La Plata ( CNA ) - Archbishop Hector Aguer of the La Plata in Argentina said on Monday that the new book by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, “Nocturnal Conversations in Jerusalem,” “casts doubt on truths and practices” continuously taught by the Church.
During his program “Keys to a Better World,” the archbishop said that in his book, Cardinal Martini casts doubt on “truths an...... [Show More]
- A university administrator fired from the University of Toledo for her published remarks criticizing homosexuality and expressing her Christian views has filed a lawsuit against the school. The suit alleges the violations of her constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection of the law.
Toledo, OH ( CNA )
Attorneys who filed the suit charged that the administrator was...... [Show More]
You’ve heard that a proposed EU declaration which would condemn “dis criminatio n based on sexual orientation and gender identity” has been criticized by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, who heads the Holy See’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations. Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi agreed, saying it could lead to discrimination against Christ...... [Show More]
Hanoi ( CNA ) - In one of the largest protests to be held in Vietnam in decades, more than 5,000 people gathered in a candlelight vigil on Sunday evening at Saigon Redemptorist Monastery to demonstrate support for eight Catholics who will be put on trial under false pretenses.
Government authorities have charged the eight parishioners of Thai Ha Church with “damaging state property and...... [Show More]
I hope I’m not being ironic by spreading this news ... on my blog: Students today are in danger of losing this balance [between solitude and communion], the Holy Father explained, due to the increased use of information technologies. “On the one hand, they run the risk of a growing reduction in their capacity for concentration and mental application on an individual level; on the other,...... [Show More]
...l where she devoted her last years in Dire-Dawa, Ethiopia. Her body was returned to the motherhouse of her congregation in 1961. She was beatified on Octorber 20, 2002 by Pope John Paul II....... [Show More]
... The Power of a Bold Bishop
Bishop Martino credited for fact Pennsylvania Catholics did not vote for Obama as they did nationally
http://www .lifesiten ews.com/ld n/2008/dec /08120112. html...... [Show More]
...The tragedy is that almost 6,000 fewer children will be celebrating a first Christmas this year because they were aborted in Planned Parenthood’s Indiana clinics,” he remarked....... [Show More]
Scranton, PA ( CNA ) - Bishop of Scranton Joseph F. Martino’s October comments emphasizing the importance of abortion in Catholic voters’ decisions could result in continued national and even international attention focused upon the Pennsylvania bishop, Catholic observer John Allen says.
At a faith and politics forum at St. John’s Catholic Church in the town of Honesdale in October...... [Show More]
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I noticed this as an updated story in the Blade, Ex-administrator sues UT over firing which had been expected to eventually be done as far back as May when the Toledo Free Press provided an update, Dixon uses Web site to raise funds .
As the TFP article points out:
On the home page, Dixon provides supporters with two ways they can help: to send contributions to “help defray … ongoing su...... [Show More]
...sentenced to death by hanging, drawing and quartering. His martyrom in Tyburn on December 1, 1581 sparked off a wave of conversions to Catholicism. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970....... [Show More]
... Benedict XVI concluded, "The icon of Advent is the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus. We invoke her to help also us to become a prolongation of humanity for the Lord who comes."...... [Show More]
...of that conversion from sin that Jesus announced so long ago: ‘This is the time of fulfillment. The reign of God is at hand! Reform your lives and believe in the Gospel! 217;” ;...... [Show More]
Secularism is coming to Spain:
In the northern city of Valladolid, Judge Alejandro Valentin ordered the Macias Picavea School to remove religious symbols from classrooms and public spaces, arguing that the presence of these symbols in areas where minors are educated can promote the idea that the state is closer to Catholicism than other religions, the Edmonton Journal reports.
His decision c...... [Show More]
LATEST example of the Catholic Church losing its grip in Spain comes in the form of a court ruling that ordered the Macias Picavea School in the northern city of Valladolid to remove crosses from its walls.
Judge Alejandro Valentin decided that religious symbols in classrooms and public spaces where youngsters are educated could promote the idea that the state is closer to Catholicism than oth...... [Show More]
Vatican City ( CNA ) - Shortly after completing the Angelus prayer and his reflections on Advent , Pope Benedict turned his attention to the outbreaks of violence in India and Nigeria and deplored the thinking of the attackers.
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai , India began on Wednesday evening but were only brought to an end on Saturday. The perpetrators of the attacks and their motive...... [Show More]
Media buzz is stirring over pres ident-elec t Obama’s pending announcement of more Cabinet members. But it hasn’t settled down yet since his pick the other day of a pro-abortion activist for communications director.
He’s communicating, alright.
So much for the idea that President-elect Barack Obama is a closet pro-lifer.
This notion is being comprehensively disproved by th...... [Show More]
...ed cross in Achaia, Greece. He is the patron saint of Scotland. His remains were transferred to Scotland in the fourth century and additonal relics were taken there in the seventh century....... [Show More]
Day One
Why Advent? What’s the point?
I have been asked that more than once, particularly by my Evangelical friends: why do Catholics and others, put so much stock in “ritualistic” sorts of things not explicitly spelled out in scripture – things like Advent, and its trappings - the purple vestments, the Advent wreaths and such. “Jesus came once for all, he doesn’t keep coming,...... [Show More]
I suppose I should pass over in silence the blog flap over whether President-elect Obama might properly name Pepperdine lawprof Douglas Kmiec as Ambassador to the Holy See ( Michael Sean Winters, America Magazine, pro ; UCLA lawprof Stephen Bainbridge, con and more ). It’s not as if I have a horse in the race, exactly. Although he’s a respected guy, I had never warmed to...... [Show More]
Bad Doug. No Diplomatic Bone.
Winters’ argument fails to impress
In a November 23,
blog entry
for the Jesuit’s America Magazine, Michael Sean Winters argued that
law professor Douglas Kmiec would be the “perfect person” to
represent the Obama Administration as the U.S. Ambassador to the
Vatican.
The Holy See is unconvinced. Furthermore, it is not even amus...... [Show More]
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