CATHOLIC NEWS: Archbishop Gomez warmly welcomed in Los Angeles... PLUS 11 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Archbishop Gomez warmly welcomed in Los Angeles... PLUS 11 MORE

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Archbishop Gomez warmly welcomed in Los Angeles

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Archbishop Jose Gomez was officially welcomed at a Rite of Reception Mass in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Wednesday, a move that officially begins his ministry within the southern California community.

It's not about the money… well… not just about the money

Posted: 27 May 2010 08:16 AM PDT

There was story recently that, mirabile dictu, the Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court backing Holy See's claim of immunity from a lawsuit brought against an alleged pedophile priest in the United States. You have to wonder what these lawyers are really after.

St Augustine's Chair

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:29 AM PDT

Today is the memorial of St Augustine of Canterbury, and tomorrow is the 28the anniversary of Pope John Paul's historic visit to Britain in 1982. This photograph from the visit shows the Holy Father reading the lesson at the ecumenical celebration at Canterbury Cathedral. At the top of the steps you see the famous Chair of St Augustine.

Now this is my kind of bishop

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:44 AM PDT

Bishop James Conley, auxiliary bishop of Denver, throws out the first pitch before a recent Rockies-Nationals game: I had the pleasure of working with then-Fr. Conley in the early 1990's on pro-life efforts. He was an outstanding priest, and I'm sure he is an outstanding bishop. And it looks like he's a pretty tough southpaw as well.

Incredible: Baby art like you've never seen

Posted: 27 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT

I am seriously impressed by the unique pro-life art of Camille Allen: She even manages to make the phrase "babies for sale" not sound so mercenary.

"Mahony Goes; Gomez Comes. Christ Alone Endures."

Posted: 27 May 2010 09:33 AM PDT

And in a word, church... wow. The sound might've been a bit low on the webstream. In the house, it was anything but... and to signify the close of "Arch Madness," the winner was surprisingly seated in the "championship trophy," nine months early. It all needs a bit more time to process and type out.

Catholic Church Lets Copernicus Out of Hell!

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

By Mark Shea | So the other day one of my readers declared: Copernicus was so afraid of the catholic church that he waited until he was on his death bed to proclaim that the earth as was believed by the catholic church was not the center of the universe and that it was the sun.

"And With Your Spirit" - It's Not What You Think

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:42 PM PDT

Of all the questions I've had about the New Translation of the Roman Missal the most common revolves around the response of the people "And with your spirit" as a replacement for the current "And also with you." One woman said to me, "It sounds as if our bodies no longer matter?" Flawed Premise? Most of...

Why it's foolish to sue the Church

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:31 PM PDT

In the organizational structure of the Catholic Church in America, the Province of Denver includes the dioceses of Pueblo and Colorado Springs in Colorado, the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming, and the province's metropolitan (or senior) see, the Archdiocese of Denver. That makes Denver's bishop an archbishop. As that archbishop, I

Trouble for the Church, and Democracy, in Ukraine

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT

In 1999, prior to Leonid Kuchma's second inauguration as president of Ukraine, a prayer meeting involving all confessional leaders of the newly independent country was held at the Church of Holy Wisdom in Kiev: an important ecumenical moment in the reconstruction of civil society in the former Soviet republic, and a practice subsequently codified legall.

Cardinal shares previously unpublished details about beatification of Fatima chlidren

Posted: 26 May 2010 03:56 PM PDT

In an interview with L'Osservatore Romano, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, revealed a series of previously unpublished details about the beatification of the shepherd children of Fatima, such as the creation of a commission which concluded that the two children exercised heroic virtues.

You Have Been Exorcised

Posted: 26 May 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Did you know that you have (most likely) received an exorcism? It is true. In baptism there is a minor rite of exorcism that most of us have received. There are two different kinds of exorcism, which is defined as driving out or warding off demons and their influence. Major Exorcism - these are the kind of exorcisms that make good books.