Vatican high court dismisses appeals - The Boston Globe

Vatican high court dismisses appeals - The Boston Globe

Bishop Mixa feels hurt that He didn't receive more Support: His Replacement

Photo of Msgr Imkamp celebrating Holy Mass. He is likely to be Bishop Mixa's replacement.

According to Kathnet, Bishop Mixa, who was totally betrayed by Liberal Bishops Zollitsch and Marx, said, "It hurts me that many Christians' faith in me was shaken by the relentless abuse scandal." Mixa's attorney was sharply critical of the Diocese of Augsburg: they have given in to the State Attorney "on abstruse suspicions".

Bishop Mixa was unjustly accused of sexual abuse, which the police were unwilling to prosecute, and he has also been accused of canning his students when he was an instructor many years ago.

It's not sure who his successor will be, but the suddeutsche zeitung wants a liberal candidate who, "will not be as polarizing" as they say Bishop Mixa is.

But they absolutely fear Msgr Imkamp who they perceive as someone who will be as "polarizing" as Bishop Mixa.

The Pope's secretary George Gänswein was rumoured among the frontrunners.

Unfortunately, Bishop Mixa may not be the only Bishop who gets taken down by this non-issue. Bishop Fischer of Feldkirch is the next Bishop in their sights.

Thanks for the Memories

More Jesuit collaboration with Planned Parenthoood, here.

Editor of the Remnant takes on Father Laisney, here.

Rabbi talks about the anti-white bigotry, here.

Let's cover up the Catholic Iconography to accomodate Muslim worship at Church, here.

Can You Sue the Vatican?

The obedience that American Bishops have given the Catholic Church has been fairly tenuous to downright rebellious historically speaking.

Catholic and Pro-life Judge Andrew Napolitano doesn't think it's a meritorious case, either.

[Fox News]The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has triggered an interesting legal question: can you put the Vatican on trial in the United States?

Lawyers for victims in Louisville, Kentucky are trying to do just that. But the Vatican is shooting right back, filing defense motions today arguing that bishops based in the U.S. – who have direct responsibility for their priests – are not “employees” of the Vatican.

I spoke Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel, and he told me there’s no evidence that American bishops are agents of the Vatican with respect to personnel matters.

We've been telling you about Cardinal Schönborn for some time

It doesn't matter that Father Fessio SJ came to his defense. Cardinal Schönborn threw Cardinal Sodano under the bus (not that ++Sodano didn't have it coming), but then it's not about protecting children as the Tablet woul have you believe, he really has very little concern for the spiritual welfare of the Church.

The Austrian Cardinal will lose no opportunity to embarrass the Holy Father, whether it's going to Medjugorje or hosting homosexual artwork at his Cathedral, or making the Bishops look disunited by his imprudent statements questioning Church doctrine. The Bishops should present a united front to the press and the world. It used to be extremely rare that a Bishop would attack a fellow Bishop, well, it's happening now with increasing frequency. Sometimes it's welcome and sometimes it's not.

So, Jimmy Akin and Father Fessio defenses notwithstanding, the Cardinal urges liberalism within the Church, giving hope to dissidents and fuel for the media to burn.

Other stories related to the Cardinal:

Portuguese Cardinal criticizes Cardinal Schönborn , here.

More Austrian Bishops have problems with Celibacy, here.

Cardinal attacks Father Wagner, here.

Allows Communist Homosexual to be buried at Stepensdom with a Service at one of the side chapels by the homosexual blessing, DUI Cathedral Rector, here.

Vienna Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said today (Mon) he shared the concern of Eisenstadt Bishop Paul Iby’s concern about mandatory celibacy for Roman Catholic priests.

"The concern that Bishop Iby expressed is shared by all of us (Austrian bishops), and I am happy to be in a Church in which there is freedom of speech and opinion," he said.

Austrian bishops had been expected to discuss celibacy at last week’s parish council conference in Mariazell, Styria, that they all attended but there has been no public confirmation that they did.

Read further... Austrian Independent...

Oh, How Very BBC

Father at Hermeneutic of Continuity wrote this. It was funny:

An internal BBC email sent to me today. The BBC are hosting a staff discussion on Christianity. Who do they get to do it? A history professor and campaigner for gay rights who describes his own current religious position as that of an agnostic or atheist with a background in Anglicanism, and a Muslim academic who writes for the Tablet. As my correspondent comments, "How very BBC."

Read on, comments nice too...

India: Endless violence against Christian women of Kandhamal

Bhubaneswar (AsiaNews) – Christian women were beaten, abducted, suffered sexual and verbal violence during the August 2008-2009 anti-Christian pogrom in Kandhamal district, Orissa. Now a group of researchers connected with the College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan in Mumbai have conducted a research on the violence, the first step to finding a solution.

A team of 16 between 6 and 12 May interviewed a group of 300 women from several villages in Kandhamal, visiting the sites and their homes to gather information on their social situation and housing and families.

Sister Anita chat services, Daughters of the Heart of Mary, is a teacher at the Nirmala Niketan Center who participated in the research. She told AsiaNews that "women and girls of Kandhamal have suffered various forms of violence" such as cases of beatings, sexual violence, insults and threats, kidnapping, and have had to flee from their villages. According to information gathered, the Hindu extremist assailants belonged to different clans and tribes and came from different regions.

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Parishoners, priest join protest against Arizona Immigration Law

There must be something more pressing on the horizon than protesting on behalf of socialist causes?

Arizona’s new law seeking to root out undocumented migrants should be repealed and the nation’s immigration system needs reform now, speakers said during a rally at St. Francis Parish in Portland.

Appealing to “more than 3,000 years of Judeo-Christian tradition,” Father Bob Krueger called for a compassionate policy instead.

He quoted Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, in which a man extends care to an enemy from across a border.

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Cardinal George is going to be "confronted" by Rainbow Sashers: Exorcism Needed

What they need is an exorcism perhaps, like this one that happened back in 2004 in response to homosexual activism.

In a similar incident is Jesuit run Loyola Marymount University, which hosted a drag show featuring rainbow and pink colored sashes, on April 28th for graduation. It will therefore be interesting to see how Archbishop Gomez deals with the issue this year, since Cardinal Mahony has chosen not to deal with it in the past.

On Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2010, members of a Homosexual Equivalency Activist Movement which calls itself the "Rainbow Sash" have announced their plans to attempt to disrupt the celebration of the Holy Mass throughout the Nation. They have specifically announced their intention to openly confront one of the great Churchmen of the United States, the Archbishop of Chicago and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Francis Cardinal George, OMI.

CHICAGO, Ill. (Catholic Online) - On Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2010, Catholics throughout the world will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Birth of the Church. It is one of the Solemnities of the Church year. Sadly, members of a Homosexual Equivalency Activist Movement which calls itself the "Rainbow Sash" have announced their plans to attempt to disrupt the celebration of the Holy Mass throughout the Nation.

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"Catholic" College Commencent Speeches hit new Low

Manassas, Va. — At least nine Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. have invited spring commencement speakers and/or honorary degree recipients whose public positions and actions are clearly at odds with fundamental Catholic teachings, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) announced as part of its annual commencement review.


Austrian Bishops Continue Auto-destruction of the Church

So much for the Cardinal's American defenders... So much for Father Fessio's chaff-piece and Stevey Ray's attempt.

Austria priests urge reform in Vatican

Austrian Catholic bishops called on Rome not to ignore the necessity for major reforms within the Vatican, highlighting the sensitive issue of priestly celibacy.

Speaking at a three-day congress in Austria, Bishop Alois Schwarz of the Carinthia diocese said that the debate in small parish churches over celibacy and ordaining married priests should be an "amplifier" for the Catholic Church worldwide, AFP reported.

His comment echoed controversial remarks by Archbishop of Vienna and Pope Bendict XVI's protégé, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn -- the highest ranking Catholic to link celibacy laws to the rampant sex abuse scandals of Catholic clergy.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=126707§ionid=351020606

Response to Nicholas Kristof from an American Catholic Priest Serving in Sudan

[cfrsudan.blogspot] Nicholas Kristof is a prestigious op-ed columnist for The New York Times who has written extensively on Sudan. He can be credited with helping to focus the attention of the United States and the world on the genocidal conflict in Darfur, for which newly reelected Sudanese president Omar al Bashir has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. He has also written about the difficult and complex situation in South Sudan, often overshadowed by higher profile coverage of Darfur. Twice in the past three weeks (“A Church Mary Can Love” on April 18, and “Who Can Mock This Church” on May 2) though, Kristof has written pieces which express a seriously flawed understanding of the Catholic Church. Since the second one was posted from Juba (the capital of South Sudan) and referred to the Church here, I felt I should offer some kind of response.

http://cfrsudan.blogspot.com/2010/05/response-to-nicholas-kristof-from.html

Scandalous Jesuit is Gone: Who's Next?

We didn't think anything was going to get done, but the Oregon Province has just reported that Cormac Brissett, a very questionable Jesuit who once promoted sex with children and in public restrooms alongside executive Communist Party members and pederasts is no longer with the Society of Jesus, which is still losing.

They need to be forced into paying multi-million dollar settlements to do their jobs and teach and defend the Catholic Faith which is a purpose which they've avoided fulfilling for a very long time as a matter of company policy.

150,000 Come to Support Holy Father

It shouldn't matter, it's not a numbers game, but 100,000 people is not 150,000.

VATICAN CITY — More than 100,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal.

Benedict said he was comforted by such a "beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity" and again denounced what he called the "sin" that has infected the church and needs to be purified.

Citing estimates from Vatican police, the Vatican press office said 150,000 people had turned out for the demonstration organized by an association of 68 Italian lay groups.

Episcopals ordain 2nd Homosexual to Episcopacy

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Seven years after the Episcopal Church caused an uproar by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, it has done the same thing again — only this time with a woman.The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool, of Baltimore, was ordained and consecrated on Saturday, making her the second openly gay bishop in church history and one of the first two female bishops in the Diocese of Los Angeles' 114-year history.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37163913/ns/us_news

Nun rebuked for allowing abortion

Hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion She agreed that seriously ill woman needed procedure to survive

PHOENIX - A nun and administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been reassigned and rebuked by the local bishop for agreeing that a severely ill woman needed an abortion to survive.

Sister Margaret McBride was on an ethics committee that included doctors that consulted with a young woman who was 11 weeks pregnant late last year, The Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its website Saturday. The woman was suffering from a life-threatening condition that likely would have caused her death if she hadn't had the abortion at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37171656/ns/health-health_care

Vatican Publishes Book by Patriarch Kirill

ROME, MAY 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican Publishing House is publishing a book by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and of All Russia.

This gesture follows a similar move of the Moscow Patriarchate, which last December published a book with texts from Benedict XVI regarding European culture.

Now, the Italian-language book with addresses by the Russian Orthodox patriarch, titled "Liberta e Responsabilita alla Ricerca dell'Armonia" (Liberty and Responsibility in the Search of Harmony) will be officially presented on Monday at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.

http://www.zenit.org/article-29265?l=english

Inquisition and Index Liborum: Puff piece from CNS

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Roman Inquisition and the Index of Forbidden Books obviously [sic] do not represent the brightest chapters in Catholic history, but newly published documents from Vatican archives should help scholars distinguish between the truth and the dark legends. Hundreds of documents detailing the church's investigations of individuals and of written works during the Roman Inquisition have been published -- most of them for the first time -- in a new series released by the Vatican.

Reproducing records from the Inquisition's activities -- records held in the formerly secret archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- the series hopes to shed light on how the Roman Inquisition really worked and to dispel age-old biases.

http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2010/05/inquisition-and-index-vatican-records-shed-light-dark-legend

Tablet Responds to Fr Fessio's Attack

THE FOUNDER and editor of Ignatius Press has condemned The Tablet's reporting of a press conference late last month given by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna. In a guest contribution to the Reuters news agency's FaithWorld blog, Fr Joseph Fessio SJ accused The Tablet of sensationalism.

The Tablet's Vienna correspondent, Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, reported Cardinal Schönborn as saying that Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, had "deeply wronged" the victims of sexual abuse when on Easter Day he dismissed media reports of the scandal as "petty gossip".

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/14717

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem calls treatment of Vatican 'outrageous' -- Haarezt

Editor's comment: Isreal has been very friendly to the Vatican dueing this crisis. Even Allen Derschowitz has defended the Catholic Church.

Isreal's Rabbinate to meet Sunday to discuss holy site taxes and avoid scandal.

http://www.haaretz.com/