Daily Archives: June 11, 2012

EDITORIAL: McGuinty’s gay clubs bill puts the bishops’ call for heroism to the test www.lifesitenews.com/news/editorial-mcguintys-gay-clubs-bill-puts-the-bishops-call-for-heroism-to-the June 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s bishops gave us a striking call last month to make “heroic” sacrifices in the face of laws that violate our conscience. Providentially, their conviction was put to the test only weeks later. A mere 11 days after the Canadian Conference of Catholic Read more [...]

Fr. Yves le Roux :: Winona, MN Priestly Ordinations Personal Invitation on 15th of June, the glorious Feast of the Sacred Heart. Fr. Le Roux informs us there will be 8 Priest ordained (6 for the SSPX) and 13 Men will take the Diaconate. Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais will confer the ordinations on that day – Great news ! Read more [...]

[The other member of the Catholic Culture couple comments on Bishop Fellay's statement] Bishop Fellay’s Rhetoric By Dr. Jeff Mirus | June 11, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=975 Last Friday’s headline, Bishop Fellay: ‘total acceptance of Vatican II’ no longer prerequisite for full communion with Holy See, has provoked a variety of reactions. What the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X has said is undoubtedly face-saving and even to some degree Read more [...]

Due Cause for Concern: Sr. Farley’s Book Used by College Professors blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/06/11/due-cause-for-concern-sr-farleys-book-used-by-college-professors/ The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has been chortled and snickered at for causing a book it condemned to go from virtual obscurity to a near best-seller almost overnight. Even popular Catholic blogger Rocco Palmo criticized the Vatican in the pages of The Washington Post, asking Read more [...]

[All depends on what Dona Cardinal Wuerl does or doesn't do] Georgetown Alum: Canon Lawsuit Has Great Prospects for Success blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/06/11/georgetown-alum-canon-lawsuit-has-great-prospects-for-success/ Georgetown alumnus and former Cardinal Newman Society president Manny Miranda strongly disputes a charge that the canonical effort to pressure Georgetown University into reclaiming its Catholic identity is, while “noble,” not likely to yield results. Read more [...]

The following has been posted on a discussion forum which has played a big part in permitting the defamation of priests of the Society of St Pius X. One priest in particular has been smeared repeatedly: Fr Grégoire Celier. The author of the post, “Nemmersdorf”, spoke at length to Fr Celier on 11th June 2012, and read his “controversial” book (Benoît XVI et les Traditionalistes) “cover to cover”. In the interests of removing the stain on Fr Celier’s reputation, created by people Read more [...]

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Denmark: mandatory same-sex marriage ceremonies don’t [yet] apply to non-Lutheran churches CWN – June 11, 2012 Denmark’s minister for ecclesiastical affairs has assured the head of the nation’s sole Catholic diocese that the new law requiring churches to solemnize same-sex marriages will apply only to the official Lutheran church. “One never knows,” cautions [Catholic] Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen. “Indeed there have been voices who suggested this law should be obligatory Read more [...]

Goa church rues shrinking Christian numbers in Israel 11 June 2012 India News By IANS twocircles.net/2012jun11/goa_church_rues_shrinking_christian_numbers_israel.html Panaji : The Roman Catholic Church in Goa has expressed solidarity with Palestinians in general and Palestinian Christians in particular, in the face of what the Church has described as “Israel’s punitive and discriminating actions that have resulted in massive deprivation of human rights and in failing humanitarian Read more [...]

Backing DREAM Act, USCCCP campaign says Rubio bill would ‘create permanent underclass’ CWN – June 11, 2012 Urging Catholics to contact members of Congress and offering seven “talking points,” the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Justice for Immigrants campaign has renewed its previous calls to support the DREAM Act while criticizing an alternative measure proposed by Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is the son of two Cuban immigrants. “The US Conference Read more [...]

For Greater Glory…For Christ the King by Christopher Check 6/11/12 www.crisismagazine.com/2012/for-great-glory-for-christ-the-king Imagine needing the grace of the confessional yet unable to find a priest. Imagine being unable to find a priest to baptize your baby or to witness your marriage. Imagine a country without confirmations or ordinations. Imagine longing to receive Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but having no Mass at which to assist. Indeed, Mass is not simply Read more [...]