Daily Archives: July 3, 2012

Martyrology-July 5th Roman Martyrology-July 5th- on this date in various years- At Cremona in Italy, St. Anthony-Mary Zacharias, confessor, founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul and also of the Angelic Virgins. Distinguished for all the virtues and for miracles, he was placed among the saints by Pope Leo XIII. His body is venerated in the Church of St. Barnabas at Milan. At Rome, St. Zoe, martyr, wife of the blessed martyr Nicostratus. While praying at the tomb of the apostle St. Peter, Read more [...]

[NFL Commissioner] Paul Tagliabue’s LGBTQ ‘Gift’ to Georgetown By Daniel Allott on 7.3.12 American Spectator spectator.org/blog/2012/07/03/paul-tagliabues-lgbtq-gift-to The most recent edition of Georgetown Magazine, Georgetown University’s alumni magazine, reports that former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and his wife, Chandler, have made a $5 million donation to the $1.5 billion For Generations to Come campaign. One million dollars will be devoted to establishing the Tagliabue Read more [...]

Saint Irenaeus: The Peacemaker Who Hated Heresy Posted By Brother André Marie On July 3, 2012 Saint Irenaeus’ [1] name comes from the Greek word for “peace”: εἰρήνη (eirēnē). Catholic authors often mention that he fulfilled his beautiful name when he made peace between the Christian East and Rome: “In 190 or 191 he interceded with Pope Victor to lift the sentence of excommunication laid by that pontiff upon the Christian communities of Asia Minor which persevered in the practice Read more [...]

Gay Ministry Group Refuses Oath of Fidelity to Church Teaching blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/07/03/gay-ministry-group-refuses-oath-of-fidelity-to-church-teaching/ The future of a “Catholic” group which ministers to gay and lesbian Catholics is unclear because its board members are reportedly refusing to sign an “oath of personal integrity” to Catholic teaching given to them by the local bishop. This is especially concerning to Cardinal Newman Society readers as two of Read more [...]

Why the Ecclesia Dei Appointment is Important by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter Link to Original Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia, O.P. was named Vice-President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI. Archbishop DiNoia served with then-Cardinal Ratzinger at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for several years, then with Cardinal William Levada, before being named Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship in 2009 Read more [...]

A new chapter in the Society of St. Pius X saga Lisa Palmieri-Billig Vatican Insider 2nd July 2012 Link to Original One of the things Benedict XVI said about me when he was still Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and I Undersecretary of the Congregation (1993 – 2001) was that I am a ‘nice person.’ Perhaps this is one of the reasons the Holy Father has confided to me one of the things, I am told, he sees as defining his Pontificate. Following Read more [...]

[The Angelic Doctor meets the theologian of the body] Cardinals, scholars ponder St. Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II CWN – July 03, 2012 Over 50 scholars and prelates, including 10 cardinals, gathered at the Vatican from June 29 to July 1 for the twelfth plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. The topic of the meeting was “The Thomistic Legacy in Blessed John Paul II and His Refounding of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.” Cardinal Francis George Read more [...]

‘Raised under the GLBT umbrella’ CWN – July 03, 2012 Dawn Stefanowicz, a Canadian author raised by an actively homosexual father, discussed her experiences in a recent interview with Catholic World Report. “Our identity, security, and sense of personal ancestry come from knowing our mother and father; this is lost in homosexual unions,” says Stefanowicz, author of Out From Under: The Impact of Homosexual Parenting. “Every kid wants to be raised by biological parents who are Read more [...]

Controversy arising over ‘liquid cremation’ method by Kelli Wynn 3rd July, 2012 – The Miami Herald Link to Original DAYTON, Ohio — Some in the funeral business in Ohio are seeking state approval for a new and controversial technique for disposing of human bodies through chemical decomposition. The technique, alkaline hydrolysis, involves placing a body inside a stainless-steel cylinder machine that is used to accelerate natural decomposition, shrinking years into hours. The process Read more [...]

Vietnam: Catholics targeted by thugs and authorities. Dozens of faithful injured during by Nguyen Hun 7/3/12 www.asianews.it/news-en/Vinh:-Catholics-targeted-by-thugs-and-authorities.-Dozens-of-faithful-injured-during-25179.html A group linked to the Patriotic Front targets the Catholics of Con Cuong while celebrating mass. A woman has fractures to her head and is hospitalized. The authorities pay authors of the raid up to 25 dollars as “compensation” for their “work”. Protest of Read more [...]

Will she be removed? Member of parish liturgy committee excommunicates herself by participating in sham ordination by Roman Catholic Womenpriests 7/3/12 www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=05e88e0f-0ea0-4a72-bbfe-ea7826acf03d A member of the liturgy committee at a San Francisco parish was “ordained a deacon” on Saturday, June 23, according to the website of Roman Catholic Womenpriests. Participants in such sham ceremonies are automatically excommunicated, but the group Read more [...]