Daily Archives: July 25, 2012

By: Tradical Introduction The recent and continuing interactions between the Vatican and the SSPX have been a great opportunity for prayer and reflection. The basis for the disagreement is theological and not liturgical. As noted by Dr. Lamont (2012), the SSPX theological position on the four key controversial aspects of the Second Vatican Council are base on prior theological work that resulted from relevant magisterial pronouncements.  So it is difficult to understand the apparent rejection Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 27th Roman Martyrology-July 27th- on this date in various years- At Nicomedia, the martyrdom of St. Pantaleon, a physician. For the faith of Christ he was apprehended by Emperor Maximian, subjected to the torture and burned with torches, during which torments he was comforted by an apparition of our Lord. He ended his martyrdom by a stroke of the sword. At Bisceglia in Apulia, the holy martyrs Maur, a bishop, Pantaleon, and Sergius, who suffered under Trajan. At Nicomedia, Read more [...]

DOJ: Family Can’t Run Their Business as Catholics Terry Jeffrey Jul 25, 2012 townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2012/07/25/doj_family_cant_run_their_business_as_catholics/page/full/ William, Paul and James Newland and their sister, Christine Ketterhagen, who together own Hercules Industries, have no right to conduct their family business in a manner that comports with their Catholic faith. The federal government can and will compel them to either surrender their business or Read more [...]

Demonic influence in Colorado theater shootings? CWN – July 25, 2012 In a sober, informative analysis, Father Dwight Longenecker addresses the possibility that demonic influence may have been involved in the mass murder in a Aurora, Colorado movie theater. Recognizing some indications that the alleged shooter, James Holmes, was influenced by some evil power, Father Longenecker reviews the levels of possible demonic involvement: influence, obsession, and finally infestation or possession. Read more [...]

Bishop defends Vatican critique of LCWR CWN – July 25, 2012 In an interview with National Public Radio, the bishop who conducted a Vatican-ordered apostolic visitation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) explained the Holy See’s demand for a reform of the group. Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo, Ohio, said that the LCWR is “promoting unilaterally new understandings—a new kind of theology—that is not in accordance with the faith of the Church.” National Public Read more [...]

Bishop fears attacks on Christians in Aleppo CWN – July 25, 2012 The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo—Syria’s largest city—says fear is widespread that Christians there will be attacked. “If they come in around our churches and round our bishopric, just as they did in Homs, it will be disastrous for us,” said Bishop Antoine Audo, SJ. 120,000 Christians fled Homs, the nation’s third-largest city, following attacks by rebel factions during the spring. “If they went Read more [...]

Hat-tip to Catholic World News: A New York Times article on Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha’s upcoming canonization focuses on the “complex emotions” that surround it. The Times finds that the reaction is “complex, particularly among American Indians. Some are proud, because Kateri was a Mohawk. Some doubt the truthfulness of her story as told by the church. Some hope the canonization will ease tensions between Catholic and traditional American Indians. And some are euphoric that the Church Read more [...]

[People don't die from AIDS but usually from diseases which their auto-immune system (made deficient because of AIDS) could not overcome] Scottish archbishop-elect faces criticism for comment on homosexuality CWN – July 25, 2012 Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, named this week to be the new Archbishop of Glasgow, has come under heavy fire because of offhand remarks he made earlier this year about the sudden death of a homosexual politician. David Cairns, a former Catholic priest who was Read more [...]

From bureaucratic leadership, spare us, Lord By Phil Lawler | July 24, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=928 In a thought-provoking Wall Street Journal column William McGurn worries that the net result of the sex-abuse scandal at Penn State will be a multiplication of new rules and regulations rather than a recognition that leadership entails personal responsibility—and a commitment never to “look the other way.” “At most of our modern campuses,” McGurn Read more [...]

Catholic ‘Day for Life’ about sports? Really? Hilary White, Rome Correspondent www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-day-for-life-about-sports-really ROME, July 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If you were to ask the average, ordinary British person, whether Catholic or not, what the most pressing subject matter would be for the Catholic Church’s annual “Day for Life,” what do you think they might say? What do the words “life issues” and “Catholic” usually mean to people Read more [...]

[National Catholic Bioethics Center's] John Haas warned Catholic Relief Services “scandal would be unavoidable” with grant to CARE by John-Henry Westen www.lifesitenews.com/news/john-haas-i-advised-catholic-relief-services-not-to-fund-care WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There has been a flurry of response to the LifeSiteNews revelations on July 17th that Catholic Relief Services’ top grant-recipient has been a major promoter of contraception. The $5.3 million Read more [...]

BBC Bashed for Program Attacking Catholic Church’s Pro-Life Views by Wendy Wright | London, England | LifeNews.com | 7/24/12 www.lifenews.com/2012/07/24/bbc-bashed-for-program-attacking-catholic-churchs-pro-life-views/ The remarkable Dr. Robert Walley wrote an open letter to the BBC about the debate we blogged on earlier. Following the Gates’ Summit on Family Planning, the BBC titled the segment “Should We Promote Contraception In Developing Countries?” As the Professor Read more [...]