Daily Archives: July 17, 2012

Bishop Matthew Clark leaving indelible mark on diocese clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2012/07/bishop-matthew-clark-leaving-indelible.html Bishop Matthew H. Clark remembers the letter: stern, foreboding, and signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — the man whom the world knows today as Pope Benedict XVI. Delivered to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester in 1986, the Vatican’s letter said that Rev. Charles E. Curran’s beliefs on the subjects of masturbation, homosexuality Read more [...]

Spurning Spanish Sanctuary … Fashion models disrespect God in front of a world famous cathedral … From: Catholic News Roundup 07-17-2012: starting at 3:42 From the transcript: www.churchmilitant.tv/scripts/news-2012-07-17.pdf The Cathedral of Santiago of Compostela was profaned this week by a lingerie modeling show that took place right in front of the doors of the world renowned shrine. The seventh Galicia Fashion Week is being held outdoors for the first time and organizers decided Read more [...]

MEDIA COVERAGE OF BISHOPS AND NUNS July 17, 2012 www.catholicleague.org/media-coverage-of-bishops-and-nuns/ Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Media coverage of both the “Fortnight for Freedom” events sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the competing “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, reveal interesting results. A total of 141 dioceses, involving tens of thousands of Catholics, participated in the USCCB events; Read more [...]

[Catholic] Prince of Liechtenstein Risks Crown to Defeat Abortion Lobby by J.C. von Krempach, J.D. | Liechtenstein | LifeNews.com | 7/17/12 www.lifenews.com/2012/07/17/prince-of-liechtenstein-risks-crown-to-defeat-abortion-lobby/ In a previous post we reported about the attempts of the anti-life lobby to legalize abortion in Liechtenstein, a small principality in Central Europe that, as one of the last European countries, maintains a legal ban on abortion. When in 2011 a popular Read more [...]

Source: Bractwa Kapłańskiego Św. Piusa X Dispatch on General Chapter of the Society It is claimed on the Internet that on Sunday, July 15th, I purportedly said that there „would be no agreement with Rome”. In fact, I informed the faithful about the General Chapter, which concluded its meeting in the spirit of the utter unanimousness, and that I find this fact to be another miraculous act of Blessed Virgin Mary, who has lent a sympathetic ear to prayers of Her children, asking Her to protect Read more [...]

Turning the Hearts of the Fathers Posted By Brother André Marie On July 17, 2012 Last time [1], I concluded with the proposition that sexual sins, while not the worst of sins, are particularly ant-paternal, as they are bound up with the generative faculties. The Creator, in His goodness, made humans capable of physical, rational, volitional, and emotional bonding. Not only can we be attracted physically to members of the opposite sex, but we can also “fall in love” (emotionally), take Read more [...]

[If she thinks that the bishops are suffering from some sort of delusional mass hysteria, then from what is the LCWR suffering: Delusional mass heresy?] Psychologist: Bishops’ lashing out at sisters is a distraction Jul. 17, 2012 By Kathy Galleher ncronline.org/news/vatican/bishops-lashing-out-sisters-distraction Viewpoint Since the Vatican’s public release April 18 of the results of the doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, many American Catholics Read more [...]

Scottish cardinal calls for referendum on same-sex ‘marriage’ By David Kerr www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/scottish-cardinal-calls-for-referendum-on-same-sex-marriage/ Edinburgh, Scotland, Jul 16, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Keith P. O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh has challenged the Scottish government to hold a nationwide referendum on same-sex“marriage,” following its commitment to schedule a vote for independence. “Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum Read more [...]

Pope: Church must preach what God says not what people want to hear by John-Henry Westen www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-church-must-preach-what-god-says-not-what-people-want-to-hear VATICAN CITY, July 16, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a homily delivered in the town of Frascati in Italy Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI noted that the Apostles were called by Christ to preach the truth even if people don’t want to hear it. He said: Jesus sends them out two by two and gives Read more [...]