Daily Archives: July 23, 2012

Catholics urge Vatican Cardinal to skip dissenting conference on Vatican II by Patrick B. Craine www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholics-urge-vatican-cardinal-to-skip-dissenting-conference-on-vatican-ii OTTAWA, Ontario, June 27, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic activists are urging a Vatican Cardinal to skip a controversial conference at Ottawa’s Saint Paul University in Ottawa this September that features numerous speakers strongly opposed to Catholic teaching. The “Vatican Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 25th Roman Martyrology-July 25th- on this date in various years- St. James the Apostle, brother of the blessed evangelist John, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa at about the feast of Easter. He was the first of the apostles to receive the crown of martyrdom. His sacred bones were on this day carried from Jerusalem to Spain, and placed in the remote province of Galicia, where they are devoutly honoured by the far-famed piety of the inhabitants, and the frequent concourse of Read more [...]

The Voice of Catholic Tradition Presents a Radio Broadcast Featuring – - – A Traditional Catholic Priest Radio Broadcast Sunday, July 22, 2012 On WALK 1370 AM Radio 7:00AM – 7:30AM Like the Criseros We Must Rise Up to Defend Our Faith. The Voice of Catholic Tradition broadcasts a sermon given by a Traditional Catholic priest who reminds us that Our Lord shed every drop of His Blood for our redemption. In the month of July, dedicated to the Precious Blood, we are reminded that, like the Read more [...]

Lefebvrians say they can only accept doctrinal preamble on three “conditions” THE LEFEBVRIANS The Secretary General of the Society of St. Pius X has published a letter on the web stating: “We must be free to criticise and correct the errors of the Council” ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY The Lefebvrian General Chapter concluded a few days ago following the Holy See’s request for a response from the Fraternity regarding the doctrinal preamble. By accepting and signing the preamble, Read more [...]

New Book’s Ironic Claim: Catholic Church Paid to Send Obama to an Alinsky-Founded Group’s Community Organizing Training … Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:33am by Billy Hallowell A new book by conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly and American Spectator journalist George Neumayr exposes never-before-seen documents that purportedly show that the Catholic Church supported, and gave monies to, Barack Obama in the 1980s to attend a community organizing training with the Saul Alinsky-founded Read more [...]

Italian influence at Vatican now waning? CWN – July 23, 2012 A series of personnel changes in the Roman Curia—mostly at the level of second-in-command in various dicasteries—have lowered the level of Italian influence at the Vatican, writes Sandro Magister of L’Espresso. The changes could become more noticeable, Magister says, when the Pope announces the names of the prelates who will receive red hats at the next consistory—perhaps next year. With relatively few openings in the Read more [...]

LCWR leader missed chances to affirm Church teaching in NPR interview CWN – July 23, 2012 Donna Bethell notes that when she was interviewed by National Public Radio, Sister Patricia Farrell, the president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, was presented with multiple opportunities to make a clear affirmation of Church teaching on issues that included the ordination of women, abortion, contraception, and homosexuality. She did not, leaving questions as to where she stood on each Read more [...]

English columnist says bishops’ conference trivializes Day for Life [this year about the London Olympiad] CWN – July 23, 2012 In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae, Pope John Paul II suggested that a Day for Life be set aside each year. In England, the bishops’ conference has followed that suggestion–but in a way that misses the point, argues William Oddie. Year after year, the episcopal conference has devoted the Day for Life to causes that are tangential to the main concerns of abortion Read more [...]

Devil always trying to wreck God’s peace Benedict XVI talks about the meaning of the Good Shepherd theme during the Angelus. He expresses solidarity with the victims in Aurora and Zanzibar. The London Olympics are “an occasion to promote brotherhood and peace.” 7/22/2012 www.asianews.it/news-en/Devil-always-trying-to-wreck-God‘s-peace-25352.html Castel Gandolfo (AsiaNews) – “The devil is always trying to wreck God’s work, sowing divisions in the human heart, between body and soul, Read more [...]

Vatican scolds reporters for ‘Vatileaks’ speculation CWN – July 23, 2012 The Vatican has voiced “firm and total disapproval” of Italian and German newspaper reports naming three individuals who are allegedly being investigated in connection with the leaks of confidential papal documents. Speculative stories “which are not based on objective criteria” are harmful to the Church and to the reputations of the individuals, said Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press Read more [...]

Notre Dame Grad Students Petition in Favor of HHS Mandate blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/07/23/notre-dame-grad-students-petition-in-favor-of-hhs-mandate/ A group of philosophy graduate students at the University of Notre Dame recently created a petition opposing the university’s lawsuit against the HHS mandate. They even go so far as to say that by accepting the mandate – i.e., giving up Notre Dame’s right to act according to its Catholic mission – the university could Read more [...]

BIAS MARKS ACCUSER IN UNIV. OF TEXAS CASE July 23, 2012 www.catholicleague.org/bias-marks-accuser-in-univ-of-texas-case/ Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the controversy over a recently published article by University of Texas at Austin sociologist Mark Regnerus: In the July 2012 issue of Social Science Research, University of Texas at Austin professor Mark Regnerus addresses the issue of gay parenting. His work, which appears in a peer-reviewed journal, is being Read more [...]

[A new form of overseas outsourcing of jobs] Hat-tip to New Oxford Review: Gay marriage raises demand for ‘rented wombs’ Surrogate motherhood business in India increases In India, surrogate motherhood has become a $2.3 billion industry. There are no official statistics, but it appears gay couples from rich countries account for a large chunk of the overseas market. The link between rented wombs and gay marriage Michael Cook | Thursday, 19 July 2012 If marriage leads to children, Read more [...]

Law Prof at Catholic College Says Bishops Crossing the Line Separating Church and State, Suggests Penalties blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/07/23/law-prof-at-catholic-college-says-bishops-crossing-the-line-separating-church-and-state-suggests-penalties/ A law professor at Duquesne university is accusing the bishops of crossing the line separating church and state and even suggests an appalling interesting array of punishments and penalties in America Magazine. Nicholas P. Cafardi, Read more [...]

Missouri bishops back proposed state prayer amendment CWN – July 23, 2012 The bishops of Missouri have endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that will ensure “that any person shall have the right to pray individually or corporately in a private or public setting so long as such prayer does not result in disturbance of the peace or disruption of a public meeting or assembly.” The amendment will also ensure that “citizens as well as elected officials and employees of the state Read more [...]

Catholic Relief Services responds to news report on contraceptive funding CWN – July 23, 2012 Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the US bishops’ official relief and development agency, has responded to a LifeSiteNews report on its 2010 grant of $5,380,466 to CARE, a humanitarian agency that integrates contraception into its emergency and relief efforts. The grant was “for use in collaborative anti-poverty programming in Central America and Africa,” CRS said in a statement. The funds Read more [...]