CATHOLIC NEWS: British government prepares to greet Pope with "shocking" list of anti-Catholic gestures... PLUS 8 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: British government prepares to greet Pope with "shocking" list of anti-Catholic gestures... PLUS 8 MORE

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British government prepares to greet Pope with "shocking" list of anti-Catholic gestures

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Advisers to the Pope are starting to regret that he accepted an invitation to visit Britain this September after official papers emerged that suggested he should be asked to open an abortion clinic, bless a gay marriage and launch a Benedict-branded condom range. The document also suggested that the National Anthem be changed...

Pope asks Bloggers to Give Internet a Soul

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 07:26 AM PDT

The need to give the Internet a soul and humanize the dynamics of the digital world was at the heart of Pope Benedict XVI's message Saturday to participants in a conference on modern means of mass communication. Promoted by the Italian Bishops Conference, "Digital Witness" draws together experts in information technology, social networking...

Today's Sunday funnies

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 07:18 AM PDT

good comics from Brian Farrington and Steve Kelley.

In Praise of Cheerful Men

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Hearing about a shortage of farm laborers in California, the couple who would become Susumu Ito's parents moved from Hiroshima to become sharecroppers near Stockton. Thus began a saga that recently brought Ito, 91, to the Holocaust Memorial Museum here, where he and 119 former comrades in arms were honored, during the annual Days of Reme.

Report says Pope to launch 'Pontifical Council for New Evangelization'

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:12 AM PDT

According to a report from a well-connected Italian Vatican writer, Pope Benedict XVI will shortly announce the creation of a "Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization," to be presided over by Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella. The office will be dedicated to rekindling the faith in the developed West...

Shocking disgrace of Pope memo: God Save Our World

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 04:36 AM PDT

In The Sunday Times online we report that the Pope's advisers are starting to regret he ever accepted the invitation to come to Britain in September. This emerged following the Fantastic exclusive by my colleague in religious affairs, Jonathan Wynne-Jones at The Sunday Telegraph...

The Foreign Office's sick attack on the Pope: what did you expect?

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 03:17 PM PDT

A magnificent scoop from my colleague Jonathan Wynne-Jones, who reveals in The Sunday Telegraph that Foreign Office proposals for the Pope's visit to Britain included suggestions that he should bless a gay marriage, launch papal-branded condoms and open an abortion clinic. David Miliband has apologised; the Catholic hierarchy is furious...

The Permanent Scandal of the Vatican

Posted: 24 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT

First Things editor Joseph Bottum has a long must-read of a piece showing over at the Weekly Standard. The day the Antichrist is ripped from his papal throne, true religion will guide the world. Or perhaps it's the day the last priest is gutted, and his entrails used to strangle the last king, as Voltaire demanded. Yes...

What Did He Call Me? - On the Significance of Being the Sheep of the Lord

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 07:59 AM PDT

We're so used to hearing that the Lord is our Shepherd and we are his sheep that sometimes we miss the humor of the Lord calling us sheep. The Lord could have said we're strong and swift as horses, beautiful as gazelles, or brave as lions. But he said we are like sheep. I guess...