NEW YORK TIMES GUNNING FOR THE POPE?
March 15, 2010
Catholic League president Bill Donohue takes on the New York Times:
On March 10, the New York Times ran an article on sex abuse in the Catholic Church stating that in Austria a priest abused a boy 40 years ago. Yesterday, readers learned of a German case where a man says he was abused in 1979. But when Rabbi Baruch Lebovits was found guilty last week on eight counts of sexually abusing a Brooklyn boy, the Times failed to report it. This is not an accident—it is deliberate.
Worse, on Saturday, the Times ran a front-page story saying that in 2002, when the sex abuse scandal in Boston hit, the pope—then Cardinal Ratzinger—"made statements that minimized the problem." No quotes or evidence of any kind were given. "Minimize the problem." Interesting phrase. In 2005, the Times reported that in 2002, Ratzinger believed that "less than 1 percent of priests are guilty" of sex abuse (it was later found that 4 percent was a more accurate figure). The Times characterized his remark by saying he "appeared to minimize the problem." Looks like they got their talking points down just fine.
What the Times could have said over the weekend was that on January 9, 2002, three days after the Boston Globe broke the story on sex abuse, it ran a story reporting that Ratzinger had sent a letter to the bishops worldwide saying that "even a hint" of the sexual abuse of minors merited an investigation. But to do so would have compromised the conclusion it sought to reach.
If the Times were truly interested in eradicating sex abuse, it not only would report on cases like Rabbi Lebovits, it would not seek to protect the public school establishment. But it does. Here's the proof. Last year, there were two bills being debated in Albany on the subject of sex abuse: one targeted only private institutions like the Catholic Church, giving the public schools a pass; the other covered both private and public. The Times endorsed the former.
Contact NYT Public Editor Clark Hoyt: public@nytimes.com
Monday, March 15, 2010
Communist Party upbeat about election outcome
MOSCOW. March 15 (Interfax) - The communists drew much stronger electoral support in the current regional elections than previously, Communist Party leaders said at a news conference on Monday.
"We have scored higher points nearly everywhere, which allows us to build a center-left vertical system in all regional governments," Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said. Support for the communists was strongest in cities, where the communists gained 27% to 35% of the votes.
He noted however, that vote tampering was mostly reported in rural areas. "The governor's conduct was much quieter this time, and most of the mud slinging was down in rural areas," he said.
The Communist Party's first deputy leader, State Duma Vice Speaker Ivan Melnikov said the Communists "did better than before and even rose to a qualitatively new level of voter support."
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"We have scored higher points nearly everywhere, which allows us to build a center-left vertical system in all regional governments," Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said. Support for the communists was strongest in cities, where the communists gained 27% to 35% of the votes.
He noted however, that vote tampering was mostly reported in rural areas. "The governor's conduct was much quieter this time, and most of the mud slinging was down in rural areas," he said.
The Communist Party's first deputy leader, State Duma Vice Speaker Ivan Melnikov said the Communists "did better than before and even rose to a qualitatively new level of voter support."
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Cardinal Mahony Features many Anti-Catholic Speakers: Catholics to Protest
ANAHEIM, Calif., March 15 /Christian Newswire/ — "Our committee is calling all Catholics to come join us and oppose Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony's latest dissent-fest," says Kenneth M. Fisher, chairman of Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc. (CRCOA). "He's going to make tens of thousands of Catholics hear Faith-subverters, the kind who get people to defy the Church on abortion, homosexuality, contraception, New Age practices and ordination of women." Fisher announced that on Saturday, March 20, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., his group will picket Cardinal Mahony's annual Religious Education Congress, the world's largest training event for Catholic schoolteachers. (The Congress will be at the Anaheim Convention Center, March 18-21. The Saturday protest will be outside the Center's main exhibit hall. CRCOA will supply picket signs to picketers.)
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Irish Bookmakers Give 3:1 Odds Pope Resigns
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LONDON (Reuters) – Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said Friday it had cut the odds on Pope Benedict XVI resigning after allegations of child abuse by priests in Germany gripped the Roman Catholic Church. Ireland's biggest bookmaker, which has branches in Britain as well as Catholic Ireland, said it had cut the odds from 12 to 1 to 3 to 1 following a "cascade of bets." The bookie also said it had cut the odds on Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze becoming the next Pontiff to 4 to 1, after what it called a significant gamble. The firm said Arinze was now the clear favourite.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said Friday it had cut the odds on Pope Benedict XVI resigning after allegations of child abuse by priests in Germany gripped the Roman Catholic Church. Ireland's biggest bookmaker, which has branches in Britain as well as Catholic Ireland, said it had cut the odds from 12 to 1 to 3 to 1 following a "cascade of bets." The bookie also said it had cut the odds on Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze becoming the next Pontiff to 4 to 1, after what it called a significant gamble. The firm said Arinze was now the clear favourite.
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The Benevolence of Disbelief
June 4,2002
"The Other Side of Christ"
by Father Robert D.Smith
(deceased)
The heresy of modernism, rampant today, is in its essence belief in universal salvation. Many of the modernists seem to be saying merely that most people are saved, but when questioned on this, finally admit that they really believe that everyone is saved. It all seems benevolent, except that it is the benevolence of Satan, the benevolence of disbelief in Christ. The vast majority of them are saying that there is even no Purgatory, that everyone on Earth, whatever he has done, re-
pentant on not, steps from death straight into Heaven.
This is the benevolence which teaches that sin does not really count, and that God approves of all morality and of all immorality. It is the santification of worldliness.
The modernists can be seen to be divided into two wings: the left-wing modernists who teach that the Commandments themselves do not represent God's universal moral law, and the right-wing modernists who teach that the Ten Commandments are indeed God's universal law, but that all men, ultimately, are excused by the factors of ignorance, of weakness, or of faulty environment.
A second branch of the right-wing modernists, however, can be distinguished. Its adherents hold that the Commandments are valid universal laws, and also that long-term ignorance of wrongdoing in the breaking of the Commandments is impossible, and that weakness and environment similiarly are not excuses for long-term unrepentance.Where they reach their goal of belief in universal salvation is by saying that, well, everybody on Earth who is in long-term unrepentant sin will repent at the last moment, somehow or other.
Is this possible? It goes against what we see. Surprisingly few irreligious people come to religion on their deathbeds in any visible way. So, too, with sin of other kinds. In a sense,the longer the delay of repentance, the more unlikely it will be. But this is not a refutation. Refutation comes from the words of Christ, Himself. He often speaks about the reality that there will be people, many people, who will, in fact, find themselves damned. At The Judgment, the Son of Man "will place... the goats on His left." (Matt.25:33) If there shall be no goats at all at The Judgment, then this statement is a lie.
God, in the parable, said to the rich man,"Thou fool, this night your life will be demanded of you." (Luke 12:20) If the rich man was, after all, surely going to wake up in the middle of the night and repent, he would not be exactly a fool . The words of Christ would be ill-chosen, and fundamentally absurd.
Similiarly, and even more explicitly, Christ says: Many will try to enter but not be able." (Luke 15:24) After death, they shall find that they are fixed in a state of unrepentance, even though Heaven begins to look attractive to them.
"Those who have done evil shall rise to the resurrection of condemnation." (John 5:29) Notice that this is in St.John's Gospel, the mildest of the four
Gospels. True Christianity does not include a wing of those believing in universal
salvation.
"The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will collect out of His Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will hurl them into the fiery furnace where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth." (Matt.13:41-42) If the angels go out and there is no one to collect, then Christ again is a liar.
It all fits together. Those who try to be more benevolent that Christ find themselves only advocating the benevolence of Satan, and this comes not from thin air, but from previous committment to sin of some kind. Those who humbly accept the mysteries of Christ, including the difficult ones, find themselves on the path that leads to repentance and to holiness.
On Dec.15,2001, Father Smith went to his eternal reward
Permission to freely distribute these articles has been received from Smith's estate and from The Wanderer(201 Ohio St.,St.Paul,Mn. 55107)which may produce them in book form at a later date.
"The Other Side of Christ"
by Father Robert D.Smith
(deceased)
The heresy of modernism, rampant today, is in its essence belief in universal salvation. Many of the modernists seem to be saying merely that most people are saved, but when questioned on this, finally admit that they really believe that everyone is saved. It all seems benevolent, except that it is the benevolence of Satan, the benevolence of disbelief in Christ. The vast majority of them are saying that there is even no Purgatory, that everyone on Earth, whatever he has done, re-
pentant on not, steps from death straight into Heaven.
This is the benevolence which teaches that sin does not really count, and that God approves of all morality and of all immorality. It is the santification of worldliness.
The modernists can be seen to be divided into two wings: the left-wing modernists who teach that the Commandments themselves do not represent God's universal moral law, and the right-wing modernists who teach that the Ten Commandments are indeed God's universal law, but that all men, ultimately, are excused by the factors of ignorance, of weakness, or of faulty environment.
A second branch of the right-wing modernists, however, can be distinguished. Its adherents hold that the Commandments are valid universal laws, and also that long-term ignorance of wrongdoing in the breaking of the Commandments is impossible, and that weakness and environment similiarly are not excuses for long-term unrepentance.Where they reach their goal of belief in universal salvation is by saying that, well, everybody on Earth who is in long-term unrepentant sin will repent at the last moment, somehow or other.
Is this possible? It goes against what we see. Surprisingly few irreligious people come to religion on their deathbeds in any visible way. So, too, with sin of other kinds. In a sense,the longer the delay of repentance, the more unlikely it will be. But this is not a refutation. Refutation comes from the words of Christ, Himself. He often speaks about the reality that there will be people, many people, who will, in fact, find themselves damned. At The Judgment, the Son of Man "will place... the goats on His left." (Matt.25:33) If there shall be no goats at all at The Judgment, then this statement is a lie.
God, in the parable, said to the rich man,"Thou fool, this night your life will be demanded of you." (Luke 12:20) If the rich man was, after all, surely going to wake up in the middle of the night and repent, he would not be exactly a fool . The words of Christ would be ill-chosen, and fundamentally absurd.
Similiarly, and even more explicitly, Christ says: Many will try to enter but not be able." (Luke 15:24) After death, they shall find that they are fixed in a state of unrepentance, even though Heaven begins to look attractive to them.
"Those who have done evil shall rise to the resurrection of condemnation." (John 5:29) Notice that this is in St.John's Gospel, the mildest of the four
Gospels. True Christianity does not include a wing of those believing in universal
salvation.
"The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will collect out of His Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will hurl them into the fiery furnace where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth." (Matt.13:41-42) If the angels go out and there is no one to collect, then Christ again is a liar.
It all fits together. Those who try to be more benevolent that Christ find themselves only advocating the benevolence of Satan, and this comes not from thin air, but from previous committment to sin of some kind. Those who humbly accept the mysteries of Christ, including the difficult ones, find themselves on the path that leads to repentance and to holiness.
On Dec.15,2001, Father Smith went to his eternal reward
"For our exhortation was not from error, nor from impure motives, nor from guile. But as approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts."
Thess. 2:2-5
Permission to freely distribute these articles has been received from Smith's estate and from The Wanderer(201 Ohio St.,St.Paul,Mn. 55107)which may produce them in book form at a later date.
Pope showed wisdom and firmness against abuses as CDF prefect, says Msgr. Scicluna :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
At least he's willing to cite the fact that there is a strong correlation between this injustice and homosexuality:
They need to be much more aggressive about connecting this fiasco with liberalism, but Msgr alludes to it when he says:
Pope showed wisdom and firmness against abuses as CDF prefect, says Msgr. Scicluna :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
In the last nine years, said Msgr. Scicluna, the Congregation has dealt with three thousand cases of crimes committed over the last fifty years by diocesan and religious priests. He added that "about 60 percent of the cases chiefly involved sexual attraction towards adolescents of the same sex, another 30 percent involved heterosexual relations, and the remaining 10 percent were cases of pedophilia in the true sense of the term."
These 300 cases, he continued, "are of course too many
They need to be much more aggressive about connecting this fiasco with liberalism, but Msgr alludes to it when he says:
He concedes, however, that in practice "It may be that in the past - perhaps also out of a misdirected desire to protect the good name of the institution - some bishops were ... too indulgent towards this sad phenomenon."
Pope showed wisdom and firmness against abuses as CDF prefect, says Msgr. Scicluna :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Father Abrahamowitz burns Second Vatican Council Documents
Father Florian Abrahamowitz, a controversial Jewish convert and priest who was previously censured by the Society of St. Pius X has burned and condemned the documents of the Second Vatican Council in a symbolic act at "Domus Marcel Lefebvre" in the upper Italian village of Paese.
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Update: Father Abrahamowitz has done this with the approval of a local Bishop.
In the sign of the lenten fast of renunciation and the baptismal promises, wich are renewed at the Easter Vigil, I will swear the Antimodernist Oath of St. Pius X and burn finally the documents of the Second Vatican Council.
The Antimodernist Oat was abolished in 1966 by Paul VI.
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Update: Father Abrahamowitz has done this with the approval of a local Bishop.
On Satan’s trail with Don Gabriele, the world’s most famous exorcist - Times Online
On Satan’s trail with Don Gabriele, the world’s most famous exorcist - Times Online
Ghosts are often the souls from purgatory attempting to complete things on earth they were expected to do; I'm sure he's aware of this, but there is a great deal of hysteria about hauntings and the like which are very likely delusions or even diabolical infestations.
Ghosts are often the souls from purgatory attempting to complete things on earth they were expected to do; I'm sure he's aware of this, but there is a great deal of hysteria about hauntings and the like which are very likely delusions or even diabolical infestations.
Crazed Liberal Nun Endorses Senate Bill
Since many Catholic Hospitals offer or recommend abortion services, this is hardly surprising, but what might cause some mirth is that they're a lot like chronic alcoholics back at the bar again supporting the Senate Bill and creating confusion amongst Catholics. They were reprimanded earlier this year for their unqualified support for this bill (which they recanted, falling in line with the male-dominated USCCB) and now they're at it again. Sr. Keehan, a liberal, non-habit wearing religious poseur, is ever eager to support her true coreligionists in the Democratic Party, but will she make heaven? It would be hoped that the Apostolic Visitation should visit her and insure that she finds her way to a nice pasture someplace, or perhaps a job more suitable to her, running a totally secular social services organization outside the Church.
This whole thing raises some other questions as well. Since attempting to import many things from the world, like Msgr Dale Fushek's attempt to import music and strange guru youth retreats, or the aborted attempt to awaken IHM Nuns to the wonders of modern psychology or of Benedictine Monks to do the same with the predictable results from what Cardinal Schonborn calls the "Spirit of 68", do we really need to continue on the same course set for us by most of the policies of the USCCB and Sr. Keehan herself, who continue to insist that we ought to be more worldly. It really goes against the teachings of the Church Fathers, for example. Perhaps what we need is more traditional morality, less modern psychology and false Catholic religious.
Read more: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/14/catholics-start-to-show-their-cards/?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0iFzEtmVG
This whole thing raises some other questions as well. Since attempting to import many things from the world, like Msgr Dale Fushek's attempt to import music and strange guru youth retreats, or the aborted attempt to awaken IHM Nuns to the wonders of modern psychology or of Benedictine Monks to do the same with the predictable results from what Cardinal Schonborn calls the "Spirit of 68", do we really need to continue on the same course set for us by most of the policies of the USCCB and Sr. Keehan herself, who continue to insist that we ought to be more worldly. It really goes against the teachings of the Church Fathers, for example. Perhaps what we need is more traditional morality, less modern psychology and false Catholic religious.
As a House vote on the Senate health bill nears, the Catholic Health Association threw its support behind the legislation with a strong statement over the weekend. The CHA, which represents hundreds of Catholic hospitals around the country, noted, "We expect to see charges and counter charges about what is in the bill and how it will work," in a surprising acknowledgement of some misinformation that has circulated in some Catholic circles recently.
The group's endorsement is not entirely surprising--the CHA supported the Senate's approach to abortion funding last December. Throughout the development of health reform and negotiations over abortion language, the CHA has also been more encouraging than the US Conference of Catholic Bishops on the question of whether it is possible to craft legislative language that provides broad coverage while also preventing federal funding of abortion. Because of this, Democrats have sometimes made too much of the CHA's openness and support, while downplaying the significance of opposition from the bishops conference.
Read more: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/14/catholics-start-to-show-their-cards/?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz0iFzEtmVG
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Masonic Lodge Promotes Child Abuse
If you think the Catholic Church engages in secrecy and subterfuge to "cover up" its crimes, you should look at the Masonic lodge which is far more insidious and part of the Society to which you yourself, dear reader, belong.
The Royal Order of Jesters which runs some charitable hospitals and is planning on closing down some of them, "because of the bad economy" has been caught mismanaging its funds and a good number of the members who also belong to the Masonic Shriners Lodge, were engaged in sex-tourism, preying on poor Indian girls as young as 9 years old.
Masonic organizations have long been hostile to the Catholic Church, and given the sexual immorality of their society alone, one could understand their hostillity but there's something deeper than that.
The Jesters, whose boards and trustees are made up primarily of Shriners, are able, since many are attorneys, police officers and Judges, to threaten and intimidate individuals who "ask questions" about how they spend their money.
They remind us of the Quasi-Masonic organization the Bishop of Regensburg recently accused of promoting child abuse. [2]
Sandy Frost's lengthy series of articles lays bare the corruption and unpunished predatory activities of these Masons, which often goes unpunished, here.
The Royal Order of Jesters which runs some charitable hospitals and is planning on closing down some of them, "because of the bad economy" has been caught mismanaging its funds and a good number of the members who also belong to the Masonic Shriners Lodge, were engaged in sex-tourism, preying on poor Indian girls as young as 9 years old.
A few days after that, I learned about how 19 Jesters were named on a witness list for the defense in a defamation action between two fishing tour operators who took groups to fish the Amazon in Brazil. "'Jesters' To Testify about Illegal Drugs, Child Prostitution?" was published about three weeks later, on March 6, 2008, and reported how these Jesters were expected to testify about "their first hand knowledge of prostitution, minor prostitution, use of illegal drugs and/or the alleged illegal entry of one of the tour operators into Indian reservations by the plaintiff and his customers."[1]
Masonic organizations have long been hostile to the Catholic Church, and given the sexual immorality of their society alone, one could understand their hostillity but there's something deeper than that.
The Jesters, whose boards and trustees are made up primarily of Shriners, are able, since many are attorneys, police officers and Judges, to threaten and intimidate individuals who "ask questions" about how they spend their money.
They remind us of the Quasi-Masonic organization the Bishop of Regensburg recently accused of promoting child abuse. [2]
Sandy Frost's lengthy series of articles lays bare the corruption and unpunished predatory activities of these Masons, which often goes unpunished, here.
Pope At Lutheran Church in Rome
Tom Heneghan and Gavin Jones
ROME
Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:20pm EDT< 1 / 2 > View Full SizeROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Rome's Lutheran congregation on Sunday that Protestants and Roman Catholics should be thankful for all the unity achieved among Christians rather than complain about the slow pace of dialogue.
Addressing about 350 Lutherans in their small church, Benedict said both sides had accused each other of slowing down the ecumenical movement, but that only God, not humans, could create true unity.
The movement has brought Christian churches closer together in recent decades but has lost momentum lately.
Some Protestants, especially in Germany, say Benedict has contributed to that by stressing more strongly the Catholic claim to be the only true church.
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ROME
Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:20pm EDT< 1 / 2 > View Full SizeROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Rome's Lutheran congregation on Sunday that Protestants and Roman Catholics should be thankful for all the unity achieved among Christians rather than complain about the slow pace of dialogue.
Addressing about 350 Lutherans in their small church, Benedict said both sides had accused each other of slowing down the ecumenical movement, but that only God, not humans, could create true unity.
The movement has brought Christian churches closer together in recent decades but has lost momentum lately.
Some Protestants, especially in Germany, say Benedict has contributed to that by stressing more strongly the Catholic claim to be the only true church.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Bishop Mueller Accuses Justice Minister's Organization of Promoting Child Abuse
Ex-Communist Federal Chairwoman, Rosemarie Will, is trying a sorry diversionary maneuver against the just reproaches of the Bishop of Regensburg. Despite her denials that her organization promotes sex with children, there is already a unanimous decision by her organization in 2000 that states the opposite, being concerned that criminal prosecution of sex crimes with minors could lead to greater state oppression [(!)Kath.net].
Here's what Kreuz reports about how Bishop Mueller responded to this organization.
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Here's what Kreuz reports about how Bishop Mueller responded to this organization.
The Regensburger Bishop has publicly portrayed an anti-Catholic Organization as having much sympathy for child molesters. The reaction shows that the Bishop has hit the bull's eye.
(kreuz.net) The Anti-Church 'Humanistic Union' threatened Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller of Regensburg with the law, reported the German "Catholic News Agency".
On Saturday, the German ‘Süddeutsche’ from an interview with the Turin newspaper 'La Stampa', accordingly Bishop Mueller said:
The German consultant of the anti-Church Union and Justice Minister "Sabine Leutheusser-Schanarrenberger"belongs to a kind of Freemasonic-Society, where pedophiles are portrayed as normal, which should be criminalized.
Otherwise she's lied, in the manner she has defamed us. For neither the Holy See nor the German Church has ever given the directive to the clergy to frustrate the norms of Justice."
The Church-hater is now demanding by Monday a retraction of his supposed "slander".
Otherwise, "she intends to take legal steps."
The Communications Director of the Diocese of Regensburg, Clemens Neck, maintains for 'Katolischen Nachrichtagentur', that Bishop Mueller has authorized no interview with 'La Stampa'.
The Dicoese views the possible lawsuit with "unreserved calm".
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Holy Father Says Priest Not a Social Worker
In secularized society, says Benedict XVI, the priest is not a social worker, but " man of the sacred," not subject to the cultural fashions of the time. "True freedom" in belonging to God. The value of "celibacy" Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The priest is not a kind of "social worker", rather a " man of the sacred " who "speaks of God to the world and presents the world to God", who detach themselves from the fashions of the time and who "in a context of widespread secularization, which progressively excludes God from the public sphere, and, basically, even shared social consciousness" express "the freedom that only the certainty of belonging to God can give." Benedict XVI thus described the priest, in the year dedicated to him, to reiterate the value of "celibacy" in a time where, even within the Church, voices are being raised that call for the amendment of celibacy, if not its outright abolition. Meeting participants at the International Theological conference today organized by the Congregation for the Clergy on "Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of Priests" the Pope in fact spoke of the "priestly identity," describing it as "crucial to the exercise of priestly ministry in the present and future. In an age like ours, that is so "polycentric" and inclined to blurring conceptions of identity, believed by many to be contrary to freedom and democracy, it is important to be clear about the theological distinctiveness of the ordained ministry to resist the temptation to reduce it the dominant cultural categories. In a context of widespread secularization, which progressively excludes God from the public sphere, and, basically, even shared social consciousness, the priest often appears "unrelated" to common feeling, because of the most fundamental aspects of his ministry, such as those being a man of the sacred, removed from the world to intercede in favour of the world, a mission that constituted by God and not by men (cf. Heb 5:1). For this reason it is important to overcome dangerous reductions, which in past decades by using categories that are more functionalist than ontological, the priest has been presented almost as a "social worker", at the risk of betraying the same Priesthood of Christ". Today "there is great need for priests who speak of God to the world and present the world to God, men who are not subject to ephemeral cultural fashions, but able to authentically live the freedom that only the certainty of belonging to God can gift. The priest, in fact, is the "property" by God "This his 'belonging to Another' must become recognizable to all, through clear testimony. In order to think, speak, to judge the facts of the world, to serve and love, to relate to people, even in his dressing, the priest should draw strength from his sacramental belonging, from his deepest being. He must therefore make every effort to detach himself from the prevailing mentality that tends to associate the value of the minister not to his being, but his role, thus misunderstanding, God's work, which profoundly penetrates the identity of the person of the Priest, permanently configuring the priest to Him". "The ontological horizon of belonging to God is also the right framework to understand and reaffirm, even today, the value of celibacy, which in the Latin Church is a charisma required for Holy Orders (cf. Presbyterorum Ordinis, 16) and is held in high esteem in the Eastern Churches (cf. CCEO, can. 373). It is authentic prophecy of the Kingdom, a sign of consecration to the Lord with an undivided heart and the "things of the Lord" (1 Cor 7:32), an expression of self-giving to God and to others (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n.1579) . "The men and women of our time – concluded Benedict XVI - ask us to be priests to the end and nothing else. The laity will find in many other people what they humanly need, but only in the priest can they find the Word of God which must always be on his lips (see Presbyterorum Ordinis, 4); the mercy of God, abundantly and freely bestowed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Bread of new Life, "real food given to men" (cf. Hymn of the Office of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Roman Rite).
Friday, March 12, 2010
Archbishop Burke Criticizes Media Influence
How striking that he says that there must be "ecclesiastical punishments". These should be far more fearful to the Catholic than the tender mercies even of Sha'ria law and the dreaded wall of hooks or some other unthinkable device of pre-modern justice.
The Prefect of the highest Vatican Court of Appeals, Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, has complained about the negative influence of the public in the revelation of abuse cases.
In earlier cases in the USA, a strong interaction between the media and attorneys intensified and an "objective judgement became difficult to discern between the situation and the individual cases themselves.", said the US Church Justice in Rome for Journalists on Thursday afternoon.
The sexual abuse by clerics have caused a deep wound to the "smallest and most defensive members" of the Catholic Church. An exact and comprehensive recondition of the abuse cases must include ecclesiastical punishments, so said the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura.
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Pope knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry -Times Online
Ruth Gledhill maintains that Benedict XVI is "unassailable" and that his papacy is one of continuing centralization of the last two papacies. It's amazing then that he doesn't seem to be able to keep even his closest Cardinals, like +Schonborn under control. On the contrary, there is a tremendous amount of freedom on the part of Catholic institutions to support causes contrary to Catholic teaching and mission, so on the face of it her suggestion is a dubious one, as it is with other readers of liberal Catholic papers who describe certain liberal prelates as conservative when well-informed readers know it not to be the case.
Still more important is the backdrop against which she poses this alleged state of affairs. If Cardinal Mahony couldn't be unseated with hundreds of legitimate claims against his Archdiocese that happened on his watch, do you suppose that the Holy Father can be brought down by allegations against his brother and one fuzzy claim that he had a hand in relocating someone ALLEGED to have abused a child?
The news media is digging deep and coming up with a few scraps. It is to be hoped that this signals the continuing downfall of the kingmakers of facile public opinion and the rise of a more liberal, factual and fair appraisal of the events of the day and not some pack of mercenaries in the employ of the consensus of moral depravity.
Pope knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry -Times Online
Still more important is the backdrop against which she poses this alleged state of affairs. If Cardinal Mahony couldn't be unseated with hundreds of legitimate claims against his Archdiocese that happened on his watch, do you suppose that the Holy Father can be brought down by allegations against his brother and one fuzzy claim that he had a hand in relocating someone ALLEGED to have abused a child?
The news media is digging deep and coming up with a few scraps. It is to be hoped that this signals the continuing downfall of the kingmakers of facile public opinion and the rise of a more liberal, factual and fair appraisal of the events of the day and not some pack of mercenaries in the employ of the consensus of moral depravity.
Pope knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry -Times Online
Dead Sea Scrolls at the Science Museum: Ancient fragments with well-hidden secrets | Twin Cities Daily Planet
Tertullian once asked, "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem." What, indeed, does Collegeville have to do with Nag Hammadi and Qumran? Perhaps the modernist Monastery is hoping for the glamour of this archeological find to rub off on their atheist illustrated and deceptively packaged Illustrated "Bible".
Dead Sea Scrolls at the Science Museum: Ancient fragments with well-hidden secrets | Twin Cities Daily Planet
On display adjacent to The Dead Sea Scrolls is an exhibit showcasing the St. John’s Bible, an illuminated manuscript commissioned by St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota; it’s the first handwritten illuminated Bible to be created anywhere in the world since the Middle Ages. [That's a piece of humbug pronounced by the Abbey and it's not true. There have been illustrated Bibles since then.] The pages on display are striking, and the small exhibit is an eye-opening introduction to a remarkable project being executed just up the highway. - J.G.
Dead Sea Scrolls at the Science Museum: Ancient fragments with well-hidden secrets | Twin Cities Daily Planet
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