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- Holy Father appoints new auxiliary bishop for Philadelphia
- Settled Law? Not so Fast…
- Back Home, A Jubilee
- Historic Growth: Korean Catholics Pass 10 Percent Milestone
- New Islamic developments in the murder of the Bishop in Turkey
- Many Who are Last, Will Be First: Pondering the Great Reversal
- Mary Matalin, new Catholic
- As baseball fans go, there's ‘nun better' than Cleveland's Sister Mary Assumpta
- Are female altar servers allowed at a Traditional Latin Mass?
- Turkey: bishop's accused killer shouted Islamic phrase
- How serious is the 'predator priest' problem?
- Church fails to confirm ANY major venue for a papal event as it tries to shift responsibility to the Government
- America's failed pledge on religious freedom
| Holy Father appoints new auxiliary bishop for Philadelphia Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:27 AM PDT Philadelphia, Pa., Jun 8, 2010 / 10:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy Father appointed Msgr. John McIntyre as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Tuesday. At the same time, the Pope accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Maginnis, who has retired at the age of 75. |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2010 10:02 PM PDT Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan reportedly "considers abortion rights to be settled law" (USA Today, May 21, p. 5A). And we can expect during her confirmation process to hear a number of Senators echo that assertion. Yet America's courts and legislatures have a proud history of changing "settled law." America has, on various occasions... |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:08 AM PDT Good morning, River City.... Tough loss on the field last night... Must-Win on the ice later on... ...and now, it is announced from Rome that B16 has retired the much-loved Bishop Bob Maginnis, now 76, naming Msgr John McIntyre... |
| Historic Growth: Korean Catholics Pass 10 Percent Milestone Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:08 AM PDT The number of Catholics in South Korea has passed 10 percent for the first time since the faith was established here in 1784. |
| New Islamic developments in the murder of the Bishop in Turkey Posted: 08 Jun 2010 08:06 AM PDT There is a new theory working concerning the murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese in Turkey by his "crazed" driver. The original claim was that the bishop's driver, was depressed, etc., and then stabbed the bishop to death. Now the working theory is that the depression was faked to supply a benign defense. |
| Many Who are Last, Will Be First: Pondering the Great Reversal Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:37 PM PDT One of the strong traditions of Scripture is of the great reversal that will one day come for many. I have often been sobered by it when I consider how blessed I have been in this life. I have also been consoled by it when I struggle to understand why some people in this world... |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:10 PM PDT The Republican strategist, editor and talk show host (and wife of Democratic loud mouth, James Carville) spoke to the Catholic Media Convention last weekend. At one point, she mentioned that she was raised Methodist, but joined the Catholic Church this past Easter, through RCIA. From Catholics News Service... |
| As baseball fans go, there's ‘nun better' than Cleveland's Sister Mary Assumpta Posted: 07 Jun 2010 11:22 AM PDT Sister Mary Assumpta Zabas with Cleveland Indian mascot Slider after throwing out the first pitch before an Indians' game a few years ago. (CNS/Courtesy Catholic Universe Bulletin) There's "nun better" in the eyes of the Baseball Reliquary than Holy Spirit Sister Mary Assumpta Zabas of Cleveland. Sister Mary Assumpta, 64... |
| Are female altar servers allowed at a Traditional Latin Mass? Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT I concluded a long time ago that, the present law being in force, yes, it would be licit for females to serve at a TLM, but … I wouldn't give much for the peaceful life of the priest afterward. Tar and feathers are tough to remove. Furthermore, according to the present law, male servers are the norm.{pun. |
| Turkey: bishop's accused killer shouted Islamic phrase Posted: 07 Jun 2010 11:02 AM PDT The man charged with killing Bishop Luigi Padovese reportedly shouted "Allah Akbar!" after repeating stabbing the prelate, and boasted of having killed "the great Satan." Police and... |
| How serious is the 'predator priest' problem? Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:43 PM PDT The U.S. Catholic Church is still shuddering from the effects of the sexual abuse crisis. Most Catholics are still critical of the church's handling of the matter, and one in 10 are considering leaving the faith altogether. Some believe that clerical celibacy is at the core of the crisis, while others blame the all-male character of the priesthood. |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:47 AM PDT Catholic tour operators are running advertisements offering travel arrangements, accommodation and tickets for the Beatification of John Henry Newman by Pope Benedict XVI on September 19. But if you try booking a place (as I just did) you won't get very far, because the Catholic organisers of the papal visit can no longer confirm that... |
| America's failed pledge on religious freedom Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:57 AM PDT By Russell Shaw A year ago this month President Barack Obama, in a much heralded speech in Cairo, included religious freedom in his list of seven issues of priority importance to America in its relations with Islamic nations. This was good news for people who long have argued that religion freedom should be a major foreign policy concern for the United States — not... |
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