In Germany more and more Catholics of the inclination that they are not prepared just to tolerate the leadership which is looking on at the desolation of the faith.
(kreuz.net) Dark clouds have gathered over the Church and the priesthood in the past few months.
This is what three speakers of the 'Netzwerks katholiscer Priester' say - Father Guido Rodheudt from the Diocese of Aachen, Fr. Hendrick Jolie from the Diocese of Main and Pastor Uwe Winkel from the Diocese of Fulda --- in an statement for Holy Week.
The following are not foreseeable
The statement dealt firstly with the abuse-hoax:
"Besides the efforts provided by the official sites, the militant proceedings of the abuse cases, as well as the operation of those responsible before the media, will become gradually more visible at first."
The priestly office suffers precipitous collapses in trust at times.
Its consequence for pastoral work "was generally not foreseeable"
And: "that in a climate of mistrust, the clear hostility and the general suspicion of the priestly occupation could grow, must not especially be mentioned".
Opportunity for Pastoral Care?
The event didn't speak of a "catastrophic situation".
For that reason it is not surprising to the "Priest Network' that celibacy is under fire -- in so far as the various senior leaders who are fully directing the "loosening" of the whole celibacy requirement.
The 'Priest Network' recalled the statement when Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg became the President of the German Bishops Conference.
On August 2008, he described the priest shortage as a "chance for pastoral care". He also complained that the ecclesiastical life had concentrated very much on the priest.
He is high time that in the pastoral work that not only male priests, rather also women should be active.
The 'Priest Network' commented: "Here the bugbear of a patriarchal clerical church is confirmed."
Reasons for Concern
The 'Priest Network' is looking on with concern about the four year long dialog process being forced by the Bishops.
For that reason the statement made the following examples:
-the fact that Fr. Hans Langendorfer, the Secretary of the German Bishops Conference, had praised the theological memorandum pamphlet as a "good signal", which supposedly would uncover "deficits and places where reform was needed".
-the fact that the dissident theologians have been teaching for decades at the Universities, who have also been overseen by the Bishops, who were indignant about their pamphlet.
-the fact that the German Bishops in March in a "word to the Community" had made this scolding of the Catholic critics of the Memorandum, "all this with the old, the misery of the Church is not enough to be faithful to its own inheritance and self-understanding is not oppositional enough."
-the fact that Archbishop Zollitsch has ignored an official request mediated weeks ago through the Nuncio by the 'Priest Network' only to by dryly declined: "Is this the spirit of this much promised dialog?"
Sincere Hopes
In connection with the dialog process the 'Priest Network' has in view on the German Bishops the following questions:
Who look on inactively at the destruction of the faith, leaving the faithful priests in the lurch, lacking the courage to protest against the German "sonderweg", "could he resist, if he could see the confrontation of the mob's "demands for reform" inspired by the media?"
The 'Priest Network' explained this optimistically:
"Our hopes are directed in this time of calamity once again on the Holy Father, who will visit our Fatherland in September."
Because the situation of German Catholics is -- says the Network -- not through a vague "demand for inner-ecclesiastical discussion about the quest of God" or to improve through "emotionally disarming ecclesiastical visions".
The Catholics Make It
The 'Priest Network' read from no newspaper:
"Catholicism in German is split in a way, that is what even friendly commentators speak of an openly schismatic situation."
Neither under the priests nor among the faithful is there a consensus about this, about what is really Catholic: "Does this not fall on those who are most responsible?"
Actually, despite this "worst case scenario" the 'Priest Network' doesn't see Catholic resistance [to Church teaching] on a wide front.
"According to some respected journalists who are especially aware of the faithful on the internet from all levels and classes, that they are not ready to accept the senior leadership's inactivity as the faith is desolated.
For that reason it is clear to 'Priest Network', that the mainstream media's sovereignty over Church developments needs to be withdrawn."
Translating...
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Argentine Witness to Bishop's Death Disappears
DEBORA REY Associated Press Wednesday, April 20, 2011 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president ordered all federal forces Wednesday to search for a key witness against a former military officer in the death of a bishop who tried intervene on behalf of victims of the dictatorship.
Victor Oscar Martinez, 52, disappeared Monday, his wife said in a formal missing person's complaint. "The fact that we have no details of his whereabouts is highly worrisome for the national government," Justice Minister Julio Alak said. Alak said President Cristina Fernandez personally ordered all federal police and other security forces to be used to find Martinez
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Victor Oscar Martinez, 52, disappeared Monday, his wife said in a formal missing person's complaint. "The fact that we have no details of his whereabouts is highly worrisome for the national government," Justice Minister Julio Alak said. Alak said President Cristina Fernandez personally ordered all federal police and other security forces to be used to find Martinez
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Father Schmidberger on the 20th Anniversary of Msgr Lefebvre's Death
The Society of Pius X must warn against aberrances, mistakes and betrayals, which are publicly in the Church.
(kreuz.net) The Society of Pius X is not the work of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre († 1991), rather "a work of the Church, in the Church for the Church".
Father Franz Schmidberger explained this on the Feast of the Annunciation [25 March] on the 20th anniversary of the death of Msgr Lefebvre in a sermon at Ecône.
Archibishop Lefebvre was an instrument of divine providence.
Fr. Schmidberger sees the Society as a work of the Church and as a reflection of the four marks of the Church -- "one", "holy", "catholic" and "apostolic".
The Society lives in unity with the Church of all Centuries.
Father Schmidberger cited an expression Msgr Lefebvre told the Seminarians at Ecône:
"Go into the library, and look at what is there, what we teach you here. It is nothing else than the voices of the Popes, than the declarations of the Councils, than the published writings of the theologians. Nothing else.
And if you were brought here for some other reason, then leave this house. Because you are not at the right place."
Msgr Lefebvre underlined that the Society is unted with the rest of the Church in the celebration of the Holy Mass of All Ages.
In his sermon, Fr. Schmidberger explained that Prelate Klaus Gamber († 1987), the director of the Liturgical Institute in Regesburg, once showed hhim a copy of a Mass book of St. Bonifacius († 754).
It was about the canon of the Mass-- said Father Schmidberger: "It was exactly the same Canon that we will celebrate right here in the Holy Mass."
The Pus Must Come Out
Father Schmidberger exclaimed that Archbishop Lefebvre wanted , "to build a Christianity in miniature".
The Society must remain true to the work of Msgr Lefebvre:
"We must always call attention to the aberrances and errors, on the betrayals and the compromises, which are revealed here and there."
This occurs not from a "spirit of criticism, rather this spirit happens from a love of the Church."
Because the puss must flow from the wound in order for it to heal.
The Society of Pius X is a Preserve for the Restoration
Msgr Lefebvre had, as Father Schmidberger reports it, "built a small army of workers."
In the Society there is a "power, which can't be found anywhere else but in an ecclesiastical organism."
"But the Pope and the Bishops must call us."
The Father is coninced, "that God has given to us in the Society -- for the present time-- a completely extraordinary Grace."
Kreuz, original, here...
(kreuz.net) The Society of Pius X is not the work of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre († 1991), rather "a work of the Church, in the Church for the Church".
Father Franz Schmidberger explained this on the Feast of the Annunciation [25 March] on the 20th anniversary of the death of Msgr Lefebvre in a sermon at Ecône.
Archibishop Lefebvre was an instrument of divine providence.
Fr. Schmidberger sees the Society as a work of the Church and as a reflection of the four marks of the Church -- "one", "holy", "catholic" and "apostolic".
The Society lives in unity with the Church of all Centuries.
Father Schmidberger cited an expression Msgr Lefebvre told the Seminarians at Ecône:
"Go into the library, and look at what is there, what we teach you here. It is nothing else than the voices of the Popes, than the declarations of the Councils, than the published writings of the theologians. Nothing else.
And if you were brought here for some other reason, then leave this house. Because you are not at the right place."
Msgr Lefebvre underlined that the Society is unted with the rest of the Church in the celebration of the Holy Mass of All Ages.
In his sermon, Fr. Schmidberger explained that Prelate Klaus Gamber († 1987), the director of the Liturgical Institute in Regesburg, once showed hhim a copy of a Mass book of St. Bonifacius († 754).
It was about the canon of the Mass-- said Father Schmidberger: "It was exactly the same Canon that we will celebrate right here in the Holy Mass."
The Pus Must Come Out
Father Schmidberger exclaimed that Archbishop Lefebvre wanted , "to build a Christianity in miniature".
The Society must remain true to the work of Msgr Lefebvre:
"We must always call attention to the aberrances and errors, on the betrayals and the compromises, which are revealed here and there."
This occurs not from a "spirit of criticism, rather this spirit happens from a love of the Church."
Because the puss must flow from the wound in order for it to heal.
The Society of Pius X is a Preserve for the Restoration
Msgr Lefebvre had, as Father Schmidberger reports it, "built a small army of workers."
In the Society there is a "power, which can't be found anywhere else but in an ecclesiastical organism."
"But the Pope and the Bishops must call us."
The Father is coninced, "that God has given to us in the Society -- for the present time-- a completely extraordinary Grace."
Kreuz, original, here...
Hungarian Constitution Invokes St. Stephen, Abolishes Abortion
Editor: Of course the EU will want to look into this, ehem. Forget about sovereignty. With a special h/t to Alaric who also posted this on FE.
In Hungary the powers of progress have had the political upper hand. They used the opportunity of the hour to renew the land. By Lajos Weberstein
(kreuz.net) The decadent EU does everything to destroy Marriage and Europe and capitulate to the stone age.
Actually, it's not everywhere that Europe is being laid flat by progress.
So the Hungarian Parliament has ratified this Tuesday a new Constitution.
The Constitution was adopted by a two-thirds majority of the national government party 'Fidesz'.
'Fidesz' are the representatives of the anti-Democratic, old and ex-communist Hungary -- and their accomplices in decadent Europe -- they are a thorn in their sides.
It is also the case that this party took part in the fall of the Communist Dictatorship.
After the introduction of the new constitution, the stone age opposition of the Left seethed.
Because the text is such a clear rejection of political masochism, it begins with the words:
God, Save Hungary
National Commitment
We, the members of the Hungary Nation, assert our responsibility to say the following for all Hungary at the beginning of the millennium:
We are proud of the fact that our King Stephen, the Saintly Patron of the Hungarian State for a thousand years had built a secure foundation and placed our Fatherland in the line of Christian Europe.
We are proud of our forebears, who persisted for that, who have fought for the freedom and independence of our Land.
We are proud of the great spiritual accomplishments of the Hungarian people.
We are proud that our people had defended Europe for a thousand years and whose common values were enriched by their talents and enriched its industry.
We recognize the role of Christianity in the persistence of the Nation.
The Constitution protects the institution of marriage as a life in common between a man and a woman as well as the family as the foundation of the nations progress.
The constitution promotes the decision for to have a child.
The defense of the family was the ruling concerning the main focus of the law.
The anti-child opponents wanted to put forward their opposition to unlimited respect for human life.
Actually the new Constitution said:
"The value of human life is unfathomable. Every person has the right to life and human value; the life of the foetus is protected from conception to birth."
The new Hungarian constitution contains also a debt limit, unlike any other European constitution has.
Translated from kreuz.net...
In Hungary the powers of progress have had the political upper hand. They used the opportunity of the hour to renew the land. By Lajos Weberstein
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| The Crown of St. Stephen |
(kreuz.net) The decadent EU does everything to destroy Marriage and Europe and capitulate to the stone age.
Actually, it's not everywhere that Europe is being laid flat by progress.
So the Hungarian Parliament has ratified this Tuesday a new Constitution.
The Constitution was adopted by a two-thirds majority of the national government party 'Fidesz'.
'Fidesz' are the representatives of the anti-Democratic, old and ex-communist Hungary -- and their accomplices in decadent Europe -- they are a thorn in their sides.
It is also the case that this party took part in the fall of the Communist Dictatorship.
After the introduction of the new constitution, the stone age opposition of the Left seethed.
Because the text is such a clear rejection of political masochism, it begins with the words:
God, Save Hungary
National Commitment
We, the members of the Hungary Nation, assert our responsibility to say the following for all Hungary at the beginning of the millennium:
We are proud of the fact that our King Stephen, the Saintly Patron of the Hungarian State for a thousand years had built a secure foundation and placed our Fatherland in the line of Christian Europe.
We are proud of our forebears, who persisted for that, who have fought for the freedom and independence of our Land.
We are proud of the great spiritual accomplishments of the Hungarian people.
We are proud that our people had defended Europe for a thousand years and whose common values were enriched by their talents and enriched its industry.
We recognize the role of Christianity in the persistence of the Nation.
The Constitution protects the institution of marriage as a life in common between a man and a woman as well as the family as the foundation of the nations progress.
The constitution promotes the decision for to have a child.
The defense of the family was the ruling concerning the main focus of the law.
The anti-child opponents wanted to put forward their opposition to unlimited respect for human life.
Actually the new Constitution said:
"The value of human life is unfathomable. Every person has the right to life and human value; the life of the foetus is protected from conception to birth."
The new Hungarian constitution contains also a debt limit, unlike any other European constitution has.
Translated from kreuz.net...
Let Catholics Be Kings of England: Archbishop of Wales
Editor: It's just a matter of time before the Act of Settlement is a thing of the past.
Give royal daughters equal rights to throne, says Archbishop of Wales
Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/04/20/let-a-catholic-take-throne-says-the-anglican-archbishop-of-wales-91466-28550857/#ixzz1K7Aspw2L
H/t: Pewsitter
Give royal daughters equal rights to throne, says Archbishop of Wales
Archbishop Barry Morgan
ARCHBISHOP of Wales Barry Morgan has given his support to a growing move to give royal daughters equal rights to succeed to the throne as their brothers.
Dr Morgan is the latest senior UK figure to call for the rule, which stops the eldest daughter of a monarch from inheriting the British throne if she has a younger brother, to be scrapped.
The Anglican leader considers it absurd the present Queen would never have been crowned if she had a brother.
Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/04/20/let-a-catholic-take-throne-says-the-anglican-archbishop-of-wales-91466-28550857/#ixzz1K7Aspw2L
H/t: Pewsitter
Spanish Lavender Priest Excused by +Levada's CDF
Editor: This must be the +Levada CDF we've heard about. Previously, we'd thought that +Levada was a figurehead. Apparently that's not that case. Hopefully this ruling will be overturned upstairs.
Obviously, someone at the CDF is not all there.
Oh well, it's not like they tried to say the Immemorial Mass, or preach on the evils of modernity or anything.
Read further, here.
H/t: Tom at AQ.
Obviously, someone at the CDF is not all there.
Oh well, it's not like they tried to say the Immemorial Mass, or preach on the evils of modernity or anything.
BARCELONA, April 19, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Catholic priest who financed the abortion of two young girls in his care will not be excommunicated nor otherwise punished, the Archdiocese of Barcelona declared yesterday on behalf of Cardinal Archbishop Lluís Martínez Sistach.
The archdiocese also claims that it has support for its decision from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which it says ruled in favor of the priest in 2009.
Fr. Manel Pousa, who boasts that he has paid for abortions and has blessed homosexual unions, was tried last month to determine if he had earned an automatic or “latae sententiae” excommunication from the Catholic Church.
According to the law of the Church, canon 1398, anyone “who actually procures an abortion incurs a latae sententiae (automatic) excommunication.” Pope John Paul II added that “The excommunication applies to all of those who commit this crime knowing the penalty, including those accomplices without whose cooperation the crime would not have been produced,” in his encyclical letter “The Gospel of Life,” in 1995.
Read further, here.
H/t: Tom at AQ.
Shadows Lengthen on Cardinal Bernardin's Legacy
Editor: Whenever people defend Cardinal Bernardin, it's time to appreciate that the person you're speaking to, whomever they may be, is probably not a Catholic but some sort of impostor, especially if they have some kind of official standing in the Church. The following individual shared a rectory with Cardinal Bernardin while some of the abuse he is accused of was taking place.
These revelations throw further shadows on the reputation of a Cardinal who promoted Marxist agendas and was one of the founding members of the USCCB.
From Matt C. Abbott at Renew America...
H/t: AQ
These revelations throw further shadows on the reputation of a Cardinal who promoted Marxist agendas and was one of the founding members of the USCCB.
Ex-priest Ellis Harsham 'returns'By Matt C. Abbott
Former Catholic priest-turned-Protestant (or so it seems) Ellis Harsham, who was accused of sexual abuse in the 1990s and subsequently left the priesthood, is back in the news. According to a story on WDTN.com, "there are rumors he will be preaching at Living Beatitudes Church in Oakwood [Ohio]."
What the WDTN story doesn't mention is that Harsham was accused of abuse by Steven Cook, who also accused Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of abuse. Harsham was thrown under the bus, so to speak (according to this report, Harsham did admit to having a sexual relationship with an adult seminarian as well as a "close friendship" with Cook — "and had engaged in 'much casual sexual banter' with him" — but denied having sexual contact with Cook) while Cook mysteriously announced that he couldn't trust his memory about Bernardin. Bernardin was subsequently dropped from Cook's lawsuit and, to this day, not a few people believe that he was completely exonerated.
Below is an excerpt from Paul Likoudis' book AmChurch Comes Out regarding the Bernardin saga. (Likoudis is news editor of The Wanderer, a Catholic newspaper.)
From Matt C. Abbott at Renew America...
H/t: AQ
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Syro-Malabar head dies after collapsing in Mass
| Tuesday, 19 April 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By Catholic News Service COCHIN, India - Church leaders mourned the death of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.  Indian Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, who died 1 April at the age of 84. Photo: CNS/Catholic Press The Cardinal, who headed the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, collapsed while celebrating Mass on 1 April and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died, reported the Asian Church news agency UCA News. The 84 year old prelate had suffered from heart problems. His funeral was scheduled for after 10 April because most Syro-Malabar Bishops were in Rome for their ad limina visits in which they report on the status of their dioceses. Auxiliary Bishop Bosco Puthur of Ernakulam-Angamaly will take over as administrator of the Syro-Malabar Church and must convene a Synod which will elect a new major Archbishop. Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram to express his condolences and recalled “the Cardinal’s dedication and service to the Syro-Malabars and to the universal Church.” Mumbai Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, praised Cardinal Vithayathil as a “great missionary and exemplary priest, who contributed a lot for the growth of the Church in India and the Syro-Malabar Church.” |
Read further...
H/t: Pewsitter
Monday, April 18, 2011
Heroes strike at 'Piss Christ' photo in France
It's so clear now. It's ok to be a pederast as long as you're not a Catholic pederast. It's ok to go to Thailand and exploit poor children who have nothing for sex, but even if you're falsely accused, to the gallows with you. Neither, Whoopi Goldberg nor Taki Theodoracopoulos will defend you, you'll just have to settle for a much maligned German website and a few Traditionalists here and there.
It don't matter how much you hate the Catholic Church, if you defend Roman Polanski, you're scum and probably do some of the same things he's guilty of yourselves.
This is from kreuznet:
France's Minister of Pederasty Goes on Rampage
According to France's Pedo-Minister, Frederic Mitterand, the act of heroism was described as "unacceptable" .The completely unsatisfactor AP article, below:
Mitterand is a homosexually distrurbed individual, who has defended the condemned child rapist Roman Polanski.
Whoever felt themselves injured by this blasphemy, must turn themselves to -- idle -- Justice, which exclamation made Mitterand more ridiculous than he already is.
Every kind of the destruction or "intolerance" is not acceptable.
Last Saturday 1.800 Catholics, who are close to the Society of St. Pius X, demonstrated against the "Urine Christ".
They effected the temporary closure of the museum.
MARSEILLE, France — Police in the south of France on Monday sought two vandals who destroyed a US artist's photograph of a plastic crucifix submerged in urine that outraged American conservatives in the 1980s.
Two men armed with a hammer and a screwdriver-like device attacked "Piss Christ" by New York-based Andres Serrano at the Collection Lambert museum of contemporary art in Avignon on Sunday, officials said.
A second Serrano photograph, "The Church: Sister Jeanne Myriam," was also targeted in the late-morning incident in which three guards who tried to intervene were assaulted, the museum's founder Yvon Lambert said.
Link to AP, here...
Photo taken from alleged "art" site, here.
Means Nothing: Bishop Agitates Against Teaching of John Paul II
The Conciliar Church is when ravening wolves are appointed by the Pope as Diocesan Bishops and become the bane of the laity. A true Conciliar Pope is also on the lookout if the wolf bares his teeth and attacks the faith.
(kreuz.net, Sankt Gallen) Today the "official announcers of the good news from catechism to the small exception of women".
The Old Liberal Bishop Markus Buchel of Saint Galen said this for the newspaper 'PfarreiForum' -- the Old Liberal Pastoral Paper for about ninety Parishs in the Diocese of St. Galen.
Men are leaving the Church
As a child he would have been "not able to imagine that the first communion -- or instruction of Penance would ever have been handled by a woman and not a Priest" -- said the Prelate.
Now the women are dominant members today even in the various offices, in Sacristan or as ministers:
"One has forgotten very quickly was things were like earlier and how much has already happened" --- enthused the Diocesan Bishop.
For Msgr Buchel, woman make up the social work or instruction, of a supposedly "feminine Church".
For womens ordination he says, that will be less simple to accomplish than married priests. Because a woman's ordination has never happened in the Church.
The question of women's ordination is explained
Bishop Buchel wants "to seek steps", toward what is -- contradiction in the Gospel -- women's ordination.
So he could imagine that the non-existent "diaconate of women" could be such a step.
He needs for this -- publicly dissolved -- question, which could not be "with the others in a day", because of "a certain stubbornness".
In reality the Pope John Paul II († 2005)had already written infallibly on May 1994 in an Apostolic Address 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis', that priestly ordination is restricted to men.
How long can the Church afford such bishops?
Actually, Msgr Buchel is only very hazy about this that the impossibility of women's ordination has been declared with dogmatic certainty.
He represents the fact as if "one" has "only a while" to await the suppposed women's ordination.
But "in the currenct society" the Church could "not take afford" to say that one "must not discuss such things" -- said the Bishop, distorting things.
In actually the Church in today's society can't afford office holders, who do not hold to the teachings of the Church or try to make them relative.
Women's ordination for the Swiss national Church?
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Msgr Buchel would like questions like women's ordination not to be decided centrally for the whole Church.
This is the direction of the "world Church": "We should be in unity -- explained the Bishop and contradicted himself at the same time: "but not overall unity".
In other countries there are unities which "already haven't been any more" in existence.
The Second Vatican Council was described by Msgr Buchel as a "break".
After that there is supposedly a "restorative, clericalistic phase" to come -- he fantacized.
Bishop Buchel would like women "to be be encouraged", to take up and assume the priestly image of the decadent post-conciliar time.
Link to kreuz.net...
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Photo credit: © scottgunn, Flickr, CC
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| Protestants Show how women's ordination put their denominations in the lead. |
(kreuz.net, Sankt Gallen) Today the "official announcers of the good news from catechism to the small exception of women".
The Old Liberal Bishop Markus Buchel of Saint Galen said this for the newspaper 'PfarreiForum' -- the Old Liberal Pastoral Paper for about ninety Parishs in the Diocese of St. Galen.
Men are leaving the Church
As a child he would have been "not able to imagine that the first communion -- or instruction of Penance would ever have been handled by a woman and not a Priest" -- said the Prelate.
Now the women are dominant members today even in the various offices, in Sacristan or as ministers:
"One has forgotten very quickly was things were like earlier and how much has already happened" --- enthused the Diocesan Bishop.
For Msgr Buchel, woman make up the social work or instruction, of a supposedly "feminine Church".
For womens ordination he says, that will be less simple to accomplish than married priests. Because a woman's ordination has never happened in the Church.
The question of women's ordination is explained
Bishop Buchel wants "to seek steps", toward what is -- contradiction in the Gospel -- women's ordination.
So he could imagine that the non-existent "diaconate of women" could be such a step.
He needs for this -- publicly dissolved -- question, which could not be "with the others in a day", because of "a certain stubbornness".
In reality the Pope John Paul II († 2005)had already written infallibly on May 1994 in an Apostolic Address 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis', that priestly ordination is restricted to men.
How long can the Church afford such bishops?
Actually, Msgr Buchel is only very hazy about this that the impossibility of women's ordination has been declared with dogmatic certainty.
He represents the fact as if "one" has "only a while" to await the suppposed women's ordination.
But "in the currenct society" the Church could "not take afford" to say that one "must not discuss such things" -- said the Bishop, distorting things.
In actually the Church in today's society can't afford office holders, who do not hold to the teachings of the Church or try to make them relative.
Women's ordination for the Swiss national Church?
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Msgr Buchel would like questions like women's ordination not to be decided centrally for the whole Church.
This is the direction of the "world Church": "We should be in unity -- explained the Bishop and contradicted himself at the same time: "but not overall unity".
In other countries there are unities which "already haven't been any more" in existence.
The Second Vatican Council was described by Msgr Buchel as a "break".
After that there is supposedly a "restorative, clericalistic phase" to come -- he fantacized.
Bishop Buchel would like women "to be be encouraged", to take up and assume the priestly image of the decadent post-conciliar time.
Link to kreuz.net...
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Photo credit: © scottgunn, Flickr, CC
Catholic Led Nationalist Party Scores Big in Finland
Editor: At last, someone with sense leading the way. Is he a man in the mold of Gabriel Garcia Moreno, who led Ecudor last century, or perhaps another Antonio Salazar? Btw, if you don't like those wikipedia articles, we encourage you to change them, especially when they attempt to force Marxist reality down people's throats; thanks.
Read further at BBC...
Editor: Changed Bolivia to Ecuador. St. Gabriel Moreno is of Ecuador, not Bolivia.
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| Timo Soini |
Timo Soini: "We are not extremists, so you can sleep safely"
A nationalist party has taken nearly a fifth of votes in Finland's general election, the electoral commission says.
The True Finns finished just behind the conservative NCP and the Social Democrats on around 19%.
While the Social Democrats have called for changes on EU bail-outs, including the planned Portuguese rescue, True Finns opposes the plans altogether.
Read further at BBC...
Editor: Changed Bolivia to Ecuador. St. Gabriel Moreno is of Ecuador, not Bolivia.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Hell's Procession: Spain
Editor: As a child, I fell into a deep sleep after eating sweets, rich sweet creme cheese dainties, frosted with glistening quartz sugar, gingerbread men as large as small dogs, and slender cones filled with ice scream as tall as Cathedral spires while I listened all the while to tales that hadn't been sanitized by our authorities about dark castles, impenetrable enchanted forests and the dark things that moved the human heart to do terrible things from our gramophone in the smi-darkness of my childhood home. Falling asleep, I was transported near a place not too far from my home on the edge of a river, where red Indians hunted their game in the summer and the sleepy oaks had seen the coming and going of hundreds of years. As I walked along the road, I saw low fire ahead of me in the garden yard of a very small cottage, the kind in which an old widow might be spending her years to see a single dark figure sitting there, its wavering giant shadow cast rhythmically against the worn front of the tired old house which was more of a picturesque shed. Its disrepair was clear even in the faint firelight, the only light which shone in the darkness of the neighborhood, the eves of the tall, elegant homes surrounding, visible against the faint stars of a moonless sky in the sepulchral silence.
Everything was silent, except for the gentle simmering of the fire over which stood another brazier, filled with red coals and the silent figure standing watch over it. It was completely enrobed in black and I could see no face against the faint light of the coals and it made no movement or sign of recognition as I said, "hello". Out of the darkness, I could hear the footsteps and hushed whispering of a very large throng of people moving up the street beyond, a joyless procession of lone voices occasionally called out from it, some I even recognized, a hopeless throng with occasional cries of despair, marching to or from the pit as it seemed. I could even hear the voices of friends against the dark slump of hundreds of shapes lurching slowly forward, a weird procession of Hell it seemed. . Then I awoke and went to school, but never forgot the dream, even writing down in case my memory would change it in some way.
It comes to my mind after having read this passage on Arturo Vasquez's folk Catholicism blog, about a decadent who died in an accident in the street where he was struck by a garbage truck in the morning light as he stumbled from a brothel, an unconfessed, and lifelong débauché,, he has become for the increasingly irreligious majority of Spain a kind of anti-Saint, and his procession competes with the official one, according to Vasques. It is, a procession from and to Hell and it struck a chord which reminded me of the procession of my childhood dream so long ago.
Link to Reditus...
Everything was silent, except for the gentle simmering of the fire over which stood another brazier, filled with red coals and the silent figure standing watch over it. It was completely enrobed in black and I could see no face against the faint light of the coals and it made no movement or sign of recognition as I said, "hello". Out of the darkness, I could hear the footsteps and hushed whispering of a very large throng of people moving up the street beyond, a joyless procession of lone voices occasionally called out from it, some I even recognized, a hopeless throng with occasional cries of despair, marching to or from the pit as it seemed. I could even hear the voices of friends against the dark slump of hundreds of shapes lurching slowly forward, a weird procession of Hell it seemed. . Then I awoke and went to school, but never forgot the dream, even writing down in case my memory would change it in some way.
It comes to my mind after having read this passage on Arturo Vasquez's folk Catholicism blog, about a decadent who died in an accident in the street where he was struck by a garbage truck in the morning light as he stumbled from a brothel, an unconfessed, and lifelong débauché,, he has become for the increasingly irreligious majority of Spain a kind of anti-Saint, and his procession competes with the official one, according to Vasques. It is, a procession from and to Hell and it struck a chord which reminded me of the procession of my childhood dream so long ago.
Probably one of the more unique stories in the Spanish speaking world during holy week, this is a procession done on the night of Holy Thursday in commemoration of the tragic death of one of Leon’s most infamous clients of the bars and whorehouses there, Genaro Blanco Blanco, later known as San Genarín. At dawn on Holy Thursday, 1929, while completely drunk, Genaro was hit by the first garbage truck of the day while relieving himself on a wall. A few of his friends (later known as the “Evangelists) deeply appreciative of having known this bon vivant and figure on the bohemian scene of Leon, decided to have their own procession the next Holy Thursday, 1930, in which they went to all of the bars and whorehouses that Genaro once frequented. The legend then grew to include miracles attributed to “San Genarín”, such as a person being cured of a kidney ailment and a miraculous goal for the home team in an important game. The numbers in the annual procession grew until 1957, when it was banned by the fascist authorities, some say because it had more participants than the religious one.
After a twenty year hiatus, the processions began again, and continue to this day. They are complete with torches, statues of the people involved in the historical events, couplets celebrating the life of the “saint”, and offerings at the site of death. It is perhaps the only example that I know of where militant secularists have their own procession to rival the Catholic ones of Holy Week.
Link to Reditus...
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Thorn of Christ's Crown Given to Orthodox in France
Editor: earlier this month, it was reported that the lance that pierced Christ's side was found. Now, we find his crown, a thorn with a precious reliquary, being part of an ecumenical gesture in France.
The Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls consigned the Seminary of the Russian Orthodox Diocese for France a priceless reliquary which contained the thorn from the crown of Jesus.
Paris - Vienna (kath.net/PEW) Cardinal Franz König's traces arrive now in France as the gesture of an ecumenical friendship between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Church: The Society of helpers [A Religious Society founded in 1856 in France] consigned the Russian Orthodox Seminar for the Diocese of France Epinay-sous-Senart a priceless reliquary, which according to Tradition contained a thorn from the crown of Jesus. The massive silver reliquary holds a quartz crystal with the thorn. During the French Revolution the reliquary was sent next to Prague and later to Vienna. Cardinal Franz König gave the reliquary in 1960 to the Society of the Helpers.
The consignment to the Russian Orthodox Seminary took place as part of a liturgy celebrating a feast. At the end of the liturgy Sr. Genevieve Medevielle, the Household General of the French Province of the Helpers gave the priceless reliquary to Bishop Nestor of Cherson (the Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchat for France which doesn't carry this name officially any more fro the old early Russian Eparchie). The Parisian Auxiliary Bishoperic de Moulins-Beaufort was present at the gift of the reliquary.
The Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls consigned the Seminary of the Russian Orthodox Diocese for France a priceless reliquary which contained the thorn from the crown of Jesus.
Paris - Vienna (kath.net/PEW) Cardinal Franz König's traces arrive now in France as the gesture of an ecumenical friendship between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Church: The Society of helpers [A Religious Society founded in 1856 in France] consigned the Russian Orthodox Seminar for the Diocese of France Epinay-sous-Senart a priceless reliquary, which according to Tradition contained a thorn from the crown of Jesus. The massive silver reliquary holds a quartz crystal with the thorn. During the French Revolution the reliquary was sent next to Prague and later to Vienna. Cardinal Franz König gave the reliquary in 1960 to the Society of the Helpers.
The consignment to the Russian Orthodox Seminary took place as part of a liturgy celebrating a feast. At the end of the liturgy Sr. Genevieve Medevielle, the Household General of the French Province of the Helpers gave the priceless reliquary to Bishop Nestor of Cherson (the Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchat for France which doesn't carry this name officially any more fro the old early Russian Eparchie). The Parisian Auxiliary Bishoperic de Moulins-Beaufort was present at the gift of the reliquary.
Ambulence Arrives at Planned Parenthood Clinic to Carry Away "Patient"
Just received this from Stella Borealis. It looks very much like a woman who was having an abortion met with calamity. The footage was caught by one of the counselors. The Planned Parenthood types use blue umbrellas to attempt to block the counselors from handing out literature.
Here's the ambulence pulling into a planned parenthood being paid for by your tax dollars, and here's who donates to Planned Parenthood.
Here's the Planned Parenthood counsellor trying to block the camera from seeing the patient being wheeled out to the ambulance.
Here's it's being pulled away.
Here's the ambulence pulling into a planned parenthood being paid for by your tax dollars, and here's who donates to Planned Parenthood.
Here's the Planned Parenthood counsellor trying to block the camera from seeing the patient being wheeled out to the ambulance.
Here's it's being pulled away.
False Seers are Excommunicated by the Orthodox Church
For decades an Egyptian born swindler misled even Catholics with her false apparitions. Well, her faith community has finally taken care of her.
(kreuz.net) The Greek Orthodox seer, Vassula Ryden has been excommunicated by her community.
This was according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Constantinople.
The decree of excommunicatino of the "General Secretary of the Holy Synod" bears the date of 16 March.
It extends also to her followers in the community "the true light in God" -- under nine priests of the Greek Orthodox Communion.
The Patriarchate was critical that Frau Ryden offended Christian Dogmas. They judged a dangerous spiritual confusion and an vexation of the faithful.
The False Seer Was Divorced
Mrs. Ryden was born to a Greek Family in Egypy. Since the year 1985 she has described herself as a seer.
Her first marriage ended in divorce.
Since 1981 she lived in divorce with her her present boyfriend.
According to her own report she receives daily dictations that last between four and six hours.
In December 1996, the Roman Congregation of Doctrine and the Faith published a clarification reporting that the numerous and "negative aspects and errors" in the writings of Mrs. Ryden.
Her messages were described as private meditations and not supernatural messages.
On 25 January 2007 the Congregation of Doctrine and the Faith renewed its judgement.
Link to original at kreuz.net...
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(kreuz.net) The Greek Orthodox seer, Vassula Ryden has been excommunicated by her community.
This was according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Constantinople.
The decree of excommunicatino of the "General Secretary of the Holy Synod" bears the date of 16 March.
It extends also to her followers in the community "the true light in God" -- under nine priests of the Greek Orthodox Communion.
The Patriarchate was critical that Frau Ryden offended Christian Dogmas. They judged a dangerous spiritual confusion and an vexation of the faithful.
The False Seer Was Divorced
Mrs. Ryden was born to a Greek Family in Egypy. Since the year 1985 she has described herself as a seer.
Her first marriage ended in divorce.
Since 1981 she lived in divorce with her her present boyfriend.
According to her own report she receives daily dictations that last between four and six hours.
In December 1996, the Roman Congregation of Doctrine and the Faith published a clarification reporting that the numerous and "negative aspects and errors" in the writings of Mrs. Ryden.
Her messages were described as private meditations and not supernatural messages.
On 25 January 2007 the Congregation of Doctrine and the Faith renewed its judgement.
Link to original at kreuz.net...
Here's the List of Bloggers for the Meeting in Rome
Editor: Of course, there's lispers in the loggia, Hilary White, the inimitably orthodox Father Hendrick Jolie, Le Forum Catholique, Paulo Rodari, and the great Sandro Magister. Where's Damian Thompson?
Dear friends,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following is the list of 150 bloggers invited to attend in person the meeting taking place in via della conciliazione, 5, on Monday 2 May.
Over 750 requests were made and a hard decision-making process had to be put in place to ensure, as much as is possible, a broad representation of the blogosphere. There are some famous bloggers and some new bloggers, some are institutional, others personal, some tell vocational stories and others comment on international news or local issues. Some are well-financed, most are run on a shoestring.
It was touching being involved in your issues, from coping with death, to the joys of parenting, the hopefulness of youth, to fear of change, not to mention the many causes and campaigns promoted, particularly in the new evangelisation. While some pre-choices were made to ensure a diversified presence, for the final selection we simply gave each blogger a number and had someone choose numbers randomly.
I hope those not on the list will not feel excluded. The bloggers present in the Room will surely keep you informed and engaged. They may even organise a livestream. It is also to be hoped that this is just the beginning of a dialogue.
The 150 will receive further indications after Easter, but should note now that we are not covering your expenses – the invitation was always intended for bloggers who would be in Rome for the Beatification.
Selection to attend does not imply Vatican approval of the contents of any of the blogs. Neither does non-selection imply disapproval.
Thanking you for your patience and understanding – this has already been a good learning experience for us.
Richard Rouse
1. Agnieszka Woszczyńska www.teologia.blox.pl
2. Alberto Piccini: http://www.maestroalberto.it/
3. Aldo Padovan www.katholisches.info
4. Alessandro Gilioli: http://gilioli.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/
5. Alessio Jacona: http://www.thewebobserver.it/
6. Alfonsus Widhiwiryawan : http://alfoesercizi2010.blogspot.com/
7. Allison Girone www.TotusTuusFamily.blogspot.com
8. Andrea Gagliarducci: http://www.mondayvatican.com/
9. Andres Beltramo http://www.e-consulta.com/blogs/sacroyprofano
10. Angela Ambrogetti: http://www.ilportonedibronzo.it/
11. Anna Arco http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/anna/
12. Anna Spatola http://ordovirginumsicilia.splinder.com/
13. Antonio González http://catinfor.com/blog/
14. Antonio Spadaro http://www.cyberteologia.it/
15. Artur Stopka http://arturstopka.blog.onet.pl
16. Bohdan Pankevych http://risu.org.ua/ua/index/blog/~Bohdan+Pankevych
17. Brandon Vogt http://www.thinveil.net/
18. Carol Glatz http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/
19. Carole Brown http://www.light2nations.org/
20. Christoph Gstaltmeyr http://www.religion.schule.at/
21. CM Paul http://cmpaul.wordpress.com/
22. Costanza Miriano: http://costanzamiriano.wordpress.com/
23. D. Catherine Wybourne http://www.ibenedictines.org/
24. Daniel Luecking http://www.medienkonsument.de/
25. Daniel Pajuelo sm http://smdani.marianistas.org
26. Danielle van Lith http://www.vngmagazine.nl/
27. David Ratnarajah http://www.olirumiraivan.com/
28. Dominique Rimaz http://lesuisseromain.hautetfort.com/
29. Dorothy Wolanin http://wolanka-cojestzazakretem.blogspot.com/
30. Dylan Parry http://areluctantsinner.blogspot.com/
31. Eberhard Wagner http://blog.eberhardwagner.com/
32. Edmar Araújo www.medidasdefe.com
33. Elizabeth Scalia http://www.patheos.com/community/theanchoress/
34. Eloi Aran Sala www.elblocdeleloi.blogspot.com www.focnou.cat
35. Eric Le Meur http://henri.mondion.free.fr/index.php/2011/03/
36. Eva Janosikova http://www.madrid11.com/en
37. Felio Vilarrubias http://www.siempresacerdotes.blogspot.com/
38. Fr Gerard Dunne OP www.irishdominicanvocations.blogspot.com
39. Francesco Diani: http://www.blogcattolici.it e http://www.siticattolici.it/
40. Francesco Spagnolo: http://www.esseciblog.it/
41. Gabriel Burke http://www.frgabrielburke.blogspot.com/
42. Gabriele Niola: http://sonovivoenonhopiupaura.blogspot.com/
43. Georg Feßlmeier http://www.triff-den-papst.de
44. Georg Schimmerl http://gfsch.blogspot.com/
45. Giorgio Maria Faré http://www.santuariodivinamaternita.com/
46. Giovanna Maria http://geniofemminile.blogspot.com/
47. Guillaume Luyt http://blog.paixliturgique.fr
48. Hendrick Jolie http://pfarrer-jolie.blogspot.com/
49. Hilary White http://anglocath.blogspot.com/
50. http://santagostinopavia.wordpress.com/
51. Imrich Gazda http://www.ff.ku.sk/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=1750
52. Isidorus http://www.isidorusweb.nl/
53. J.Francisco Jiménez http://www.forumlibertas.com/frontend/forumlibertas/seccion.php?id_seccion=27
54. James Bradley http://www.ordinariateportal.wordpress.com/
55. James Tucker http://fireofthylove.com/
56. Jane Mossendew http://thoughtsfromoasisinfrenchcatholicism.blogspot.com/
57. Javier Alba http://familiavidaylibertad.blogspot.com/
58. Jens Albers http://frischfischen.de/
59. Joan Lewis http://www.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=1
60. Johannes Paul Jacob Chavanne http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stift-Heiligenkreuz/151746389020?ref=nf
61. Johannes Roger Hanses http://vita-in-deum.de/blogs/johannes
62. Jorge Enrique Mújica http://actualidadyanalisis.blogspot.com
63. Jorge H. Luna www.mexico.mg.org.mx
64. José Manuel Vidal López www.religiondigital.com
65. Jose María Barrera Murillo http://custodiosdesanpedro.blogspot.com
66. Joshua Evangelista: http://reporters.blogosfere.it/
67. jovens Sem Fronteiras http://jsfronteiras.blogspot.com/
68. Juan Alejandro www.padrenuestro.net
69. Juan José Garcia-Noblejas scriptor.org
70. Julio Gomez Sotero www.parroquiadebecerril.wordpress.com
71. Kathy Schiffer http://kathyschiffer.com
72. Katrina Ebersole http://thecrescat.blogspot.com/
73. Kelvin Frometa http://www.tucristo.com
74. Klaus Peper http://kathspace.com/community/Volmar/blog/
75. Leonardo: http://www.qualcosadelgenere.com/
76. Lisa Hendey http://catholicmom.com/
77. Ljudmila Hribar http://pensamientosjuanpablo2do.blogspot.com
78. Loub Gerhard http://www.loub.at/
79. Luca Fabbri: http://www.religionereligioni.blogspot.com/
80. Luca Paolini: http://www.religione20.net
81. Luca Sofri: http://www.wittgenstein.it e www.ilpost.it
82. Luciano Giustini: http://www.lucianogiustini.org/
83. Luigi Coronel http://prieststuff.blogspot.com/
84. Luis Badilla Morales: http://ilsismografo.blogspot.com
85. Luis Fernando Pérez Bustamante http://www.infocatolica.com
86. Mader Isma Kasia Aga www.franciszkanska3.pl
87. Manuela und Stefan Ehrhardt http://zeitzubeten.org/
88. Marco Fioretti: http://informaticaetica.com/
89. Marco Freccero: http://marcofreccero.blogspot.com/
90. Marco Sanavio: http://www.famigliacristiana.it/famiglia/un-prete-in-rete/blog/un-prete-in-rete_180211084434.aspx
91. Maria Elisabetta Marinoni http://genitoriliceoparini.forumattivo.com/
92. Marilena Ruah: http://nobell.it/
93. Mario Aversano http://www.iltesoro.org/
94. Marjeta Pija Cevc http://hranazazivljenje.blogspot.com/
95. Mark Aurel Erszegi http://vatikanifigyelo.freeblog.hu/
96. Marta Nin http://www.catalunyareligio.cat/?q=blog/358
97. Mary O'Regan http://thepathlesstaken7.blogspot.com/
98. Marypaz de Mencos http://loquevale.wordpress.com/
99. Massimiliano Badolati: http://tech.fanpage.it
100. Massimo Granieri: http://www.maxgranieri.it/ e http://www.latprov.it/
101. Massimo Melica: http://www.massimomelica.net/
102. Matthias Suess http://www.matthiassuess.de/blog/
103. Mattia Marasco: http://www.mattiamarasco.it/i-miei-blog/
104. Mauricio Viquez http://ars-parroquiavirtual.blogia.com
105. Mayra Novelo de Bardo www.es.catholic.net
106. Michael Blume http://www.chronologs.de/chrono/blog/natur-des-glaubens
107. Miguel de la Lastra Montalbán, o.s.a http://www.buscadoresdedios.blogspot.com/
108. Moreno Migliorati: http://www.spiritualseeds.info/
109. Mussie Zerai http://habeshia.blogspot.com/
110. Narda Centeno http://fromthepews.wordpress.com/
111. Néstor Mora http://www.religionenlibertad.com/blog.asp?idautor=145
112. P. Fortea http://blogdelpadrefortea.blogspot.com/
113. Padre Stéphane Jourdain http://lemessin.wordpress.com/
114. Paolo Benanti: http://sinderesi.wordpress.com
115. Paolo Benvenuto: http://www.sguardocattolico.it/
116. Paolo Padrini http://passineldeserto.blogosfere.it/
117. Paolo Rodari: www.palazzoapostolico.it
118. Pavel Levushkan http://catholic.baznica.info/
119. Pe. Djalma Lúcio Magalhães Tuniz, scj http://djalmascj.blogspot.com/ http://boccadiroma.blogspot.com/
120. Pedro José González Rodenas www.llenadlastinajas.blogspot.com
121. Peter Wurm http://www.peterwurm.com/
122. Philomena Ewing http://blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com/
123. Pierre-Baptiste Cordier http://peube.wordpress.com/
124. Ralph Anderl http://www.ic-berlin.de/
125. Rocco Palmo http://www.whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/
126. Roderick Vonhögen http://sqpn.com/
127. Rodrigo Gurgel http://rodrigogurgel.blogspot.com/
128. Ronald Glaeser Freelance journalist
129. Rosangela Mancusi http://mv.vatican.va
130. Rosario Carello: http://www.rosariocarello.it/
131. Sandro Magister: http://www.chiesa.espressoedit.it
132. Santiago Casanova http://caballerotrueno.wordpress.com
133. Sara Carlson http://foryourmarriage.org/marriage-resources/news-blogs/learning-to-say-i-do-blog/
134. Silvio Ottanelli: http://www.cercoiltuovolto.it/
135. Simone Chiappetta http://www.laporzione.it/
136. Simone Sereni: http://www.vinonuovo.it/
137. Sjargej Surynovic http://bartnicki.livejournal.com/
138. Stefano Epifani: http://blog.stefanoepifani.it/
139. Steph Abbé http://lemessin.wordpress.com
140. Susan Vigilante http://www.desperateirishhousewife.blogspot.com/
141. Susan Windley-Daoust http://www.ironiccatholic.com/
142. Taylor Marshall http://www.cantuar.blogspot.com/
143. Thomas Peters http://www.americanpapist.com
144. Tim Kelleher http://www.firstthings.com/
145. Vicente Javier Navas www.vecinosdefuenlabrada.blogspot.com
146. Virginia Bonard www.ciudadnueva.org.ar
147. Vito Martinez http://vocationstory.blogspot.com/
148. Vittorio Saraceno http://isgabrasil.blogspot.com
149. Wagner Moura http://diasimdiatambem.wordpress.com/
150. Xavier Arnaud http://www.leforumcatholique.org/
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Blogs Are Read in the Vatican -- Msgr Tighe About the Vatican and Communications
(Vatikan) There are over 700 messages received as yet for the Vatican Blog Meeting about the new reality of Catholic internet blogs. Msgr Paul Tighe of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications explained this to Katholisches.info. "The great interest in this initiative has been really encouraging for us in our efforts to draw the community of bloggers in conversation in order mostly to encourage and strengthen."
The number of participants will be restricted to 150 places, and the applicants will be organized according to their language, geographic origins and typology of the blog (like personal, institutional or journalist). A key to the greatness of the significance of languages and the continents the 150 participants will be assigned lots.
Next to bloggers from the whole world, there will be those countless people responsible for Catholic internet sights, diocesan sites and the Catholic media work for the meeting.
Msgr. Tighe is concerned that the German language area has been "too little considered". "In the future this will be different." The meeting is only being considered as a "first initiative", in order to get in contact with the "new reality" of bloggers. On the contrary to Catholic radio broadcasters or newspapers there aren't associations and structures for contact persons. "Everything is much more spontaneous and more decentralized" than other media, said Msgr Tighe.
The Vatican "sees the increasing importance" of blogs and "wish to see that they are as quick communication and the dissemination of news increasingly important." The meeting intends recognition of the "diversity" of these "new realities of communication". There is "no roll" in play, if a blog "is more academic, or more interested in Church politics, more for liturgy or more for doctrine, or if it is right or left, progressive or traditionalist." One doesn't want to evaluate, rather "simply to get a view of the face of blogs, in order to come in direct conversation." For it is a fact that "there will be more people are informed about various Blogs", says Msgr. Tighe.
The Papal Office for Social Communications observed "the continual development of blogs", says Tighe. "Today's traditional press agenda -- and the weekly press is just coming to the Internet this moment." It makes it so that there is no systematic oversight of certain pages, says the Secretary of the PCSC. "And thus there is the need the help of blogs to oversee, if and how the message of the Vatican is being received." The blogs are because of their speed, "invaluable barometer", if the message "is understood" and "how it is understood". "Blogs enable us to evaluate the efficiency of our communication", says Msgr Tighe.
The question if blogs are read "even in the higher levels" of the Vatican, was answered by Msgr. Tighte with a decisive "naturally, no question." In this sense the "importance of blogs in the Vatican as a reaction to an outgoing message is considerable." It is a "fact" that the various "blogs are very much read in the Vatican". This naturally happens "peripherally at the individual level introduced by individual coworkers up to decision makers". Which blogs are read depends "on the importance of a blog and of the agreement with its positions," says Msgr Tighe.
The blogger would have other needs than the traditionally accredited journalists. the Vatican is to begin for that reason at the end of May with a new multi-media News portal, which can interface more easily with the new forms of social communication like Facebook and Twitter. All of the relevant offices of the Vatican press service should appear there together: of Radio Vatican, Osservatore Romano, Fides and Vis (Vatican Information Service). This should enable the "concentrated and direct access for bloggers and natural for all who are interested". At first there will be Italian and English language versions, and then there will follow other languages, step by step, "even German".
Msgr Tighe did not want to refer directly to "translation mistakes" and "ambiguous" formulation in several editions of the new youth catechism YouCAT. "Generally" he explained therefore: "Communication must be clear". The Vatican is planning steps for the future that "reinforce online publication and place less emphasis on printed editions". This will enable "not only a rapid, worldwide communication and direct dissemination", rather also "a possibility for quick corrections of eventual errors", says Msgr Tighe. Fundamentally the search for a "understandable, but at the same time, adequate language, for a newer challenge". It is "not easy" to "pull back colleagues who are not familiar with the language of the Church."
On Saturday, April 16th, the list of participants of the Vatican Meeting Blog will be published at the Council for Social Communications www.pccs.va.
Translated from katholisches...
Russian Church: endless discourse on expensive possessions of clergy as a sign of spiritual disorder
Moscow, April 15, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church warns believers against focusing too much attention on material matters.
"I happened to visit palaces in full feather and wander about slums in a ragged cassock. I am sure that the Church accepts both. We should not focus too much attention on either of the above," head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin states in his answer to journalist Ivan Semenov.
Semenov has published an open letter calling Father Vsevolod to offer his apologies for his public address where he asserted that the members of clergy have the right to wear expensive things as such things emphasize the social prestige of the Church.
In his answer, Father Vsevolod stressed that "if Christians endlessly discourse on the "glamour and misery" of clothes and watches, it is a sign of their spiritual disorder. Or envy. Or an undying quasi-dissident habit to curse everything which is strong, expensive and powerful."
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"I happened to visit palaces in full feather and wander about slums in a ragged cassock. I am sure that the Church accepts both. We should not focus too much attention on either of the above," head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin states in his answer to journalist Ivan Semenov.
Semenov has published an open letter calling Father Vsevolod to offer his apologies for his public address where he asserted that the members of clergy have the right to wear expensive things as such things emphasize the social prestige of the Church.
In his answer, Father Vsevolod stressed that "if Christians endlessly discourse on the "glamour and misery" of clothes and watches, it is a sign of their spiritual disorder. Or envy. Or an undying quasi-dissident habit to curse everything which is strong, expensive and powerful."
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New Book on Accusations Against St. Padre Pio
Editor: This new book explores the accusations against and extraordinary Priest. His persecution resonates today when we think of other priests who are falsely accused and unjustly maligned by lesser men.
The hidden story of St. Padre Pio.
Bandaids on Sucking Chest Wounds: Boston College
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The New Liturgical Society of Marxist Boston College at New Liturgical Movement
Una Voce BC was founded by students for the purpose of fostering the use of Latin in Liturgy here at Boston College. We encourage the reverent celebration of both the Ordinary Form and Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. We also encourage and promote Sacred Art and Sacred Music on campus. With the support of Campus Ministry, and the support of several Jesuits at BC, it is our hope to develop a greater appreciation for the traditions of the Catholic Church in the Boston College community.
H/t: Pewsitter.
Picture: from Wanderlust
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