Daily Archives: August 9, 2012

Martyrology-August 11th Roman Martyrology-August 11th- on this date in various years- At Rome, between the two laurels situation about three miles from the city, the birthday of St. Tiburtius, martyr, under the judge Fabian, in the persecution of Diocletian. After he had walked barefooted on burning coals and confessed Christ with increased constancy, he was put to the sword. Also at Rome, the holy virgin Susanna, a woman of noble race, and niece of the blessed Pontiff Caius. She merited Read more [...]

The Al Smith dinner: the cardinal and the tax collector By Phil Lawler | August 09, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=931 Jesus ate with tax collectors. And Cardinal Dolan plans to eat with President Obama—who, Chief Justice Roberts tells us, has imposed a “tax” on employers who refuse to subsidize contraception. But there’s a difference. When Jesus sat with tax collectors, the dinners were private. They were not “photo ops” for political candidates. Read more [...]

The Crystal Cathedral: Center of Culture? By Dr. Jeff Mirus | August 09, 2012 www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=383 “We can create the most significant Catholic cultural center in the world outside of the Vatican.” Thus did Hank Evers of the Orange Catholic Foundation enthuse when visiting Catholic dignitaries toured the newly-purchased Crystal Cathedral in California. Would that it were so easy! But a building does not make a cultural center, no matter Read more [...]

Pax Christi, Call to Action chapters plan to oppose diocese, back HHS mandate in court CWN – August 09, 2012 Call to Action Pennsylvania, Catholics for Social Justice, Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi and the Association of Pittsburgh Priests are seeking permission from a judge to file a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of the HHS mandate. The four organizations criticized the Diocese of Erie, which has filed suit to overturn the mandate, for “join[ing] the attack on an important legislative Read more [...]

Pennsylvania Catholic college will not permit student gay-lesbian group CWN – August 09, 2012 Despite pressure from an online petition drive, a Pennsylvania Catholic college is remaining firm in its resolve not to recognize a student LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) group. “If we are staying true to the teachings of the Catholic faith, it would be hypocritical to allow a club that would celebrate a LGBT lifestyle,” said Jerry Joyce, vice president for student affairs Read more [...]

San Francisco parish drops drag queens from fundraising event CWN – August 09, 2012 San Francisco’s most notoriously “gay-friendly” Catholic parish has announced that drag queens will not be allowed at a fundraising event this year for the first time. The policy change for Most Holy Redeemer parish comes shortly after the appointment of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, and could mark a shift in the attitude that archdiocesan leaders will bring to bear on the parish. Drag queens had Read more [...]

No open discussion of Vatican demands at LCWR assembly CWN – August 09, 2012 At the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), members have been asked not to speak to reporters about the issue on everyone’s mind: the LCWR response to a Vatican call for reform of the group. Sister Patricia Farrell, the LCWR president, told members: “If in your own conscience you cannot understand or perceive confidentiality as anything other than total transparency, we ask Read more [...]

Filipino bishops warn that Reproductive Health Bill first step toward legal abortion Thaddeus Baklinski www.lifesitenews.com/news/filipino-bishops-warn-that-reproductive-health-bill-first-step-toward-legal MANILA, August 8, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Philippines’ Catholic bishops said the government’s recent move to end 14 years of contentious debate on the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill and force a vote, will have “tragic and catastrophic” consequences for Filipinos if the Read more [...]

Jesuit Law School Dean Signs Scathing Resignation Letter blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/08/09/jesuit-law-school-dean-signs-scathing-resignation-letter/ The Dean of a Jesuit law school resigned Wednesday with a scathing resignation letter that called into question the integrity and honesty of the institution. Saint Louis University told Insider Higher Ed that the dean was able to resign only because she had avoided a meeting Wednesday at which she was to have been fired. “It Read more [...]

The strange case of “His Eminence” Bell Date: August 9, 2012 Source: vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/fiesole-santa-sede-holy-see-17232/ MONSIGNOR BELL WITH THE POPE A tough clash has broken out between the Bishop of Fiesole and Leo XIII’s “Tridentine” congregation, whose superior, the “Archbishop of London”, is not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and is cursing ANDREA TORNIELLI VATICAN CITY The media Read more [...]