Moscow, August 30, Interfax - Last Saturday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and about thousand believers attended a solemn ceremony of consecrating an icon over the gates of the Moscow Kremlin Spasskaya Tower held by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
At 03:00 p.m. sharp with chimes striking, the President and the Patriarch walked out of the Kremlin Building No. 1 and proceeded through the Spasskaya Tower gate to the square. After a prayer service, Patriarch Kirill came up to a platform decorated with white flours that was then elevated to the level of the icon. The Primate sprinkled the icon with holy water and blessed the believers.
Ceremony of opening the icon over the gates was timed for the Assumption. Earlier that day the Primate celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral.
St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation had initiated the reinstallation of icons over the gates of the Moscow Kremlin towers as far back as in 2007. The project received the government support and the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia.
In April 2010, experts of the Interregional Scientific and Restoration Office made probes of the icon-cases of the Spasskaya and Nikolskaya Towers. The research has confirmed the hypothesis that the icons were preserved under the layer of plaster.
Ancient icons were discovered on the Spasskaya and Nikolskaya Towers of the Kremlin. They were walled in during Soviet times and have been deemed lost for a long time now.
According to the existing historical materials, the Spasskaya Tower houses the icon of the Savior depicted with St. Sergius and St. Varlaam falling down at His feet. The icon was painted to commemorate the rescue from the siege of Moscow by the army of Magmet Girey in 1521. The mural on the Nikolskaya Tower dates back to the late 15th - early 16th centuries. During the civil fights in October 1917, the icon of St. Nikolas of Mozhaysk was riddled with shots, but his face escaped unharmed which the Moscow believers considered a miracle.
Link to original...Interfax.
Monday, August 30, 2010
It's Going to Get Ugly: UK Pope's Visit
Pope to Brave Persecution in UK
Hostility Intensifies With Trip 18 Days Away
By Father John Flynn, LC
ROME, AUG. 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As the date for Benedict XVI’s mid-September trip to Scotland and England draws closer, the anti-religious hostility is becoming more intense.
Peter Tatchell, a well-known critic of the Catholic Church, penned an opinion article published Aug. 13 in the Independent newspaper. “Most Catholics oppose many of his teachings,” he claimed in regard to the Pope.
In his role as a spokesperson for the Protest the Pope Campaign, Tatchell then went on with a long laundry-list of Church teachings, which he described as harsh and extreme.
Tatchell has also been chosen by the television station Channel 4 to front a 60-minute program on the Pope, which will be broadcast around the time of the papal visit, the Telegraph newspaper reported on June 4.
It won't be the only television special critical of the Catholic Church. The BBC is working on an hour-long documentary on the clerical abuse scandals, the Guardian newspaper reported Aug. 3.
Along with the unsurprising opposition to the visit from the Orange Order of Ireland and Protestant preacher Ian Paisley, the British government also got caught up in an embarrassing instance of anti-Catholic prejudice.
The Foreign Office had to issue an official apology after a government paper on the visit became public, the Sunday Times reported on April 25. A document that was part of a briefing packet sent to government officials suggested that the Pope should sack “dodgy bishops," apologize for the Spanish Armada, and open an abortion clinic.
Nervous
The attacks have not gone unanswered. Although not official representatives of the Church, a group of Catholic speakers was set up under the name of Catholic Voices. Under the leadership of Jack Valero, who is a director of Opus Dei in the United Kingdom, the team of speakers are offering themselves to defend the Church’s teachings.
Support is also coming from secular sources. Self-declared atheist Padraig Reidy criticized the extreme nature of the anti-Catholic rhetoric in an article published by the Observer newspaper on Aug. 22.
On July 28, Kevin Rooney, also an atheist, writing for the online site Spiked, described the attacks on the Church as “illiberal, censorious and ignorant.”
Rooney, who grew up as a socialist republican in Belfast, said that not only do the critics oppose the teachings of the Church, but they also want to prevent it from speaking out at all. Moreover, he noted, any accusations made against the Church are immediately taken as being true, without any need for proof.
“As with the right to free speech, it seems the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty does not extend to the Catholic Church,” he observed.
The problems faced by the Church are far from being limited to verbal hostility. A raft of laws on so-called hate crimes and anti-discrimination create a continual series of legal challenges for Christians in the United Kingdom.
According to a booklet just published on this topic by Jon Gower Davies, there are more than 35 Acts of Parliament, 52 Statutory Instruments, 13 Codes of Practice, three Codes of Guidance, and 16 European Commission Directives that bear on discrimination.
In "A New Inquisition: religious persecution in Britain today," (Civitas) he outlined a number of recent cases where Christians have suffered from these laws.
Adoption
The latest example of this was the loss by Leeds-based Catholic Care in a High Court appeal on the issue of whether they could continue to deny placing adopted children with same-sex couples.
The origin of the case was a 2007 sexual orientation regulation, which outlawed adoption agencies from such "discrimination."
According to an article published Aug. 19 by the Telegraph newspaper, Catholic Care is the last remaining Catholic adoption agency to resist the regulations. Since the law came into effect in January 2009, the other 11 Catholic adoption agencies have had to either shut down or sever their ties with the Church.
There have been numerous other cases in past months where Christians have faced legal battles.
-- A foster carer won her struggle to continue fostering children, after she had been banned by Gateshead Council. The ban was due to the fact that a girl aged 16 that she was caring for decided to convert from Islam to Christianity. The carer, who remained anonymous in order to protect the identity of the girl, had fostered more than 45 other children. Although the matter was righted in the end, the woman suffered considerable financial losses due to the ban. (The Christian Institute, July 11)
-- A Christian preacher was arrested for publicly saying that homosexuality is a sin. Dale McAlpine was locked up in a cell for seven hours and subsequently charged with "causing harassment, alarm or distress” (The Telegraph, May 2). After widespread protests the charges were dropped. (The Christian Post, May 18)
-- A Christian relationship counselor was denied the opportunity to go to the Court of Appeal regarding his dismissal by Relate Avon after he admitted he could not advise same-sex couples because of his beliefs. Gary McFarlane lost his claim of unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal and at a subsequent tribunal appeals hearing. (Christian Today, April 29)
-- Shirley Chaplin, a Christian nurse, lost a claim for discrimination after she was moved to desk duties following her refusal to remove a crucifix on a necklace. Even though John Hollow, the chairman of the employment tribunal panel, admitted that Chaplin had worn the crucifix for 30 years as a nurse, he said that wearing it was not a requirement of the Christian faith. The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, mentioned the case in his Easter sermon. He said there was a ''strange mixture of contempt and fear'' toward Christianity. (The Telegraph, April 6)
Earlier this year the situation reached the point where the former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, together with six other Anglican bishops, wrote a letter to the Sunday Telegraph complaining that Christians in Britain are being persecuted and treated with disrespect.
As an article on the letter in the March 28 edition of the Sunday Telegraph explained, the bishops argued that, while believers of other religions are shown sensitive treatment, Christians are punished.
"There have been numerous dismissals of practicing Christians from employment for reasons that are unacceptable in a civilized country," the letter declaimed.
Right to be heard
The notoriety of restrictions on Christians reached the point where the Pope publicly intervened. During his speech on Feb. 1 to the bishops of England and Wales, present in Rome for their five-yearly visit, he commented on the topic.
Benedict XVI observed that their country was noted for its equality of opportunity to all members of society. He then urged the bishops to stand up when legislation infringed on the freedom of religious communities.
"In some respects it actually violates the natural law upon which the equality of all human beings is grounded and by which it is guaranteed. I urge you as Pastors to ensure that the Church’s moral teaching be always presented in its entirety and convincingly defended," the Pope said.
"Fidelity to the Gospel in no way restricts the freedom of others -- on the contrary, it serves their freedom by offering them the truth," he added.
Given the Pope's concern over this matter, and the continuing cases of Christian persecution, we may well expect him to speak out on it during his visit next month.
http://www.zenit.org/article-30181?l=english
Hostility Intensifies With Trip 18 Days Away
By Father John Flynn, LC
ROME, AUG. 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As the date for Benedict XVI’s mid-September trip to Scotland and England draws closer, the anti-religious hostility is becoming more intense.
Peter Tatchell, a well-known critic of the Catholic Church, penned an opinion article published Aug. 13 in the Independent newspaper. “Most Catholics oppose many of his teachings,” he claimed in regard to the Pope.
In his role as a spokesperson for the Protest the Pope Campaign, Tatchell then went on with a long laundry-list of Church teachings, which he described as harsh and extreme.
Tatchell has also been chosen by the television station Channel 4 to front a 60-minute program on the Pope, which will be broadcast around the time of the papal visit, the Telegraph newspaper reported on June 4.
It won't be the only television special critical of the Catholic Church. The BBC is working on an hour-long documentary on the clerical abuse scandals, the Guardian newspaper reported Aug. 3.
Along with the unsurprising opposition to the visit from the Orange Order of Ireland and Protestant preacher Ian Paisley, the British government also got caught up in an embarrassing instance of anti-Catholic prejudice.
The Foreign Office had to issue an official apology after a government paper on the visit became public, the Sunday Times reported on April 25. A document that was part of a briefing packet sent to government officials suggested that the Pope should sack “dodgy bishops," apologize for the Spanish Armada, and open an abortion clinic.
Nervous
The attacks have not gone unanswered. Although not official representatives of the Church, a group of Catholic speakers was set up under the name of Catholic Voices. Under the leadership of Jack Valero, who is a director of Opus Dei in the United Kingdom, the team of speakers are offering themselves to defend the Church’s teachings.
Support is also coming from secular sources. Self-declared atheist Padraig Reidy criticized the extreme nature of the anti-Catholic rhetoric in an article published by the Observer newspaper on Aug. 22.
On July 28, Kevin Rooney, also an atheist, writing for the online site Spiked, described the attacks on the Church as “illiberal, censorious and ignorant.”
Rooney, who grew up as a socialist republican in Belfast, said that not only do the critics oppose the teachings of the Church, but they also want to prevent it from speaking out at all. Moreover, he noted, any accusations made against the Church are immediately taken as being true, without any need for proof.
“As with the right to free speech, it seems the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty does not extend to the Catholic Church,” he observed.
The problems faced by the Church are far from being limited to verbal hostility. A raft of laws on so-called hate crimes and anti-discrimination create a continual series of legal challenges for Christians in the United Kingdom.
According to a booklet just published on this topic by Jon Gower Davies, there are more than 35 Acts of Parliament, 52 Statutory Instruments, 13 Codes of Practice, three Codes of Guidance, and 16 European Commission Directives that bear on discrimination.
In "A New Inquisition: religious persecution in Britain today," (Civitas) he outlined a number of recent cases where Christians have suffered from these laws.
Adoption
The latest example of this was the loss by Leeds-based Catholic Care in a High Court appeal on the issue of whether they could continue to deny placing adopted children with same-sex couples.
The origin of the case was a 2007 sexual orientation regulation, which outlawed adoption agencies from such "discrimination."
According to an article published Aug. 19 by the Telegraph newspaper, Catholic Care is the last remaining Catholic adoption agency to resist the regulations. Since the law came into effect in January 2009, the other 11 Catholic adoption agencies have had to either shut down or sever their ties with the Church.
There have been numerous other cases in past months where Christians have faced legal battles.
-- A foster carer won her struggle to continue fostering children, after she had been banned by Gateshead Council. The ban was due to the fact that a girl aged 16 that she was caring for decided to convert from Islam to Christianity. The carer, who remained anonymous in order to protect the identity of the girl, had fostered more than 45 other children. Although the matter was righted in the end, the woman suffered considerable financial losses due to the ban. (The Christian Institute, July 11)
-- A Christian preacher was arrested for publicly saying that homosexuality is a sin. Dale McAlpine was locked up in a cell for seven hours and subsequently charged with "causing harassment, alarm or distress” (The Telegraph, May 2). After widespread protests the charges were dropped. (The Christian Post, May 18)
-- A Christian relationship counselor was denied the opportunity to go to the Court of Appeal regarding his dismissal by Relate Avon after he admitted he could not advise same-sex couples because of his beliefs. Gary McFarlane lost his claim of unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal and at a subsequent tribunal appeals hearing. (Christian Today, April 29)
-- Shirley Chaplin, a Christian nurse, lost a claim for discrimination after she was moved to desk duties following her refusal to remove a crucifix on a necklace. Even though John Hollow, the chairman of the employment tribunal panel, admitted that Chaplin had worn the crucifix for 30 years as a nurse, he said that wearing it was not a requirement of the Christian faith. The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, mentioned the case in his Easter sermon. He said there was a ''strange mixture of contempt and fear'' toward Christianity. (The Telegraph, April 6)
Earlier this year the situation reached the point where the former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, together with six other Anglican bishops, wrote a letter to the Sunday Telegraph complaining that Christians in Britain are being persecuted and treated with disrespect.
As an article on the letter in the March 28 edition of the Sunday Telegraph explained, the bishops argued that, while believers of other religions are shown sensitive treatment, Christians are punished.
"There have been numerous dismissals of practicing Christians from employment for reasons that are unacceptable in a civilized country," the letter declaimed.
Right to be heard
The notoriety of restrictions on Christians reached the point where the Pope publicly intervened. During his speech on Feb. 1 to the bishops of England and Wales, present in Rome for their five-yearly visit, he commented on the topic.
Benedict XVI observed that their country was noted for its equality of opportunity to all members of society. He then urged the bishops to stand up when legislation infringed on the freedom of religious communities.
"In some respects it actually violates the natural law upon which the equality of all human beings is grounded and by which it is guaranteed. I urge you as Pastors to ensure that the Church’s moral teaching be always presented in its entirety and convincingly defended," the Pope said.
"Fidelity to the Gospel in no way restricts the freedom of others -- on the contrary, it serves their freedom by offering them the truth," he added.
Given the Pope's concern over this matter, and the continuing cases of Christian persecution, we may well expect him to speak out on it during his visit next month.
http://www.zenit.org/article-30181?l=english
Sunday, August 29, 2010
10 New Novices Invested: Dominican Teaching Sisters and Their Mission
The School of The Dominican Teaching Sisters of Fanjeaux (France) have received 10 Novices on the 4th of August. The congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Fajeaux was founded in 1975 as a group of 19 Sisters in the Mother House in Tolouse which they left, to remain true to the traditional Liturgy and to the fundamental constitutions.
Today, 35 years later. the "School Sisters of the Dominicans of the Holy Name of Jesus at Fanjeaux" are circa 180 sisters. They operate eight schools.
The Mother house is located in the vicinity of Prouille (in Southwest France) where in 1208 Saint Dominic founded the first Cloister for Women.
God has blessed the Community with many vocations. The Congregation is close to the Society of St. Pius X, who safeguards its rule of spiritual care.
Young women, who are interested in religious life, write (even in the German language or English) requests to the:
Dominican Enseigantes de Fanjeaux
St- Dominique du Cammazou
F-11270 Fanjeaux
Here is a video of the School pilgrimage of the sisters to Lourdes
The School Sisters of the Dominicans of Fanjeaux
For the soul, which thirsts after truth, Saint Dominic asked God and the other great lights of the Order to lead them. The truth, loved and taught, directed their uprightness and their power from the Faith, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Catholic Tradition: within which lay all our efforts: in service to the Church for the great honor of God and the saving of souls. It is not we who work this sanctification, it is Jesus who is present in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. It is He, Who leads the soul to God and makes it receptive to the truth. The scholarly services to the divine truth leads the Dominicans near to the Altar. The Holy Communion is their great strength: It gives God Himself.
The sisters find light in their contemplation and in their relationship to God, wisdom and inspiration, which necessitates that we use both our intellects and our hearts to reach the children, who are entrusted to our care.
The First Year of Formation
Upon their entrance, the postulates take on a task, to work with the children as closely, so that they can be evaluated, as they become capable in the ways of their teaching activity and education. This time of assessment ends with their investiture and entrance into the Novitiate. As it is prescribed by Canon Law, the Novices undertake their religious formation under the direction of the Novice Mistress in view of the nature of their later vocation. Through the reading of Holy Scripture, the study of the Dogmas of the Faith and studying the best authors, they deepen their spirituality and learn to embody to the Dominican character. An introduction to the Liturgy and to the Gregorian Chant allows her to be ever more unified to the living mysteries, which are celebrated every day. The domestic activities, which must fall to her, prepare her especially with each task, which she will later accomplish as an educator of children.
On the Trail of St. Dominic
In the course of the second year of the Novitiate, the sister undertakes further teaching activities, while her formation progresses. They will then have reached temporary vows, which are repeated every year, till they finally take their solemn vows after five years.
During the first two years in her work, she is supported and directed by the Mother Novice Mistress, she will receive the benefit of a religious and secular formation in the light of the Great principles of Saint Thomas. Once she has recognized its importance, and loved the truth for itself and she understands and accepts her Mission, she will pursue for her entire life the desire to deepen this.
"Let the Children Com unto me, For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven"
In a time of public spiritual affliction and intellectual poverty - perhaps especially considering, that the affliction is not considered real -- the sisters have been consecrated to the task, to heal the need of our century, in which bring to the souls of the children, "the mercy of the truth". That is our pride and our Christian honor: "To wish nothing else, than a place for love, for true and the sacraments in the lives of our children." (R.P. de Chivre O.P.) Every day the children, if they wish, may attend Mass and pray the Rosary. In every class, from the first to the last, there are three hours set aside weekly for religious instruction. Here the children learn the Catechism and begin the introduction in the life of Holy Scripture, in the observance of the mysteries of the Faith and in the practice of the Sacraments. Before they are received in the chapel, they are especially prepared for the great feasts, whichever falls on the liturgical calender during the course of the school year. For what is the effective sense of the theoretical knowledge of the Faith, if they are not used in daily life?
Observe Culture in the Light of Christ
The mediation of knowledge is not everything; it is especially necessary, in teaching to inform as well as mediate criteria for making judgments. For this reason we pursue a certainly literary education. In fact it serve the classical education of a young girl in our schools to have a very good formation, and prepares her for her future vocation as a Christian mother and woman.
The Education in the Use of Freedom
Considering the danger, that freedom leads to the afflictive path of sin, which is observed often, we require a discipline of life, which has as its object, the situation of each individual soul. Above all however we lay value on the personal relationship of each individual with Our Lord.
,
The Education of the Woman
"A courageous Woman -- who can find her? Her wealth lies far beyond the nethermost coasts."
The education does not end at the door of the classroom. In a familiar atmosphere we encourage the students to accompany us on a daily vocation, in order to instill the traditional womanly abilities. The arrangement of the sleeping quarters and the decoration of the classrooms serve each to form the taste of our students -- in the sense of a tasteful and unpretentious beauty.
Moral perversion proceeds from the corruption of women, we work toward upholding the abiding womanly values and work, faithfully with nature, and are molded by:
- an upright and modest demeanor
- an obedient child
- connected with the formation of healthy common sense.
Above all, however, we try to form our girls according to the model in which the eternal value of woman lays, namely, in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Translated from the German at the German Website of the Society of St. Pius X
Today, 35 years later. the "School Sisters of the Dominicans of the Holy Name of Jesus at Fanjeaux" are circa 180 sisters. They operate eight schools.
The Mother house is located in the vicinity of Prouille (in Southwest France) where in 1208 Saint Dominic founded the first Cloister for Women.
God has blessed the Community with many vocations. The Congregation is close to the Society of St. Pius X, who safeguards its rule of spiritual care.
Young women, who are interested in religious life, write (even in the German language or English) requests to the:
Dominican Enseigantes de Fanjeaux
St- Dominique du Cammazou
F-11270 Fanjeaux
Here is a video of the School pilgrimage of the sisters to Lourdes
The School Sisters of the Dominicans of Fanjeaux
For the soul, which thirsts after truth, Saint Dominic asked God and the other great lights of the Order to lead them. The truth, loved and taught, directed their uprightness and their power from the Faith, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Catholic Tradition: within which lay all our efforts: in service to the Church for the great honor of God and the saving of souls. It is not we who work this sanctification, it is Jesus who is present in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. It is He, Who leads the soul to God and makes it receptive to the truth. The scholarly services to the divine truth leads the Dominicans near to the Altar. The Holy Communion is their great strength: It gives God Himself.
The sisters find light in their contemplation and in their relationship to God, wisdom and inspiration, which necessitates that we use both our intellects and our hearts to reach the children, who are entrusted to our care.
The First Year of Formation
Upon their entrance, the postulates take on a task, to work with the children as closely, so that they can be evaluated, as they become capable in the ways of their teaching activity and education. This time of assessment ends with their investiture and entrance into the Novitiate. As it is prescribed by Canon Law, the Novices undertake their religious formation under the direction of the Novice Mistress in view of the nature of their later vocation. Through the reading of Holy Scripture, the study of the Dogmas of the Faith and studying the best authors, they deepen their spirituality and learn to embody to the Dominican character. An introduction to the Liturgy and to the Gregorian Chant allows her to be ever more unified to the living mysteries, which are celebrated every day. The domestic activities, which must fall to her, prepare her especially with each task, which she will later accomplish as an educator of children.
On the Trail of St. Dominic
In the course of the second year of the Novitiate, the sister undertakes further teaching activities, while her formation progresses. They will then have reached temporary vows, which are repeated every year, till they finally take their solemn vows after five years.
During the first two years in her work, she is supported and directed by the Mother Novice Mistress, she will receive the benefit of a religious and secular formation in the light of the Great principles of Saint Thomas. Once she has recognized its importance, and loved the truth for itself and she understands and accepts her Mission, she will pursue for her entire life the desire to deepen this.
"Let the Children Com unto me, For Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven"
In a time of public spiritual affliction and intellectual poverty - perhaps especially considering, that the affliction is not considered real -- the sisters have been consecrated to the task, to heal the need of our century, in which bring to the souls of the children, "the mercy of the truth". That is our pride and our Christian honor: "To wish nothing else, than a place for love, for true and the sacraments in the lives of our children." (R.P. de Chivre O.P.) Every day the children, if they wish, may attend Mass and pray the Rosary. In every class, from the first to the last, there are three hours set aside weekly for religious instruction. Here the children learn the Catechism and begin the introduction in the life of Holy Scripture, in the observance of the mysteries of the Faith and in the practice of the Sacraments. Before they are received in the chapel, they are especially prepared for the great feasts, whichever falls on the liturgical calender during the course of the school year. For what is the effective sense of the theoretical knowledge of the Faith, if they are not used in daily life?
Observe Culture in the Light of Christ
The mediation of knowledge is not everything; it is especially necessary, in teaching to inform as well as mediate criteria for making judgments. For this reason we pursue a certainly literary education. In fact it serve the classical education of a young girl in our schools to have a very good formation, and prepares her for her future vocation as a Christian mother and woman.
The Education in the Use of Freedom
Considering the danger, that freedom leads to the afflictive path of sin, which is observed often, we require a discipline of life, which has as its object, the situation of each individual soul. Above all however we lay value on the personal relationship of each individual with Our Lord.
,
The Education of the Woman
"A courageous Woman -- who can find her? Her wealth lies far beyond the nethermost coasts."
The education does not end at the door of the classroom. In a familiar atmosphere we encourage the students to accompany us on a daily vocation, in order to instill the traditional womanly abilities. The arrangement of the sleeping quarters and the decoration of the classrooms serve each to form the taste of our students -- in the sense of a tasteful and unpretentious beauty.
Moral perversion proceeds from the corruption of women, we work toward upholding the abiding womanly values and work, faithfully with nature, and are molded by:
- an upright and modest demeanor
- an obedient child
- connected with the formation of healthy common sense.
Above all, however, we try to form our girls according to the model in which the eternal value of woman lays, namely, in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Translated from the German at the German Website of the Society of St. Pius X
The Starets of Romania
In religious life there are Anchorites who live alone, far from the world, and detached from their bodies, their souls reach heights of contemplation and love, even nearing, it is said, the throne of God.
H/t: Abbey Roads.
Italian Communist Daily Supports Priests Returning to the Cassock
Editor: We found this in the German Paper, Katolisches.info and it's about an article translated from the Italian into German. Well, you guessed right, a Communist Daily in Italy is supporting Clerics. Better count your fingers before you shake that hand.
The former mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Italy has made a special contribution to the sexual scandal of Catholic priests, which has occupied the attention of the media. It happens in the actual sense as a wounding of the vow of chastity, if through Pedophiles, sexual intercourse or concubinage. The magazine founded by Antonio Gramsci daily 'L'Unita' reported in an article by Vincenzo Cerami (8/16/2010) a direct relationship between the sexual failings of Catholic Priests and the laying aside of clerical clothing. If priest wear civilian clothing, then what the author calls "trust" and a loss of "respect" for the Catholic believers. He indicated that the priest should throw his civilian clothes in the nettles and must return to the the duty of the robe. Here's a translation of a German translation from the Italian:
[Rome] For some time the Church has had to fight against a campaign, which has been directing the spotlight on the phenomenon of the erotic activities and obliquity of the Clergy. It doesn't merely devolve upon the horror of pedophilia, rather also in the red light district, orgies and forbidden transgressions of every kind.
AS soon as the robe was done away with and civilian clothing taken up, many priests turned with lightning speed from holy to profane. For this reason I asked my friend, who writes in this paper, Don Filippo Di Giacomo, if it wouldn't be advisable, for him and his close colleagues, if they would get rid of their civilian clothes and take up again the long dress of the priest.
It is to report, there is no need to be confused, quite the contrary, it would be a sign of respect for the Catholic society and would have the power to also avoid ambiguity. In his pullover or shirt it is difficult to recognize a priest: we withhold trust, at least at the semiological level.
Friend Di Giacomo must throw his "Layics" - clothing in the grill and start an appeal, till all priests in the whole world are forbidden, to own anything else except for two robes, one of wool for the winter and the other of cotton for the summer.
It will not do, for the die-hard Eros-befuddled to be horrified. It works as a line of defense against the thousand little daily occasions of failure. Generally one says, "The dress does not make the Monk", indeed for the Church, it is not so: the dress must make the Monk. The catholic Faith, like other religions, lives on symbols, rites, chastity, of fundamental and unchangeable values, from the fidelity to the Doctrine, to the strict obedience and the content of priestly regulations.
The robe arranges all that at the first glance: a lot of spirituality and little flesh. A priest, who exchanges the robe with the various common clothing, is, as if he relinquished his spirituality.
Giuseppe Nardi
Vatican II Changes Prompt Redecoration
St. Mary's Church was built at a time when the thrust of the Liturgy was the relationship with God and the Liturgy was a means of promoting this relationship.
One of the thrusts that Vatican II gave the Liturgy was the full participation of God's people.
With this change in focus, the parish council and Father W--- consulted with Frank Kazmarcek, a nationally known liturgical consultant. He presented observations and recommendations...
The lighting fixtures were removed and replaced with Quartz lighting recessed in the ceiling...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Pope as Professor with His Students: More on Schülerkreis
Editor: the meeting is interesting, as we've said before, in light of the talks currently taking place each month with the Society of Pius X. It is hard to see, given the previous statements about statements which appear to capitulate the Church's previous positions to the modern world, will square with the resistance shown to the Society's representatives. The fact is, we don't know what is being said about Vatican II, but there is almost no doubt that the concerns that were realized by the Society of Pius X will be dealt with in this meeting and that whatever the Holy Father says, it promises to be met with the ire and contempt of the world press, which has certainly besieged the Castel Gandalfo in search of a premonition of what the Holy Father will conclude as a result of this meeting.
It's safe to say that the Pope will surprise and confound the media, whatever is decided here. The following is a report from kath.net in translation.
We are all always excited about the short view, which he, prizes from the respective themes, describing the Church throughout the world," said Bishop Jaschke. "Kathpress" - Report from correspondent Johannes Schidelko
Rome [kath.net/KAp] The regular meeting with the earlier students occured on loosely defined dates, which the earlier Professor Joseph Ratzinger has finally secured within the Papal Palace.
On each end of August Benedict XVI gathered-- each year at his summer residence Castelgandalfo -- more than a dozen theologians around him, who were advanced to the doctorate, who were promoted to doctoral degrees or collaborated as his assistants. Those who are in teaching or working as pastors, some as Bishops or Cardinals -- like Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
For the 83 year old Pontiff, who has also written books and written scholarly works on the elevation of Cardinals and the election of Popes, the meeting with the Schulkreis is a reunion with old friends and companions. But it is also a brief return to old times, where he disputes in the academic Milieu, orders scholarly themes, answers and receives questions.
One of the participants is the Hamburg Auxiliary Bishop Hans Joachim Jaschke. Benedict XVI. had -- according to Jascke's estimation -- has hardly changed after five years on the throne of Peter. "He is always Joseph Ratzinger just as we know him: friendly and attentive", said Jaschke to the internet platform 'katolisch.de'. "The Pope remains a man of science with a high ability to absorb and is the best informed."
At these meetings held since 1977, scholarly controversies moved to the background, said the Auxiliary Bishop further. "We were always excited for the quick overview, which he prized from the respective themes about the situation of the Church throughout the world." At those times the summations and great assessments of the Pope were "genius", said Jaschke.
According to his impression, the Pope enjoyed being the professor again at these meetings. "I am very thankful therefore, that Benedict XVI. holds the trust of his students. He has a good view of each individual and shows him his personal esteem", said the Bishop.
The meeting will take place behind closed doors. But since the only teacher is the Pope, there is a great deal of interest outside. For on the agenda there are questions and themes, which (also) are important to the Pope himself. In the last years they dealt with Darwin and Evolution, on Islam or on Missions.
This time the Second Vatican Council and its reception in the contemporary time. One theme, that the only council adviser was completely occupied; he who even as Archbishop of Munich warned against an uncritical Conciliar Euphoria, which opposed the spirit and the letter of the Council against one another.
And there was little sympathy for the call for a third Council, because the second had not been thoroughly studied.
Reform, not a Break
As guest speaker this time Head of Ecumenical Office Archbishop Kurt Koch will speak for the Ratzinger-Schülerkreis. In both of his lectures on the Council between Tradition and Innovation demonstrates a correct meaning and interpretation of the Council in the net of reform, continuity and rupture.
Benedict XVI. had received a difficult reception and for which he prepared the correct layout of the Vatican Council Documents, ready for his first great speech to the Roman Curia. At the beginning of Christmas 2005 he spoke of a "Hermeneutic of Reform", which stood against a "Hermeneutic of Discontinuity". Firstly he worked for the renewal of the Church in Her time, while defending her continuity despite the risk of a second mountain between the pre-Conciliar and post-Conciliar Church.
Benedict XVI. refused to accept suppositions that the Conciliar text still didn't express the spirit of the Council, and that for this reason must necessitate further development with Elan.
His conclusion: The Second Vatican Council has newly affirmed the relationship between Faith and Church with fundamental elements of modern thought and several incorrect decisions of the past, newly reconsidered or even corrected.
But besides these apparent discontinuities the Church has protected and deepened Her real nature and her identity. "The Church was and is before and after the Council the same one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which has found Its way through time," said the Pope.
The Dialogue with time must proceed, and namely in "the great openness to the Spirit, but also with clear discernment of spirits"; this is exactly what the world expects of the Church, warned Benedict XVI..
Indeed the Public and Media must not passed by. But in earlier years the texts of documentation was conclusively documented. Whether that is the case today or not remains unclear.
But the Schülerkreis is working for continuity. This time there are some young Doctors of theology becoming accredited, who are laboring on Ratzinger's publications, themes and theses. Shortly after, many students of the current Pope are gradually nearing retirement, then the circle will make of that new perspectives in the future.
Link to the original...
It's safe to say that the Pope will surprise and confound the media, whatever is decided here. The following is a report from kath.net in translation.
We are all always excited about the short view, which he, prizes from the respective themes, describing the Church throughout the world," said Bishop Jaschke. "Kathpress" - Report from correspondent Johannes Schidelko
Rome [kath.net/KAp] The regular meeting with the earlier students occured on loosely defined dates, which the earlier Professor Joseph Ratzinger has finally secured within the Papal Palace.
On each end of August Benedict XVI gathered-- each year at his summer residence Castelgandalfo -- more than a dozen theologians around him, who were advanced to the doctorate, who were promoted to doctoral degrees or collaborated as his assistants. Those who are in teaching or working as pastors, some as Bishops or Cardinals -- like Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
For the 83 year old Pontiff, who has also written books and written scholarly works on the elevation of Cardinals and the election of Popes, the meeting with the Schulkreis is a reunion with old friends and companions. But it is also a brief return to old times, where he disputes in the academic Milieu, orders scholarly themes, answers and receives questions.
One of the participants is the Hamburg Auxiliary Bishop Hans Joachim Jaschke. Benedict XVI. had -- according to Jascke's estimation -- has hardly changed after five years on the throne of Peter. "He is always Joseph Ratzinger just as we know him: friendly and attentive", said Jaschke to the internet platform 'katolisch.de'. "The Pope remains a man of science with a high ability to absorb and is the best informed."
At these meetings held since 1977, scholarly controversies moved to the background, said the Auxiliary Bishop further. "We were always excited for the quick overview, which he prized from the respective themes about the situation of the Church throughout the world." At those times the summations and great assessments of the Pope were "genius", said Jaschke.
According to his impression, the Pope enjoyed being the professor again at these meetings. "I am very thankful therefore, that Benedict XVI. holds the trust of his students. He has a good view of each individual and shows him his personal esteem", said the Bishop.
The meeting will take place behind closed doors. But since the only teacher is the Pope, there is a great deal of interest outside. For on the agenda there are questions and themes, which (also) are important to the Pope himself. In the last years they dealt with Darwin and Evolution, on Islam or on Missions.
This time the Second Vatican Council and its reception in the contemporary time. One theme, that the only council adviser was completely occupied; he who even as Archbishop of Munich warned against an uncritical Conciliar Euphoria, which opposed the spirit and the letter of the Council against one another.
And there was little sympathy for the call for a third Council, because the second had not been thoroughly studied.
Reform, not a Break
As guest speaker this time Head of Ecumenical Office Archbishop Kurt Koch will speak for the Ratzinger-Schülerkreis. In both of his lectures on the Council between Tradition and Innovation demonstrates a correct meaning and interpretation of the Council in the net of reform, continuity and rupture.
Benedict XVI. had received a difficult reception and for which he prepared the correct layout of the Vatican Council Documents, ready for his first great speech to the Roman Curia. At the beginning of Christmas 2005 he spoke of a "Hermeneutic of Reform", which stood against a "Hermeneutic of Discontinuity". Firstly he worked for the renewal of the Church in Her time, while defending her continuity despite the risk of a second mountain between the pre-Conciliar and post-Conciliar Church.
Benedict XVI. refused to accept suppositions that the Conciliar text still didn't express the spirit of the Council, and that for this reason must necessitate further development with Elan.
His conclusion: The Second Vatican Council has newly affirmed the relationship between Faith and Church with fundamental elements of modern thought and several incorrect decisions of the past, newly reconsidered or even corrected.
But besides these apparent discontinuities the Church has protected and deepened Her real nature and her identity. "The Church was and is before and after the Council the same one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which has found Its way through time," said the Pope.
The Dialogue with time must proceed, and namely in "the great openness to the Spirit, but also with clear discernment of spirits"; this is exactly what the world expects of the Church, warned Benedict XVI..
Indeed the Public and Media must not passed by. But in earlier years the texts of documentation was conclusively documented. Whether that is the case today or not remains unclear.
But the Schülerkreis is working for continuity. This time there are some young Doctors of theology becoming accredited, who are laboring on Ratzinger's publications, themes and theses. Shortly after, many students of the current Pope are gradually nearing retirement, then the circle will make of that new perspectives in the future.
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Legitimism
Some might get the impression that the point is to harbor old grievances about what has happened in the past, although terrible things were done in the name of equality, fraternity and liberty. But it's not just remembering and honoring the fallen heroes of the Vendée, we are also preparing our souls for eternity and we hope, eternal glory, but these reveries do not mean we do not strive in our state of life, no. Each man is obliged upon reflecting upon these fateful historical events, the slaughter of 2 Million French Catholics in the Vendée, or the unjust murder of the King and his family, to fight against those wrongs as he recognizes them today, legislated and performed by evil men, serving toward the debasement of men, for causes bent upon the enslavement of peoples.
Legitimism is a powerful and noble statement in defense of the truth of good government and true Religion.
Some of the back ground can be gleaned from reading the wikipedia article, here.
Link, for this t-shirt...
Legitimism is a powerful and noble statement in defense of the truth of good government and true Religion.
Some of the back ground can be gleaned from reading the wikipedia article, here.
Link, for this t-shirt...
Hindu Leader and Convert to Christianity, Slain
Mumbai (AsiaNews) - A former Hindu converted to Christianity was killed this morning near Tiangia, a village in the district of Kandhamal (Orissa) hit by anti-Christian pogrom of August 2008. Police found the man's body beside a stream in the forest and have already launched an investigation. Biskesan Pradhan, 47, was a former leader of the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and had converted to Christianity about three years ago, becoming a member of the Baptist Church. His murder coincided with the publication of the results of the National People's Tribunal (NTP), an initiative that 22 to 24 August in New Delhi was attended by victims, activists and judges, in order to report cases of violence of the pogroms of 2008, which so far have gone unpunished.
Sajan George, president of Global Christian Council of Indian Christians (Gcic) says: "The news of the brutal murder of Biskesan Pradhan is deeply distressing. We condemn this act made against the former extremist Hindu who became a Christian. "
Citing the results of the NTP, presented today, the activist points out that the jury has reported a succession of forced conversions carried out by Hindu extremists in Orissa, even after the events of 2008. "The fanatics - he says – use torture, intimidation, murder, economic boycotts and public humiliation to convert or re-convert the population,."
Sajan George, says the violence that began August 23, 2008 broke the climate of peace and harmony present in Orissa. He calls on central government, local authorities and civil society to engage with all Christians to stop these criminal acts and continue to protect religious minorities.
Asia News, here...
Sajan George, president of Global Christian Council of Indian Christians (Gcic) says: "The news of the brutal murder of Biskesan Pradhan is deeply distressing. We condemn this act made against the former extremist Hindu who became a Christian. "
Citing the results of the NTP, presented today, the activist points out that the jury has reported a succession of forced conversions carried out by Hindu extremists in Orissa, even after the events of 2008. "The fanatics - he says – use torture, intimidation, murder, economic boycotts and public humiliation to convert or re-convert the population,."
Sajan George, says the violence that began August 23, 2008 broke the climate of peace and harmony present in Orissa. He calls on central government, local authorities and civil society to engage with all Christians to stop these criminal acts and continue to protect religious minorities.
Asia News, here...
Holy Father Meets With Jesuits and Father Fessio at Schülerkereis
Pope Benedict XVI is meeting with Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., and...
... several other former students in his annual Schülerkereis at Castel Gandolfo. The topic for this gathering, which meets tomorrow and Saturday, is the hermeneutics of the Second Vatican Council. From Rome Reports:
From, Ignatius Insight, thanks to Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit...
... several other former students in his annual Schülerkereis at Castel Gandolfo. The topic for this gathering, which meets tomorrow and Saturday, is the hermeneutics of the Second Vatican Council. From Rome Reports:
From, Ignatius Insight, thanks to Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit...
Polish Priest in Germany, Suicide, Left for Months in Apartment
Editor: from a previous week's posting at Kreuz.net. There is still no word on the background of this strange case, why the priest killed himself, or why he was released from his position from the parish or why he didn't find other employment.
At the beginning of January a Polish clergyman living in Germany killed himself. No one noticed that he went missing.
(kreuz.net, Duisberg) For a month long the body of the priest lay in his home in the neighborhood of Walsum and rotted. This was according to the site 'The Westen'.
On the 13th of August ordered the eviction of the residence.
The clergyman, Father David Zerlass (53), had not paid any rent for months and had not responded to any bills.
The already mumified remains of the priest were discovered during eviction.
For years without an engagement or work
From 2001 to 2005 the Polish native worked in the parish of St. Joseph in Walsum in the Diocese of Munster.
Prior to that he worked five years in the city of "Werne an der Lippe".
After ten years in Germany the priest received no more assignments. Otherwise he could have received a position in Warsaw.
He rather chose to live in his home in the parish of St. Joseph.
The priest ceased contact with the Church: "He had always said, he had nothing to discuss" -- explained his predecessor, Pastor Walter Gross of St. Josef.
It remains unclear, how the dead priest earned his living.
A secluded and tight-lipped neighbor
This afternoon the police explained to 'The Westen', that the Priest had killed himself.
From the expiration dates on the food the police discerned that the priest had taken his life already in January.
He is said to be "a nice, but anything but a talkative person." -- explained 'Der Westen'.
Link to original...
Related post, here.
At the beginning of January a Polish clergyman living in Germany killed himself. No one noticed that he went missing.
(kreuz.net, Duisberg) For a month long the body of the priest lay in his home in the neighborhood of Walsum and rotted. This was according to the site 'The Westen'.
On the 13th of August ordered the eviction of the residence.
The clergyman, Father David Zerlass (53), had not paid any rent for months and had not responded to any bills.
The already mumified remains of the priest were discovered during eviction.
For years without an engagement or work
From 2001 to 2005 the Polish native worked in the parish of St. Joseph in Walsum in the Diocese of Munster.
Prior to that he worked five years in the city of "Werne an der Lippe".
After ten years in Germany the priest received no more assignments. Otherwise he could have received a position in Warsaw.
He rather chose to live in his home in the parish of St. Joseph.
The priest ceased contact with the Church: "He had always said, he had nothing to discuss" -- explained his predecessor, Pastor Walter Gross of St. Josef.
It remains unclear, how the dead priest earned his living.
A secluded and tight-lipped neighbor
This afternoon the police explained to 'The Westen', that the Priest had killed himself.
From the expiration dates on the food the police discerned that the priest had taken his life already in January.
He is said to be "a nice, but anything but a talkative person." -- explained 'Der Westen'.
Link to original...
Related post, here.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Still No Word On Why Polish Priest Committed Suicide
Back Ground Still Unclear
German. It is thoroughly unclear, why the clergyman David Zalass originally of Poland, took his life in January 2010 in the city of Duisburg. This was reported on the website, 'Der Westen' yesterday. His body lay a month long, unnoticed in his home. Father Zerlass was active for six years as chaplain in three Parishes in Poland, then as School Chaplain and in the marriage tribunal in Warsaw. From 1993 he worked in a Polish community in London. Then he was one year with the Carthusians in Parkminster in South England. since 1996 he was active for five years in the Diocese of Munster and a further five years in the Diocese of Essen. Since 2005 he lived alone and secluded in Duisburg. The Diocese of Munster knew nothing of his residence in Germany.
Original, here...
German. It is thoroughly unclear, why the clergyman David Zalass originally of Poland, took his life in January 2010 in the city of Duisburg. This was reported on the website, 'Der Westen' yesterday. His body lay a month long, unnoticed in his home. Father Zerlass was active for six years as chaplain in three Parishes in Poland, then as School Chaplain and in the marriage tribunal in Warsaw. From 1993 he worked in a Polish community in London. Then he was one year with the Carthusians in Parkminster in South England. since 1996 he was active for five years in the Diocese of Munster and a further five years in the Diocese of Essen. Since 2005 he lived alone and secluded in Duisburg. The Diocese of Munster knew nothing of his residence in Germany.
Original, here...
Journalists See "Systematic Attacks" on Pope Ratzinger
The Vatican Reporters Tornielli and Rodari analyze the attacks on this Pontificate: it is typical that the attacks against the Pope occur after important Vatican decisions.
Rome (kath.net/KAP) Pope Benedict XVI is, according to the view of Andrea Tornielli and Paolo Rodari, beset by attacks from the International Media. There were "negative attacks" against everything that the Pope did or said; his visits and his initiatives were pushed to the the limit, write the Vaticanists in their book "Attack on Ratzinger" (Attacco a Ratzinger)which appeared last Wednesday in Italy. A conspiracy or a united regime is not behind this, warn these authors, even when there are thoroughly common interests of groups or currents, wanting to discredit the Pope and to weaken the moral authority of the Catholic Church.
Tornielli (Il Giornale) and Rodari (Il Foglio) analyze the great themes and discussions of conflict against this Pontificate by this "Piemme" (Italian publisher of non-fiction books) published 315 page thick book. They begin with the Regensburg Address and the "politically incorrect" Mohamed-Citation, discuss the appointment and resignation of the controversial Warsaw Archbishop Stanislav Wieglus and the Motu Proprio for wider permission of the extraordinary form of the Mass. They then go to the [sic] part-rehabilitation of the Traditionalist Bishops and the "case" of the [sic] Holocaust-denier [Bishop] Williamson.
They elaborately summarize the newly rekindled pederast scandal since the beginning of the year in 2010. It is apparent that the attacks against the Pope are often initiated after important Vatican decisions. The most recent pederast scandal occurred a few weeks after the recognition of the heroic virtue of Pius XII, suggest the Authors.
The denunciations and attacks against the Pope had multiplied beyond a doubt, write the Authors in their forward. Once one misquotes the Pontifex in an unclear manner of expression, occasionally errors in communication, one other time one understands that the Curia was insufficiently coordinated or confounded by unqualified colleagues gaggling about them.
One thesis of the Author: The Pope is followed by good, close and loyal colleagues. But when things get dodgy, Pope Benedict XVI. becomes "objectively alone". It gives the team, who are often concerned, that certain problems do not happen without sufficient consideration to efficient reactions. The attacks came mostly from the outside, sometimes even from the Church itself; and were followed by a deficient system of crisis management.
Original at kathnet...
Rome (kath.net/KAP) Pope Benedict XVI is, according to the view of Andrea Tornielli and Paolo Rodari, beset by attacks from the International Media. There were "negative attacks" against everything that the Pope did or said; his visits and his initiatives were pushed to the the limit, write the Vaticanists in their book "Attack on Ratzinger" (Attacco a Ratzinger)which appeared last Wednesday in Italy. A conspiracy or a united regime is not behind this, warn these authors, even when there are thoroughly common interests of groups or currents, wanting to discredit the Pope and to weaken the moral authority of the Catholic Church.
Tornielli (Il Giornale) and Rodari (Il Foglio) analyze the great themes and discussions of conflict against this Pontificate by this "Piemme" (Italian publisher of non-fiction books) published 315 page thick book. They begin with the Regensburg Address and the "politically incorrect" Mohamed-Citation, discuss the appointment and resignation of the controversial Warsaw Archbishop Stanislav Wieglus and the Motu Proprio for wider permission of the extraordinary form of the Mass. They then go to the [sic] part-rehabilitation of the Traditionalist Bishops and the "case" of the [sic] Holocaust-denier [Bishop] Williamson.
They elaborately summarize the newly rekindled pederast scandal since the beginning of the year in 2010. It is apparent that the attacks against the Pope are often initiated after important Vatican decisions. The most recent pederast scandal occurred a few weeks after the recognition of the heroic virtue of Pius XII, suggest the Authors.
The denunciations and attacks against the Pope had multiplied beyond a doubt, write the Authors in their forward. Once one misquotes the Pontifex in an unclear manner of expression, occasionally errors in communication, one other time one understands that the Curia was insufficiently coordinated or confounded by unqualified colleagues gaggling about them.
One thesis of the Author: The Pope is followed by good, close and loyal colleagues. But when things get dodgy, Pope Benedict XVI. becomes "objectively alone". It gives the team, who are often concerned, that certain problems do not happen without sufficient consideration to efficient reactions. The attacks came mostly from the outside, sometimes even from the Church itself; and were followed by a deficient system of crisis management.
Original at kathnet...
Father Eutener Going Back to the Archdiocese
Dear Friends of Life,Fr. Euteneurer Whoa! Fr. Euteneuer to Return to Diocese
Nearly ten years ago I answered the call of the Lord to come to Human Life International and work full-time in pro-life work with the permission of my bishop. I have been utterly privileged to serve this great mission for a decade, and now I am called back to my diocese to continue my priestly service in parish work, which was the original calling of my vocation. A priest is a soldier of Christ and the Church, and obedience is the primary virtue of his state in life, but for my part, my discernment about this decision tells me that this is the right thing for me to do and at the right time. I have great peace about the road that lies ahead and about all that has been accomplished up to this point.
Our international mission remains in good hands with my departure. HLI’s Board of Directors has asked Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro of our Rome office to assume my responsibilities until such a time as a permanent replacement is named. Our tremendously competent staff and generous supporters are looking to the future with great hope despite the many challenges of the death peddlers on a global scale which are only increasing. There is more need of our mission now than ever! HLI’s network of affiliates and associates is more than 100 countries strong, and our international leaders, so often highlighted in our publications, are literally the best in the world! Our dear founder, Fr. Paul Marx would be extremely proud of what we have accomplished in the past decade. I am sure he is smiling on us from where he is now.
H/t Colleen Hammond, here...
Nearly ten years ago I answered the call of the Lord to come to Human Life International and work full-time in pro-life work with the permission of my bishop. I have been utterly privileged to serve this great mission for a decade, and now I am called back to my diocese to continue my priestly service in parish work, which was the original calling of my vocation. A priest is a soldier of Christ and the Church, and obedience is the primary virtue of his state in life, but for my part, my discernment about this decision tells me that this is the right thing for me to do and at the right time. I have great peace about the road that lies ahead and about all that has been accomplished up to this point.
Our international mission remains in good hands with my departure. HLI’s Board of Directors has asked Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro of our Rome office to assume my responsibilities until such a time as a permanent replacement is named. Our tremendously competent staff and generous supporters are looking to the future with great hope despite the many challenges of the death peddlers on a global scale which are only increasing. There is more need of our mission now than ever! HLI’s network of affiliates and associates is more than 100 countries strong, and our international leaders, so often highlighted in our publications, are literally the best in the world! Our dear founder, Fr. Paul Marx would be extremely proud of what we have accomplished in the past decade. I am sure he is smiling on us from where he is now.
H/t Colleen Hammond, here...
Storming Heiligenkreuz: Austrian Monastery's Vocations Explode
88 Monks, average age 47: "It is above all the Liturgy and the Gregorian Choir as well as our loyalty to the Pope and the Church's teachings", said P Karl Wallner.
Vienna (kath.net/Cross Press) IN the Cistercian Monastery of Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Wood, the number of Monks has risen to 88, which means a doubling in the last year, and the highest manpower in its almost 900 year history. The average age of the Monks is 47 years.
"Such a wave of young people who want to participate in our life hasn't happened since the Middle Ages,' exclaimed P. Karl Wallner, Professor of Dogmatics at the Order's Academy and Youth Pastor.
As to the secret of how there are so many admissions, he says: "It is above all the Liturgy in the Gregorian Chorale according to the norms of Vatican II as well as our loyalty to the Pope and Church teaching."
In the last week, Abbot Henckel Donnersmark clothed seven young men in the Novitiate, six novices have taken temporary vows, while five novices are working for that, seven Monks have decided to take "solemn vows" and four Monks were elevated by Auxiliary Bishop Lackner to the Diaconate.
A "divesture" is required for the members of Heilgenkreuz in any case, to sell everything: their previous Prior, Christian Feuerstein, was elevated to Abbot of Monastery Rein in Steryia where he took up his office on the 21st of August.
"It is interesting, that all entrants have made their first contact with us through the Internet. Some have visited the website of the Cloister repeatedly till they found the courage just to visit the Cloister for the first time in their lives."
"Usque ad mortem"
Upon the Feast of the Assumption, the Patronal Feast of Heilgenkreuz, seven young Monks, who had already taken temporary vows, now take their celebratory Profession, that is an eternal vow "usque ad mortem", to the death"
P Joahnnes Paul Chavanne and P Mag. Tobias Westerthaler are both Vienese, P Bacc.phil. Edmund Waldstein is from Lower Austria, P. Mag. Damian Lienhart and P.Dipl.Ing. Emmanuel Heissenberger are Steyrians and P.Dipl.Kfm. Dr. oec. Lic theol. Justinus Pech as well as P.Mag. Placidus Beilicke come from Germany.
They come from various professional backgrounds, and are, however, just over 20. One is a microbiologist, another in International Business Relations and Economics and a Hydrological Engineer. Most of them have at least gleaned the book "Chant -- Life for Paradise". At their profession there were 120 Priests and Religious as well as over 700 faithful and family members, who filled the monastic environs for the accompanying Agape feast.
www.stift-heiligenkreuz.at
Vienna (kath.net/Cross Press) IN the Cistercian Monastery of Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Wood, the number of Monks has risen to 88, which means a doubling in the last year, and the highest manpower in its almost 900 year history. The average age of the Monks is 47 years.
"Such a wave of young people who want to participate in our life hasn't happened since the Middle Ages,' exclaimed P. Karl Wallner, Professor of Dogmatics at the Order's Academy and Youth Pastor.
As to the secret of how there are so many admissions, he says: "It is above all the Liturgy in the Gregorian Chorale according to the norms of Vatican II as well as our loyalty to the Pope and Church teaching."
In the last week, Abbot Henckel Donnersmark clothed seven young men in the Novitiate, six novices have taken temporary vows, while five novices are working for that, seven Monks have decided to take "solemn vows" and four Monks were elevated by Auxiliary Bishop Lackner to the Diaconate.
A "divesture" is required for the members of Heilgenkreuz in any case, to sell everything: their previous Prior, Christian Feuerstein, was elevated to Abbot of Monastery Rein in Steryia where he took up his office on the 21st of August.
"It is interesting, that all entrants have made their first contact with us through the Internet. Some have visited the website of the Cloister repeatedly till they found the courage just to visit the Cloister for the first time in their lives."
"Usque ad mortem"
Upon the Feast of the Assumption, the Patronal Feast of Heilgenkreuz, seven young Monks, who had already taken temporary vows, now take their celebratory Profession, that is an eternal vow "usque ad mortem", to the death"
P Joahnnes Paul Chavanne and P Mag. Tobias Westerthaler are both Vienese, P Bacc.phil. Edmund Waldstein is from Lower Austria, P. Mag. Damian Lienhart and P.Dipl.Ing. Emmanuel Heissenberger are Steyrians and P.Dipl.Kfm. Dr. oec. Lic theol. Justinus Pech as well as P.Mag. Placidus Beilicke come from Germany.
They come from various professional backgrounds, and are, however, just over 20. One is a microbiologist, another in International Business Relations and Economics and a Hydrological Engineer. Most of them have at least gleaned the book "Chant -- Life for Paradise". At their profession there were 120 Priests and Religious as well as over 700 faithful and family members, who filled the monastic environs for the accompanying Agape feast.
www.stift-heiligenkreuz.at
Cardinal Urges Objective Teaching of Religion in Message to Muslims for Ramadan
(27 Aug 10 – RV) “Violence among followers of different religions, is, unfortunately, a pressing subject, at least in certain areas of the world”, says Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, President of the Vatican’s Council for Inter-religious dialogue. This is why - he adds in his message marking the Islamic feast of Id al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan – Christians and Muslims must work together to overcome it.
The theme for this years message was also the topic of discussions at the last meeting of the Pontifical Council and al-Azhar Permanent Committee for Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions.
In his message published Friday, Cardinal Tauran shares the meeting’s conclusions. He notes the many causes for violence including: “the manipulation of the religion for political or other ends; discrimination based on ethnicity or religious identity; divisions and social tensions”, as well as “ignorance, poverty and underdevelopment”.
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The theme for this years message was also the topic of discussions at the last meeting of the Pontifical Council and al-Azhar Permanent Committee for Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions.
In his message published Friday, Cardinal Tauran shares the meeting’s conclusions. He notes the many causes for violence including: “the manipulation of the religion for political or other ends; discrimination based on ethnicity or religious identity; divisions and social tensions”, as well as “ignorance, poverty and underdevelopment”.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
A Great Thomist Raphael Waters RIP
It is with great sadness that I write of the death of our dear friend and professor, Dr. Raphael Waters.
He died at St. Mary's hospital in Lewiston NY at 4:00 this morning (Thursday, August 26, 2010).
It is an incalculable loss.
He was 86 years old.
Last Friday, when a number of us (his students) visited his house, he seemed to sense his time was near. He said, "If the Lord takes me soon, be assured that I will be praying for you."
A day or two before, he had been taken to the hospital and placed in intensive care. He had been battling cancer and various other ailments for a number of years.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of our own dear Dr. Waters.
In JMJ
John Vennari
Link to Catholic Family News...
He died at St. Mary's hospital in Lewiston NY at 4:00 this morning (Thursday, August 26, 2010).
It is an incalculable loss.
He was 86 years old.
Last Friday, when a number of us (his students) visited his house, he seemed to sense his time was near. He said, "If the Lord takes me soon, be assured that I will be praying for you."
A day or two before, he had been taken to the hospital and placed in intensive care. He had been battling cancer and various other ailments for a number of years.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of our own dear Dr. Waters.
In JMJ
John Vennari
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Ratzinger-Schülerkreis Discusses the Outcome of the Second Vatican Council
Editor: the Zenit article doesn't mention Cardinal Schönborn's participation, although the following article does. It will be interesting to discover what Cardinal Koch's paper discloses and how it is received. It would be interesting as well to know what, if any, bearing the current talks with the SSPX have on the talks.
Castel Ganndolfo: Archbishop Kurt Koch will speak as the main contributor about the Second Vatican Council and the Liturgical Reform -- even Cardinal Schönborn will take part.
Castel Gandolfo (kath.net/KAP) The new Vatican Minister of Ecumenism, Archbishop Kurt Koch will act as the main contributor at the upcoming meeting of the "Ratzinger-Schülerkreises" on the weekend in Castel Gandolfo. Even the Vienese Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn takes part again in this yearly meeting.
From the beginning on Friday to Sunday, the former post-graduates of Benedict XVI gather around, Koch will speak about "The Second Vatican Council between Tradition and Innovation." IN a further contribution, he will discuss the connection between the Liturgical Constitution of the Council and the post-Conciliar Liturgical Reform.
The meetings of the Schülerkreises, which Ratzinger has held since his time as Theology Professor in Regensburg, begins on Friday with an in-house practical report and an exchange of ideas about "The Outcome and Fruitfulness of Vatican II". On Saturday the group will hold a conference with their former professor in the Papal Residence.
After a common Mass on Sunday Morning the students of the Pope make their reports related to their meeting in 2008. The book "Conversations About Jesus. Pope Benedict XI in Dialog with Martin Hengel, Peter Stuhlmacher and his students in Castelgandolfo 2008" was produced by Mohr Siebeck. It was edited b y Peter Kuhn.
There are also several young post-graduates invited to the meeting of the Schülerkreises - the "New Schülerkreises", who will work on the themes and scholarly work of Pope Ratzinger.
Copyright 2010 Katholische Presseagentur, Wien, Österreich
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Castel Ganndolfo: Archbishop Kurt Koch will speak as the main contributor about the Second Vatican Council and the Liturgical Reform -- even Cardinal Schönborn will take part.
Castel Gandolfo (kath.net/KAP) The new Vatican Minister of Ecumenism, Archbishop Kurt Koch will act as the main contributor at the upcoming meeting of the "Ratzinger-Schülerkreises" on the weekend in Castel Gandolfo. Even the Vienese Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn takes part again in this yearly meeting.
From the beginning on Friday to Sunday, the former post-graduates of Benedict XVI gather around, Koch will speak about "The Second Vatican Council between Tradition and Innovation." IN a further contribution, he will discuss the connection between the Liturgical Constitution of the Council and the post-Conciliar Liturgical Reform.
The meetings of the Schülerkreises, which Ratzinger has held since his time as Theology Professor in Regensburg, begins on Friday with an in-house practical report and an exchange of ideas about "The Outcome and Fruitfulness of Vatican II". On Saturday the group will hold a conference with their former professor in the Papal Residence.
After a common Mass on Sunday Morning the students of the Pope make their reports related to their meeting in 2008. The book "Conversations About Jesus. Pope Benedict XI in Dialog with Martin Hengel, Peter Stuhlmacher and his students in Castelgandolfo 2008" was produced by Mohr Siebeck. It was edited b y Peter Kuhn.
There are also several young post-graduates invited to the meeting of the Schülerkreises - the "New Schülerkreises", who will work on the themes and scholarly work of Pope Ratzinger.
Copyright 2010 Katholische Presseagentur, Wien, Österreich
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A New Book By Vaticanista Tornielli and Paul Rodari on The Papacy of Benedict XVI
Editor: Here it is all under one roof, a summation of the world-wide assault on the Papacy. We don't know yet if there will be an English translation yet, but considering Tornielli's growing popularity in the United States and England, we'd say yes. The astonishingly fine google translation is here:
Attack on Ratzinger
Accusations and scandals, prophecies and conspiracy against Pope Benedict XVI (Edizioni Piemme, pp. 322 - EUR 18) is my new book, on sale in Italian bookstores from today. It's a long investigation that tells some behind the scenes moments of the first five years of the pontificate of Pope Ratzinger. I've written it with Paul Rodari, Vatican correspondent of the paper. Over 300 pages of unpublished documents and testimonies that reveal the background of crisis and media attacks that have characterized the papacy of Benedict XVI. The book was born in the wake of recent scandals involving clergy. The Pope was put in the dock as were others (too many) times in the last five years: criticisms and controversies raised by the Regensburg speech, the sensational case of the resignation of newly Wielgus Archbishop of Warsaw as a result of his old partnership with the secret services of the Polish communist regime, the controversy over the publication of the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, the case of revocation of the excommunication of the Lefebvrist Bishops, which coincided with the broadcast video interview on the denial of the existence of gas chambers, issued by Swedish TV from one of those Bishops, the diplomatic crisis for papal condemnations of the condom use during his first day of travel in Africa, the burgeoning scandal of child abuse, that shows no signs yet of subsiding.
From storm to storm, from polemic to polemic, the effect was to "anesthetize" Benedict XVI's message, beating on the cliché of the retrograde Pope, weakening its course in the paper today is almost entirely in advance the preface.
You can buy online, hosted by Piemme . We also point out this thorough review by Massimo Introvigne and the link to listen to the episode of "Catholic Chronicles", the column that hold monthly on Radio Maria, dedicated to this subject.
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Right-Wing Liberal Group Think and Rash Condemnations of the SSPX
What happens when you get a group of self-educated, conservatively minded Midwestern women together on a website so they can complain about society and the men who run it?
In this case, we have a young woman in her anger, rashness and hardness of heart getting her facts wrong and exaggerating her ability to move heaven and earth to excommunicate the SSPX. In her haste to issue her res terribilis, based we assure you on nothing more than some real or imagined slights she's suffered from SSPX adherents, condemning an entire group of people because she imagines that the rumor mentioned by Bishop Williamson that a Motu Prorio was in the works was actual, and that not only had this Motup Proprio been published, but that it had been rejected by the leadership of the Society.
If such a Motup Proprio existed, we have no idea what the Society would have done with it, but we at least on this end have no idea what is going to happen. Certainly some members of the SSPX are not pleased, either, with things they imagine to be going on.
The fact is, no one knows about the Motu Proprio, except for those who need to know about it, and a group of women, no matter how conservative or self-educated they happen to be, can make the Pope do something he hasn't done.
Anyhow, she doesn't like the Society, despises Bishop Williamson and will not be moved either way. There are many people, who, as in this case, out of ignorance, condemn this or that person and hold for dear life upon that misapprehension, to their eternal discredit, and possibly damnation.
If she's not more careful, she could be one of the best apologists for the society. Her wild accusations and factual inaccuracies could lead to not a few people taking the time to find out a little bit about the Society of Saint Pius X, human nature and perhaps a little bit about themselves?
Cheeky Pink Girl: I Declare SSPX to Be An Officially Separated Religion From the Catholic Church
In this case, we have a young woman in her anger, rashness and hardness of heart getting her facts wrong and exaggerating her ability to move heaven and earth to excommunicate the SSPX. In her haste to issue her res terribilis, based we assure you on nothing more than some real or imagined slights she's suffered from SSPX adherents, condemning an entire group of people because she imagines that the rumor mentioned by Bishop Williamson that a Motu Prorio was in the works was actual, and that not only had this Motup Proprio been published, but that it had been rejected by the leadership of the Society.
If such a Motup Proprio existed, we have no idea what the Society would have done with it, but we at least on this end have no idea what is going to happen. Certainly some members of the SSPX are not pleased, either, with things they imagine to be going on.
The fact is, no one knows about the Motu Proprio, except for those who need to know about it, and a group of women, no matter how conservative or self-educated they happen to be, can make the Pope do something he hasn't done.
Anyhow, she doesn't like the Society, despises Bishop Williamson and will not be moved either way. There are many people, who, as in this case, out of ignorance, condemn this or that person and hold for dear life upon that misapprehension, to their eternal discredit, and possibly damnation.
If she's not more careful, she could be one of the best apologists for the society. Her wild accusations and factual inaccuracies could lead to not a few people taking the time to find out a little bit about the Society of Saint Pius X, human nature and perhaps a little bit about themselves?
Cheeky Pink Girl: I Declare SSPX to Be An Officially Separated Religion From the Catholic Church
Dinesh D'Souza Sells His Own Mother, The Church, For a University Post
Editor: We've known the neoconservatives are willing to sell-out for status, money and power. Now Dinesh is demonstrating the fatal susceptibility of the neo-conservative media personality, who shows his moral and doctrinal pliability when there's a plum job at stake.
Perhaps the University didn't require Mr. D'Souza to step on Christ's face for his high-end position, but it's a good possibility he wanted to make it look good for any donors who might have questions about his loyalty to whatever it is they believe there.
Desouza writes:
Is he Catholic or not? Howlingly Absurd writes at Angelqueen:
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Perhaps the University didn't require Mr. D'Souza to step on Christ's face for his high-end position, but it's a good possibility he wanted to make it look good for any donors who might have questions about his loyalty to whatever it is they believe there.
Desouza writes:
"I do not describe myself as Catholic today. But I don't want to renounce it either because it's an important part of my background. I'm an American citizen, but I wouldn't reject the Indian label because it's part of my heritage," D'Souza said.
Is he Catholic or not? Howlingly Absurd writes at Angelqueen:
It is disheartening to read the denial of the truth of the Catholic faith by a former Catholic apologist. Someone needs to refute the apostasy in the poisoned ivy here.
Assuming that he is not merely appeasing and submitting to his wife and her religious views.
The Mass and Christ Himself are what he has left behind by leaving the Catholic Church. As well as the full teachings of the Catholic Church.
Sola scriptura is clearly false because the canon of scripture came from the Church and tradition which require reason informed by faith in order to be properly understood by educated Christians. The Catholic chaplains at Princeton and Dartmouth surely would have known that in the 1980s. So should Dinesh.
What a scandal not to teach one's wife and children such truth.
What on earth could have happened ten years ago to walk away from Fr. McCloskey and the truth of the Catholic faith? The truth of the Catholic faith remains the same today as it has for the last two thousand years.
No Protestant woman can make it otherwise. Nor any scandal among the modernists. Nor any neocon seminar.
"Profesor Noll, call your office."
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There is a Growing Number of Christians in Arabia
Christian Guest Workers Undercut
Arabia. On the Arabian peninsula the number of christians grows continuously. This was according to the old liberal magazine 'Päpstlichen Missionswerke' in Germany. Apparently, official estimates indicate that around ten percent of the citizens in the Arabian Gulf States are Christian. Actually, according to data from 'Missio' there are considerably more. Many Christians live there as foreign workers.
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Arabia. On the Arabian peninsula the number of christians grows continuously. This was according to the old liberal magazine 'Päpstlichen Missionswerke' in Germany. Apparently, official estimates indicate that around ten percent of the citizens in the Arabian Gulf States are Christian. Actually, according to data from 'Missio' there are considerably more. Many Christians live there as foreign workers.
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Liturgy: A Scandalous Photo Speaks 1000 Words
Liturgical Abuses: A Photo is Worth a Thousand Words
Italy. From Friday to Sunday there will be a "Ratznger Schülerkreis" over the supposed "fruitfulness and success of the Second Vatican Council". As the primary speaker, the new President of Christian Unity, Archbishop Kurt Koch, will speak. He is speaking under the title: "The Second Vatican Council between Tradition and Innovation". In a second essay he will mention the Liturgical Constitution of the Second Vatican Council and the devastating post-Conciliar liturgical reform.
Liturgical horror show right here, at kreuz.net...
A German Longing for Sects is Nothing New
A Catholic Confessor-Bishop prepared the old liberals of yesterday an abrupt, but well-earned end.
By Alexander Bauer
[Kreuz.net] Already 200 years ago -- during the so-called Enlightenment -- starstruck, fashionable German Archbishops were infatuated with schism from the Catholic Church.
At a meeting in Bad Ems -- in the modern state of Rheinland-Pfalz -- the Archbishops of Germany declared their indedependence and pastoral authority from the Pope's in 1786.
They insisted in the principle, that every German Bishop with jurisdiction receives his power from God just as the Pope receives his. For this reason, they would not accept Papal regulations for their diocese.
The Archdiocese put the Pope under pressure, to accept the conclusions of the "Emser Punktation". Otherwise they resolved to put their interests with the general German national council.
Indeed, the rpelats broke then with their plans. Really, it was not appealing to other Church respresentatives to fall further into provincialism.
Now The Old Liberal Horn Grumbles
In the year 1818 a robber-synod of a dozen priests from the Westerwald attempt to establish a "liberal Church Constitution" in the Diocese of Limburg.
The Papal Curia were to be kept out of all legal and liturgical matters.
A Diocesan Synod was to ratify these decisions in future.
The provincial pastor even pushed for the abolition "of the standing priestly celibacy because he found himself unqualified for such a difficult and unreasonable."
Such schismatic tendencies were even spread to episcopal circles in the first half of the 19th Century in German speaking areas.
Crushing Defeat
At the same time the movements of the traditionalists and loyalists -- "Ultramontane" -- Catholics ever stronger.
In the year 1842 the Holy Father sent the Ultramontane Confessor-Bishop Peter Josef Blum (+1884) in position.
Under his forty year long, holy leadership, the Diocese found the Catholic Faith and became once again true to the Holy See.
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Svetlana Medvedeva visits Cannes church where Great Duke Nikolay Romanov is buried
Paris, August 26, Interfax - The Russian President's spouse Svetlana Medvedeva, who came to Cannes in view of the Russian Art Festival, visited local church of Archangel Michael.
It was built in 1894 on donations of Russian community and is one of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in France.
Medvedeva went down to the crypt where chief commander of Russian Army in World War I Great Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich, elder of Romanovs emigrated from Russia, is buried.
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It was built in 1894 on donations of Russian community and is one of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in France.
Medvedeva went down to the crypt where chief commander of Russian Army in World War I Great Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich, elder of Romanovs emigrated from Russia, is buried.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Berlusconi Splits Catholic Vote
Berlusconi splits Catholic vote, Catholic journal says Catholic World News August 24, 2010 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has "split the Catholic vote down the middle," a Catholic weekly argues. Famiglia Cristiana, which has been very critical of Berlusconi, noted that his government broke with the long post-war pattern of Italian politics, in which Catholics generally rallied behind the Christian Democrats. With the collapse of that party in scandals, and the rise of Berlusconi, Catholics have not found a new political home. Famiglia Cristiana rapped Berlusconi for his attacks on political opponents.
The magazine recently said in an editorial that the Italian people are worn out by the "duels, insults, and showdowns" that have characterized the current government. Source(s): •Catholic weekly takes another swipe at Berlusconi (ANSA) http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2010/08/24/visualizza_new.html_1790803819.html
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The magazine recently said in an editorial that the Italian people are worn out by the "duels, insults, and showdowns" that have characterized the current government. Source(s): •Catholic weekly takes another swipe at Berlusconi (ANSA) http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2010/08/24/visualizza_new.html_1790803819.html
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CNSNews.com Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans ‘Was Not Consulted’ and Won't Attend Obama’s Speech at Local Catholic College
(CNSNews.com) – When President Barack Obama speaks at Xavier University of Louisiana on August 29 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one person who will not be in attendance is New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
In fact, according to a spokeswoman for the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, the archbishop wasn’t consulted about the president’s visit to the Catholic university in New Orleans.
“I have spoken with Archbishop Aymond about this and he let me know that he was not consulted about the president's visit to Xavier nor will he attend,” spokeswoman Sarah Comiskey McDonald told CNSNews.com by e-mail.
McDonald did not specifically indicate that the archbishop was protesting Obama’s visit to the Xavier campus--but did indicate that Aymond would be busy that day.
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In fact, according to a spokeswoman for the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, the archbishop wasn’t consulted about the president’s visit to the Catholic university in New Orleans.
“I have spoken with Archbishop Aymond about this and he let me know that he was not consulted about the president's visit to Xavier nor will he attend,” spokeswoman Sarah Comiskey McDonald told CNSNews.com by e-mail.
McDonald did not specifically indicate that the archbishop was protesting Obama’s visit to the Xavier campus--but did indicate that Aymond would be busy that day.
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Brian Mershon: Bishop Fellay Denies Knowledge of a Motu Proprio Rumour
August 24, 2010—Superior General Bishop Bernard Fellay of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), one of four bishops whose excommunications were lifted by Pope Benedict XVI in January 2009, today categorically denied any knowledge of an alleged special motu proprio being planned by the Holy See for the SSPX as stated recently by SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson. This rumored MP would not require the SSPX to take any sort of oath of acceptance where Vatican II and the New Mass are concerned.
“I’m very annoyed by the whole thing,” said Bishop Fellay. “Bishop Williamson’s statement is an unauthorized statement and is his own personal statement and not that of the Society.”
“It has never been the policy of the Society to base any kind of action or policy on gossip. I have absolutely no knowledge of any motu proprio.”
See the Remnant, ONLINE.
“I’m very annoyed by the whole thing,” said Bishop Fellay. “Bishop Williamson’s statement is an unauthorized statement and is his own personal statement and not that of the Society.”
“It has never been the policy of the Society to base any kind of action or policy on gossip. I have absolutely no knowledge of any motu proprio.”
See the Remnant, ONLINE.
British Prime Minister asked to apologize over IRA priest bombing cover-up | Irish News | IrishCentral
The Irish Central is reporting on a Catholic priest who was responsible for a bombing that happened almost four decades ago. Now people are asking, who will be held responsible for the cover-up, the Catholic Church, again?
Apart from being another angle to attack the Catholic Church, can it also now please act as proof that Marxists (for the IRA was ostensibly, though we know many will vehemently disagree) do indeed infiltrate and have infiltrated the Catholic Church in a significant way. It can be done, it can even be covered up by either the government or certain figures in the Church, although in this case, it's uncertain that it wasn't a bad idea to keep it quiet considering the potentially explosive effect it could have had on Irish society at the time, leading to more unrest and death than before, perhaps what this Marxist Priest was meant to accomplish in the first place; throwing bombs like an anarchist and such.
British Prime Minister asked to apologize over IRA priest bombing cover-up | Irish News | IrishCentral
Apart from being another angle to attack the Catholic Church, can it also now please act as proof that Marxists (for the IRA was ostensibly, though we know many will vehemently disagree) do indeed infiltrate and have infiltrated the Catholic Church in a significant way. It can be done, it can even be covered up by either the government or certain figures in the Church, although in this case, it's uncertain that it wasn't a bad idea to keep it quiet considering the potentially explosive effect it could have had on Irish society at the time, leading to more unrest and death than before, perhaps what this Marxist Priest was meant to accomplish in the first place; throwing bombs like an anarchist and such.
British Prime Minister asked to apologize over IRA priest bombing cover-up | Irish News | IrishCentral
Men Whose Lives Define the Public Life, Virtue, Sanity and Sanctity
Editor: History has given us many figures from whom to draw strength, they encourage us from the pages of history like a brave captain in the middle of a fight. Sometimes they fall, sometimes they get up again and sometimes their selfless gift of self rings through the history like the tolling of the Angelus Bell, bringing us to prayers of thanksgiving; yes, prudence and courage go together to make the cynic doubt his hard heart at last.
[FT.com] Tony Abbott’s risk-averse and tightly managed poll campaign has not only elevated him from his status as an underdog, but Australia’s opposition leader is now within striking distance of a victory at this weekend’s election.
Dubbed the “mad monk” because of his period studying to be a Roman Catholic priest, the 53-year-old leader of the centre-right coalition is on a final blitz among marginal seats that will determine whether he can defeat Julia Gillard’s first-term Labor government.
On Thursday, Mr Abbott dismissed as Labor party propaganda opinion polls that found the government could win the popular vote but lose the election on the back of a rout in New South Wales and Queensland marginal seats.
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Marco Fidel Suárez
Like Tony Abbott, the President of Columbia, was nicknamed with the epithet "Monk". He was a poet and a deep Catholic thinker. Overcoming the stigma and challenge of illegitimacy, he went on to become President of Columbia, and founder of the Columbian Airforce, who gave some substance to the old Columbian saying that "most of our presidents have been poets, not soldiers".
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Another monastic, indeed hermetic, figure of political life in the turn of the last century was this great Chinese scholar, intellectual, poet and statesman, Lou Tseng-Tsiang. After an eventful public career he joined the Monastery of Sint Andres in Bruges, Belgium. He was later raised to the title of Abbot by Pius XII. He is famous for having said:
Europe's strength is found not in her armaments, nor in her knowledge — it is found in her religion [...]. Observe the Christian faith. When you have grasped its heart and its strength, take them and give them to China.
Gabriel Garcia Moreno
Much has been written about him, for he did many good things, most notably he forgave the Freemasons who slew him even as he was at the altar. Writing earlier to Pius IX, he prepared himself for death:
I wish to obtain your blessing before that day, so that I may have the strength and light which I need so much in order to be unto the end a faithful son of our Redeemer, and a loyal and obedient servant of His Infallible Vicar. Now that the Masonic Lodges of the neighboring countries, instigated by Germany, are vomiting against me all sorts of atrocious insults and horrible calumnies, now that the Lodges are secretly arranging for my assassination, I have more need than ever of the divine protection so that I may live and die in defense of our holy religion and the beloved republic which I am called once more to rule.
It's indeed interesting that this great man was a victim of the Kulturkampf in Germany. He loved the Church, his family and country. He was truly a most royal son of God's holy Church and it would be hard indeed to meet a man as single-minded
and good in any age.
President Ngo Dinh Diem
Another untimely and most Catholic victim who loved his country and went to his death defending her from the Communists, President Ngo Dihn Diem was murdered ironically by the machinations of the Kennedy Whitehouse in a coup accomplished by Cabot Lodge. Every Vietnamese knows about this tragedy, and even the Communists in Hanoi were astonished at the stupidity exhibited on behalf of American Foreign Policy. It's especially interesting that his murder was accomplished on the pretext of a lack of cultural sensitivity, a charge which has brought down many conservative, reactionary and religious leaders of the 20th Century.
Dedicated to a great Caudillo from Columbia whose inspiration this was.
Catholic, Russian Orthodox Churches Embrace
Cardinal and Metropolitan Show Will for Unity at Rimini Meeting
ROME, AUG. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- High-ranking representatives of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches embraced on Monday in a moment reflecting a will for unity between the two Churches.
A photo of the embrace between Cardinal Peter Erdo and Metropolitan Filaret was printed with the title "Europe's Brothers."
The embrace between the two high-level representatives was a highlight of the 31st Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, an annual event sponsored by the Catholic Communion and Liberation Movement in Rimini, Italy.
The cardinal and metropolitan made their embrace of unity as they joined in a debate on the topic "Can An Educated Man, a European of Our Days, Actually Believe in the Divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ?"
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ROME, AUG. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- High-ranking representatives of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches embraced on Monday in a moment reflecting a will for unity between the two Churches.
A photo of the embrace between Cardinal Peter Erdo and Metropolitan Filaret was printed with the title "Europe's Brothers."
The embrace between the two high-level representatives was a highlight of the 31st Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, an annual event sponsored by the Catholic Communion and Liberation Movement in Rimini, Italy.
The cardinal and metropolitan made their embrace of unity as they joined in a debate on the topic "Can An Educated Man, a European of Our Days, Actually Believe in the Divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ?"
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
'We Want to Be Reminded That Sometimes Sacrifice is Necessary'
The Bishops Ackermann and Genn have unveiled a memorial plaque for two Martyr Priest of the Nazi times -- they refused to give Hermann Goering the Hitler salute.
Nickenich/Wassenach (kath.net/Diocese of Trier) For two priests, who were brought to the concentration camp Dachau -- Johannes Schulz and Joseph Zilliken -- the Trier Bishop Stephan Ackerman and the Bishop of Muenster, Felix Genn, unveiled the commemorative plaque on Saturday.
The Nickenicher Priest Schulz and his colleague who was active in Wassenach had refused to give Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering the Hitler salute. They were imprisoned for this reason. Both died in 1942 in the concentration camp Dachau. The priests had already been under surveillance since the mid-thirties. The commemorative plaque is located at the Hotel Waldfrieden between Maria Laach and Wassenach.
Bishop Ackermann, who grew up in Nickenich, said, it is important, to remember and recall a culture, to continue working, in order to care for it and forge on. Finally, there are after 70 years following the event fewer and fewer witnesses, "to whom we can listen". He thanked those, who'd conceived the initiative, that now a commemorative plaque can recall the "Marytr Priests". The plaque does not disturb the charm of the place, which witnessed such "dramatic history" , rather it could be a way, that such things are prevented from happening again.
He and Bishop Genn were filled with gratitude in the unveiling and blessing of the tablet, that both priests had witnessed for the faith, said Ackermann. "We want to be reminded that moral courage, bravery and somtimes a readiness to sacrifice are necessary." The Wassenach native, Bishop Genn blessed the plaque after the unveiling.
At the beginning of the celebration, the Nickenicher Pastor Norbert Missong, alongside representatives of politics, Church and society as well as members of Pastor Schulz's family were greeted and he emphasized, that the 27th of May 1940 was an "essential moment of resistance." "Here the pastors had the courage to recognize, that man owes more duty to God than he owes to man." The commemorative plaque is a challenge to each individual, what he is ready to bring for the Faith.
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Foto: (c) www.etm-medienbuero.de
Whereabouts of missing Islamic media executives unknown - Dagestani law enforcement authorities
Makhachkala, August 23, Interfax - So far the Dagestani law enforcement authorities are unaware of the whereabouts of head of Hudamedia Abubakr Rizvanov and his deputy Timur Kurbanmagomedov who went missing last Friday, head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters in Dagestan Vyacheslav Shanshin and Dagestani Interior Minister Abdurashid Magomedov said in Makhachkala on Saturday.
The Hudamedia managers disappeared in Makhachkala in the evening of August 20. The relatives of the missing men first contacted journalists and human rights campaigners and did not report to the police before Saturday evening.
"Yesterday my husband reported to all three city district police departments," Kurbanmagomedov's mother told Interfax.
The families told journalists that as far as they know their missing relatives are at the building of the Dagestani Interior Ministry's Counter-Extremism Center (CEC).
After the meeting with the Dagestani president today, the local FSB chief and interior minister were asked by journalists whether Kurbanmagomedov and Rizvan were detained by their employees and held at the CEC building. Both officials denied it.
"The head of this agency [CEC] told me that he was contacted by the missing men's relatives yesterday. He suggested that they personally inspect the building and see for themselves that they are not there. My personal opinion - and that is the position of the entire Interior Ministry of Dagestan - is that kidnapping is the most abhorrent crime," Interior Minister Magomedov said.
The Hudamedia managers disappeared in Makhachkala in the evening of August 20. The relatives of the missing men first contacted journalists and human rights campaigners and did not report to the police before Saturday evening.
"Yesterday my husband reported to all three city district police departments," Kurbanmagomedov's mother told Interfax.
The families told journalists that as far as they know their missing relatives are at the building of the Dagestani Interior Ministry's Counter-Extremism Center (CEC).
After the meeting with the Dagestani president today, the local FSB chief and interior minister were asked by journalists whether Kurbanmagomedov and Rizvan were detained by their employees and held at the CEC building. Both officials denied it.
"The head of this agency [CEC] told me that he was contacted by the missing men's relatives yesterday. He suggested that they personally inspect the building and see for themselves that they are not there. My personal opinion - and that is the position of the entire Interior Ministry of Dagestan - is that kidnapping is the most abhorrent crime," Interior Minister Magomedov said.
Cross Appears in Sky At Lubyanka Prayer Service
Moscow, August 23, Interfax - Cross made of clouds appeared for several minutes in the sky above the Lubyanka Square in Moscow during a prayer service to the Solovki new martyrs last Sunday.
"It was seen by all the people, who attended the Solovki Candle action on the eve of the Solovki new martyrs and confessors commemoration day and numerous police officers who guarded Lubyanka Square," action organizer Pavel Illarionov told Interfax-Religion on Monday.
He reminded that the goal of the prayerful meeting was to obtain permission of Moscow and Russian authorities on setting up a commemorative cross near the Solovki Stone and building an Orthodox chapel to commemorate victims killed in repressions of the 20th century.
Read further... Interfax.
"It was seen by all the people, who attended the Solovki Candle action on the eve of the Solovki new martyrs and confessors commemoration day and numerous police officers who guarded Lubyanka Square," action organizer Pavel Illarionov told Interfax-Religion on Monday.
He reminded that the goal of the prayerful meeting was to obtain permission of Moscow and Russian authorities on setting up a commemorative cross near the Solovki Stone and building an Orthodox chapel to commemorate victims killed in repressions of the 20th century.
Read further... Interfax.
A Destroyer of the Faith Leaves the Curia
"Porous, ambiguous, deceptive", the famous Mainz Canon Lawyer, Father Georg May, let loose a scathing condemnation on the departing president of the Vatican Office for Unity.
[kreuz.net] "In the era of Kasper the extraction of the knowledge of the faith from Catholic Christians was expedited."
Mainz canon lawyer, Father Georg May, said this for the Catholic Monthly 'Kirchliche Umschau' about the newly President Emeritus of the Papal Office for Unity, Walter Cardinal Kasper (77).
The unrestrained ecumenism tore apart all the boundaries: "The people didn't know truth from error, or to distinguish the Church of Christ from schism."
Father May did not blame this entirely on Cardinal Kasper. Actually, he accused him of not having done anything to oppose this development.
Cardinal Kasper had not been qualified for transfer to that office.
He worked for false principles, that there are more commonalities with the protestants than things that separate us.
Fr. May contradicted that: "The opposite is the case."
The protestant theology is "almost in every way an unceasing opposition to Catholic Faith and moral teaching."
The Faith Distorted and Falsified
The third edition of the standard work 'Lexikons fuer Theologie und Kirche', which today's Cardinal Kasper had circulated in the years 1993 to 2001, Father May indicted as a danger for Theology and Church:
"Here the Catholic Faith in numerous places was distorted, falsified and deficiently represented."
The actual articles for the elucidation of the Faith were "porous, ambiguous and deceptive".
Even the moral teaching was "twisted, falsified and brought close to protestantic views."
The most recent history of the Church in an accompanying work was "progressivistically assigned".
Falsely Distorted
On the suggestion that today's Cardinal Kasper was promoted by the famous Catholic Theologian Leo Cardinal Scheffzczyk (+2005) in Tubingen, Father May exclaimed:
"As Cardinal Kasper was promoted, the Church showed immediately then the first twitches of disaster, that would break over it."
Today's Cardinal Kasper was completely gliding on the Progressive channel.
He followed exegetes, "who had not learned the bible methodically, and in whose hands the Gospel was transformed into a novelistic tale. "
Cardinal Kasper had worked to "loosen the Dogma" -- cited Father May the convert and Indologue Paul Hacker (+1979).
For example Father may mentioned the fact, that the Cardinal had portrayed the teaching on Christ's divinity and humanity as overreaching":
"It is too little, when Walter Casper merely says that the death of Jesus is, >>the consequence of his act<<".
This Theology is incapable of securing young people in their Faith.
Illusions About Successor
Father May is enthusiastic about Cardinal Kasper's successor, Msgr Kurt Koch (60).
He is is supposedly in opposition to the Princes of the Church, a pastor.
Also, he has no illusions about hostility to the Church -- especially in Switzerland:
"If he will be able to ward off the pressures of unteachable ecumenists, remains to be seen."
Father May holds it to be a first duty to diminish ecumenism.
Next time: abyssal opposition desperate the Church from the Protestants.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
England, The Pope and Marriage
y Genevieve Pollock
LONDON, AUG. 23, 2010 (Zenit.org).- England, the destination of Benedict XVI's Sept. 16-19 trip, is the geopolitical epicenter of the culture of death, says Edmund Adamus, but it is also the "Dowry of Mary."
Adamus, director of Pastoral Affairs for the Diocese of Westminster, explained to ZENIT how England's unique Christian heritage and its present vanguard anti-Catholic culture make it a highly significant place for the Pope's upcoming visit.
Adamus noted that marriage has been a focal point in both the original evangelization of the nation and the present cultural wars.
Read further... Zenit.
LONDON, AUG. 23, 2010 (Zenit.org).- England, the destination of Benedict XVI's Sept. 16-19 trip, is the geopolitical epicenter of the culture of death, says Edmund Adamus, but it is also the "Dowry of Mary."
Adamus, director of Pastoral Affairs for the Diocese of Westminster, explained to ZENIT how England's unique Christian heritage and its present vanguard anti-Catholic culture make it a highly significant place for the Pope's upcoming visit.
Adamus noted that marriage has been a focal point in both the original evangelization of the nation and the present cultural wars.
Read further... Zenit.
EWTN Host to Discuss Theology of the Body
CatholicAnchor.org
On Wednesday, Aug. 25, 6 p.m., there will be a presentation on Theology of the Body and art, titled, “The Naked Truth,” by Father Thomas Loya of the Tabor Institute. Father Loya is apstor of Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parish in Homer Glen, Illinois, as well as the host of two Internet radio programs, “A Body of Truth” and “Light of the East,” which can be heard on EWTN radio affiliates in more than 60 cities across the U.S. The talk will be followed by a potluck. The event takes place at St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, 2200 Arctic Boulevard. For more information, email ntaboutu@yahoo.com or call (218) 839-5366.
Father Loya is also kicking off this year’s Theology and Brew
in Anchorage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at Snow Goose Restaurant, 717 West 3rd Avenue. The first presentation, titled, “Who is Man for Woman and Who is Woman for Man?,” is an exploration of Pope John Paul II’s teachings on the Theology of the Body. After Father Loya’s presentation at Theology and Brew, he will lead a weekend retreat based on the Theology of the Body at the Eagle River Nature Center. For more information, contact Jen Bergman at ntaboutu@yahoo.com or (218) 839-5366.
August 19th, 2010 | Category: Alaska News, Church History, Family, Marriage, Priests, Pro-life issues, Sacraments, Vocations
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On Wednesday, Aug. 25, 6 p.m., there will be a presentation on Theology of the Body and art, titled, “The Naked Truth,” by Father Thomas Loya of the Tabor Institute. Father Loya is apstor of Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parish in Homer Glen, Illinois, as well as the host of two Internet radio programs, “A Body of Truth” and “Light of the East,” which can be heard on EWTN radio affiliates in more than 60 cities across the U.S. The talk will be followed by a potluck. The event takes place at St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, 2200 Arctic Boulevard. For more information, email ntaboutu@yahoo.com or call (218) 839-5366.
Father Loya is also kicking off this year’s Theology and Brew
in Anchorage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at Snow Goose Restaurant, 717 West 3rd Avenue. The first presentation, titled, “Who is Man for Woman and Who is Woman for Man?,” is an exploration of Pope John Paul II’s teachings on the Theology of the Body. After Father Loya’s presentation at Theology and Brew, he will lead a weekend retreat based on the Theology of the Body at the Eagle River Nature Center. For more information, contact Jen Bergman at ntaboutu@yahoo.com or (218) 839-5366.
August 19th, 2010 | Category: Alaska News, Church History, Family, Marriage, Priests, Pro-life issues, Sacraments, Vocations
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Open Letter to Cardinal O'Malley and Archdiocesean Leaders
The Boston Globe covered the blog today in their report: “Archdiocese limits access to critics’ blogs.” If you have not yet read our original post on this topic from late last week, please take a moment to read it for the relevant background.
The Globe story is balanced and accurately portrays the current situation—except for the archdiocese’s spin about their response to this blog. The archdiocese may have invited a conversation with other blogs, but no one from the archdiocese has responded to a single one of our emails. And we do not know what Terry Donilon means by his unsubstantiated comment, “We are concerned about the harm caused…by unfounded claims on the blogs.’’ Our blog has carefully documented everything we have published and have not heard anyone complain that a post here was “unfounded” in two months. (Terry, are these posts about the conflicts of interest in how you and the Chancellor were hired examples of “unfounded claims”?) We will send a message to ask specifically which claims on this blog the archdiocese feels are “unfounded.”
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The Globe story is balanced and accurately portrays the current situation—except for the archdiocese’s spin about their response to this blog. The archdiocese may have invited a conversation with other blogs, but no one from the archdiocese has responded to a single one of our emails. And we do not know what Terry Donilon means by his unsubstantiated comment, “We are concerned about the harm caused…by unfounded claims on the blogs.’’ Our blog has carefully documented everything we have published and have not heard anyone complain that a post here was “unfounded” in two months. (Terry, are these posts about the conflicts of interest in how you and the Chancellor were hired examples of “unfounded claims”?) We will send a message to ask specifically which claims on this blog the archdiocese feels are “unfounded.”
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Priest says prayed for Sarkozy heart attack over Roma | World | Reuters
Socialists are not above mimicking charitable compassion for the disadvantaged, making an appeal to the underdog who's so popular to so many and winning popular support for their other schemes. They'll commit crimes, lie and wish ill upon a man just because he's done something that Central Committee doesn't like.
Priest says prayed for Sarkozy heart attack over Roma | World | Reuters
Priest says prayed for Sarkozy heart attack over Roma | World | Reuters
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Bishop Wiliamson Says "Motu Propio" to Accept SSPX Coming
And this is what he said:
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The rumour from Rome is precisely that he is thinking of a “Motu Proprio” which would accept the SSPX “back into the Church” once and for all, yet require from the SSPX no explicit acceptance of Vatican II or the New Mass, but only, for instance, the acceptance of John-Paul II’s 1992 “Catechism of the Catholic Church”, which is substantially modernist but in a quiet way. Thus the SSPX would not appear to its followers to be accepting the Council or the New Mass, yet it would be softly, softly, beginning to go along with the substance of neo-modernism.
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The Appeal of the Ecumenical Tree: Archbishop Zollitsc at Taizé
France: The ecumenical center Taizé is supposedly the source for hope and peace in Europe. This was according to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg on Sautrday upon a visit to Taizé. The ecumenical Community has a "special appeal" especially for the youth. They supposedly learn Holy Scripture better and apply it to their lives.
Link to kreuz original...
Link to kreuz original...
99 Percent of Music Chart Hit Acts are “Soft Porn” Says Music Industry Giant
By Hilary White
LONDON, August 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While religious leaders have been warning about the moral effects of the modern pop music scene for decades, now even some leaders of the industry are expressing their concern. Today record producer Mike Stock told British media that he believes children are being “sexualized” by popular culture.
“The music industry has gone too far. It's not about me being old fashioned. It's about keeping values that are important in the modern world. These days you can't watch modern stars - like Britney Spears or Lady Gaga - with a two-year-old.”
“Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R 'n' B and 99 per cent of that is soft pornography,” he added.
Read further at Lifesite...
LONDON, August 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While religious leaders have been warning about the moral effects of the modern pop music scene for decades, now even some leaders of the industry are expressing their concern. Today record producer Mike Stock told British media that he believes children are being “sexualized” by popular culture.
“The music industry has gone too far. It's not about me being old fashioned. It's about keeping values that are important in the modern world. These days you can't watch modern stars - like Britney Spears or Lady Gaga - with a two-year-old.”
“Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R 'n' B and 99 per cent of that is soft pornography,” he added.
Read further at Lifesite...
Restore-DC-Catholicism: Catholic Charities Centennial Gathering - Dissent ...
Restore-DC-Catholicism: Catholic Charities Centennial Gathering - Dissent ...: "On the back page of the August 19th issue of the Catholic Standard is a full-page advertisement for the Catholic Charities Centennial Gather..."
Father Martin SJ at America Promotes Homosexuality, Again.
We pointed out that it was strange that a very liberal parish in Minnesota was promoting heretical books by people like America's Father James Martin SJ and others, like one priest who advocates getting naked with other men on a retreat.
Father Martin had previously made similar comments, when he said he wanted more homosexuals in the priesthood, thus displaying his penchant for homosexuality and backpedaled on those comments, but is back again as he levels his guns on radio talk-show hostess Laura Schlesinger, who recently resigned from her position owing to accusations about racial insensitivity.
Another one of America's editors was forced to resign a few years ago. This forces a new and interesting question, is there anyone in the Jesuit Order you can trust to accurately represent the Catholic Church's teachings on a widely disseminated public platform like the decrepit but allegedly Catholic America Magazine? Father Editor bristles indignantly as he writes:
Read the entire article here at, America....
H/t: Pewsitter.
Father Martin had previously made similar comments, when he said he wanted more homosexuals in the priesthood, thus displaying his penchant for homosexuality and backpedaled on those comments, but is back again as he levels his guns on radio talk-show hostess Laura Schlesinger, who recently resigned from her position owing to accusations about racial insensitivity.
Another one of America's editors was forced to resign a few years ago. This forces a new and interesting question, is there anyone in the Jesuit Order you can trust to accurately represent the Catholic Church's teachings on a widely disseminated public platform like the decrepit but allegedly Catholic America Magazine? Father Editor bristles indignantly as he writes:
Dr. Laura Schlessinger's announcement yesterday that she is quitting her radio show called to mind this clever response to her occasional fundamentalist readings of the Old Testament, particularly when it came to homosexuality. This letter, which has been widely circulated on the web since it first appeared in 2000 (despite difficulties in ascertaining its origin) is a healthy antidote to Scriptural literalism of any sort. [Now he's written, "end of debate"]
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God’s Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of Menstrual uncleanliness – Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
Read the entire article here at, America....
H/t: Pewsitter.
Interview with Sten Sandmark
08-22-2010
On July 30, 2006, Sten Sandmark, a Swedish Lutheran pastor, abjured Protestantism in the church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet, in Paris (France).
Ordained priest after 4 years of seminary studies in Zaitzkofen, he celebrated, on Sunday, August 15, in the same church, his firts solemn mass.
On July 30, 2006, Sten Sandmark, a Swedish Lutheran pastor, abjured Protestantism in the church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet, in Paris (France).
Ordained priest after 4 years of seminary studies in Zaitzkofen, he celebrated, on Sunday, August 15, in the same church, his firts solemn mass.
Interview with Sten Sandmark from DICI on Vimeo.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Skateboarding priest becomes a hit online | CatholicHerald.co.uk
He draws his inspiration from Dom Bosco.
Skateboarding priest becomes a hit online | CatholicHerald.co.uk
Skateboarding priest becomes a hit online | CatholicHerald.co.uk
41 Percent of Russians Against Abortion
Russia. [kreuz.net] 41 percent of the Russians want the inhuman law, that allows abortion in Russia, corrected. This figure is a result of a poll by the public opinion institute 'Levada'. In Russia there are one million registered abortions a year. In the past, the parliament has recommended better legal protection for unborn children.
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