CATHOLIC NEWS: Murphy Case: NYT Never Talked to Judge... PLUS 8 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Murphy Case: NYT Never Talked to Judge... PLUS 8 MORE

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Murphy Case: NYT Never Talked to Judge

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 07:13 AM PDT

In a remarkable piece, we get a sense of confirmation, that the New York Times and the mainstream press are doing their best -during Holy Week, as usual- to (at the very least) foment disgust at the Pontiff and the Catholic Church and/or (at worst) create a climate that "demands" a papal abdication. But curiously...

Taking a Brief Break from Sacraments for Holy Week

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PDT

By Mark Shea | Speaking of which, here's some resources on how they celebrate Easter—or more precisely "Pascha" in the Eastern Church. This, by the way, is one of the many demonstrations of the way in which obsession with Rome makes anti-Catholics blind to certain elementary truths about the Christian faith.

The California Corrections Crisis

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Winston Churchill once said that Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities. California is in the midst of what one expert calls a "seismic shift"—and it has nothing to do with the San Andreas Fault.

St. Augustine on the culture of a failing empire

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:25 PM PDT

As the flaws of the Western Roman Empire became too great to sustain, St. Augustine wrote:'So long as it [the republic] survives,' they say, 'so long as it prospers, rich in resources, self-confident in victory, or, better still, secure in peace, what difference does it make to us?

Goodbye, Good Friday?

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:07 AM PDT

As one friend of mine noted, reading this item, "We live in interesting times..." : One week before the most solemn day in the Christian year, the city of Davenport, Iowa removed Good Friday from its municipal calendar, setting off a storm of complaints from Christians and union members whose contracts give them that day off.

A United Easter

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 07:04 AM PDT

We are very fortunate this year that Easter is being celebrated on the same day in both the East and the West. I think it is one of the more tragic consequences of our division that most years all Christians do not celebrate the most holy day of the year together. But this year we get lucky. If you have an opportunity...

Annulments in the News - Too Many?

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 07:35 PM PDT

I suppose Annulments are an odd topic for Holy Week, but they are in the news. And then again, it is the chief work of the Lord in Holy Week to reconcile us to the Father and to one another. And this is one area where we really need the Lord's grace and mercy. Over the past months a few of the...

Praying for the Pope & for All

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Archbishop Timothy Dolan got a stand ovation in the middle of mass, this weekend, for his passionate defense of Pope Benedict XVI against what seems to be a concerted effort to undo his papacy, via distortion and a media rushing-to-judge.

17 of 20 members of new Medjugorje commission known (unofficial)

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:30 AM PDT

This post may be updated, so please check back. I have edited in a few more links since posting it earlier. Several Croatian and BiH sources, such as Vecernji List and Sarajevo-X [google translate versions] are reporting that 17 of the 20 members of the new Medjugorje commission are known.