Daily Archives: July 1, 2012

By Jan Crawford (CBS News) Source Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court’s four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama’s health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations. Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, Read more [...]

Under pressure from Vatican, Yad Vashem rewords Pius XII wall text By Nir Hasson | Jul.01, 2012 www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-s-yad-vashem-holocaust-memorial-softens-stance-on-pius-xii.premium-1.447920 Yad Vashem is due to unveil a new wall text on Sunday describing the actions of Pope Pius XII during World War II, softening a previous message which stated that the head of the Catholic Church had not protested verbally or in writing to the murder of Jews by the Nazis. Read more [...]

[Hat-tip to SantePater.com] Liechtenstein soundly rejects call to remove prince’s power of veto over referendum results By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012 GENEVA — Voters in tiny Liechtenstein have soundly rejected a call to take away the ruling prince’s power to veto referendum results. Government figures showed that 76.1 percent of voters, or 11,629 people, rejected the initiative titled “Yes — So that your vote counts” in a referendum Sunday. Turnout Read more [...]

800th anniversary of Las Navas de Tolosa Posted by New Catholic at 7/01/2012 rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/07/800th-anniversary-of-las-navas-de.html At least two major battles for the history of the Church and her expansion will have their centennials celebrated this year. One is arguably one of the major turning points of the entire History of mankind, as it ended persecution against the Church and lay the political foundation of the Christian Era – the Battle of the Milvian Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 3rd Roman Martyrology-July 3rd- on this date in various years- At Rome, the birthday of Pope St. Leo II, confessor, who passed to heaven filled with merits during the first year of his pontificate. At Chiusi in Tuscany, in the reign of Emperor Aurelian, the holy martyrs Irenaeus, a deacon, and Mustiola, a matron, who were subjected to various atrocious tortures and merited the crown of martyrdom. At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Trypho and twelve others. At Read more [...]

Archbishop DiNoia, Ecclesia Dei and the Society of St. Pius X The native New Yorker, secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, discusses his new role and the challenges he expects. by EDWARD PENTIN 07/01/2012 In a bid to keep talks on course to a possible reconciliation, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed American Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia as vice president of the commission charged with helping to bring the Society of St. Pius X back into Read more [...]

What did Bp Williamson say? An appeal to a man with an unreleased tape 01 July 2012 In recent weeks Stephen Heiner – blogger, filmmaker, sedevacantist self-publicist – made a claim which went largely unnoticed, but which could be of considerable importance to the ongoing situation in the Society of St Pius X. Here I am going to lay out the facts of the matter, before making an appeal to Mr Heiner. On May 21 2012 Heiner wrote: In 2009 when I did my first of three London interviews Read more [...]

Father and son become Catholic priests… as their wives watch Debbie Denmon WFAA // June 30, 2012 at 9:19 PM www.wfaa.com/news/local/Like-Father KELLER — “Charles Albert Hough the III.” Bishop Kevin Vann’s historic words rang out at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller as he called first the father… and then the son. “Charles Albert Hough the IV.” Both answered the call before a big congregation during a one-of-its-kind ordination. “Oh, this is a great moment Read more [...]

Andrea Tornielli- Vatican City Vatican Insider July 1, 2012 Link to original In his homily for the priestly ordinations in the Swiss town of Ecône, the Superior of the Society of St. Pius X confirmed that the Lefebvrians could not sign the Vatican’s doctrinal preamble He had not made any public statement during the meeting with Cardinal William Levada on 13 June, in the Vatican. But today, the Superior of the Society of St. Pius X, Bishop Bernard Fellay, confirmed that no agreement Read more [...]