released today and read at Sunday Mass in an attempt to defuse the spiralling scandal over clerical sex abuse.
However, the pastoral letter has already been judged a failure by many after a week in which the Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, apologised for his role in covering up the activities of a notorious paedophile priest.
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Father Paul Marx OSB, RIP
Retired at the Modernist Monatery that once persecuted him, he was the founder of one of the most effective Pro-Life organizations in the world.
One day, upon meeting him, John Paul II jocularly said, "Is there a little Karl in there?"
Despite his advocacy for the unborn and stolidity on many issues of Catholic principle, he was himself, a friend of "Liturgical Renewal".
Understandably, the Modernist Monastery stripped Father Paul of his faculties (like Christ being stripped of his purple vestments), to which he admitted he felt an "exile" there, certainly had more than passing reservations about their famous fellow Benedictine who brokered no compromises when it came to putting homosexuals in their proper light and of course, challenging what must be, for many of St. John's Abby's habitués, a more significant Sacrament than any of the actual seven, abortion.
He once wrote for Der Wanderer:
"Collectively, homosexuals are acting as a gigantic biological
vacuum cleaner scouring the earth for germs -- and the collecting bag is the United States. AIDS is the first fruit of this ugly process, but we can be certain that it will not be the last. As long as homosexuals travel, we can look forward to an unremitting stream of plagues stemming from these disgusting practices. Homosexuality is the #1 public health problem of our times --"
href="http://www.hli.org/index.php/component/content/article/73-press-releases/832-press-release-hli-mourns-passing-of-founder-fr-paul-marx">http://www.hli.org/index.php/component/content/article/73-press-releases/832-press-release-hli-mourns-passing-of-founder-fr-paul-marxFront Royal, VA /Christian Newswire/ -- Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on March 20th of this year Fr. Paul Marx, OSB passed from this world into the Life that never ends--this is the hope that the whole pro-life movement nurtures in its heart for the one whom Pope John Paul II called "the Apostle of Life." "In the more than forty-year pro-life career of Fr. Marx, and through his almost three million miles of world travel, Human Life International (HLI) saw the blossoming of the world's conscience about the issues of life," said Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, Fr. Marx's successor as president of HLI. "Father put pro-life 'on the map' in a literal sense and through his efforts gave the world direct and organized opposition to the culture of death." Often referred to as "the father of the international pro-life movement", Fr. Marx visited all 50 states and 91 countries in his over 40 years of pro-life activism. Seeing the advance of anti-life forces before most did, he founded the Human Life Center in 1971, two years before Roe v. Wade. In 1981, the Human Life Center became Human Life International (HLI), the world's first and largest international pro-life organization. Fr. Marx was president of HLI until his retirement in 1999. Father Marx authored over one dozen books, including The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn (1971), Death Without Dignity: Killing for Mercy (1982), Confessions of a Pro-Life Missionary (1988), Fighting for Life (1989), The Flying Monk (1990), The Warehouse Priest (1993), and his autobiography, Faithful for Life (1997). President Ronald Reagan once wrote in a personal letter to Fr. Marx, "You can be proud of all you've done to summon this Nation and others to reflection and positive action on issues affecting the sanctity of human life. God bless you."
"We pray for the repose of his soul and for the strengthening of the spiritual children and pro-life family that Father leaves as a legacy in more than 100 countries" said Rev. Euteneuer. Father Marx died just short of his 90th birthday. He liked to point out that he was born 10 days before the late Pope John Paul II, who once said to him, "You are doing the most important work on earth." A Mass of Christian Burial for Fr. Marx will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 26 at St. John's Abbey. Below is the full text of the statement of Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of HLI. "Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on March the 20th of this year Fr. Paul Marx, OSB passed from this world into the Life that never ends -- at least that is the hope that the whole pro-life movement nurtures in its heart for the one whom Pope John Paul II called 'the Apostle of Life.' "In the forty-year pro-life career of Fr. Marx, and through his three million miles of world travel, Human Life International saw the blossoming of the world's conscience about the issues of life.
Father put pro-life 'on the map' in a literal sense and through his efforts gave the world direct and organized opposition to the culture of death. He will be missed dearly by all pro-lifers, especially those of us who had a chance to work intimately with him, and whose lives were changed irrevocably as a result. "When that blessed day comes, when the fight for life is finally won, people will look back at this dark age of destruction and wonder who opposed the onslaught. Standing among the greatest champions for life will be Fr. Marx, not only for his own work, but for the work done by the countless other pro-life warriors he inspired."
"We pray for the repose of his soul and for the strengthening of the spiritual children and pro-life family that Father leaves as a legacy in more than 100 countries."
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Child Pornography Rings: Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is not credible any longer
"The Humanist Union" has cooperated for many years with child abusers. Then the police intervened with a SWAT team.
[kreuz.net] The organization supported by German law minister 'Humanst Union" supported "pedophile working groups".
That was disclosed by the German child welfare organization 'Care Child' on Monday on its web page.
The Federal leader of the 'Humanist Union', Rosemarie Will, is a Soviet trained former member of the DDR-State Party "SED".
The most well-known advisor of the 'Humanist Union" is the German law minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger(FDP).
She is being used at present by Chancellor Angela Merkel as an axe against the Catholic Church.
'Humanist Union' supports Child-Porn Rings
'CareChild' reports frightening detals: In at least one case the police with a SWAT team had to proceed against a "Pedophile Working Group" supported by 'Humanist Union'.
'The Humanist Union' has - according to 'CareChild' - for many years tried to get "more social acknowledgement" and "quasi-legalization of sex with children" through legal means.
Furthermore, the organization, according to suppositions of 'CareChild', "tried to get its porno ring presented as a self-help group".
The child welfare organization knows from first hand that one of the most notorious members of these Child-Porn rings in Munich was supported by the 'Humanist Union'.
'Humanist Union' even left their premises at his disposal: "the police made an end for the spook in 2003".
"Predominantly Pedophile"
In this connection 'CareChild' mentions also the notorious working group 'Human Sexuality' - which is the last word in child abuse.
Their board of trustees has an advisor of 'Humanist Union', the eminent sociologist Fritz Sack (79).
Sack was from 1997 to 2003 in the executive committee of 'Humanist Union.'
Searches by 'CareChild' determined the 'Working Group Human Sexuality' consisted predominantly of "pedophiles".
A position paper of the Working Group on its homepage explains:
"It gives the adult, who being immersed in the dreams, feeling and imagination o a child could put himself in the other's place, and leave the guiding role to the child. If both sides are ready for it, then eroticism and sexuality can play a role."
Still in the year 1999 'Humanist Union' designated the Godless 'Working Group Pedophilia' as "a meaningful contribution to child protection".
Then in 2000 the executive committee 'Humanist Union', tried to use the child abusers as social scapegoats.
Only at the open conference of "Humanist Union' was it requested that the executive committee not publish this as the official position of the association.
The German Pedo-Justice Ministress
Without prejudice to this fact, the executive committee continued to promote their "Pedophile Work groups".
Only in 2004 did the 'Humanist Union" disassociate itself according to data from 'CareChild' "a little reliably from the 'Child Abuse Work Groups' and from the 'Work Group Human Sexuality'".
The conclusion of 'CareChild':
Law Minister "Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger helps an organization, which actively supported pedophilia and consistently exempted from punishment those sexual contacts of adults who expressed themselves sexually to children."
[kreuz.net] The organization supported by German law minister 'Humanst Union" supported "pedophile working groups".
That was disclosed by the German child welfare organization 'Care Child' on Monday on its web page.
The Federal leader of the 'Humanist Union', Rosemarie Will, is a Soviet trained former member of the DDR-State Party "SED".
The most well-known advisor of the 'Humanist Union" is the German law minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger(FDP).
She is being used at present by Chancellor Angela Merkel as an axe against the Catholic Church.
'Humanist Union' supports Child-Porn Rings
'CareChild' reports frightening detals: In at least one case the police with a SWAT team had to proceed against a "Pedophile Working Group" supported by 'Humanist Union'.
'The Humanist Union' has - according to 'CareChild' - for many years tried to get "more social acknowledgement" and "quasi-legalization of sex with children" through legal means.
Furthermore, the organization, according to suppositions of 'CareChild', "tried to get its porno ring presented as a self-help group".
The child welfare organization knows from first hand that one of the most notorious members of these Child-Porn rings in Munich was supported by the 'Humanist Union'.
'Humanist Union' even left their premises at his disposal: "the police made an end for the spook in 2003".
"Predominantly Pedophile"
In this connection 'CareChild' mentions also the notorious working group 'Human Sexuality' - which is the last word in child abuse.
Their board of trustees has an advisor of 'Humanist Union', the eminent sociologist Fritz Sack (79).
Sack was from 1997 to 2003 in the executive committee of 'Humanist Union.'
Searches by 'CareChild' determined the 'Working Group Human Sexuality' consisted predominantly of "pedophiles".
A position paper of the Working Group on its homepage explains:
"It gives the adult, who being immersed in the dreams, feeling and imagination o a child could put himself in the other's place, and leave the guiding role to the child. If both sides are ready for it, then eroticism and sexuality can play a role."
Still in the year 1999 'Humanist Union' designated the Godless 'Working Group Pedophilia' as "a meaningful contribution to child protection".
Then in 2000 the executive committee 'Humanist Union', tried to use the child abusers as social scapegoats.
Only at the open conference of "Humanist Union' was it requested that the executive committee not publish this as the official position of the association.
The German Pedo-Justice Ministress
Without prejudice to this fact, the executive committee continued to promote their "Pedophile Work groups".
Only in 2004 did the 'Humanist Union" disassociate itself according to data from 'CareChild' "a little reliably from the 'Child Abuse Work Groups' and from the 'Work Group Human Sexuality'".
The conclusion of 'CareChild':
Law Minister "Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger helps an organization, which actively supported pedophilia and consistently exempted from punishment those sexual contacts of adults who expressed themselves sexually to children."
Fr Andrew Greeley has the Goods on the Monsters
Someone once said, "even a novel by Andrew Greeley is worth 25 cents", but few of us may have considered the possibillity that he would win the chagrin of his liberal confreres. Unfortunately, liberal though he is, Father Greeley knows who the abusers, not just the abusees, but he's not telling anything. Isn't that irresponsible, cowardly, dishonest or does it also shine a light on the true nature of this issue that those who run the presses are unwilling to discuss?
It's not so terribly hard to surmise. The indictment doesn't just ring against the Church, but against the entire society. Either enforce the existing laws and root these monsters out where they are and stop protecting them or not.
By Matt C. Abbott
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It's not so terribly hard to surmise. The indictment doesn't just ring against the Church, but against the entire society. Either enforce the existing laws and root these monsters out where they are and stop protecting them or not.
By Matt C. Abbott
As Father Andrew Greeley continues to recover from a serious head injury suffered earlier this month, I thought I'd feature images from two of his (out-of-print) non-fiction books — Confessions of a Parish Priest (paperback edition), from 1986 and 1987; and Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest, from 1999 and 2000.
Interestingly, in Confessions (page 131), Father Greeley made some rather keen observations about a certain segment of the clergy — observations that proved all too accurate a decade-and-a-half later.
Link to Renew America...
Friday, March 19, 2010
Denny Kuchinch: The Cheapest Date in Town
From Tom Roesser
The delicate sensibilities of Crain’s Greg Hinz are offended because Mark Kirk called President Obama “this guy” and further…perish the thought…that Republican Kirk wants to see Obama become a one-termer—Hinz thoughtfully detailing how important it is to expand Kirk’s influence beyond the Republican base…an idea evidently shared by a major newsletter-blog-fax in town since it seemed to pass on approvingly Hinz’s suggestion.
Meaning that Kirk would become an Arlen Specter-like handmaiden to the reigning liberal orthodoxy of The Squid. The idea would neuter Kirk and make nice-nice with liberals…more than he has already when he voted for Cap and Trade in the House…with the result that if Kirk got elected…which is looking more certain as the days go by…he would become indistinguishable from Chuck Percy (who gave us via Gerald Ford John Paul Stevens as an enduring Supreme Court legacy).
Link to Tom Roesser blog...
The delicate sensibilities of Crain’s Greg Hinz are offended because Mark Kirk called President Obama “this guy” and further…perish the thought…that Republican Kirk wants to see Obama become a one-termer—Hinz thoughtfully detailing how important it is to expand Kirk’s influence beyond the Republican base…an idea evidently shared by a major newsletter-blog-fax in town since it seemed to pass on approvingly Hinz’s suggestion.
Meaning that Kirk would become an Arlen Specter-like handmaiden to the reigning liberal orthodoxy of The Squid. The idea would neuter Kirk and make nice-nice with liberals…more than he has already when he voted for Cap and Trade in the House…with the result that if Kirk got elected…which is looking more certain as the days go by…he would become indistinguishable from Chuck Percy (who gave us via Gerald Ford John Paul Stevens as an enduring Supreme Court legacy).
Link to Tom Roesser blog...
Boy Scouts Accused of Sex Abuse Coverup
You can't just indict the Catholic Church for these things, since the sexualization of children is something that happens even within the apparently secure confines of children's television. We were long indoctrinated that there was no evil and that perpetrators were victims. Now it seems that there are quite a few people who don't want to recall that pedagogical mythos which attempted to demythologize morality and put something else in its place.
It also may cause many to entertain some other notions, like whether or not all of this might have been avoided if the mormon perp wasn't restricted to just one wife.
The Catholic Church always resisted this attempt to portray personal evil as a medievalism, and it seems we're reaping the harvest of sentimentalism without objective morality.
What no one is saying is that the morality that allows us to condemn those who would prey on adolescents and children, has been steadily undermined by entertainment and education for more than 100 years. Why, you can see it in the works of Voltaire and Moliere.
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You don't have to have a finely tuned ethical sense to appreciate that the victimization of children is wrong, but despite that, media conglomerates like Disney still find it fairly easy to earn the trust of parents who allow their children to consume its vacuous and occasionally immoral fair.
But the Boy Scouts of America aren't the only ones who are having problems with this, but ABC and its parent company, Disney, which has done a great deal to sexualize children, considerably more than the 500,000,000 it is accusing the Catholic Church of being responsible for. Lurid toys, films and personalities are standard fare at Disney and its various subsidiaries who promote every moral depravity imagineable:
Can't imagine why anyone would manufacture much less purchase the abovedepicted "toy" for the age-group it's targeted for. It seems unlikely that even the most morally liberated mother would blanche a bit at having her daughter idolize the trappings of late sixties harlotry. No one really wants to be an object and no one should be encouraged to be one as this toy must certainly valorize the morally objectionable image of the "femme fatale".
This art-house film appraisal of Disney by Whit Stillman, seems to grasp the significance of Disney's pedagogical (if not pathological) hold on the sexual mores of children who later grow up to be sophisticated but unsatisfied and highly medicated adults.
It also may cause many to entertain some other notions, like whether or not all of this might have been avoided if the mormon perp wasn't restricted to just one wife.
The Catholic Church always resisted this attempt to portray personal evil as a medievalism, and it seems we're reaping the harvest of sentimentalism without objective morality.
What no one is saying is that the morality that allows us to condemn those who would prey on adolescents and children, has been steadily undermined by entertainment and education for more than 100 years. Why, you can see it in the works of Voltaire and Moliere.
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.
The "perversion files," a nickname the Boy Scouts are said to have used for the documents, have rarely been seen by the public, but that could all change in the coming weeks in an Oregon courtroom.
The lawyer for a man who was molested in the 1980s by a Scout leader has obtained about 1,000 Boy Scouts sex files and is expected to release some of them at a trial that began Wednesday.
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You don't have to have a finely tuned ethical sense to appreciate that the victimization of children is wrong, but despite that, media conglomerates like Disney still find it fairly easy to earn the trust of parents who allow their children to consume its vacuous and occasionally immoral fair.
But the Boy Scouts of America aren't the only ones who are having problems with this, but ABC and its parent company, Disney, which has done a great deal to sexualize children, considerably more than the 500,000,000 it is accusing the Catholic Church of being responsible for. Lurid toys, films and personalities are standard fare at Disney and its various subsidiaries who promote every moral depravity imagineable:
Can't imagine why anyone would manufacture much less purchase the abovedepicted "toy" for the age-group it's targeted for. It seems unlikely that even the most morally liberated mother would blanche a bit at having her daughter idolize the trappings of late sixties harlotry. No one really wants to be an object and no one should be encouraged to be one as this toy must certainly valorize the morally objectionable image of the "femme fatale".
This art-house film appraisal of Disney by Whit Stillman, seems to grasp the significance of Disney's pedagogical (if not pathological) hold on the sexual mores of children who later grow up to be sophisticated but unsatisfied and highly medicated adults.
Dutch Homosexuals Serving in Yugoslavia were part of a Disastrous Equation
Predictably, the Dutch government, which permits all kinds of license and degenerative depravity which has progressively gutted its society and left it open to Islamic predations, now denies legitimate claims that homosexuals serving in their Armed forces "peacekeeping" in Yugoslavia in 1995, as Marine General John Sheehan maintains, were part of the equation in their being overpowered by Serbian militants who then engaged in the largest massacre since the end of the Second World War.
The massacre at Srebrenica which was the result of the unreadiness of Dutch forces, the General said, "...was a net effect of social engineering".
A Telegraph article allows this interesting citation from a man who was excused from the Airforce because of homosexuality,
Of course, that's part of the problem. Television often portrays various abnormal conditions and situations as normal as a part of conditioning, whether that be the ever-popular single parent family, divorced family, homosexual raising a family and so forth. It doesn't portray a reality, but an ideology which will, in the final analysis, prove disastrous for society in terms of the dangerous demoralization enhanced by such widespread propaganda.
Here's the story from expatica, but you have to ask yourself, since when have Dutch officials, elected or otherwise, generally been any more dependable than their soldiers who allowed the massacre at Srebernica of 8,000 Muslim Civilians?:
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This socialist Senator who has served Michigan, a State that has itself suffered the ill-effects of socialist pluralism, takes issue with the General's assertion and probably won't be prevailed upon to see the social problems of Holland visited upon the fighting effectiveness of its Army.
It's interesting how he is unwilling to address the issue without any intelligent consideration, it's also especially interesting that Senator Lieberman is also for a repeal of the law forbidding homosexuals in the military.
It would be nice if there were a more intelligent discussion about these social problems as they relate to the readiness of the Military, but from socialist senators like Levin and Joey Lieberman, it's not likely.
The massacre at Srebrenica which was the result of the unreadiness of Dutch forces, the General said, "...was a net effect of social engineering".
A Telegraph article allows this interesting citation from a man who was excused from the Airforce because of homosexuality,
"The young men and women that are coming into the military today, fresh out of high school or college, have grown up with gay and lesbian characters on TV ... know gays and lesbians in their schools, in their communities, on their sports teams and most assuredly in their military."
Of course, that's part of the problem. Television often portrays various abnormal conditions and situations as normal as a part of conditioning, whether that be the ever-popular single parent family, divorced family, homosexual raising a family and so forth. It doesn't portray a reality, but an ideology which will, in the final analysis, prove disastrous for society in terms of the dangerous demoralization enhanced by such widespread propaganda.
Here's the story from expatica, but you have to ask yourself, since when have Dutch officials, elected or otherwise, generally been any more dependable than their soldiers who allowed the massacre at Srebernica of 8,000 Muslim Civilians?:
The Dutch government rejected a retired US general's claim Thursday that Dutch UN troops failed to prevent the 1995 Srebrenica genocide because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.
"It is astonishing that a man of his stature can utter such complete nonsense," defence ministry spokesman Roger van de Wetering told AFP.
John Sheehan, a former NATO commander and senior Marine officer, made the remarks at a Senate hearing where he argued against plans by President Barack Obama to end a ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the US military.
"The case in point that I'm referring to is when the Dutch were required to defend Srebrenica against the Serbs," he said, referring to the UN peacekeeping force deployed to protect Bosnian Muslim civilians.
"The Srebrenica massacre and the involvement of UN soldiers was extensively investigated by the Netherlands, international organisations and the United Nations. Never was there in any way concluded that the sexual orientation of soldiers played a role," said Van de Wetering.
Sheehan claimed that Dutch leaders, including the former chief of staff of the Dutch army, had told him that the presence of gay soldiers had contributed to the fall of Srebrenica.
"I have never heard of a single statement by a Dutch political or military leader that drew a link between the fall of the enclave and the fact that there were Dutch homosexual soldiers," responded Van de Wetering.
The Dutch ambassador to the US, Renee Jones-Bos, added in a statement on the embassy's website that she "couldn't disagree more" with Sheehan's claims.
"I take pride in the fact that lesbians and gays have served openly and with distinction in the Dutch military forces for decades, such as in Afghanistan at the moment," she said.
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This socialist Senator who has served Michigan, a State that has itself suffered the ill-effects of socialist pluralism, takes issue with the General's assertion and probably won't be prevailed upon to see the social problems of Holland visited upon the fighting effectiveness of its Army.
It's interesting how he is unwilling to address the issue without any intelligent consideration, it's also especially interesting that Senator Lieberman is also for a repeal of the law forbidding homosexuals in the military.
It would be nice if there were a more intelligent discussion about these social problems as they relate to the readiness of the Military, but from socialist senators like Levin and Joey Lieberman, it's not likely.
Sheikh Incites Muslims to Attack Christians in Egypt
At one point, an inept, knife-wielding Muslim attempts to convert a Copt by force.
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ISTANBUL, March 17 (CDN) — A mob of enraged Muslims attacked a Coptic Christian community in a coastal town in northern Egypt last weekend, wreaking havoc for hours and injuring 24 Copts before security forces contained them.
The violence erupted on Friday (March 12) afternoon after the sheikh of a neighborhood mosque incited Muslims over a loudspeaker, proclaiming jihad against Christians in Marsa Matrouh, in Reefiya district, 320 kilometers (200 miles) west of Alexandria, according to reports.
The angry crowd hurled rocks at the district church, Christians and their properties, looted homes and set fires that evening. The mob was reportedly infuriated over the building of a wall around newly-bought land adjacent to the Reefiya Church building. The building, called al Malak al Khairy, translated Angel’s Charity, also houses a clinic and community center.
“I was very surprised by the degree of hatred that people had toward Christians,” said a reporter for online Coptic news source Theban Legion, who visited Reefiya after the attack. “The hate and the disgust were obvious.”
The attack was a rarity for a northern coastal resort town in Egypt; most tensions between Copts and Muslims erupt in southern towns of the country.
According to a worker building the wall around the newly-bought plot, local Sheikh Khamis along with a dozen “bearded” men accused the church and workers of blocking a road early on Friday, staff members of Watani newspaper said.
Worried that the dispute could erupt into violence, one of the priests ordered the workers to take the wall down.
The governor of Marsa Matrouh approved the building of the church center and granted a security permit to conduct religious services in 2009.
Following afternoon mosque prayers, Sheikh Khamis rallied neighborhood Muslims, gathering more than 300 people. The mob broke into groups, attacking the church and nearby houses of the Coptic Christian community. There are nearly 2,000 Coptic Christians in Reefiya.
Around 400 Copts fled into the church building while the rioting mob looted and destroyed 17 houses, 12 cars and two motorcycles, according to Watani.
Local security forces were unable to contain the attack and called-in back up from nearby Alexandria. At nearly 1:30 a.m. on Sunday (March 14) they managed to contain the crowd and let the Christians out of the church.
Police arrested 16 young Christian men among those who were inside the church building, according to Watani. Later, four of them who were released because they were underage told reporters that security forces beat them. Police also arrested 18 of the assailants.
Some of the attackers and security forces were also wounded in the altercation. Of the wounded Copts, two were reportedly rushed to a hospital in Alexandria in critical condition. Sobhy Girgis, 33, was taken to Alexandria’s Victoria Hospital for internal bleeding in the kidney from injuries sustained from rocks the crowd threw at him, and Mounir Naguib, 41, was treated for multiple stab wounds, according to Watani.
Naguib, a teacher, said he was accosted while on his way to the Angel’s Charity building, with a knife-wielding member of the mob asking him if he was a Christian. When he said he was, the Muslim told him to convert to Islam by pronouncing the two testimonies of the Muslim faith (that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger).
“When I refused, he stabbed me in the thigh and hit me on the head,” Naguib told Watani.
One Copt, Nabil Wahba, told of how his house was destroyed. Wahba said he came home at 6 p.m. to find around 40 men hurling stones at his house. At 9 p.m. they came back with clubs and iron pipes, ripping the windows open and throwing fireballs into the house.
“When we tried to put out the fire, they hurled stones at us, while others were pulling down the garden fence and setting the other side of the house aflame,” Wahba told Watani.
Security forces pulled Wahba and his sister out of his blazing house.
On the same day that violence erupted in Marsa Matrouh, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report denouncing Egypt’s legal system for not bringing people to justice for violent acts against Christians and their property.
According to the report, in the last year there have been more than a dozen incidents in which Coptic Christians have been targets of violence.
“This upsurge in violence and the failure to prosecute those responsible fosters a growing climate of impunity,” USCIRF Chairman Leonard Leo states in the report.
Since 2002, Egypt has been on the USCIRF “Watch List” as a country with serious religious freedom violations, including widespread problems of discrimination, intolerance and other human rights violations against members of religious minorities, according to the report.
Commenting on the Marsa Matrouh attack, the Theban Legion reporter stated that among the mob were members of Bedouin communities who are intolerant of plurality and diversity in society.
“The law of the land is supposed to be a civil law, and we would like to see a civil law applying to everybody,” he said.
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"Catholic" Group Praises Oberstar
McCatholics are a syncristic lot, they appreciate the warm and comfortable association with a religion whose primary tenets they abhor, but hypocritically, they can't leave it behind. There's something more sinister at work here, to be sure, but animal sentimentality and emotionalism is what overrides honesty in the case of those aging Catholics who protest the Military and campaign for the normalization of homosexuality.
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Following Wednesday’s news that Rep. James Oberstar will be voting for the health care reform bill before Congress, the progressive group Catholics United is airing TV commercials praising the Minnesota Democrat. The spots, which began airing in Minnesota on Wednesday, is part of a “broader national campaign to underscore Catholic support for health care reform” just as “as insurance company-backed interests are pulling out the stops to oppose affordable health care for all Minnesotans,” according to a statement by the group.
The spot praises Oberstar, a Catholic, in general terms for helping create jobs for working families, but doesn’t specifically mention health care reform or the controversy over whether elective abortions will be covered under the plan (they won’t).
The commercial, which runs in Duluth in full saturation through Saturday, came out the same day that a letter urging each Congress member to “cast a life-affirming ‘yes’ vote” on health care reform was released by a group of 59,000 Catholic nuns who are involved with running many of the country’s Catholic hospitals. The move is in opposition to the opinion of the Catholic bishops.
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Outrage over Freeing of Officer Convicted of Killing Bishop
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago. The judge ordered retired Col. Byron Lima freed for good behavior after serving half his 20-year sentence for helping plot the murder of human rights crusader Bishop Juan Gerardi. "It's an embarrassment for Guatemala," said Mario Minera, director of the Center of Legal Action for Human Rights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031806364.html
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Look Who's Talking Now
Dissident theologian Hans Kung calls on Pope to issue "mea culpa" for sex abuse
The Times
Richard Owen, Rome •
The dissident Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Kung has called on Pope Benedict XVI to issue a "mea culpa" for his part in "covering up decades of clerical sex abuse", both as an archbishop in Munich and as a cardinal in Rome. Father Kung, who once taught theology alongside the future Pope at Tubingen in Germany, noted that Monsignor Robert Zollitsch, the head of the German bishops had apologised to sex abuse victims after meeting the Pope last week, saying that the pontiff was "shocked and deeply moved" by his account of cases in his native Germany. Benedict is expected to sign a letter tomorrow to the faithful in Ireland after his talks with Irish bishops last month, when he described sex abuse as a grave sin and a "heinous crime". However Father Kung said that bishops — including the pontiff himself — should not just seek forgiveness but "should finally acknowledge their own co-responsibility" in covering up "systematic abuses". He added: "Should not Pope Benedict XVI also assume his own responsibility, instead of complaining that there is a campaign against him?"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7067069.ece
The Times
Richard Owen, Rome •
The dissident Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Kung has called on Pope Benedict XVI to issue a "mea culpa" for his part in "covering up decades of clerical sex abuse", both as an archbishop in Munich and as a cardinal in Rome. Father Kung, who once taught theology alongside the future Pope at Tubingen in Germany, noted that Monsignor Robert Zollitsch, the head of the German bishops had apologised to sex abuse victims after meeting the Pope last week, saying that the pontiff was "shocked and deeply moved" by his account of cases in his native Germany. Benedict is expected to sign a letter tomorrow to the faithful in Ireland after his talks with Irish bishops last month, when he described sex abuse as a grave sin and a "heinous crime". However Father Kung said that bishops — including the pontiff himself — should not just seek forgiveness but "should finally acknowledge their own co-responsibility" in covering up "systematic abuses". He added: "Should not Pope Benedict XVI also assume his own responsibility, instead of complaining that there is a campaign against him?"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7067069.ece
How I found Peace with my Atheist Brother
"Soviet Communism is organically linked to atheism, materialist rationalism and most of the other causes the new atheists support. It used the same language, treasured the same hopes and appealed to the same constituency as atheism does today.
When its crimes were still unknown, or concealed, it attracted the support of the liberal intelligentsia who were then, and are even more now, opposed to religion. "
How I found God and peace with my atheist brother
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When its crimes were still unknown, or concealed, it attracted the support of the liberal intelligentsia who were then, and are even more now, opposed to religion. "
How I found God and peace with my atheist brother
I set fire to my Bible on the playing fields of my Cambridge boarding school one bright, windy spring afternoon in 1967. I was 15 years old. The book did not, as I had hoped, blaze fiercely and swiftly.
Only after much blowing and encouragement did I manage to get it to ignite at all, and I was left with a disagreeable, half-charred mess.
Most of my small invited audience drifted away long before I had finished, disappointed by the anticlimax and the pettiness of the thing. Thunder did not mutter.
It would be many years before I would feel a slight shiver of unease about my act of desecration. Did I then have any idea of the forces I was trifling with?
In truth, it was not much of a Bible. It was bound in shiny pale blue boards with twiddly writing on the cover, a gift from my parents and until that moment treated with proper reverence, and some tenderness.
But this was my Year Zero. I was engaged in a full, perfect and complete rebellion against everything I had been brought up to believe.
As I had been raised to be an English gentleman, this was quite an involved process. It included behaving like a juvenile delinquent, using as much foul language as I could find excuse for, mocking the weak (there was a wheelchair-bound boy in my year, who provided a specially shameful target for this impulse), insulting my elders, and eventually breaking the law.
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Statement By CMSWR, which represents 10,000 women religious, affirms Bishops' Opposition to Obamacar
By Staff Writer
Pewsitter.com
March 18, 2010 - In a March 15th statement, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke on behalf of the United States Bishops in opposition to the Senate's version of the health care legislation under consideration because of its expansion of abortion funding and its lack of adequate provision for conscience protection. Recent statements from groups like Network, the Catholic Health Association and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) directly oppose the Catholic Church's position on critical issues of health care reform.
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the second conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in the United States, believes the Bishops' position is the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church.
Protection of life and freedom of conscience are central to morally responsible judgment. We join the bishops in seeking ethically sound legislation.
Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, R.S.M.
President
On behalf of the Membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious
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Pewsitter.com
March 18, 2010 - In a March 15th statement, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke on behalf of the United States Bishops in opposition to the Senate's version of the health care legislation under consideration because of its expansion of abortion funding and its lack of adequate provision for conscience protection. Recent statements from groups like Network, the Catholic Health Association and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) directly oppose the Catholic Church's position on critical issues of health care reform.
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the second conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in the United States, believes the Bishops' position is the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church.
Protection of life and freedom of conscience are central to morally responsible judgment. We join the bishops in seeking ethically sound legislation.
Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, R.S.M.
President
On behalf of the Membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious
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Canadian Council of Bishops Shows its true Colors, Again
It would be accurate to say that it's a bit like the Marxist-Leninist kettle calling the right-wing pot, black, except for the fact that LifeSitenews is far more apolitical than is the Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops. Rather than attacking Rush Limbaugh and going on witch hunts (would that they actually hunted real witches) for alleged rightists, they should work on saving souls for a change.
Of course, if you don't have any real arguments, just try hurling insults and libelous claims.
D&P Accuses LifeSitenews of Association with Groups that Use Violence; “Far Right Wing Fringe”
By John-Henry Westen
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Development and Peace "Partner" Admits Helping Women Obtain Abortions, Opposes Vatican UN Status
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042204.html
"Stop Funding Pro-Abortion Groups in Our Country": Peru Bishop to Canadian Bishops
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09060911.html
Pro-Life Leaders Representing 170 Nations Praise Bishops Who Withheld Funds from Development and Peace
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09101318.html
IRONY: NGO Funded by Canadian Bishops' D&P Battles East Timor Bishops over Abortion
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040708.html
Interview: Development & Peace South African Partner Freely Admits Abortion Advocacy
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/mar/10031601.html
For all of LSN’s extensive coverage on this matter see:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/features/DevelopmentPeace/
Of course, if you don't have any real arguments, just try hurling insults and libelous claims.
D&P Accuses LifeSitenews of Association with Groups that Use Violence; “Far Right Wing Fringe”
By John-Henry Westen
OTTAWA, March 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The official international development arm of the Canadian Bishops’ Conference has produced a 10-page document in which the organization accuses LifeSiteNews (LSN) and Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) of association with “groups and individuals” who have used violence.
Speaking about the organizations, such as LSN and CLC, that have accused the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) of funding projects with partners that are involved in abortion advocacy, D&P writes, "These groups are part of the far right wing fringe element of North American society and have themselves been associated with groups and individuals who have resorted to violence to publicize their cause and achieve their objective.”
The document, “Questioning Development and Peace,” is a series of question and answers about the D&P funding controversy.
In answer to the first question, D&P explains that in the spring of 2009 a “militant anti-abortion advocacy organization and several supporting blog sites on the internet” made what the organization calls “unfounded accusations” about D&P’s funding practices. The document later identifies the “militant anti-abortion group” as Campaign Life Coalition, and the main internet site as “LifeSiteNews.com.”
Related Links
Development and Peace "Partner" Admits Helping Women Obtain Abortions, Opposes Vatican UN Status
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042204.html
"Stop Funding Pro-Abortion Groups in Our Country": Peru Bishop to Canadian Bishops
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09060911.html
Pro-Life Leaders Representing 170 Nations Praise Bishops Who Withheld Funds from Development and Peace
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09101318.html
IRONY: NGO Funded by Canadian Bishops' D&P Battles East Timor Bishops over Abortion
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040708.html
Interview: Development & Peace South African Partner Freely Admits Abortion Advocacy
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/mar/10031601.html
For all of LSN’s extensive coverage on this matter see:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/features/DevelopmentPeace/
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A Brief Article on the Last Remains of the Phanariot Greeks of Constantinople and their Plight
The Phanar as it's called is dwindling amid Turkish persecution, which intensified after the liberal Ataturk took power during World War I. Despite a few general inaccuracies, like saying that Constantinople is no longer called that (Istanbul is actually a "corruption" of the Greek reference to it as "yea-stin-poli" or "to the city".), it draws attention to the plight of Orthodox living in hostile governments. Of course, the predicament of the Patriarch is precarious, but there are other centers of Orthodoxy that are powerful. It may be in the future that Orthodoxy may have to leave behind its home for a kind of Babylonian exile.
Alaska Legislators seed Help for Persecuted Orthodox
By JOEL DAVIDSON
CatholicAnchor.org
March 17th, 2010 | Category: Alaska News, Social Justice/Charity, World/Nation News
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Alaska Legislators seed Help for Persecuted Orthodox
By JOEL DAVIDSON
CatholicAnchor.org
In an unusual move last month, two resolutions were introduced into the Alaska House and Senate that aim to safeguard the religious freedom of Orthodox Christians. Specifically the resolutions deal with the selection of the next Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople — a highly honored spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians around the world, including a large population in Alaska.
The proposed resolutions are in response to extreme religious persecution by the government in Turkey, where Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I resides.
The resolutions note that the Ecumenical Patriarchate is situated in modern-day Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople.
In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI visited Turkey in response to an invitation by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Part of the trip focused on safeguarding the religious rights of all Christians in the region, including the Orthodox.
At that time, the pope underlined the “significant contribution” Christianity has made to Turkey and he noted that Christians are “proud to play their part, conscious of their ancient heritage.”
Globally, Orthodoxy consists of multiple patriarchs who independently govern various geographical regions of the globe. The Ecumenical Patriarch, however, is considered to have a place of honor and is referred to as “first among equals” within Orthodox Christianity.
Rep. John Harris of Valdez and Rep. Bob Lynn of Anchorage introduced the House resolution and Sen. Kevin Meyer of Anchorage introduced an identical Senate version.
The resolutions note that the current Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is “the 269th direct successor of the Apostle Andrew.”
The resolutions also state that there are 300 million Orthodox worldwide, including many in Alaska.
Furthermore, the resolutions point out that the government of Turkey has limited the selection of the next Ecumenical Patriarch to “Turkish nationals who have performed mandatory military service” and they continue to insist that they approve any new spiritual head of Orthodox Christians.
To make matters more difficult, in 1971, the Turkish government closed the Theological School of Halki, which was the only seminary to train new Orthodox priests. The government refuses to reopen the school, which limits the number of priests who might be chosen as the next Ecumenical Patriarch.
The resolutions condemn the network of oppressive laws that have effectively depleted “the once large eligible community of Turkish citizens of the Orthodox faith.” Their number is down to about 2,500 and many are elderly.
The resolution notes that the “dissolution of the spiritual head of Orthodox Christian churches in the coming decades is inevitable if Turkey continues its policy of interference in religious matters…”
Such a loss would mean the end of “a crucial link between Christians and the Muslim world at a time when individuals hostile to the United States are attempting to create conflict between Christians and Muslims,” the resolution points out.
It adds: “The presence of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey is a powerful testament to the coexistence of these two faiths in Istanbul since 1453.”
The resolutions conclude by urging Gov. Sean Parnell to call on the government of Turkey “to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on religion and to immediately grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate appropriate international recognition and the right to train clergy of all nationalities.”
To date, 29 such resolutions have been adopted in 25 U.S. states.
The resolution in the Alaska House is being held in the House Rules Committee, while the Senate version was moved to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
March 17th, 2010 | Category: Alaska News, Social Justice/Charity, World/Nation News
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Don't worry Brazil won't be the last Sex Abuuse Scandal
The media feeding frenzy has just begun, and now we await the stories coming out of Africa and India as well as the rest of Latin America.
Like the Bishop Williamson roast last year, the media didn't accomplish much.
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
Like the Bishop Williamson roast last year, the media didn't accomplish much.
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
By BRADLEY BROOKS (AP) – 19 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian authorities are investigating three priests accused of sexually abusing altar boys after a video allegedly showing one case of abuse was broadcast on television, police and church officials said Tuesday.
The case came to light after the SBT network aired a video purportedly showing an 82-year-old priest having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy who worked for him for four years. Other young men appeared on the report saying that they, too, had been abused by Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa.
Also under investigation are Monsignor Raimundo Gomes, 52, and Father Edilson Duarte, 43, for allegedly having sexual relations with boys and young men.
Adoption society wins gay ruling: UK
Press Association
With a hat tip and good thanks to DHP, a longtime correspondent. While he is not Catholic, we've seen eye to eye on quite a few things related to the decline of society in this new century. He finds this to be good news like many of us who are Catholics or have a have exercised our inborn sense of justice and are otherwise concerned about the well-being of children and the society they eventually come to inhabit.
Talk about a bad loser. High Court settled the issue, deal with it. If Stonewall want to get prissy about it, they can start their own adoption service and benefit from the same ruling. The fact they will not simply underlines my point being that they are just trouble-makers and are doing nothing about dealing with discrimination (their claimed bandwagon) nor are they promoting the advancement of a society which tolerates and respects different lifestyles - they are simply about ramming their agenda down the throats of others.
-D.H.Plantagenet
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A Catholic adoption society has won a High Court battle over legislation forcing it to consider homosexual couples as parents. Skip related content
Catholic Care, which serves the dioceses of Leeds, Middlesbrough, and Hallam in South Yorkshire, launched the legal action saying it would have to give up its work finding homes for children if it has to comply with the legislation.
It sought an exemption under the Sexual Orientation Regulations to allow it to continue to operate as it had always done.
Its plea to be allowed an exemption was opposed by the Charity Commission.
Mr Justice Briggs, sitting in London, allowed Catholic Care's appeal and ordered the commission to reconsider the case in the light of the principles set out in his judgment.
Later the Rt Rev Arthur Roche, Bishop of Leeds, welcomed the judge's decision, saying it would "help in our determination to continue to provide this invaluable service to benefit children, families and communities".
He said the judgment confirmed that Catholic Care was correct in its reading of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 and that the exemption could apply "to any charity subject to it being in the public interest".
"The judgment will help in our determination to continue to provide this invaluable service to benefit children, families and communities."
Jonathan Finney, head of external affairs at Stonewall, the gay rights charity, said: "It's unthinkable that anyone engaged in delivering any kind of public or publicly funded service should be given licence to pick and choose service users on the basis of individual prejudice.
"It's clearly in the best interests of children in care to encourage as wide a pool of potential adopters as possible. There should be no question of discriminatory behaviour by any organisation that benefits from the taxpayer."
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With a hat tip and good thanks to DHP, a longtime correspondent. While he is not Catholic, we've seen eye to eye on quite a few things related to the decline of society in this new century. He finds this to be good news like many of us who are Catholics or have a have exercised our inborn sense of justice and are otherwise concerned about the well-being of children and the society they eventually come to inhabit.
Talk about a bad loser. High Court settled the issue, deal with it. If Stonewall want to get prissy about it, they can start their own adoption service and benefit from the same ruling. The fact they will not simply underlines my point being that they are just trouble-makers and are doing nothing about dealing with discrimination (their claimed bandwagon) nor are they promoting the advancement of a society which tolerates and respects different lifestyles - they are simply about ramming their agenda down the throats of others.
-D.H.Plantagenet
Link to yahoonews article...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Royal Family of Savoy at Mass in Rome
Link to the offical website of Casa di Savoia...
The external must be joined to the internal to obtain anything from God, that is to say, we must kneel, pray with the lips, &c., in order that proud man, who would not submit himself to God, may be now subject to the creature. To expect help from these externals is superstition; to refuse them to the internal is pride.
Other religions, as the pagan, are more popular, for they consist in externals. But they are not for educated people. A purely intellectual religion would be more suited to the learned, but it would be of no use to the common people. The Christian religion alone is adapted to all, being composed of externals and internals. It raises the common people to the internal, and humbles the proud to the external; it is not perfect without the two, for the people must understand the spirit of the letter, and the learned must submit their spirit to the letter.
-Blaise Paschal
Noam Chomsky Admits Dark Associations with Labor and Civil Rights Movements
In an attempt to portray Communism in a positive light, he remarks upon its close association with the Labor and Civil Rights Movements.
On 54:40
On 54:40
Father Scmidberger Defends the Pope
Father Schmidberger has been very supportive of the Holy Father in the past, as when he thanked Holy Father for the Motu Propio and in some rather public remarks for a regional German paper, he has stepped in again to defend his Pontif for all the world to see.
The Society of Pius X tore down its wall of silence: "Today those who cried the loudest, were those who demanded to be exempt from punishment for sexual abuse of children. Humanist Union belongs to this group."
[Stuttgart, kreuz.net] "The Pope was in no way guilty, therefore he cannot also apolgize.
Explained the German uppter district superior of the Society of St Pius X, Franz Schmidberger to regional newspaper 'Leibziger Volkszeitung.'
Father spoke on the topic of homosexual predators of underage, taboo for many decades in left and anti-church circles.
This "homosexual predation" is for many a welcome cause, in order to diminish the German Pope directly in Germany and discredit the Papacy, determined Fr. Schmidberger.
Humanist Hecklers
Father criticized the advisoress of church-hate, combination 'Humanist Union" and German law minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP):
"Today those who cry loudest, were those who yesterday demanded exemption from punishment for abusing children
To which group the 'Humanist Union' also belongs, to which Mrs. Law Minister Leutheusser Schnarrenberger is counted a member. In the German language there is a word for this: Hypocrisy. The shoe fits!
Father Schmidberger opposes a general criminal suspicion against priests:
"We should be more cautious with this dragging-into-public of sins and guilt. Perhaps one or the other accusation will by closer inspection be proven false."
Sexual Desire contains the Responsibillity of the Child
Fr. Schmidberger sees a complicity in the aberration of society:
"Whoever brings pornographic writings to his person, unnatural scenes on television and dirty pictures on Internet before his eyes, will hardly pereceive any longer, that he is responsible for sexual desire."
The District Superior of explains that the instinct for hunger which is given to men, in order to sustain the individual -- and the sex drive, to propagate human sexuality:
"It is an misuse and deviation of the divine order to decouple man from this purpose, as the hedonistic society does.
Left-Catholic Debauchees Taste the Morning Air
Father Scmidberger states that Anti-Catholic groups and fragments as well as backsliding priests will use the abuse debate in order to implement their own interests:
"The Left-Catholic debauchees taste the morning air.
It is for these people designate that they demand structural changes instead of changing hearts." [Communist watchers, this is familiar stuff]
Beneficial Celibacy
The District Superior said about celibacy, that the priestly unmarried state has given extraordinary fruits for hundreds of years:
"As beneficial as celibacy is, is shown by the persecutions of the Church under the Communists and in the Third Reich:
"Protestant pastors were fearful for their families, Catholics ministers were in this respect free."
Cover instead of Showtrials (Karnevalssitzungen)
The German Bishop's Conference has covered for accused priests, expects Father Scmidberger.
"The Bishops must strengthen the priest's Faith and immediately prevent, for example, frivilous show trials in Churches."
Therefore, the sacrament of confession must take up again its place in the Christian life and in the life of the Church. [!]
"Confession is the most effective measure against sin and sinful impulses."
© picture: Piusbruderschaft.de
mnmajority -- Tell Your Catholic Member of Congress to Read What The Bishops Have To Say About The Senate Health Bill
Do the right thing, even if the Bishops are confused about Socialism. If the sacrament of the cultus americanum, Abortion, is enough to kill this socialistic piece of thievery, so be it.
mnmajority -- Tell Your Catholic Member of Congress to Read What The Bishops Have To Say About The Senate Health Bill
mnmajority -- Tell Your Catholic Member of Congress to Read What The Bishops Have To Say About The Senate Health Bill
Karl Guttenberg is a Devoted Roman Catholic: A hope for Germany?
Here's a discussion about a promising Catholic leader in Germany for a change who isn't afraid to discuss his Faith in public; forget all the protestantic gobbleygook, which was chopped out to leave behind some factual statements. Lew Rockwell also wrote an article in praise of the German Aristocracy, here, in 2009:
PCG Claims Karl Guttenberg is a “Devoted Roman Catholic”, COGwriter has a different view
...Germany’s Defence Minister Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg is someone to watch as both a potential future King... The one I would like to discuss today is about the devotion of Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg to Roman Catholicism.
First here are several recent writings from PCG on this matter:
…zu Guttenberg hails from a staunchly traditional, moralist, right-wing, strongly Roman Catholic heritage…(Fraser R. Recently, religion has leaped into focus within the Bundeswehr courtesy of statements made by Germany’s minister of defense, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. During a recent interview with Germany’s Bild am Sontaag, Guttenberg confirmed that he is a “devout Christian” who prays regularly for his troops (Dec. 28, 2009). It is unusual for a senior minister of government in Germany to espouse his convictions so publicly and unashamedly…
Germany’s Future Foreign Policy.November 2, 2009 | From theTrumpet.com)
Germany’s new generation of conservatives is looking for charismatic, staunchly traditional, right-wing, Roman Catholic statesmen of the caliber of Edmund Stoiber and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. (German Youth Celebrate Edmund Stoiber. December 1, 2009 | From theTrumpet.com)
The unabashed public declaration of his devout Catholicism by Germany’s minister of defense, Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, in direct association with his declared prayers for German troops, and the public announcement that the Catholic Church is engaged in a new initiative geared to preparing both German troops to handle combat and their families to prepare for casualties, are but harbingers for Rome stepping up its efforts in the new year for a more aggressive proselytizing push across Europe. (Fraser R. Rome and Berlin—Facing Up to War. January 4, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com)
The contrast between Guttenberg and Merkel is marked. He is a devoted Roman Catholic (Fraser R. A Void at Germany’s Helm. Philadelphia Trumpet, March 2010).
Guttenberg is also connected through part of his family line to the house of Habsburg. Strauss and Otto von Habsburg shared a common dream of a united Catholic Europe. (Flurry G. The Holy Roman Empire Is Back! Philadelphia Trumpet, February 2010).
PCG Claims Karl Guttenberg is a “Devoted Roman Catholic”, COGwriter has a different view
Canadian Anglican Church move toward Rome part of 'worldwide movement,' says bishop :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
When the Pope's document first came out, said Bishop Wilkinson, “I had Lutherans calling me saying, 'how do we get in on this?' And Orthodox (Christians) saying, 'how do we get in on this?'”
“It is a worldwide movement largely brought about by the vision of John Paul II” and “the wonderful, gentle firm, intellectual vision of Pope Benedict, who is such an inspiration to us,” noted the Anglican bishop.
Canadian Anglican Church move toward Rome part of 'worldwide movement,' says bishop :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
“It is a worldwide movement largely brought about by the vision of John Paul II” and “the wonderful, gentle firm, intellectual vision of Pope Benedict, who is such an inspiration to us,” noted the Anglican bishop.
Canadian Anglican Church move toward Rome part of 'worldwide movement,' says bishop :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
The Legion Awaits A New General. And Trembles
A commissioner appointed by the Vatican will take command of the Legionaries of Christ, orphans of their founder Marcial Maciel, disgraced by scandals. This is the likely outcome of eight months of investigation. Many things should be changed, including the current leaders
by Sandro Magister
ROME, March 16, 2010 – In the thick of the storm rocking the Catholic Church on account of the sexual abuse committed against minors by priests, an end has come to the apostolic visit ordered by the Holy See among the Legionaries of Christ, the congregation founded by Marcial Maciel.
The Maciel case is extreme in every way. It pushes the contrast between image and reality to exaggerated limits. Between the beatified image of the priest founder of an ultra-orthodox, ascetical, devout religious congregation, flourishing with vocations, some of them exemplary, and the reality of a dissolute second life, made up of incessant violations not only of the vows but of the commandments, of continual sinful affairs with women, men, and minors of every age and condition, with children and lovers all over the world, their number still unknown.
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1342498?eng=y
by Sandro Magister
ROME, March 16, 2010 – In the thick of the storm rocking the Catholic Church on account of the sexual abuse committed against minors by priests, an end has come to the apostolic visit ordered by the Holy See among the Legionaries of Christ, the congregation founded by Marcial Maciel.
The Maciel case is extreme in every way. It pushes the contrast between image and reality to exaggerated limits. Between the beatified image of the priest founder of an ultra-orthodox, ascetical, devout religious congregation, flourishing with vocations, some of them exemplary, and the reality of a dissolute second life, made up of incessant violations not only of the vows but of the commandments, of continual sinful affairs with women, men, and minors of every age and condition, with children and lovers all over the world, their number still unknown.
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1342498?eng=y
Catholic Church, and religion in general, losing Latinos in USA
After more than a century of Freemasonry in Latin America, it's surprising there are any Catholics there at all. The revolutionaries certainly made their best efforts to kill them all.
By Sharon Jayson
USA TODAY
March 16, 2010
Link to USA Today...
By Sharon Jayson
USA TODAY
March 16, 2010
Latino population growth over the past two decades has boosted numbers in the Catholic Church, but a new, in-depth analysis shows Latinos' allegiance to Catholicism is waning as some move toward other Christian denominations or claim no religion at all.
A report out today by researchers at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., finds Latino religious identification increasingly diverse and more "Americanized."
The analysis, based on data from the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, compares responses to phone surveys in 1990 and 2008 conducted in English and Spanish. The 2008 sample included 3,169 people who identified themselves as Latinos.
"What you see is growing diversity — away from Catholicism and splitting between those who join evangelical or Protestant groups or no religion," says report co-author Barry Kosmin, a sociologist and director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture at Trinity College. Among findings:
•From 1990 to 2008, the Catholic Church in the USA added an estimated 11 million adults, including 9 million Latinos. In 1990, Latinos made up 20% of the total Catholic population, but by 2008, it rose to 32%.
•Those who claimed "no religion" rose from fewer than 1 million (6% of U.S. Latinos) in 1990 to nearly 4 million (12% of Latinos) in 2008.
"As Latinos or any other ethnic group assimilates to American culture, they pick up the values of the broader American culture and are somewhat less likely to identify with the religious identification, or any other identification, that marked their parents or grandparents," says Mary Gautier, a senior researcher at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University."
Link to USA Today...
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