Daily Archives: August 1, 2012

Martyrology-August 3rd Roman Martyrology-August 3rd- on this date in various years- At Jerusalem, the finding of the body of blessed Stephen, protomartyr, and of the Saints Gamaliel, Nicodemus, and Abibo, through a divine revelation made to the priest Lucian, in the time of Emperor Honorius. At Philippi in Macedonia, St. Lydia, a dealer in purple, who was the first to believe in the Gospel when the apostle St. Paul preached in that city, as is related by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles Read more [...]

Correcting History, Personally: Stages on the Road By Dr. Jeff Mirus | August 01, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=991 How shall I interpret my title? It could be a call to sanctity, certainly. But I have in mind the remarkable work that Sigrid Undset did in Stages on the Road. As you may already know, Undset was a Nobel prize-winning Catholic novelist in the first half of the twentieth century, the author of such works as Kristin Lavransdatter and The Master of Hestviken. Read more [...]

Edification from a Legal Complaint Posted By Brother André Marie On July 31, 2012 As reported earlier, the Newland family, who own Hercules Industries, won a partial victory [1] in their case against Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama Administration’s HHS contraception mandate. Reading legal complaints is hardly something one would do for the purposes of edification; however, the complaint [2] filed by the Newlands speaks of their Christian duties. Catholic businessmen should read this: Read more [...]

Paying for Past Sins Posted By Gary Potter On August 1, 2012 Most readers of these lines will not have been around when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs first on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and then on Nagasaki three days later. I was myself only a kid, but clearly remember that although folks didn’t celebrate in the streets of my home town, San Francisco, as they soon would when Japan surrendered, bringing an end to World War II (the Germans had already stopped fighting), Read more [...]

[Worcester] Massachusetts diocese could face legal action for refusal to sell retreat center CWN – August 01, 2012 A Massachusetts man [and his male mate] may bring legal action against the Diocese of Worcester, after the diocese rejected his bid to purchase a retreat center. Alain Beret reports that he had settled with the diocese on a purchase price for the Oakhurst Retreat and Conference Center, which he planned to use as a venue for weddings and other social events. Negotiations apparently Read more [...]

Kansas bishops lament [Obama]national debt CWN – August 01, 2012 Reflecting on the economy and the election, the bishops of Kansas outline principles of Catholic social teaching and note that “unlike issues involving intrinsic evils such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and threats to religious liberty and conscience rights, Catholics of good will may have legitimate disagreements about how to apply Church teaching in the economic sphere.” “While the Church does not endorse specific Read more [...]

[Hat-tip to Catholic World News] [Minnesota pro-homo-marriage pol] Mark Ritchie gets uninvited [by archdiocesan authorities] from [liberal] Catholic [parish] speaking engagement By Doug Belden August 1, 2012 www.twincities.com/ci_21201458/ritchie-disinvited-speak-at-minneapolis-catholic-church-appearance After consultation with archdiocese officials, a Roman Catholic church in Minneapolis has rescinded a speaking invitation for Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who is at the center Read more [...]

[Hat-tip to Catholic World News: "[A] welcome change from many other statements issued by the American Catholic hierarchy in recent years … marked by considerable confusion. The statement on religious liberty, on the other hand, is clear in its argumentation and also fully in accord with the central principles of Church teaching” (although from the Vatican II perspective of religious liberty and rights of conscience)] The End of the Age of Distraction After decades of questionable pastoral Read more [...]

[Hat-tip to Catholic World News] Why I Don’t Call Myself a Gay Christian July 27, 2012 Daniel Mattson www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/07/why-i-donrsquot-call-myself-a-gay-christian-1 Joshua Gonnerman recently wrote a provocative piece for this column, “Dan Savage Was Right.” What began as an advocacy for the Church to become family for the homosexual community soon became a discussion of the validity of Gonnerman’s matter of fact description of himself as “a Christian Read more [...]

[Nonetheless, the sodomite-support group still has "Catholic" in its title] New San Fran archbishop required Catholic homosexual group to sign oath of fidelity Patrick B. Craine www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-san-fran-archbishop-required-catholic-homosexual-group-to-sign-oath-of SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 31, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what one Catholic pundit described as the Pope’s “bombshell by the Bay,” Benedict XVI has appointed stalwart pro-life and pro-family Read more [...]

Confirmed: President Obama to speak at NY Catholic Charities Al Smith dinner John-Henry Westen www.lifesitenews.com/news/confirmed-president-obama-to-speak-at-catholic-charities-usa-annual-fundrai NEW YORK, July 31, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although controversy dogged his first appearance at the charity’s annual fundraiser in 2008 alongside Sen. John McCain, Catholic Charities has again extended an invitation to President Obama to speak at this year’s event. Meghan Myers, Read more [...]

[Will another former Vatican ambassador (Douglas Kmiec) start a "Catholics for Obama" outreach?] Six Vatican Ambassadors Start Catholics for Romney Outreach by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 7/31/12 www.lifenews.com/2012/07/31/six-vatican-ambassadors-start-catholics-for-romney-outreach/ Six former Vatican ambassadors have banded together to lead a new outreach for Mitt Romney presidential campaign to encourage Catholic voters to support him over pro-abortion President Read more [...]

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