Daily Archives: July 11, 2012

The General Chapter of the Society of St. Pius X opened Monday, July 9, 2012, at the seminary of Econe (Switzerland), and will continue until Saturday, July 14. The object of this meeting is to examine issues that arise between the elective chapters that take place every 12 years – the next will be held in July 2018. In the present context, following the response of Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on June 14, 2012, this chapter will permit Read more [...]

Obama’s ‘September surprise’ for American Catholics By Phil Lawler | July 11, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=925 If Barack Obama is a clever politician, he will soon offer the US Catholic bishops another “compromise” on the HHS contraceptive mandate. Such a gesture could boost the President’s chances for re-election, and obviously Obama would welcome that result. The proffered compromise could also cause deep divisions within the Catholic Church in America, Read more [...]

Vatican: It’s not the “smoke of Satan” that’s the problem THE VATICAN Vatican Insider interviews Domenico Mogavero, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Sicily) and member of the Italian Episcopal Conference’s Immigration Commission GIACOMO GALEAZZI VATICAN CITY “Paul VI spoke of “the smoke of Satan” when he entered the Vatican. Taking a look at recent news, what we area dealing with is not Satan’s smoke but the need for structural reform,” says Mogavero, who for many years was Read more [...]

Cardinal Cottier assesses legacy of Vatican II CWN – July 11, 2012 Cardinal Georges Cottier, who served as theologian of the pontifical household from 1989 to 2005, assessed the legacy of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) as the fiftieth anniversary of its opening approaches. The prelate, now 90, served as a peritus at the Council. “I would say that much has been done,” he said in an interview. “For example, the structure of episcopal conferences; the way some of them function Read more [...]

The Original Godless Terrorists By George J. Marlin Wednesday, 11 July 2012 www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/the-original-godless-terrorists.html Two hundred and twenty-three years ago the French Revolution began when a Parisian mob stormed and looted the Bastille, which at the time housed only seven non-political prisoners. Many of the revolutionary agitators – Robespierre, Danton, Saint-Just, Marat, and Couthon – were determined to eliminate the Catholic Church Read more [...]

Catholic parents’ group: trustees obliged to refuse to implement Gay-Straight Alliances Peter Baklinski www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-parents-group-demands-trustees-reject-mcguintys-anti-bullying-solu TORONTO, Ontario, July 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic parents’ group is urging Catholic trustees to refuse to comply with Ontario’s that forces Gay-Straight-Alliance clubs (GSAs) into separate schools. Instead the parents are asking trustees to follow the bishops’ Read more [...]

Barney Frank’s same-sex ‘wedding’ attended by Catholic Congressmen Ben Johnson www.lifesitenews.com/news/barney-franks-same-sex-wedding-attended-by-catholic-congressmen BOSTON, July 10, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barney Frank, the first open homosexual to serve in Congress, got “married” to his boyfriend this weekend in a five-minute service that counted among its attendees many putatively Catholic members of Congress. Over the weekend Frank attended a ceremony with James Read more [...]