As a Russianist, I think I should probably point out that this website isn’t that of the Communist pravda (which still exists, is still communist, and has a website at www.gazeta-pravda.ru) but an on-line only publication with the same name, that isn’t communist (and doesnt’ really have any political orientation as such, beyond a taste for general sensationalism and love of conspiracy theories) that was set up in the late 1990s – I think by former staff of the paper. I can only presume that they chose the name (and logo) as an attempt at false representation (of a kind that was fairly common in the Russian media in the 1990s/early 2000s). It doesn’t have any print equivalent; and I sometimes wonder even if it is a professional publication, rather than a hobby of a Russian-speaker, an English-speaker and a Portuguese-speaker.
Which is, of course, not to say, that this sort of article isn’t welcome. Just that it’s not really from “Pravda”, not the “Pravda” that is actually read and sold in Russian news kiosks. (A quick search of THEIR online archive suggests that that publication has barely if at all touched the question of the abuse stories in the church).
Friday, April 2, 2010
Faux Soviet Style Propaganda Organ Used to Defend Church: Why Not?
The report that Pravda was somehow behind the last amazing defense of the Church and the Holy Father was interesting but too much for the truth. It's really an amazing kind of hoax, like a piece of Soviet Era artwork, or military equipment put to good use after the apparent fall of its originators from political prominence in the early nineties. We found this from the Anglo-Catholic, here.
Bishops are Asking the Laity to React to Malicious News Coverage
Arcbishop DiMarzio is asking his laity and priests to "besiege the NYTs" with letters and e-mails and Bishop Vlazny is asking Catholics to cancel their subscriptions to the Oregonian in his See. It should be interesting to see what this amounts to nationally. The New York Times might be especially hit. It's not the first time the New York Times has printed factually incorrect material,deliberately on behalf of an infernal agenda. Perhaps it's time the paper was put down like a rabid beast?
Link to Diocese of Brooklyn...
Link to oregon live...
Link to Diocese of Brooklyn...
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Arrests after Muslim Prayer in Cathedral of Cordoba
Up to 118 Men forced their way into the Cathedral in order to pray a Muslim prayer. 2 Austrians were also arrrested.
Up to 118 Men forced their way into the Cathedral in order to pray a Muslim prayer. They resisted the police violently, reported the Spanish media on Thursday. The common use of the former Mosque and current Cathedral by Catholics and Muslims has been contested for a long time.
Recent reports about the most recent incident have been conflicting. Various media reports estimate up to 118 men came in the Catheddral in order to pray muslim prayers. They were asked by private security personal to stop. Then the ssecurity personell were threatened, and they called the police. They then reported that the police and some of the men grappled. Two Austrians were detained for reisting the civil authorities.
The worldfamous Catholic Cathedral of Cordoba was converted into a mosque in the 8th Century upon the Muslim conquest. Up until the 13th Century it was the largest Mosque in the West. First, toward the end of the Islamic predomiance in Spain the mosque was reconverted to a Catholic church. Above all, these local muslims maintained that the house of God can be used communally for prayer.
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From the Guardian.
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Up to 118 Men forced their way into the Cathedral in order to pray a Muslim prayer. They resisted the police violently, reported the Spanish media on Thursday. The common use of the former Mosque and current Cathedral by Catholics and Muslims has been contested for a long time.
Recent reports about the most recent incident have been conflicting. Various media reports estimate up to 118 men came in the Catheddral in order to pray muslim prayers. They were asked by private security personal to stop. Then the ssecurity personell were threatened, and they called the police. They then reported that the police and some of the men grappled. Two Austrians were detained for reisting the civil authorities.
The worldfamous Catholic Cathedral of Cordoba was converted into a mosque in the 8th Century upon the Muslim conquest. Up until the 13th Century it was the largest Mosque in the West. First, toward the end of the Islamic predomiance in Spain the mosque was reconverted to a Catholic church. Above all, these local muslims maintained that the house of God can be used communally for prayer.
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From the Guardian.
"They argue that canon law does not allow Muslims to pray there, though they have been happy to permit visiting Saudi princes and other dignitaries, including Saddam Hussein, to pray," he said.
"A new bishop was appointed recently and one of his first public statements was to say that Muslim prayers would not be allowed as this would create confusion," he said. "It seems the guards have instructions to prevent prayers with violence, if necessary."
Cathedral authorities reiterated their ban on prayers. "The shared use of the cathedral by Catholics and Muslims would not contribute to the peaceful coexistence of the two beliefs," the statement from the bishop's office said.
"This one-off incident does not represent the genuine attitude of Muslims, many of whom maintain an attitude of respect and dialogue with the Catholic church," it added. "We deplore the damage done to the image of our city and to the peaceful coexistence of visitors and citizens."
Church authorities also recalled that archeologists had shown that, prior to the construction of the mosque in the eighth century, a Christian temple had stood on the same spot.
The 23,400 sq metre mosque occupies an area equivalent to three football pitches and boasts 1,300 columns and more than 300 yellow and red horseshoe arches. There are only three larger mosques in the world – at the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the Turkish capital Istanbul, and the Moroccan port city of Casablanca.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Socialism in Action!
Paul Krugman, a London School of Economics byproduct, wants a judicious panel to have the power of life over death. Now Democratic Bureaucrats can have the power of life over death when it comes to who gets treatment.
In case you get overwhelmed by thinking about it, just remember that the London School was founded by the Fabian Society in 1895 and everything is going according to plan.
In case you get overwhelmed by thinking about it, just remember that the London School was founded by the Fabian Society in 1895 and everything is going according to plan.
Secularist Child Abuse Attorney on National Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — Perhaps the best known attorney in the clergy sex abuse cases, Jeff Anderson says the top hierarchy of the Catholic church should account for what he says was a cover up of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy for decades. Meanwhile, cases in Florida and Kentucky attempt to link the Vatican to cases of sexual abuse.
Catholic church insiders will talk about how they are trying to reconcile with victims and change the way abuse is handled in a separate hour on Monday, April 5.
Guests
Jeff Anderson: Attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates. He [says] represents people who say they've been sexually abused by clergy.
Vatican Plans to Squelch Ambulance Chasing ACLU Shill
Attorneys try to squelch U.S. suit seeking papal testimony on scandal
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:51 AM
By Nicole Winfield
VATICAN CITY -- Dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex-abuse scandal, the Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer questions under oath.
Court documents obtained yesterday by the Associated Press show that Vatican attorneys plan to argue that the pope has immunity as a head of state, that American bishops who oversaw abusive priests weren't employees of the Vatican, and that a 1962 document is not the "smoking gun" proving a cover-up.
The Holy See is trying to fend off the first U.S. case to reach the stage of determining whether victims have a claim against the Vatican itself for negligence for allegedly failing to alert police or the public about Roman Catholic priests who molested children.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:51 AM
By Nicole Winfield
VATICAN CITY -- Dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex-abuse scandal, the Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer questions under oath.
Court documents obtained yesterday by the Associated Press show that Vatican attorneys plan to argue that the pope has immunity as a head of state, that American bishops who oversaw abusive priests weren't employees of the Vatican, and that a 1962 document is not the "smoking gun" proving a cover-up.
The Holy See is trying to fend off the first U.S. case to reach the stage of determining whether victims have a claim against the Vatican itself for negligence for allegedly failing to alert police or the public about Roman Catholic priests who molested children.
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John Michael Talbot Inducts New Protestant Novice: Not a Catholic thing to Do
John Michael Talbot is strange, and that produces strange results, like having Novices who aren't Catholic, while claiming to be Catholic, that's not consistent with a pro-life ethic, that's consistent with the contorted spirit of self-aggrandizement which insists on strange personal attachments of a past life.
Monastic life changes retired minister » Local News » The Commercial-News, Danville, IL
Monastic life changes retired minister » Local News » The Commercial-News, Danville, IL
COVINGTON, Ind. — People who want to simplify and quiet their lives are becoming associated with monasteries, but not joining them.
Pat Kuhs, a retired Presbyterian minister who lives outside Covington, is one of those people.
“There is a current general trend of people wanting to be associated with (but not join) a monastery,” she said. “It has drastically changed my own spirituality and amazingly deepened my relationship with God.”
In the last couple of years, Kuhs has become associated with the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, a community founded by musician and author John Michael Talbot.
Talbot will present an evening of music and meditation at 7 p.m. April 19 at First Presbyterian Church. There are no tickets, but a free-will offering will be taken.
Kuhs became a novice in November 2009, and wears the Tau Cross and tunic (white or brown, depending on the season) during special activities. The wooden cross is shaped like the Greek letter “T” and is associated with the Franciscans.
This fall, she intends to commit to a “temporary profession” in the Brothers and Sisters of Charity-Domestic, which is a three-year renewable commitment. At that time, she will exchange the Tau cross for a wooden heart Tau, which all members beyond novice wear.
Journey begins
People often ask Kuhs how a Presbyterian became involved with a Catholic Franciscan monastic community.
Her journey began by accident two years ago when she came across an old audiocassette tape of Talbot’s music. She has been listening to his music since the 1970s.
“God’s timing is always perfect, and I was ready to come out of my dry wilderness time with the church,” she said.
On the Internet, she learned more about Talbot and the monastic community he founded, as well as his books, not knowing he was an author. She bought nearly all of his 22 books and has at least 35 of his 52 CDs.
All of a sudden, she was bombarded with information about monasticism, and stumbled across articles and books on the subject, without trying.
She started to get the idea that God was telling her something.
She contacted the North Central Regional minister of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, and received a lot of answers to her questions. She also began reading about Benedictine spirituality and considered visiting a nearby Benedictine monastery.
Instead, she went to a retreat at the Little Portion Retreat Center, a ministry of the BSC, in Arkansas. She went to Talbot’s “Lover and Beloved: A Franciscan Way of Prayer” retreat, met many interesting people, and was hooked.
A few weeks later, she went through the application process and was accepted as a postulant (a time of questioning) at the end of the summer of 2008 and later became a novice in the domestic (lay associates) section of the BSC.
The BSC, started by Talbot in 1982, is the most fully integrated monastic community in the United States, she said, and the first in America with canonical approval by the Catholic Church. Integrated means there are celibate men and women, singles, marrieds, families, lay and clergy, Catholic and non-Catholic Christians, contemplatives and charismatics.
It is predominately Franciscan in spirituality, but includes elements of Benedictine, Celtic and Eastern monasticism. There are about 40 people living at the monastery and about 500 “domestics,” such as Kuhs, living in their own homes.
Balance in life
The members take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They also commit to times of silence, solitude and study to simplify their lives, and continue to be involved in their own churches and usual activities.
“We try for a balance in life of work, study, prayer, meals, sleep and leisure,” she said. Family always takes priority.
Kuhs also keeps in touch with other “domestics” through phone, e-mail, Facebook, cell group meetings, semi-annual regional gatherings and an annual general gathering at the motherhouse.
“Being part of this community has been the best thing that has ever happened to me,” Kuhs said. “When you follow God’s lead and call, your life is truly blessed, and that call can come to anyone, anytime, to anything.”
Kuhs said she has no plans to convert to Catholicism, but encourages others to visit a monastery or retreat center. All welcome guests and inquirers from all religious backgrounds and states of life. Most monastic groups have some form of associate lay members.
Pravda Defends the Catholic Church
To Confuse the Wood with the Trees ...
30.03.2010 Source: Pravda.Ru URL: http://english.pravda.ru/society/sex/112790-to_confuse_wood_with_trees-0
Much of the news coming out, in the effort to disguise ideological propaganda, contains the fundamental error of mistaking the wood with the trees ... especially when the aim is to denigrate. That is, from an isolated case, preferably rough outlines, and generalized in order to induce the reader to think that the whole is of the same nature. This generalization obviously has ideological connotations and follows a political agenda that seeks to deconstruct traditional society and all its secular institutions and to impose a New World Order after the manner of the sinister interests of the international oligarchy, the same ones that handle the financial markets and through them, largely control the global economy. We refer to cases of pedophilia within the ranks of the Catholic Church recently publicized by international news agencies.
Indeed recent reports of pedophilia involving priests have the outlines of information that journalistic ethics require, regardless of their moral gravity. Such stories raise suspicion about their "goodness" even among non-Catholics like us. Although disagreeing with the doctrine of the Catholic Church, in some respects, but we recognize the importance of their role in our history to defend the ethical values that shape our Judeo-Christian culture and their social merit on behalf of those who have been victims of the usury and greed of the international oligarchy, which is after all more interested in destroying Catholicism and religion in general, as they constitute a serious obstacle to achieving its goal, which is to reduce mankind to the status of robotic slaves.
We emphasize, beforehand that it should not be confused with defending pedophilia, that by making the defense of the Catholic Church we are not justifying the actions of dishonorable men who have forgotten all of their most basic obligations as priests, respect for others, especially the weaker, as is the orphan child, lacking the affection of a true family.
One aspect that makes us suspicious of the "goodwill" of these stories is that they focus exclusively on cases of pedophilia of Catholic clergy, when we know that addiction cuts across all religions and organizations. We find it in all social strata and even within families. The pedophile is in principle very close to the victim and their confidence, that is not a stranger ... and may even be a father, uncle, etc.. When it is argued that priests are more prone to abuse because of the celibacy that is required, as they repeatedly try to justify the temptation toward sexual abuse, it seems to be forgotten that these buggers are not always single and are often seen as "good" heads of the family, so the person apparently seems normal.
Another detail that suggests that a campaign of demoralization of the Catholic Church is in motion, is that news of pedophilia within it appears like mushrooms born every morning, confusing the number of victims and the pedophiles, it seems they are as many as a hive of bees ... Almost all of the Catholic hierarchy ... Of course, this does not exonerate the perpetrators of sexual abuse.
In fact the victims are many, but the alleged abusers are only a tiny minority. Of the evil, better ... Even if we take into account the statistics in the USA, the number of victims in Catholic institutions compared with others, particularly in the school environment where it is much higher, there is a ratio of 157 to 1, within a time period 52 years, 1950 to 2002. Is it difficult work, no? On the other hand, this disproportion shows that in the U.S., as child abuse is an extensive social phenomenon, that is, that is not restricted to a specific sector of society.
The case of the Casa Pia de Lisboa is also illustrative as to the definition of a pedophile. The Portuguese government orphanage, founded in the late eighteenth century, by the Manager of Police, Pina Manique, a man in the confidence of the Marquis of Pombal, was a process of pedophilia in progress, and brings together more suspects accused of sexual abuse of minors than in all the cases mentioned recently in the media to tarnish the image of the Catholic Church.
Ten defendants were indicted by the public prosecution service, including an accomplice. Nevertheless some say that a "sexual binge" at the Institute involves many people and quite big, since it goes back over a decade ago in the 80's of the last century and many of the victims, now adults, are not willing to go through the torment of police investigations and still less the public shame that they have been the "rent boys" directly involved in the process.
There is a note in support of truth, that not all complaints are genuine. There are those who take advantage to extort money. It maybe difficult to ascertain how much is the truth and where does the lie begin ... either one side or the other. Moreover, it is noted that in issues of sexuality, such as sodomy and others, it always tends to occur in boarding schools, even among the confined, although they are severely repressed, it also leaves indelible marks for the rest of their lives.
The fury of the anti-clerical secular lobby goes so far as to revive old cases like that of Father Lawrence Murphy, back in 1975, to address the current Pope insidiously and in this way, the very Roman Catholic Church. On 25 March of this year, the prestigious New York Times published an article that allegedly accused Benedict XVI of covering up for the priest from Milwaukee in 1995 when the Pope was still Cardinal and responsible for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith It must be motivated by a very strong hatred of Catholicism to raise this issue 35 years afterwards...
The complaint is all the more insidious when it ignores all that this body has had is the specific function to monitor doctrinal deviations, heresies, so nothing to do with the Law, which deals with cases of indiscipline, as are the acts that violate the chastity of the clergy are required. It is ignored that this priest was acquitted by civil law, which did not find evidence of the practice of pedophilia on deaf boys who were protected. How aware are we made that the Catholic hierarchy kept him under surveillance and did so not so much for suspicion of sexual abuse of minors, but for doctrinal deviations. It was this and only for this reason that the then Cardinal Ratzinger, in 1995, sanctioned, and then limited his pastoral functions. Four months later Murphy died. We do not believe that the New York newspaper was absolutely unaware of these facts. From here, it follows that bad faith exists and a defamatory smear campaign has been articulated against the world Catholic hierarchy.
And it is understandable. The current pontiff, consistent with the principles of the Catholic Church, has developed a tenacious resistance against unnatural and divisive proposals, carried out by secular organizations seeking to impose a vision of a sexist, hedonistic society, reducing man to his animal nature to deny its spiritual dimension. These organizations obviously have not arisen by "spontaneous generation," or live on air ... they have been created and are supported by the cunning of said philanthropic foundations like the Rockefeller family. The financial interests of those are linked to a wide range of economic sectors ranging from banking, oil, pharmaceuticals, military industry, etc., to audio visual media, including the "media", which clearly meets an agenda dictated by the Global Elite to which they belong.
Besides, who is it that postulated that humankind has to be reduced to 1 / 3 of the current population and contributes to the misery of millions of human beings and cannot see the charitable activity, specifically in areas where poverty is most felt, sometimes coinciding with rich subsoils operated by the same Global Elite.
Therefore there is an intention in this kind of news that goes far beyond the desire to tell ... If the same phenomenon were not omitted in other similar institutions. Further, a balanced assessment of responsibility in Catholic Church pedophilia should refer to the canonical and civil cases that have been raised for clerics accused of sexual abuse of minors and their outcome, not just advertising complaints, which may not be genuine, as has knowledge in processes of this kind.
Artur Rosa Teixeira
Translated from the Portuguese version by:
Lisa KARPOVA
PRAVDA.Ru
h/t: FatherZ
30.03.2010 Source: Pravda.Ru URL: http://english.pravda.ru/society/sex/112790-to_confuse_wood_with_trees-0
Much of the news coming out, in the effort to disguise ideological propaganda, contains the fundamental error of mistaking the wood with the trees ... especially when the aim is to denigrate. That is, from an isolated case, preferably rough outlines, and generalized in order to induce the reader to think that the whole is of the same nature. This generalization obviously has ideological connotations and follows a political agenda that seeks to deconstruct traditional society and all its secular institutions and to impose a New World Order after the manner of the sinister interests of the international oligarchy, the same ones that handle the financial markets and through them, largely control the global economy. We refer to cases of pedophilia within the ranks of the Catholic Church recently publicized by international news agencies.
Indeed recent reports of pedophilia involving priests have the outlines of information that journalistic ethics require, regardless of their moral gravity. Such stories raise suspicion about their "goodness" even among non-Catholics like us. Although disagreeing with the doctrine of the Catholic Church, in some respects, but we recognize the importance of their role in our history to defend the ethical values that shape our Judeo-Christian culture and their social merit on behalf of those who have been victims of the usury and greed of the international oligarchy, which is after all more interested in destroying Catholicism and religion in general, as they constitute a serious obstacle to achieving its goal, which is to reduce mankind to the status of robotic slaves.
We emphasize, beforehand that it should not be confused with defending pedophilia, that by making the defense of the Catholic Church we are not justifying the actions of dishonorable men who have forgotten all of their most basic obligations as priests, respect for others, especially the weaker, as is the orphan child, lacking the affection of a true family.
One aspect that makes us suspicious of the "goodwill" of these stories is that they focus exclusively on cases of pedophilia of Catholic clergy, when we know that addiction cuts across all religions and organizations. We find it in all social strata and even within families. The pedophile is in principle very close to the victim and their confidence, that is not a stranger ... and may even be a father, uncle, etc.. When it is argued that priests are more prone to abuse because of the celibacy that is required, as they repeatedly try to justify the temptation toward sexual abuse, it seems to be forgotten that these buggers are not always single and are often seen as "good" heads of the family, so the person apparently seems normal.
Another detail that suggests that a campaign of demoralization of the Catholic Church is in motion, is that news of pedophilia within it appears like mushrooms born every morning, confusing the number of victims and the pedophiles, it seems they are as many as a hive of bees ... Almost all of the Catholic hierarchy ... Of course, this does not exonerate the perpetrators of sexual abuse.
In fact the victims are many, but the alleged abusers are only a tiny minority. Of the evil, better ... Even if we take into account the statistics in the USA, the number of victims in Catholic institutions compared with others, particularly in the school environment where it is much higher, there is a ratio of 157 to 1, within a time period 52 years, 1950 to 2002. Is it difficult work, no? On the other hand, this disproportion shows that in the U.S., as child abuse is an extensive social phenomenon, that is, that is not restricted to a specific sector of society.
The case of the Casa Pia de Lisboa is also illustrative as to the definition of a pedophile. The Portuguese government orphanage, founded in the late eighteenth century, by the Manager of Police, Pina Manique, a man in the confidence of the Marquis of Pombal, was a process of pedophilia in progress, and brings together more suspects accused of sexual abuse of minors than in all the cases mentioned recently in the media to tarnish the image of the Catholic Church.
Ten defendants were indicted by the public prosecution service, including an accomplice. Nevertheless some say that a "sexual binge" at the Institute involves many people and quite big, since it goes back over a decade ago in the 80's of the last century and many of the victims, now adults, are not willing to go through the torment of police investigations and still less the public shame that they have been the "rent boys" directly involved in the process.
There is a note in support of truth, that not all complaints are genuine. There are those who take advantage to extort money. It maybe difficult to ascertain how much is the truth and where does the lie begin ... either one side or the other. Moreover, it is noted that in issues of sexuality, such as sodomy and others, it always tends to occur in boarding schools, even among the confined, although they are severely repressed, it also leaves indelible marks for the rest of their lives.
The fury of the anti-clerical secular lobby goes so far as to revive old cases like that of Father Lawrence Murphy, back in 1975, to address the current Pope insidiously and in this way, the very Roman Catholic Church. On 25 March of this year, the prestigious New York Times published an article that allegedly accused Benedict XVI of covering up for the priest from Milwaukee in 1995 when the Pope was still Cardinal and responsible for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith It must be motivated by a very strong hatred of Catholicism to raise this issue 35 years afterwards...
The complaint is all the more insidious when it ignores all that this body has had is the specific function to monitor doctrinal deviations, heresies, so nothing to do with the Law, which deals with cases of indiscipline, as are the acts that violate the chastity of the clergy are required. It is ignored that this priest was acquitted by civil law, which did not find evidence of the practice of pedophilia on deaf boys who were protected. How aware are we made that the Catholic hierarchy kept him under surveillance and did so not so much for suspicion of sexual abuse of minors, but for doctrinal deviations. It was this and only for this reason that the then Cardinal Ratzinger, in 1995, sanctioned, and then limited his pastoral functions. Four months later Murphy died. We do not believe that the New York newspaper was absolutely unaware of these facts. From here, it follows that bad faith exists and a defamatory smear campaign has been articulated against the world Catholic hierarchy.
And it is understandable. The current pontiff, consistent with the principles of the Catholic Church, has developed a tenacious resistance against unnatural and divisive proposals, carried out by secular organizations seeking to impose a vision of a sexist, hedonistic society, reducing man to his animal nature to deny its spiritual dimension. These organizations obviously have not arisen by "spontaneous generation," or live on air ... they have been created and are supported by the cunning of said philanthropic foundations like the Rockefeller family. The financial interests of those are linked to a wide range of economic sectors ranging from banking, oil, pharmaceuticals, military industry, etc., to audio visual media, including the "media", which clearly meets an agenda dictated by the Global Elite to which they belong.
Besides, who is it that postulated that humankind has to be reduced to 1 / 3 of the current population and contributes to the misery of millions of human beings and cannot see the charitable activity, specifically in areas where poverty is most felt, sometimes coinciding with rich subsoils operated by the same Global Elite.
Therefore there is an intention in this kind of news that goes far beyond the desire to tell ... If the same phenomenon were not omitted in other similar institutions. Further, a balanced assessment of responsibility in Catholic Church pedophilia should refer to the canonical and civil cases that have been raised for clerics accused of sexual abuse of minors and their outcome, not just advertising complaints, which may not be genuine, as has knowledge in processes of this kind.
Artur Rosa Teixeira
Translated from the Portuguese version by:
Lisa KARPOVA
PRAVDA.Ru
h/t: FatherZ
Mexican cardinal says existence of devil must be taken seriously :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
Mexico City, Mexico, Jul 16, 2009 / 02:26 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, said yesterday that the existence of the devil must be taken as fact, without exaggerating or minimizing his actions out of skepticism or credulity taken to the extreme.
During a conference for exorcists in Mexico, the cardinal said skepticism leads many to deny the existence of the devil and dismiss his actions as psychological, socio-cultural or paranormal phenomena. Others, out of extreme gullibility, see the devil everywhere and grant him supernatural powers as if he were God, the cardinal stated.
According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City’s news service, Cardinal Rivera said that many people embrace esoteric and occult practices because of their estrangement from God.
Mexican cardinal says existence of devil must be taken seriously :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
During a conference for exorcists in Mexico, the cardinal said skepticism leads many to deny the existence of the devil and dismiss his actions as psychological, socio-cultural or paranormal phenomena. Others, out of extreme gullibility, see the devil everywhere and grant him supernatural powers as if he were God, the cardinal stated.
According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City’s news service, Cardinal Rivera said that many people embrace esoteric and occult practices because of their estrangement from God.
Mexican cardinal says existence of devil must be taken seriously :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
How Lee Atwater became Catholic: Interview with John Hardon SJ
Lee Atwater, former head of the Republican National Committee and advisor to and political strategist for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, died a Catholic at age 40 on Good Friday, 1991. Shortly thereafter, Fidelity magazine, the predecessor to Culture Wars, interviewed John A. Hardon, S.J., concerning the circumstances of Mr. Atwater’s conversion. After receiving a transcription of the interview, Fr. Hardon asked that, in deference to Mr. Atwater’s family, it not be published so soon after Mr. Atwater’s death. Fr. Hardon died in December, 2000. The interview was conducted for Fidelity by James G. Bruen, Jr., and is here set forth for the first time.
Fidelity: Father Hardon, what can you tell us about Lee Atwater’s conversion?
h/t: romancatholic report
Link to culture wars...
Fidelity: Father Hardon, what can you tell us about Lee Atwater’s conversion?
h/t: romancatholic report
Link to culture wars...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
MSNBC Apolgizes for Hit Piece on Vicar of Christ
March 30, 2010
NBC apologized today for an article on MSNBC’s website entitled, “Pope Describes Touching Boys: I Went Too Far.” The article that readers accessed after clicking on it actually had nothing to do with the pope.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue accepted the apology today:
NBC says the attributed quote was erroneous and they have corrected the error. An apology was also extended. The apology is accepted. We hope that whoever was responsible for this outrageous post is questioned about it and that appropriate measures are taken. We look forward to hearing the outcome.
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NBC apologized today for an article on MSNBC’s website entitled, “Pope Describes Touching Boys: I Went Too Far.” The article that readers accessed after clicking on it actually had nothing to do with the pope.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue accepted the apology today:
NBC says the attributed quote was erroneous and they have corrected the error. An apology was also extended. The apology is accepted. We hope that whoever was responsible for this outrageous post is questioned about it and that appropriate measures are taken. We look forward to hearing the outcome.
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The Goal is the Destruction of Religion
The issue of pedophilia or homosexual priests which was recently kicked off in Germany is aimed at the Pope. Given the enormity of thinking in this project, it would be a grave mistake that the shot could not hit the mark. And an even more serious error would be the assumption that the issue finally, soon - like so many others - would be off the table. No. Here there will be a struggle. Not necessarily against the person of the Pope, as this would be hardly possible in this area. Benedikt XVI is complete in his authority, his calm, his clarity, his determination and his education. No, the battle is between secularism and Christianity. The secularists know: If a splash of mud gets on the white cassock of the Pope, the Church is dirty. And if the church is spotted, Christianity is spotted. Therefore, the secularists their campaign garnish with questions like "Who will send his children still in the church?" Or "Who will let his children still attend a Catholic school?" And "Who will be his children in a Catholic hospital or even allow a Catholic clinic to treat?"
"The material changes, but the goal remains the same: Today as always the goal is to bring about the destruction of Religion."
For some days one secularist has touched on this actual intention. She wrote: "Most of the incidents of the sex abuse of children by priests is covered up by the legitimization of the Catholic Church as a garanteur of the education of the smallest." It is unimportant, that this opinion lacks evidence, because "most of the incidents" at all costs, must be silenced: what is the percentage of priestly pedophiles? 10 Percent? All? It is also unimportant, that the judgement of logic is done without: one only needs "priests" to be replaced by "teachers", "politician" or "journalist", in order for the "legimiation" of the public schools, the parliment or the press to "cover up". Most importantly - even the apparent inaccuracy of the arguments --, what is suggested: Preists are pedophiles, consequently the Church has no moral authority, consequently Catholic mores are dangerous and consequently Christianity is a cheat and a danger.
"The destruction of Religion has therefore the destruction of Reaon in tow. Today is not a triumph of secularist Reason, rather it will lead to greater barbarism."
It operates in a greatly spread combat of secularism against Christendom. One must look to National Socialism and Communism to see something similiar. The material changes, but the goal remains the same: today as always one wants to promote and fulfill the destruction of Religion. Then Europe will pay for this fury of destruction with its freedom. It is unthinkable, that Germany of all places, that considering its own position to this high price, for which Europe had paid, rises up to beat its breast, today, in a democratic land, forgets and does not recognize, that the democracy will be lost, if Christendom is once again blotted out.
The destruction of Religion always proceeds to the destruction of Reason. Today they will not lead to a triumph of secularist reason, rather to a greater barbarism. And on an ethical level of barbarism which, kills a fetus, because his life will damage the "pyschological health" of the mother. Who, will kill an old person, because he has no more family to care for him. Who, will bring the end of his own children more quickly, because he has no consciousness and can not be healed. Who, thinks, that "Parental party A" and "Parental Party B" are the same as "Father" and "mother". Who, intend, the belief of the cocyx is interchangeable, a body part, that has is no longer taking part in development, because the person doesn't need a tailbone any more and can stand alone. And so on...
If one observes the political side of the battle of the secularists against Christendom, whose victory would lead to barbarism, wich would end with the destruction of Europe. For after the overthrow of Christendom, Multiculturalism will remain, which means, ever group has the right to its own culture. It leaves relatvism, which thinks, one culture is as good as another, and pacifism, which denies the existence of evil. Or it remains as a rhretorical and irresponsible "Europism", which declares, Europa should not have a special identity, rather contain all identities. Except one changes his opinion and goes to the Cathedral of Strassburg, in order to say: "Now we need a Christian soul of Europe".
The battle against Christendom would not be so menacing, if the Christians understood. Rather, many of them are uncomprehending. It manifests itslef in a theologian, who is frustrated by the intellectual conviction of Benedict XVI. IN certain uncertain Bishops, who insist, on finding a compromise with the modern, are the best ways and means, for an "Aggiornamento" to fulfill the christian mission. In certain Cardinals in a circle of belief, who consider, the celibacy of priests is not a dogma and perhaps should be reconsidered [+Schoenborn]. In certain gelded catholic intellectuals, who think, there is a crisis of women in the Church between Christendom and sexuality constitutes an unsolved problem. In some Bishop's Conferences, which are in the grip of protocals and -- while they want the politics of open boarders for everyone -- don't have the courage, to challenge the attacks, which are made against Christians, as well as the piety, which suffers all, when they are indiscriminately led to the dock. Or in certain chancellors from the East, who seduce a fun homosexual Foreign Minister, while she attacks the Pope in every ethical theme, or those from the West, they think, the West must secularize, and be therefore anti-Christian.
"The battle of the secularists will continue, and even if only from grounds, because he receives sustenance from a Pope like Benedict."
The battle of the secularists will continue, and even if only from the grounds, that he receives sustenance from a Pope like Benedict, who smiles, but never flinches a single milimeter. Indeed, whoever understands, why he never yields, who takes in the situation and does not wait for the next blow. Whoever only hesitates, to profess with him in solidarity, is either someone, who sneaks into hiding after the Gethsemini, or he is someone who doesn't understand why he is there.
h/t: kath.net
Rwanda: Anglican Archbishop Says Approval of Second Gay US Bishop is Divisive
Kigali - Anglican Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda has warned that the approval of a second openly homosexual bishop in the U.S. Episcopal Church will further tear apart the 77-million- member worldwide Anglican Communion.
In an interview with Ecumenical News International in Kigali, Kolini said the ratification will make it harder for the grouping to heal the rift created by the debate on homosexuality over the years.
"It is clear that those on both sides of the issue are not of the same mind and are not going to work together," he told ENI in an interview on 24 March during which he accused Western churches of imposing homosexuality onto the South.
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German bishop accused of beating orphaned girls and Compared the Holocaust to Abortion!
This is hardly a surprising comment from a senior Bishop, especially in German which has such a low birth rate. What's interesting in this article is the barely concealed malice it contains for the Catholic Church.
German bishop accused of beating orphaned girls -Times Online#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
He compared abortion to the Holocaust – a particularly shocking statement when made by a senior cleric in Germany. He also accused Israel of racism in its treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
German bishop accused of beating orphaned girls -Times Online#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Pattern of Priestly Sex Abuse - NYTimes Blog
It's not an original idea and our TFP friend Catholic Knight had already mentioned it, but this is good to see this article and the study indicate, quite clearly, that Holy Father has been taking decisive measures against this.
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Reproduced below is a chart from the John Jay Report on sexual abuse in the Catholic priesthood, commissioned by the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops, showing the number of credible accusations of abuse across the last half-century. It’s part of the basis for my column’s claim that something in the moral/cultural/theological climate of the 1960s and 1970s encouraged a spike in sexual abuse, and also for my assertion that we’ve since seen the church come to grips with the problem, at least in the United States.
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Profile on the Author of the Milwaukee Schmear Against Pope Benedict
What you have here is a man who has unseen loyalties to powers and principalities, to organizations that have the destruction of the Catholic Church as their fundamental aim. This is the motive force behind the current orchestrated scandal, perhaps it's a part of what Fr. Malachi Martin termed, the "Superforce".
Jeffry Anderson is described as a man, ironically, on a "Crusade" against the Catholic Church. It's not just Jeffrey Anderson who is liable to be described in this way. Certain individuals, indeed, entire nations and political movements in history, have enjoyed and benefitted from their enmity with the Catholic Church, entities like Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Germany. Like the aforementioned regimes, Jeff Anderson has a certain affiliation and kinship to powers of such malevolence, that their hatred of Christ was the scene of mass starvation and some of the greatest untold crimes of the last two centuries. What shouldn't be so startling to anyone is the fact that Communists do use the tactics being employed by Jeff Anderson, here. The erstwhile graduate from the provincial William Mitchel School of Law, has come to do battle with the Catholic Church, as a member of the American and Minnesota Civil Liberties Unions and also claims a certain spiritual connection with a vague and ambient spirituality reminiscent of Gnosticism, which is fitting since his claims must certainly rely and on occult knowledge of a diabolical nature.
Now, we've mentioned that he is a member of the culturally Marxist, ACLU and Minnesota Civil Liberties Union. Their hostility to Catholicism in particular and religion in general is well-established, so then it follows logically that Mr. Anderson is acting according to his principles in attacking the Catholic Church, since we can hopefully assume that he shares the views and tactics of those antagonists of Religion.
But what of the Pedophile Connection?
Well, Jeff claims to be attacking the Catholic Church on behalf of the victims. Perhaps they are more of a utility than a heartfelt aspiration on his part to see Justice done. Indeed, he had been taking these cases for 10 years prior to the event of his daughter's alleged molestation, which he maintains was what began his "Crusade" in earnest, at the hands of an ex-priest who was acting as a therapist to deal with emotional issues related to his divorce. Catholicism rejects divorce, but surely, he bears some responsibility for that and sending your daughter to an ex-priest: isn't that res ipse loquitur that the negligence belongs to the nature of the act of sending one's 8 year old daughter to an ex-priest as a result of one's own inability to hold together one's own family?
Lest you think we're being unfair, it has to be said that Mr. Anderson wasn't being terribly fair when he failed to contact any of the key figures in the case beforehand for their account, indeed, when you compare the two stories alongside, Mr. Anderson's suffers from a profound lack of coherence and, well, just plain old truth. Mr. Anderson maintains that the Catholic Church had covered up the abuse and had not done anything about it, and is clumsily attempting to portray Pope Benedict as engaging in a cover up, when the details of the case indicate plainly otherwise, that it was in fact the Vatican that stepped in and dealt with the case in 2005 as Father Thomas Brandage indicates, here calling Jeff Anderson's and the New York Times' work, "sloppy and inaccurate".
Is Archbishop Weakland a Good Source?
Well, he's been caught lying so many times that it's strange that the New York Times would rely on him as a source, as Father Raymond de Souza points out here as he lays out his own timeline of events related to the case, in defense of the Papacy, here.
Father de Souza maintains that +Weakland isn't a good source because he himself is an abuser who stole $450,000 to pay an extortionist, but what of our ACLU and MCLU member and "Crusder" Jeff Anderson whose supposed concern for the poor is far more interwoven with an international effort to discredit the Church, by any means necessary, even resorting to libel.
The Democratic Connection
We made a moment out of Jeff Anderson's supposed concern for the victims of clergy abuse, but what about the potential future victims of Democratic Party Politician abuse as the Democratic party intends on decriminalizing sex with children and wants to count pederasts as a protected class in Hate Crimes Legislation, here, and the vote count, here.
Never mind that, in a strange parallel, it is the German politician, Sabina Leuthesser, who is attacking the Catholic Church in Germany, like the Democratic Party in the United States, a party for the normalization of sex with children. Now you might not think that Jeff Anderson would have anything to do with this, but it was, after all, his party and co-religionists in Germany who are promoting the normalization of sex with children. We say this because Mr. Anderson has given a portion of the millions (according to Bill Donahue), to the various extremely liberal candidates and committees of the Democratic Party, here, as his contributions approach $60,000 in the year 2008.
Mr. Anderson professes a love for "spiritual" things and as a baptized Lutheran who was once married to a Catholic, indeed, he sits amidst what looks like a religious arts and furnishings shop (or pirate's trove) at his St. Paul office, it probably serves him well to soften his image by an appeal to the vague spiritual confessions held by so many people who'll be susceptible to his misleading and frankly mendacious account of the Pope Benedict's involvement in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with Father Lawrence Murphy who was suspended from priestly duties in 1985 when he was dismissed from the St. John's School for the Deaf about which, he again wrongfully declares, that then Cardinal Ratzinger attempted to cover it up.
Unsatisfactory Results
If the quality of Mr. Anderson's efforts as a public relations man is any reflection on his legal abilities, it would be easy to see why he was outmaneuvered (deliberately?) at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota where he stage managed his confrontation with what he called centuries of "secrecy" and abuse of power.
We wonder why Mr. Anderson doesn't do more to chase the pederasts in the party he supports with the money he gains, but what of his effectiveness in dealing with pederasts in the past? Well, at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville where he began, the arrangement he helped forge there is no longer effectively in place and the very liberal Benedictines, who shares many of his political believes and those of the Democratic Party, are no longer in place. The 10 or so credibly accused pederasts at St. John's are free to roam the globe, despite the false claims of "restriction". One of the priests, Father Dunstan Morse, has even appeared in photographs with acclaimed author Kathleen Norris as a consultant to her book, Cloister Walk, here(pdf) and in her more recent book, Acedia and Me, here (pdf). It might be easy to see how those on the outside might view Mr. Anderson's legal work as uninspiring.
Well, the Mexican Government was certainly unimpressed with Mr. Anderson and David Clohessy's efforts, as they were barred for five years from entering Mexico when they attempted to serve the Archbishop of Mexico City.
If it weren't for all of the lawsuits he's filed against them over the years, considering the non-enforceable agreement he made with him and the fact that none of the perpetrators went to jail. It might be easy to see how they were in collusion together; perpetuating the problem, rather than adverse parties as we might suppose if we believed what was in the pages of Pinchy Sulzberger's New York Times.
Jeffry Anderson is described as a man, ironically, on a "Crusade" against the Catholic Church. It's not just Jeffrey Anderson who is liable to be described in this way. Certain individuals, indeed, entire nations and political movements in history, have enjoyed and benefitted from their enmity with the Catholic Church, entities like Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Germany. Like the aforementioned regimes, Jeff Anderson has a certain affiliation and kinship to powers of such malevolence, that their hatred of Christ was the scene of mass starvation and some of the greatest untold crimes of the last two centuries. What shouldn't be so startling to anyone is the fact that Communists do use the tactics being employed by Jeff Anderson, here. The erstwhile graduate from the provincial William Mitchel School of Law, has come to do battle with the Catholic Church, as a member of the American and Minnesota Civil Liberties Unions and also claims a certain spiritual connection with a vague and ambient spirituality reminiscent of Gnosticism, which is fitting since his claims must certainly rely and on occult knowledge of a diabolical nature.
Now, we've mentioned that he is a member of the culturally Marxist, ACLU and Minnesota Civil Liberties Union. Their hostility to Catholicism in particular and religion in general is well-established, so then it follows logically that Mr. Anderson is acting according to his principles in attacking the Catholic Church, since we can hopefully assume that he shares the views and tactics of those antagonists of Religion.
But what of the Pedophile Connection?
Well, Jeff claims to be attacking the Catholic Church on behalf of the victims. Perhaps they are more of a utility than a heartfelt aspiration on his part to see Justice done. Indeed, he had been taking these cases for 10 years prior to the event of his daughter's alleged molestation, which he maintains was what began his "Crusade" in earnest, at the hands of an ex-priest who was acting as a therapist to deal with emotional issues related to his divorce. Catholicism rejects divorce, but surely, he bears some responsibility for that and sending your daughter to an ex-priest: isn't that res ipse loquitur that the negligence belongs to the nature of the act of sending one's 8 year old daughter to an ex-priest as a result of one's own inability to hold together one's own family?
Lest you think we're being unfair, it has to be said that Mr. Anderson wasn't being terribly fair when he failed to contact any of the key figures in the case beforehand for their account, indeed, when you compare the two stories alongside, Mr. Anderson's suffers from a profound lack of coherence and, well, just plain old truth. Mr. Anderson maintains that the Catholic Church had covered up the abuse and had not done anything about it, and is clumsily attempting to portray Pope Benedict as engaging in a cover up, when the details of the case indicate plainly otherwise, that it was in fact the Vatican that stepped in and dealt with the case in 2005 as Father Thomas Brandage indicates, here calling Jeff Anderson's and the New York Times' work, "sloppy and inaccurate".
Is Archbishop Weakland a Good Source?
Well, he's been caught lying so many times that it's strange that the New York Times would rely on him as a source, as Father Raymond de Souza points out here as he lays out his own timeline of events related to the case, in defense of the Papacy, here.
Father de Souza maintains that +Weakland isn't a good source because he himself is an abuser who stole $450,000 to pay an extortionist, but what of our ACLU and MCLU member and "Crusder" Jeff Anderson whose supposed concern for the poor is far more interwoven with an international effort to discredit the Church, by any means necessary, even resorting to libel.
The Democratic Connection
We made a moment out of Jeff Anderson's supposed concern for the victims of clergy abuse, but what about the potential future victims of Democratic Party Politician abuse as the Democratic party intends on decriminalizing sex with children and wants to count pederasts as a protected class in Hate Crimes Legislation, here, and the vote count, here.
Never mind that, in a strange parallel, it is the German politician, Sabina Leuthesser, who is attacking the Catholic Church in Germany, like the Democratic Party in the United States, a party for the normalization of sex with children. Now you might not think that Jeff Anderson would have anything to do with this, but it was, after all, his party and co-religionists in Germany who are promoting the normalization of sex with children. We say this because Mr. Anderson has given a portion of the millions (according to Bill Donahue), to the various extremely liberal candidates and committees of the Democratic Party, here, as his contributions approach $60,000 in the year 2008.
Mr. Anderson professes a love for "spiritual" things and as a baptized Lutheran who was once married to a Catholic, indeed, he sits amidst what looks like a religious arts and furnishings shop (or pirate's trove) at his St. Paul office, it probably serves him well to soften his image by an appeal to the vague spiritual confessions held by so many people who'll be susceptible to his misleading and frankly mendacious account of the Pope Benedict's involvement in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with Father Lawrence Murphy who was suspended from priestly duties in 1985 when he was dismissed from the St. John's School for the Deaf about which, he again wrongfully declares, that then Cardinal Ratzinger attempted to cover it up.
Unsatisfactory Results
If the quality of Mr. Anderson's efforts as a public relations man is any reflection on his legal abilities, it would be easy to see why he was outmaneuvered (deliberately?) at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota where he stage managed his confrontation with what he called centuries of "secrecy" and abuse of power.
We wonder why Mr. Anderson doesn't do more to chase the pederasts in the party he supports with the money he gains, but what of his effectiveness in dealing with pederasts in the past? Well, at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville where he began, the arrangement he helped forge there is no longer effectively in place and the very liberal Benedictines, who shares many of his political believes and those of the Democratic Party, are no longer in place. The 10 or so credibly accused pederasts at St. John's are free to roam the globe, despite the false claims of "restriction". One of the priests, Father Dunstan Morse, has even appeared in photographs with acclaimed author Kathleen Norris as a consultant to her book, Cloister Walk, here(pdf) and in her more recent book, Acedia and Me, here (pdf). It might be easy to see how those on the outside might view Mr. Anderson's legal work as uninspiring.
Well, the Mexican Government was certainly unimpressed with Mr. Anderson and David Clohessy's efforts, as they were barred for five years from entering Mexico when they attempted to serve the Archbishop of Mexico City.
If it weren't for all of the lawsuits he's filed against them over the years, considering the non-enforceable agreement he made with him and the fact that none of the perpetrators went to jail. It might be easy to see how they were in collusion together; perpetuating the problem, rather than adverse parties as we might suppose if we believed what was in the pages of Pinchy Sulzberger's New York Times.
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