CATHOLIC NEWS: Was the Last Supper a Disaster?... PLUS 7 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Was the Last Supper a Disaster?... PLUS 7 MORE

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Was the Last Supper a Disaster?

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 08:31 PM PDT

The Last Supper could never be called a disaster since the Lord Jesus was there. But in terms of everyone else and their behavior it was nothing short of a disaster. Indeed it was so awful that one could hardly have faulted the Lord for saying, "That's it Father, I've had it with them, I'm...

Episcopal Sin Disproves Humanae Vitae?

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:00 PM PDT

By Mark Shea | The other day a reader wrote: It seems crazy to me to believe that God supernaturally protects the church against errors in faith and morals in very narrowly defined cases, but allows an almost unimaginable culture of abuse and corruption. That makes for a very very weird, legalistic conception of God, IMO.

This is Unconscionable

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 06:01 PM PDT

From the Anchoress: MSNBC ran a headline on their website: "Pope Describes Touching Boys: I Went Too Far." NBC has apologized (the linked story had absolutely nothing to do with the headline, or with the pope, for that matter). Really? Will heads roll, too? They should, but I doubt they will. Tagged: Demonization...

31 Years Ago

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:22 AM PDT

On March 17, 1979 my first sister, Erin Patricia was born. Due to a combination of complications and medical incompetence she died on March 30, thirteen days later. I got to hold her once. When Paula and I were married it took us over two years to conceive the first time. We miscarried Blue Bonnet a couple of weeks into that pregnancy.

A look at the unprecedented Medjugorje commission

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:09 PM PDT

I was one of several American Catholics interviewed recently for this Our Sunday Visitor newspaper article on the vexing subject of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje. Those who've read my previous comments about that on this blog or who have heard me discuss it on my radio show already know where I'm coming from.

Making the case for 'consubstantial'

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 12:10 PM PDT

By Russell Shaw Among Catholics generally, the realization has begun to sink in that we'll soon receive and in due course start using a new English translation of the Mass. A few people have known that for a long time, and among them reactions are of two kinds: eager anticipation on the part of some, dissatisfaction verging on rejection on the part of others.

For All the Saints: Benjamin

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:46 PM PDT

I wrote once that the saints are hard corps. I used a battlefield story from the Korean War era to make my point about how the saints can motivate us to be better Christians. That is, unless they repel us and shame us with their bravery. Today's saint, for example. It is the feast day of St. Benjamin.

This Court Protects Kids

Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:35 AM PDT

Jio Fontan is a student at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City during the 2007-08 school year. Three miles from Wall Street, it's a place where, we're told, kids like Jio frequently "don't even have dreams" about what they could achieve in the near or far term. Jio, who makes the National Honor Society before graduation...