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Monthly Archives: April 2010
A fine brief moment of consolation
It has been a mucky week. We have had to cope with the "filth" of which Papa Ratzinger spoke in his famous Stations of the Cross in 2005 shortly before his election. It has been a tough week without a … Read More
In justice to Card. O’Malley of Boston on the foot-washing issue
I received this from a reader: I thought I’d bring to your attention yesterday’s post on [Boston’s Archbishop] Cardinal O’Malley’s blog. It seems every Holy Week the issue of the washing of women’s feet comes up and the Cardinal is ALWAYS … Read More
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RECENT POSTS OF INTEREST
Here are some recent posts of interest, which will scroll off the front page (I need a new template). But first… “Oremus Pro Pontifice” stuff and store An unusually good Newsweek piece about clerical sexual abuse – be sure to … Read More
An unusually good Newsweek piece about clerical sexual abuse – be sure to read
It is unusual to find something good in Newsweek but this is good. People have been charging that sexual abuse of children is somehow more prevalent among Catholics and that this is due to priestly celibacy and its all male … Read More
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Whereas, there are cases in the past when highly placed officials of the Catholic Church have for whatever reason covered over clerical sexual abuse of children or they have ignored it. Whereas, had the MSM not reported on those cases … Read More
Cardinal Prefect [NOT RATZINGER!], Canadian hierarchy knew of abuse, covered it
This is pretty bad, from CWN: Cardinal prefect, [NOT RATZINGER!] Canadian hierarchy knew of Vatican official’s abuse April 09, 2010 Seven Ontario bishops and Cardinal José Sanchez, the prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy, were aware by 1993 that … Read More
An uphill battle
For every 100 bigoted or stupid words written in MSM stories alleging that Pope Benedict was part of the problem and not the driving force towards a solution, fair-minded people with actual reasoning skills have to write or read 1000 … Read More
AP throwing more spaghetti at Pope Benedict: this time from California
UPDATE: 10 April 1743 GMT: The New York Times has a piece which essentially echoes what I wrote, below. I added it at the end. _______ ORIGINAL POST 9 April 2050 GMT:_______ I am sure that some of the writer’s … Read More
“Oremus Pro Pontifice” stuff and store
In light of the attacks on Pope Benedict which are sure to continue in the media, I thought it would be a good idea to pray more frequently for the Holy Father and to help you remind others to do … Read More
Marty Haugen, protestant, “composer”, priestess champ, to lead diocesan translation workshop
From the blog Ten Reasons I found this: Were the St. Louis Jesuits unavailable? You wouldn’t think that Marty Haugen, the Protestant composer of so much of the liturgical music that’s come to symbolize "what went wrong" after the Council, … Read More
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