Archbishop of Bamberg demands Married Priests

The old liberal Archbishop of Bamberg calls himself a "Catholic 68er" and sells his stale merchandise to an anti-Church magazine.

[kreuz.net, Bamberg] Archbishop Ludwig Schick (60) of Bamberg has alignned himself with a grateful scandal magazine, 'Spiegel' against priestly celibacy:

"I would be favorable, if one were to rethink it" - said the Archbishop in a sales jingle for 'Spiegel Online'.

Msgr Schick desires celibacy only for Bishops, Religious and - cite - "Cathedral Vicars".

Because of the media hunt to use rare homosexual abuses, the Archbishop is promoting nebulous and in total, "more open" Church.

This means that there will be more responsibility for the laity: "They belong to and be involved with and drawn from office holders. And they must be more involved in collaborating with committees in decision making."

Already for years ecclesiastical advisers and decision organs have virtually guaranteed the loss of authority making the hierarchy ineffective.

It [the ineffective hierarchy?] must, "happen in the episcopal, and surely on the world-wide level."

Additionally, "women [should] collaborate more in the Church, and also in the Pastoral as community consultants and pastoral consultants -- and especially in our Directorial bodies."

In terms of selling his stale goods on 'Spiegel Online' he describes the Old Liberal Archbishop himself as a "Catholic 68er". [another boomer]

To his "conservative" brother bishops he proposes a change of course:

"There have even been backward steps in the Church. It demonstrates rigidity and encrustations, fear of the evil world."

Old liberals love to use these formulations, in order to legitimate their lockstep with the Powers hostile to the Church.

Both wings of the Church - Neo-Conservative and Old Liberal -- should get together and have talks -- proposed the magnanimous Archbishop.

In the last years there has been too little dialogue. That, "we must take it up again".

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He was also advocating the lengthening of the statute of limmitations in March, here.

Papal Nuncio plays the Bully outside the Washington Nunciature

The proud Levite, allegedly diplomatic and a Nuncio, treads the jaunty streets of D.C., sans soutane, in a pricey burberry scarf and cane, hurling insults at an eccentric and frail old man who pickets the Washington Nunciature asking for the redress of a crime committed against him when he was 15. This was reported by Huffington Press. Yes, Archbishop Sambi has a well-documented reputation for aiding and abetting the enemies of the Church and he's doing a great job for them here, and like a classic bully, he acts with impunity.

This enjoyable D.C. assignment wasn't Archbishop Sambi's only assignment, he's been all over the world, working as a Vatican diplomat; helping the bad guys mostly. Back in that time when ++Sambi was assigned to the UK, Austen Ivereigh could still be counted upon to help smooth things over in an impending abuse imbroglio against his master, Cardinal Cormac-McCarthy. The Archbishop Nuncio, Sambi, was going to parties and helping the process along, especially in trying to conceal the fact that other UK Bishops, like Hollis, were not doing their jobs and working to undermine or otherwise denigrate Catholic teaching in the UK via Tablet with a little help from the ever-helpful BBC; those were the days. One unnamed source speculated that the Archbishop's knowledge of England was limmited to watching Monty Python.

There's a discussion of this Nuncio in this New Oxford Review article, Bishops, Nuncios & Delators. It is a fascinating article and descibes events and back ground, beginning with Pro-homosexual ++McCarrick's welcoming of the new Nuncio to the USA. We get a picture which fits the malicious man who come to his D.C. office and lashes out at a helpless eccentric as he goes to work.

Fatima debate: Some say 'third secret' is still secret

By John Thavis
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ten years after the Vatican divulged one of the church's best-kept secrets -- the third part of the message of Fatima -- a small band of skeptics and critics are still questioning the official explanation.

More than 100 of them gathered at a hotel not far from the Vatican in early May for a weeklong conference on such topics as "Fatima and the Global Economic Crisis," "The Present Need for the Consecration of Russia" and "Is There a Missing Text of the Third Secret?"

For those in attendance, the answer to that last question is a no-brainer.

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Cardinal Hume: A man for all seasons

Many people's local ordinaries were hostile to Church teaching, but few were so outspoken about it.

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Scott Hahn?

£Are any of the people +Levada's asking to help actually Catholic?£

In a wide-ranging talk that paid tribute to the writings of Msgr. Ronald Knox, Cardinal Francis George, C. S. Lewis, Scott Hahn, [Why not ask for help from Bertrand Russel or Nipsey?] and others, Cardinal William Levada called for a "new apologetics" to counter "the likes of Richard Dawkins and his fellow apostles of the so-called 'new' atheism."

"For this apologetic to be credible, we must pay greater attention to the mystery and the beauty of Catholic worship, of a sacramental vision of the world that lets us recognize and value the beauty of creation as a foreshadowing of the new heavens and the new earth envisioned in 2 Peter and the Book of Revelation," the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said in his April 29 lecture. "The witness of our lives as believers who put our faith into practice by work for justice and charity as followers who imitate Jesus, our Master, is an important dimension of our credibility as dialogue partners in a time of a new apologetics."

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6243
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Police Chief Gulity of Child Abuse for Decades

From 1962 to 1980, former Minneapolis park police chief William Jacobs sexually assaulted 17 boys who recently came forward, according to allegations in a document filed Friday by a Hennepin County prosecutor. The document details alleged incidents with boys whom Jacobs knew when he was a teacher, camp counselor or coach at YMCA Camp Warren in Eveleth, and at Blake and Breck schools in the Twin Cities.

In the 12-page document, Assistant County Attorney Judy Johnston claims administrators at all three institutions knew about such allegations no later than the mid-1970s. Jacobs, 66, of Deephaven, ran the park police from 1987 to 2001. He is scheduled to go on trial in October on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is accused of molesting a boy from 2007 until January, when the 15-year-old boy told authorities. He is free on $500,000 bail.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/93067314.html?elr=KArksUUUU
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Catholic Bishops and Pope have higher Approval ratings than Obama

The Bishops are interested in gettng involved with Immigration Reform in the same way they were involved with Healthcare Reform. The media attacks don't help their credibillity when they attempt to promote agendas which aren't clearly aligned with Catholic social teaching.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics' approval ratings of Pope Benedict XVI's job performance while in office had dropped 15 points over the past two years, according to a new poll conducted by Zogby Interactive and commissioned by the National Catholic Reporter weekly newspaper.

The numbers slid from 71 percent in April 2008, as the pope made his first pastoral visit to the United States as pontiff, to 56 percent in April 2010, as Pope Benedict and the Vatican came under increased media scrutiny over past handling of clerical sexual abuse cases.

"Fifteen points is dramatic," said John Zogby, who runs the polling firm that bears his name, at a May 6 luncheon in Washington during which the poll results were issued.

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Vienese Cardinal attacks Sodano: It's ok to be gay sometimes

(AP) – 3 hours ago

VIENNA — Austria's cardinal has said the former second-highest Vatican official blocked a probe into a sex abuse scandal that rocked the country's Catholic church 15 years ago.

Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn also accused Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the retired Vatican secretary of state, of causing "massive harm" to victims when he dismissed claims of clerical abuse as "petty gossip" on Easter Sunday.

Schoenborn's recent comments to a select group of journalists were summarized by the Catholic news agency Kathpress.

Not only replying using the same wording, the Cardinal is sure to get a couple of licks in for his homosexual and leftist agenda by arguing the morally qualitative difference between homosexuals in committed relationships and those who are not and even tried his best to make it look like there was a cover-up in the first place:

"The days of cover up are over," Schoenborn said during last week's interview.

In other comments, Schoenborn was quoted as saying that the quality of a gay relationship should be taken into greater consideration.

"A stable relationship is certainly better than if someone simply indulges in promiscuity," Schoenborn said. The church also needed a new perspective on the remarriage of divorcees, he added.

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Top German bishop probed over sex abuse claims

Top German bishop probed over sex abuse claims

Bishop Fellay stands firmly behind the See of Peter

Bishop Fellay has given a rousing harangue to the troops, assembled on the deck of the Barque of Peter, as if before the battle of Lepanto amid the fluttering of pennants against the darkening skies and the distant shouts of the Church's enemies. He proves once again where the loyalties of the SSPX are, and proves the mettle of the men who serve the Pope in times of need and always have.

The Church’s situation increasingly resembles a sea that is agitated in all directions. We see waves and more waves, which seem to be about to capsize the bark of Peter and drag it into the endless abyss. Since the Second Vatican Council, it seems that a wave has been trying to carry off everything into the deep, leaving only a heap of ruins, a spiritual desert, that the popes themselves have called an apostasy. We do not want to describe this harsh reality again; we have already so often done, and all of you can see that it is so. Still, to us it seems useful to comment somewhat on the events of the past months; I want to speak about the surprisingly violent and particularly well-orchestrated blows that have been dealt to the Church and the Supreme Pontiff. Why such violent attacks?

Father Z has already given his comments on this most recent statement by Archbishop Fellay, yet he calls it a change of perspective.

It's certainly a far cry from what was thought about Bishop Fellay in 2008 when he was accused of "snubbing" Rome. If anyone's perspective is changing, it's the perspective of those who've traditionally attacked the SSPX.

Now that the chips are down, it's been the SSPX who've stood by the Papacy and the Church, as Father Schmidberger did earlier this year.

If anyone has changed their perspective it hasn't been the SSPX, it's been detractors of the SSPX who've had to change their perspectives.

Bishop Bambera takes out Jesuit University. Bam!

Hold on! The Bishop is just letting the man who wrote this souless effeminate statement, attend the lecture to make sure that the pro-Abortion speaker doesn't say anything inappropriate:

Bishop Bambera has engaged in a dialogue with Father Scott Pilarz, S.J., president of the University of Scranton, regarding an event being hosted tonight (May 6) by the University’s Inclusion Initiative.

The stated goals of the Inclusion Initiative involve providing “a more inclusive environment and a better understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity. A safe place and a voice will be provided for these students in our community while holding true and dedicated to Catholic teaching and the Jesuit principle of cura personalis, care for the person as a unique individual.”

Isn't that like letting the fox observe the chickens to make sure they're ok, and not getting suddenly filched? Julius Caesar said, "keep your friends close..." but this stretches things a little too far.

Tonight’s event features a talk by Sara Bendoraitis, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at American University. Ms. Bendoraitis belongs to the Facebook group “AU (American University) Students for Choice,” a group that supports abortion rights. In March she spoke at and accompanied American University students to the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference, which included presentations on abortion rights and access to birth control.

Ms. Bendoraitis obviously supports positions that are contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church. For this reason, Bishop Bambera has expressed concern to Father Pilarz about the University hosting this speaker.

Father Pilarz [SJ] has informed the Bishop that he will attend the lecture to ensure that the principles of Catholic teaching are upheld.

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Father Pilzarz will make sure there's no monkey business.

Poll says abuse scandal now impacts US Catholics less than 2002 crisis

Bishops and Catholic Church leaders should be lookinig at their antagonists and seeing that they've played all their trumps.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The current clergy abuse scandal in Europe has not had the same impact on the U.S. Catholic Church as the 2002 reports of clergy abuse that focused on U.S. priests and bishops, according to a new poll.

The New York Times/CBS News poll -- released May 4 -- shows that U.S. Catholics view the current wave of scandals as a "far-off storm" that has had "no effect" on Mass attendance, financial contributions or parish participation.

Many of the Catholic respondents in the telephone poll conducted April 30-May 2 said they have seen a change in how the church is handling the abuse crisis. The poll questioned 1,079 randomly selected adults and included 412 Catholics.

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Orthodox Patriarch urges Reuninion with Rome

Told you so.

Metropolitan Filaret: It's Time to Take a Step Toward Unity


By Jesús Colina


VATICAN CITY, MAY 6, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The time is now for the Orthodox and Catholic Churches to take a step toward unity, and for Benedict XVI and the Orthodox patriarch of Moscow to meet, says the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus.


Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Sluck said this Tuesday at the international conference held in Rome on "The Poor Are the Precious Treasure of the Church: Orthodox and Catholics Together on the Path of Charity."

During the conference, which was promoted by the Sant'Egidio Community, participants reflected on the reception of the most frail in our societies, the testimony of the Fathers of the Church, and the challenges dictated by new social problems.

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Marquette Rescinds Offer to Homosexual

This isn't just a "man bites dog" story, it's a "Jesuit University enforces Ex Corde Ecclesiae story". It's almost like hearing news of a Martian landing somewhere. Is this for real? If it is, expect howls and cries of alleged discrimination and a need for academic freedom; even if it isn't a real story.

Marquette University on Thursday abruptly rescinded an offer to a sociologist to serve as dean of one of its colleges, angering some students and faculty members who said the university did so after learning she was a lesbian who wrote about sexuality.

Marquette, a Roman Catholic university run by Jesuits in Milwaukee, said the professor lacked “the ability to represent the Marquette mission and identity.”

The professor, Jodi O’Brien, who teaches sociology at Seattle University, is openly gay and writes frequently about sexuality in academic journals.

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FOXNews.com - Pelosi Urges Catholic Church to Play 'Major Role' in Immigration Overhaul

FOXNews.com - Pelosi Urges Catholic Church to Play 'Major Role' in Immigration Overhaul

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The Wanderer gets bought out by Ave Maria

No suprises here. Wanderer caves to the Pizza King.

Has a Venerable Institution been Compromised by Wealth?

I received my Wanderer newspaper in the mail yesterday, as always a week late thanks to the postal service that discriminates against small publications. As usual I gave it a quick scan to see what the main issues are. When I got to the back page the piece that particularly drew my attention was the "retraction and correction" related to recent articles on Tom Monaghan and Ave Maria University and town. I read all the articles and was disappointed that the paper was caving in the face of Monaghan's pressure. The retraction on its face is simply not credible.

Since the very first controversy at Ave Maria over the Monaghan-designed monstrosity of a church, I've followed the events at the school closely. My husband and I were thrilled to hear of a new Catholic college and town and joined the "founders club" early on with regular contributions. However, we withdrew in the light of growing problems over, not only the design of the church, but the draconian actions taken against the Ave Maria Law School in Ann Arbor MI.

We were appalled at the forced move to Florida including the removal of Dr. Charles Rice from the governing board and the suspension of three law professor who sued the president of the law school, Dean Bernard Dobranski, and Tom Monaghan. The professors subsequently won a settlement including full reinstatement and an undisclosed financial award. But a promising institution that had a 100% pass rate for the Michigan Bar Exam in 2004 and was accredited in the shortest time possible, ranked at the bottom in the 2010 U.S. News and World Report review of law schools.

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Cardinal Kasper complains that talks with the SSPX are difficult

According to an interview with Reuters, the often heterodox and getting close to retirment, Cardinal Kasper, can't resist saying things that aren't true. After being out of the loop when the talks between Rome and the SSPX were set to take place, it's not surprising that he's just spreading disinformation, as usual. It's amazing that someone who has been so frequently proven wrong in time still insists on spreading false information. It's even more amazing that he hasn't been relieved of his duties. Correctly, the SSPX, he says, regards him as a heretic.

Removal of Anti-Communist Archbishop Improves Relations with Vatican in Vietnam

A much younger Bishop, highly critical of the Vietnamese Communist government has been replaced by a much older man who meets with the approval of that government.

A major stumbling block to diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Vatican has seemingly been removed with the resignation of a popular Vietnamese Catholic leader and government critic.

Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet was the archbishop of Hanoi for the past five years, overseeing parishes in the capital and in the northern third of the country. He quietly supported a wave of protest vigils calling for the return of government-confiscated church properties and greater religious freedom.

The Vietnamese government, which is often accused of violating religious freedom, hopes to silence human-rights critics, especially in the United States, by establishing full relations with the Holy See. Vietnam, with approximately six million Catholics, offers the Vatican the second-largest Catholic population in Southeast Asia after the Philippines.

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Hans Küng warns against Wholesale Attack on Church

Kung warns of attacks, but he also advocates a "universal ethics". It's doubtful that his universal ethics will have much if anything to do with the natural law.

Why should he warn against something he's done so much to create? It is supposed plausible deniability.

Vatican critic Hans Küng has warned against "condemning the church and its priests wholesale" over clerical sex abuse and dismissed as nonsense claims that Pope Benedict has been "the worst" pontiff "for centuries".

"It would be a bad generalisation to place the whole clergy and Catholic Church under suspicion," the Roman Catholic priest was quoted as saying in an interview with The European, a Berlin-based online news service, according to an ENI report in Insights.

Mr Küng also said he still agrees with Pope Benedict XVI on some key issues, said the report.

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Another article, here.

An Incurable Romantic: Jesuit Highwaymen!

Thailand gettaways shouldn't raise an eyebrow for hardworking donors, benefactors and collaborators: a Jesuit is a very complicated and fascinating man who doesn't play by your rules and gender roles. Yet, despite Papal calls for a clearer declaration of their vaunted loyalty to the Church and Her teachings, they make a mockery of the whole thing, no doubt snickering and chortling about all the fools they've duped along the way.

You may have heard about him first at American Papist, or even on Mark Shea's blog. After facing some intense pressure, Mark Shea took his blog entry down. It seems that Mr. Brissett had some staunch defenders, most notably the dying Jesuit Order and a few of his fellow travellers. Now he's a Scholastic.

This Jesuit belongs to the already beleaguered Oregon Province and there's really no way out but to see him as a liability. The Jesuit Province in Oregon had to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy too. Despite their past mismanagement of personnel, that hasn't deterred them from inviting further problems upon themselves. As Bill Donahue correctly maintains, 80% of abuse cases, the kind which has landed Oregon province in so much trouble so far, are homosexual in nature.

But it's not just that Mr. Brissett is homosexual. That would be sufficient grounds to exclude him from the priesthood altogether. Mr. Brissett has been a voice for change in the past as his advocacy for sex in public restrooms and sex with children will testify.

Mr. Brissett has, as a matter of fact, a kind of ministry in Boystown in Chicago working with "at-risk" youth and perhaps the city of Chicago doesn't have a problem with potential pederasts with a love for exotic Thailand working with their children, but surely there must be a lot of people at the New York Times and at Anderson Law Offices who would benefit from Mr. Brissett's activities at some point. They're not interested now, but they just might be interested in the future.

Some people have suggested that Mr. Cormac has turned over a new leaf. We weren't fooled but many pious folks are. This is Cormac's Facebook profile from a few weeks ago, since taken down, which advertises his membership in facebook groups like GayVancouver.net and Out Twin Cities Film.

We're fairly convinced, given the rousing support for Mr. Brissett in Jesuit circles on the Internet and elsewhere that homosexuality isn't just a passing phase; they say they're sorry for the wreckage they've caused when they got caught at abuse, but this is a persistent if pathological problem and it's a problem the management of the Jesuits is abetting by their negligence; and those who support them in any way are collaborators too.

For the time being, we've been told by the Oregon Pronvince and Arrupe House in Chicago that Mr. Brissett is still a Jesuit in good standing.