Daily Archives: May 16, 2012

Martyrology-May 18th Roman Martyrology-May 18th- on this date in various years- At Camerino, the holy martyr Venantius, who, at fifteen years of age, along with ten others, ended a glorious ordeal by being beheaded under Emperor Decius and the governor Antiochus. The birthday of St. John I, pope and martyr, who was called to Ravenna by the Arian king of Italy, Theodoric, and died there after being in prison a long time for the true faith. His feast, however, is celebrated on the 27th of Read more [...]

I thought you might find this one humorous. Nothing like a little humor to keep us going

(JTA) — A bishop for a traditionalist Catholic breakaway group said the relationship between Jews and Christians is a fundamentally antagonistic one. Jews “see in Christianity the cause of their situation today,” Bishop Bernard Fellay, the Society of St. Pius X’s superior general, told the Catholic News Service this week. “If you think of what happened to them during World War II, they claim that the fault or the cause is Christianity, which we claim is wrong,” Finlay said. He said that while Read more [...]

The SSPX and the Electronic Grapevine Document leaks fuel speculation about schism within the SSPX on the eve of major CDF meeting. Michael J. Miller May 16, 2012 www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1349/the_sspx_and_the_electronic_grapevine.aspx A letter by the General Superior of the Society of St. Pius X clarifying his response to Rome’s Doctrinal Preamble was submitted to the Vatican on April 17 and now awaits review on May 16 by the “Wednesday meeting” of the Congregation Read more [...]

What Is Georgetown’s Public Policy Institute [the group behind Sebelius' invite]? blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/what-is-georgetowns-public-policy-institute/ The notorious invitation to “pro-choice’” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that has caused so much grief at Georgetown University originated inside the Jesuit institution’s Public Policy Institute (GPPI), a top-ranked (here) graduate program that awards advanced degrees and is no stranger to hosting “pro-choice” Read more [...]

Here’s what I wrote to one of our members who was inquiring about emial and IP addresses being available to the person who creates a post: This is interesting. I thought only I was seeing that info because I’m the admin. I’ve looked into the matter further. It turns out that wordpress gives everyone who is an “author” (the default status given when a new user joins) the ability to see that information. The idea is to give every author control over their thread and know who is posting to it. It Read more [...]

The following article is a Google translation from the original Spanish: read with caution. Update: here is a link to what appears to be an original english version. MAY 16, 2012 The discussion continues The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has considered the last response Fellay and the positions of the other bishops of the Fraternity. The next day the dossier on the table of Pope By Andrea Tornielli – Vatican City – Is what has happened this morning in the “Fair quarta” Read more [...]

Chronicles Magazine by Patrick J. Buchanan May 11, 2012 It took Joe Biden’s public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out. But after Joe told David Gregory of Meet the Press he was “absolutely comfortable” with homosexuals marrying, Barack Obama could not maintain his credibility with the cultural elite if he stuck with the biblical view that God ordained marriage as solely between a man and woman. The biblical view had to go. Obama had to move, or look like a malingerer in Read more [...]

Meet the ‘Experts’: Rev. Thomas P. Doyle www.themediareport.com/2012/05/15/rev-thomas-p-doyle-op/ Reliable, professional Church-basher: Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, O.P. [This is first in a continuing series of profiles of individuals whom the media often cites in its coverage of the Catholic Church abuse narrative.] When the media is seeking a voice to blast away at the Catholic Church over the sex abuse issue, one reliable source is often Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, O.P., a Dominican Read more [...]

President Obama’s Allies Take on CNS blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/president-obamas-allies-take-on-cns/ Political organizations tied to the Democratic Party–including MoveOn.org and a leading Catholic-left organization–are on the warpath against the Cardinal Newman Society. In an email distributed today by the left-wing advocacy group MoveOn.org to its Washington, D.C.-area members, Michael Sherrard of Faithful America denounced The Cardinal Newman Society as “a Read more [...]

Vatican laicizes Canadian bishop convicted of importing child porn May. 16, 2012 By Catholic News Service OTTAWA, Ontario — Raymond Lahey, the retired bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, who was convicted of importing child pornography, has been laicized by the Vatican, said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. A statement on the CCCB website Wednesday said the conference learned from the Vatican that “Raymond Lahey has been dismissed from the clerical state.” As such, he loses Read more [...]

Cardinal Ranjith wants his seminary run by the SSPX Kardinal Ranjith will sein Priesterseminar der Piusbruderschaft übergeben › Katholisches: The Archbishop of Colombo, Albert Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith Patabedinge would be ready to entrust the management and training of the seminarians of his Archdiocese to the SSPX. Such a step, according to the Cardinal would be possible if the SSPX is accepted and canonically erected. The The Cardinal expects this project to improve training of future priests. Read more [...]

Found an absolutely fascinating thread on Ignis Ardens at z10.invisionfree.com/Ignis_Ardens/index.php?showtopic=9446 . Here is the critical post. It comes from “Dumb Ox” : The real governing body of SSPX is its priests and its General Chapter. This is because SSPX is not a legally constituted organization within the Church. It is merely a voluntary association of Catholic priests without religious vows. From 1970-1975, in a trial period, it held a very lowly canonical status Read more [...]

Just a heads up in case anyone is wondering why things still get funky every now and then. Still getting the bugs out, adding stuff, taking stuff out etc. Looks like we’re well on our way to a new home. Most of the members are telling me that they like they REALLY like the new digs once they get used to it. I didn’t at first, but now I’m just loving nearly everything about this. Nevermind that it’s made nearly ALL of our tech issue disappear, this paltform just looks, feels and acts like we took Read more [...]

[Obama hires ex-Catholic for 'faith outreach'] In face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach director religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/in-face-of-faith-based-attacks-obama-campaign-hires-faith-outreach-director/ Washington (CNN) – Just as it confronts fallout with some religious communities over President Barack Obama’s newly expressed support for same-sex marriage, the Obama re-election campaign is hiring a religious outreach director, it confirmed Tuesday. Read more [...]

Organized religion ‘is where all the trouble comes from’: [Catholic] DePaul commencement speaker by Ben Johnson www.lifesitenews.com/news/depaul-commencement-speaker-favors-population-control-opposes-oppressive-or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, May 15, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nation’s largest Catholic university will feature a commencement speaker who believes “the rest of life would benefit enormously” from the extinction of mankind, considers Christianity “the most dangerous Read more [...]

The cardinal’s silence continues… By Phil Lawler | May 16, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=297 Following up on an editorial in the archdiocesan newspaper, the Archdiocese of Washington has issued a statement on Georgetown’s commencement invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The archdiocese understands the “concerns, objections, and even outrage” that the invitation has caused. The situation is “shocking” and “especially distressing,” Read more [...]

CNS Sends More Than 26,000 Signatures to Georgetown Opposing Invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/cns-sends-more-than-26000-signatures-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/ The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Read more [...]

Bishops Respond Strongly to Obama Administration’s “Accommodation” on HHS Mandate blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/bishops-respond-strongly-to-obama-administrations-accommodation-on-hhs-mandate/ Catholic colleges and universities hoping that the Obama administration’s proposed “accommodation” to the HHS contraceptive mandate might be acceptable to the U.S. bishops got some bad news yesterday. The USCCB publicly rejected the “compromise” to the administration’s Read more [...]

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Communique on the Society of St. Pius X Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) – Early this afternoon, the Holy See Press Office issued the following communique regarding the Society of St. Pius X: “As reported by news agencies, today, 16 May 2012, an Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith met to discuss the question of the Society of St. Pius X. In particular, the text of the response of Bishop Bernard Fellay, received on 17 April, 2012, was Read more [...]

Traditionalist leader talks about his movement, Rome

USCCCP renews call for nuclear arms reduction [previously in early March (see below)] CWN – May 16, 2012 An official of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined by representatives of arms control groups and the Union of Concerned Scientists, met with a deputy national security advisor on May 7 and presented him with a petition calling for nuclear arms reduction. The petition urged President Barack Obama to “end outdated U.S. nuclear war-fighting strategy, dramatically Read more [...]

Controversy continues as Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=1ec36b4d-47cd-48c7-8646-c5713f6562d4 The following excerpts come from a May 11 story of Catholic News Agency. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Girl Scouts of the USA is continuing to fall under scrutiny for its alleged connections to groups that promote abortion, contraception and homosexuality. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Read more [...]

It’s said that it’s not good to apply the modern world to tradition, but it IS good to apply tradition to the modern world. The singing is other-worldly.