Daily Archives: June 20, 2012

A handful of Society priests rebel publicly against their Superior General. Denial of authority is proclaimed as a core principle. Union with Rome is rejected out of hand. Sound familiar? In 1983, Archbishop Lefebvre wrote to the Society and its supporters in North America. His words bear revisiting today. 28 April, 1983 Ridgefield, Connecticut Dear Friends and Benefactors, What was latent for many years in the relations between most of the priests of the North-East District Read more [...]

‘Get in line’ or ‘resign’ Admiral tells military chaplain by Jean McCarthy www.lifesitenews.com/news/get-in-line-or-resign-admiral-tells-military-chaplain WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the U.S. Military fight and die to uphold freedom, high-level military chaplains report they are increasingly being denied freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. There is also alarm about the negative effects on troop morale over the undoing of the 237-years’ Read more [...]

Government-funded ‘registry of homophobic acts’ launched today in Quebec by John-Henry Westen www.lifesitenews.com/news/government-funded-registry-of-homophobic-acts-launched-today-in-quebec QUEBEC, June 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what they are touting as a “world first,” a Quebec homosexual activist group has launched a “registry of homophobic acts” with support and funding from the Quebec Government’s Justice Department. Standing alongside Montreal Police Read more [...]

Our Aversion to the Leprosy in the Church Wednesday, June 20, 2012 The crisis of apostasy from the Catholic faith is still as evident as ever, with no strong or effective proponency from within the church to derail it. One need only visit a diocesan parish and suffer through a wedding or funeral to verify that the ill-formation of priests from the 1960’s forward still haunts a preponderance of the church. I recently attended a Novus Ordo funeral for an infant who died after only 3 weeks Read more [...]

IMPOSING THE GAY AGENDA [ON CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS] June 20, 2012 www.catholicleague.org/imposing-the-gay-agenda/ Bill Donohue comments on a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of a lesbian employee of St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Westchester, New York; she is seeking medical coverage for her spouse: It is not the Catholic Church that is seeking to impose its agenda on others, it is homosexual activists who voluntarily join a Catholic institution and then seek to upend its Read more [...]

Vatican Cardinal refuses to celebrate the [upcoming 2017 500th] anniversary of the Reformation May 5, 2012 topgunhi.com/vatican-cardinal-refuses-to-celebrate-the-anniversary-of-the-reformation-maranatha.html/ [The] head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch refuses to celebrate the anniversary of the Reformation. According to the Cardinal, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – the events that split the Catholic church can not be called Read more [...]

Revisiting the Anointing of the Sick: Some Problems Today The Church needs to clarify the administration of the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for a number of reasons. June 16, 2012 By Fr. Mark A. Pilon, STL, STD Homiletic & Pastoral Review www.hprweb.com/2012/06/revisiting-the-anointing-of-the-sick-some-problems-today/ In 1974, when I was a deacon in Texas, a priest from Fort Worth came to Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas to speak to the deacon class about ministry to the Read more [...]

[Hat-tip to New Oxford Review] Rio + 20: Catholics for Choice Deceives Itself and Others Posted on | June 18, 2012 by Stefano Gennarini, J.D. www.turtlebayandbeyond.org/2012/abortion/rio-20-catholics-for-choice-decieves-itself-and-others/ If you have not seen the briefing paper from the Catholics for Choice (CFC) organization regarding the place of the Holy See in international politics, stop reading now and move on. It just isn’t worth your while to read garbage. But if you have Read more [...]

New American Bible to be revised [for the umpteenth time] into single translation [A continuing boondoggle for Catholic biblical scholars?] By Michelle Bauman www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/new-american-bible-to-be-revised-into-single-translation/ Atlanta, Ga., Jun 19, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops have announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy. “The goal Read more [...]

Now Pentagon celebrates homosexual behavior Defense Department advocacy for ‘tolerance’ quickly turns to promotion By Michael F. Haverluck 6/20/12 www.wnd.com/2012/06/now-pentagon-celebrates-homosexual-behavior/ There’s the story about the Marine veteran who said, “I joined the Marines and homosexual behavior was illegal. Then they made it optional. I’m getting out before they make it mandatory.” Just a joke? Perhaps. But the U.S. military, which only months ago moved Read more [...]

CHA head emphasizes: government program, not Catholic hospitals, should pay for contraceptive coverage CWN – June 20, 2012 The CEO of the Catholic Health Association has explained why the association recently called upon the Obama administration to broaden the religious exemption to the HHS mandate to include Catholic hospitals. “Initially, we felt like we were being told that that was in the works,” said Sister Carol Keehan. “I don’t want to second guess why that changed, but Read more [...]