In Old Liberal Vienna, a Pius-Priest may not enter any ecclesiastical buildings. Thirty Diocesan Priests from Catholic Italy have spoken against this.
(kreuz, Paris) Dated, 13. January 2011: A very large part of the post-Conciliar love-Church "hates" the Society of Pius X. The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X., Msgr Bernard Fellay, said this the Sunday before last in Paris.
He explained that in the current discussions with Rome, discretion is very important.
The Society will go very intelligently with the negotiations. They must make no false concessions.
The Bishop is pleased that Rome is generally prepared to discuss the non-dogmatic Pastoral Council.
Longing for the Catholic Teaching
In the lecture he mentioned that he was able to speak with almost thirty Italian Diocesan priests in the Diocese of Albano near Rome.
He is said to have asked the priests what they expect from the SSPX and figured they would say "the Mass".
Actually, the priests wanted "the Doctrine" from the Society.
Msgr Fellay is convinced that priests who return to the Immemorial Mass of All Ages, will also come back to the Catholic doctrine -- but "from far away".
For they knew despite years of academic study nothing of God.
The "New Mass" has Outlived Itself
In Rome Bishop Fellay also met "very good people" -- priests, even Bishops and apparently Cardinals.
The Bishop named none.
Msgr Fellay cited however a word from Cardinal Malcom Ranjith of Sri Lanka. He said to him: "one can not eliminate the New Mass with one stroke."
It takes more levels and will require twenty years, a whole generation.
As a step in the direction of improvement Bishop Fellay indicated the Motu Proprio, 'Summorum Pontificum'.
Not all is good with that, already: "But, a beginning has been made."
From kreuz.net....
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Even Here the Celebrated Abuse-Hoax is Instrumentalized
The Old Liberal decline nibbles at the tradition rich Munich Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface. Translated from Lukas Meisner's German.
(kreuz.net)The Benedictine Cloister of St. Boniface in the center of Munich has been a bulwark of filthy Oldliberalism for decades.[In German]
The decline began with the former Abbott Odilo Lechner who was praised highly in anti-Church circles.
The Cloister directs the parish of St. Boniface.
There is usually on Sunday, taking place around 11.30, the so-called "Weisswurst" Mass.
The Priest loves to abuse the Mass, to engage in polemics against the Church hierarchy, which secures for him a living.
In a recent Pastoral Letter Fr. Benedict was praised as "Art Replacement Man" for the recently deceased in July, tie-Jesuit, Fr. Albert Keller or for the Philosopher of Religion, Fr. Eugen Biser (91).
Both were active year around as anti-Church agitators in Munich.
Useful Abuses
The Pastor of St. Boniface, Fr. Korbinian Linsenmann, was in high spirits in the introduction of the new Pastoral Letter about the abuse-hoax:
"The overriding theme of the last year was naturally the discovery of the various cases of violence and sexual abuse by clergy and employees of the the Church."
In reality, according to the abuse report of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, from 1945 to 2009 there have been only 26 priests who were credibly condemned for reasons of serious sexual sins of varying degrees of severity.
Among the condemned there isn't a single living Diocesan priest.
The Archdiocese found that in a total, 159 had been "conspicuous". It is in any case difficult to determine what that means.
There the complete number of priests in the time covered was not named, so it is impossible, to estimate its relationship to the abuses.
It is, however, possible to estimate that over 99 percent of those priests active in this time period were not guilty.
There is where Fr. Korninian used the abuse hoax to promote the Old Liberal ideology, which is the first basis for abuse itself:
"We may perhaps still hope that there will still be more consequences in the Church, than only paper from the Bishops Conference."
The Benedictine would like to use the abuses, in order that "much" can be reconsidered - as one the Bishop considers, who determines the suitability of priests or who undermines the office of the priest.
Kreuz.net... here....in German
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(kreuz.net)The Benedictine Cloister of St. Boniface in the center of Munich has been a bulwark of filthy Oldliberalism for decades.[In German]
The decline began with the former Abbott Odilo Lechner who was praised highly in anti-Church circles.
The Cloister directs the parish of St. Boniface.
There is usually on Sunday, taking place around 11.30, the so-called "Weisswurst" Mass.
The Priest loves to abuse the Mass, to engage in polemics against the Church hierarchy, which secures for him a living.
In a recent Pastoral Letter Fr. Benedict was praised as "Art Replacement Man" for the recently deceased in July, tie-Jesuit, Fr. Albert Keller or for the Philosopher of Religion, Fr. Eugen Biser (91).
Both were active year around as anti-Church agitators in Munich.
Useful Abuses
The Pastor of St. Boniface, Fr. Korbinian Linsenmann, was in high spirits in the introduction of the new Pastoral Letter about the abuse-hoax:
"The overriding theme of the last year was naturally the discovery of the various cases of violence and sexual abuse by clergy and employees of the the Church."
In reality, according to the abuse report of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, from 1945 to 2009 there have been only 26 priests who were credibly condemned for reasons of serious sexual sins of varying degrees of severity.
Among the condemned there isn't a single living Diocesan priest.
The Archdiocese found that in a total, 159 had been "conspicuous". It is in any case difficult to determine what that means.
There the complete number of priests in the time covered was not named, so it is impossible, to estimate its relationship to the abuses.
It is, however, possible to estimate that over 99 percent of those priests active in this time period were not guilty.
There is where Fr. Korninian used the abuse hoax to promote the Old Liberal ideology, which is the first basis for abuse itself:
"We may perhaps still hope that there will still be more consequences in the Church, than only paper from the Bishops Conference."
The Benedictine would like to use the abuses, in order that "much" can be reconsidered - as one the Bishop considers, who determines the suitability of priests or who undermines the office of the priest.
Kreuz.net... here....in German
Marrying in Church is a right only for those who believe in Christian marriage, says Pope
Marrying in Church is a right only for those who believe in Christian marriage, says Pope
The importance of the canonical and pastoral preparation for marriage focus of words addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Roman Rota. The bride and groom should be aware of and want this act that ultimately aims to holiness of life. This also to avoid future annulments.
Vatican City (AsiaNews) - Getting married in church is a right only if you believe in "true marriage” that is, an act for the realization of the “integral good, human and Christian, of the spouses and of their future children, ultimately projected towards the holiness of their lives". From here, follows the importance of preparation for Christian marriage, also to avoid annulments, which were at the heart of Benedict XVI address delivered today to members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, received at the beginning of the judicial year.
"The canonical dimension of marriage preparation – began the Pope - is perhaps not an immediately perceived element" both because the preparation phase holds "a very modest, if not insignificant, place ", and because "there is a widespread mentality that the examination of the spouses, the publication of banns and other appropriate means to carry out the necessary pre-marital investigations, of which marriage preparation courses are a part, are purely formal obligations. In fact, it is often assumed that, in admitting the couples for marriage, pastors should proceed with speed, as it regards the natural right of people to marry".
The fact, however, is that "there is no marriage of lives and another of law: there is only one marriage, which is constitutionally a real legal bond between a man and a woman, a bond based on the true dynamics of conjugal life and love. The marriage celebrated by the spouses, the marriage that is dealt with both pastorally and in canonical doctrine, are one single natural and salvific reality, the wealth of which certainly gives rise to a variety of approaches, however without ever losing its essential identity. The legal aspect is intrinsically linked to the essence of marriage. This is understandable in light of a non-positivistic concept of law, but considered from the perspective of relationality according to justice.
H/t: Pete F
The importance of the canonical and pastoral preparation for marriage focus of words addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Roman Rota. The bride and groom should be aware of and want this act that ultimately aims to holiness of life. This also to avoid future annulments.
Vatican City (AsiaNews) - Getting married in church is a right only if you believe in "true marriage” that is, an act for the realization of the “integral good, human and Christian, of the spouses and of their future children, ultimately projected towards the holiness of their lives". From here, follows the importance of preparation for Christian marriage, also to avoid annulments, which were at the heart of Benedict XVI address delivered today to members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, received at the beginning of the judicial year."The canonical dimension of marriage preparation – began the Pope - is perhaps not an immediately perceived element" both because the preparation phase holds "a very modest, if not insignificant, place ", and because "there is a widespread mentality that the examination of the spouses, the publication of banns and other appropriate means to carry out the necessary pre-marital investigations, of which marriage preparation courses are a part, are purely formal obligations. In fact, it is often assumed that, in admitting the couples for marriage, pastors should proceed with speed, as it regards the natural right of people to marry".
The fact, however, is that "there is no marriage of lives and another of law: there is only one marriage, which is constitutionally a real legal bond between a man and a woman, a bond based on the true dynamics of conjugal life and love. The marriage celebrated by the spouses, the marriage that is dealt with both pastorally and in canonical doctrine, are one single natural and salvific reality, the wealth of which certainly gives rise to a variety of approaches, however without ever losing its essential identity. The legal aspect is intrinsically linked to the essence of marriage. This is understandable in light of a non-positivistic concept of law, but considered from the perspective of relationality according to justice.
H/t: Pete F
Victory in the Kulturkampf: Saarland Schools Stay Open, for Now
"Gloria in excelsis Deo -
Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to men of good will."
Dear Friends and Benefactors of the Don-Bosco-School Association in Saarland!"
The Saarlouis court has reviewed the suspensive effect of our complaint: the schools in Saarland will remain open according to the ruling of the judge who could find no shortcomings in the operation of the schools.
Full of joy and relief the students, teachers and staff have intoned the "Te Deum" -- "Great God we praise Thee"!
To all of you we wish to express our hearty thanks, for those of you who've supported us with your prayers, with advice and deeds of solidarity.
Praise God!
With thankful joy we greet you warmly from Saarbrücken-Fechingen!
Father Christian Schneider
Harald Messmer. Director of the Realschule Heart of Jesus
Johannes Adamski. Director of the Grade School St. Arnaul.
Translated from SSPX's German District site, here.
Related Articles:
German Chicanry Against SSPX Schools.
Saarland Closes Two SSPX Schools
H/t: Ignis Ardens, link to thread with comments by well-informed individuals who have been on the ground at the schools, here.
Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to men of good will."
Dear Friends and Benefactors of the Don-Bosco-School Association in Saarland!"
The Saarlouis court has reviewed the suspensive effect of our complaint: the schools in Saarland will remain open according to the ruling of the judge who could find no shortcomings in the operation of the schools.
Full of joy and relief the students, teachers and staff have intoned the "Te Deum" -- "Great God we praise Thee"!
To all of you we wish to express our hearty thanks, for those of you who've supported us with your prayers, with advice and deeds of solidarity.
Praise God!
With thankful joy we greet you warmly from Saarbrücken-Fechingen!
Father Christian Schneider
Harald Messmer. Director of the Realschule Heart of Jesus
Johannes Adamski. Director of the Grade School St. Arnaul.
Translated from SSPX's German District site, here.
Related Articles:
German Chicanry Against SSPX Schools.
Saarland Closes Two SSPX Schools
H/t: Ignis Ardens, link to thread with comments by well-informed individuals who have been on the ground at the schools, here.
DENIS LEARY DEFAMES POPE, PRIESTS AND NUNS
Sometimes fools go to far.
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[Catholic Defense League] On January 16, Comedy Central aired "Denis Leary & Friends Present Douchebags & Donuts." On January 18, Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment released the DVD nationwide. The opening segment of this video is addressed by Bill Donohue today:
The standup special opens with a clip of Pope Benedict XVI talking to a crowd. But there is a voice-over that is dubbed in to make it seem like he is discussing priestly sexual abuse. Leary then appears on a stage with a large illuminated Cross in the background; he prances around extending his middle finger at it. On stage with him is a singing trio of women dressed as nuns in habit wearing short skirts.
The clip of the pope has him screaming, "Heil Hitler," proclaiming, "Oh yeah, I'm the f***ing pope, for Christ's sake, the god**** Fuehrer." The pope then introduces Leary as Father Denis Leary and he proceeds to mimic confession. Here are some of the lines:
Judge: Breakaway Episcopalians must surrender property
[AP Texas News] A state district judge has ordered Fort Worth Bishop Jack Iker and a conservative, breakaway group of Episcopalians to surrender all diocesan property to the national church.
The Episcopal Church filed a lawsuit seeking to regain control of church property from the Diocese of Fort Worth in April 2009.
The Iker-led group, which split from the national church over issues including gay clergy and women in the priesthood, voted in 2008 to join a more conservative province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Episcopal Church maintained in the suit that its rules prohibit dioceses from breaking away and that church properties are held in trust for the denomination, and the court ruled in its favor.
The Iker-led group said it will appeal.
Link to original, here.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7392825.html
The Episcopal Church filed a lawsuit seeking to regain control of church property from the Diocese of Fort Worth in April 2009.
The Iker-led group, which split from the national church over issues including gay clergy and women in the priesthood, voted in 2008 to join a more conservative province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Episcopal Church maintained in the suit that its rules prohibit dioceses from breaking away and that church properties are held in trust for the denomination, and the court ruled in its favor.
The Iker-led group said it will appeal.
Link to original, here.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7392825.html
Diocesan Priest Joins the SSPX: Italy
A pubescent parturient Church and Liturgy aims more toward including people than to making them holy.
(kreuz.net, Italy) At the end of the last year Father Massimo Sbicego (38) quietly, but suprisingly left his assignment. This was according to the regional paper 'Corriere del Veneto' on 12 January.
Fr. Sbicego belongs to the Old Liberal Diocese of Vicenza in Northern Italy.
Since September 2009 he was assigned in three outlying parishes in the vicinity of Val d'Astico -- south east of the city Trent.
The ground for his departure remains unclear. Some in the parishes even suspected a romantic affair.
Actually, on the 11th of January the clergyman sent a litter to his Parishes and another letter to the Vicar General of Vicenza.
Therein Fr. Sbicego made known the reasons for his departure to the Society of Pius X. he criticized at the same time the Liturgical situation in the Conciliar Church.
He could not bear that the Holy Mass of today which some would subordinate it, that they find it "boring", and who want "more creative" forms or knew nothing of our Lord and Savior.
"For this reason it's clear to me that this problem with the communal nature of the Mass is connected to the use of the national language."
For the clergyman there is the danger that today a Liturgy and a Church will be constructed, that is pubescent and aims more "to include" than to make holy.
He regreted that the past church catechesis substantiates this claim -- "above all, where the Catholic teaching is forgotten, not instructed and sometimes even held to ridicule, in favor of "human aspects"
which don't come penetrate reality.
His decision to join the Society, was a "painful" one for the clergyman.
He had considered his decision for a month: "In the Society I have found a deep sense of the Catholic priesthood."
Many prefer the impression that he left the Diocese: "Actually as a Catholic, I'm coming back home."
Translated from kreuz.net...
(kreuz.net, Italy) At the end of the last year Father Massimo Sbicego (38) quietly, but suprisingly left his assignment. This was according to the regional paper 'Corriere del Veneto' on 12 January.
Fr. Sbicego belongs to the Old Liberal Diocese of Vicenza in Northern Italy.
Since September 2009 he was assigned in three outlying parishes in the vicinity of Val d'Astico -- south east of the city Trent.
The ground for his departure remains unclear. Some in the parishes even suspected a romantic affair.
Actually, on the 11th of January the clergyman sent a litter to his Parishes and another letter to the Vicar General of Vicenza.
Therein Fr. Sbicego made known the reasons for his departure to the Society of Pius X. he criticized at the same time the Liturgical situation in the Conciliar Church.
He could not bear that the Holy Mass of today which some would subordinate it, that they find it "boring", and who want "more creative" forms or knew nothing of our Lord and Savior.
"For this reason it's clear to me that this problem with the communal nature of the Mass is connected to the use of the national language."
For the clergyman there is the danger that today a Liturgy and a Church will be constructed, that is pubescent and aims more "to include" than to make holy.
He regreted that the past church catechesis substantiates this claim -- "above all, where the Catholic teaching is forgotten, not instructed and sometimes even held to ridicule, in favor of "human aspects"
which don't come penetrate reality.
His decision to join the Society, was a "painful" one for the clergyman.
He had considered his decision for a month: "In the Society I have found a deep sense of the Catholic priesthood."
Many prefer the impression that he left the Diocese: "Actually as a Catholic, I'm coming back home."
Translated from kreuz.net...
Diocese of Regensburg Wins Libel Case against the 'Spiegel'
The Spiegel may from now on may no longer maintain or awaken the impression that the Diocese of Regensburg desired to conceal cases of abuse and to criminally intend to make monetary payments.
Regensburg (kath.net) The Diocese of Regensburg has won a case against the news magazine "Spiegel". According to the Bishop. In the main the conflict concerned whether a damage claim could be considered hush money. The Spiegel may no longer maintain this or give the impression that the Diocese of Regensburg has concealed cases of abuse and did this with the criminal intent to make payments. This decision came from the Federal Court of Hamburg on Friday.
Diocesan spokesman Clemens Neck said in an statement: 'The legal case was necessary because in all of Germany this was being described as concealing abuse. For this reason authors are reproved as an example in the case of the Diocese of Regensburg and the article by Spiegel as well as other publications. All documents -- like the writings of parents and their attorneys -- prove however unmistakeably that in no moment was any attempt made to effect anyone's silence. This legal battle concerned the question if the Spiegel may have published an untruth. It doesn't have this privilege. And it is good that this is so."
The Diocese published information about the case on Friday background information as well, the following, an excerpt from the written meeting between the parents of the children concerned, the perpetrator and the Diocesan Ordinary on 30.06.1999. The excerpt is the following words: "Between the participants there is agreement that negative psychological consequences for the children concerned ... will be treated as possible, respectively, ameliorated through therapy. In the considered interest of the children and the expressed desire of the parents that silence shall be respected". And further: "Mr ... [name of the perpetrator omitted] is bound, to that which originated from the event of 31.3.1999, and where applicable, to compensate for material and immaterial damages. He is bound also to pay the following damages..."
In another excerpt from the writing of the attorney of the family to the legal representative of the Diocesan Ordinary of 18.05.1999 is indicated: "1. The Episcopal Ordinary expressly manifested that it will not stand in the way of an assessment for punishment against Mr. ..... The proceedings of 31.03.1999 could and should therefore, if the offended children and their parents desire, be brought before the responsible state authorities and completely revealed. 2. With a view to the well-being of the children, ..., the husband and wife prescind from the possibility of a criminal complaint. This occurred from their own desire, not on the request or pressure of the Diocesan Ordinary. The right of criminal complaint is expressly reserved..."
Translated from the German, kreuz.net....
Regensburg (kath.net) The Diocese of Regensburg has won a case against the news magazine "Spiegel". According to the Bishop. In the main the conflict concerned whether a damage claim could be considered hush money. The Spiegel may no longer maintain this or give the impression that the Diocese of Regensburg has concealed cases of abuse and did this with the criminal intent to make payments. This decision came from the Federal Court of Hamburg on Friday.
Diocesan spokesman Clemens Neck said in an statement: 'The legal case was necessary because in all of Germany this was being described as concealing abuse. For this reason authors are reproved as an example in the case of the Diocese of Regensburg and the article by Spiegel as well as other publications. All documents -- like the writings of parents and their attorneys -- prove however unmistakeably that in no moment was any attempt made to effect anyone's silence. This legal battle concerned the question if the Spiegel may have published an untruth. It doesn't have this privilege. And it is good that this is so."
The Diocese published information about the case on Friday background information as well, the following, an excerpt from the written meeting between the parents of the children concerned, the perpetrator and the Diocesan Ordinary on 30.06.1999. The excerpt is the following words: "Between the participants there is agreement that negative psychological consequences for the children concerned ... will be treated as possible, respectively, ameliorated through therapy. In the considered interest of the children and the expressed desire of the parents that silence shall be respected". And further: "Mr ... [name of the perpetrator omitted] is bound, to that which originated from the event of 31.3.1999, and where applicable, to compensate for material and immaterial damages. He is bound also to pay the following damages..."
In another excerpt from the writing of the attorney of the family to the legal representative of the Diocesan Ordinary of 18.05.1999 is indicated: "1. The Episcopal Ordinary expressly manifested that it will not stand in the way of an assessment for punishment against Mr. ..... The proceedings of 31.03.1999 could and should therefore, if the offended children and their parents desire, be brought before the responsible state authorities and completely revealed. 2. With a view to the well-being of the children, ..., the husband and wife prescind from the possibility of a criminal complaint. This occurred from their own desire, not on the request or pressure of the Diocesan Ordinary. The right of criminal complaint is expressly reserved..."
Translated from the German, kreuz.net....
Friday, January 21, 2011
First Pontifical High Mass by Primate of Brussels in Forty Years: Rorate
A reader sent Rorate the following significant announcement:A Pontifical Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop André-Joseph Leonard, Primate of Belgium.
The Mass will take place on the 30th of January at 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Minimes (Minimenstraat 62, 1000 Brussels). In November, he erected in this church a new FSSP mission in Brussels. This will be a unique occasion in Belgium as it will be the first Tridentine Mass celebrated by a Primate of Belgium over 40 years.
Without Latin There Can't Be Any Decent Music: Zenit Interview With Cardinal Bartolucci
It is a double-cross: The new Mass doesn't want beautiful music and doesn't produce therefore any musicians. Actually without exceptional artists there is no support for church music.
(kreuz.net, Rom) The Church music finds itself today in a crisis. The Honorary Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci (93) said this in his interview for 'Zenit.'
The Cardinal and composer was dismissed from his job after forty years as Director of the Cappella Sistina in 1997 by John Paul II († 2005).
His naming to Cardinal has been observed as a sign of Benedict XVI's love for Church Music.
In an interview Cardinal Bertolucci explained that music once was known as the soul of the Liturgy.
Today there are still talented youth, but the musical education is poor.
John Paul II Had Been Defenestrated Behind his Back
The Cardinal described his personal way to Music.
His father was an enthusiastic singer in the church choir.
In the Seminary, the music had been very important. Actually his inclinations had put him far from music. They had to be managed with special care that his study of old languages wouldn't suffer.
After that the Cardinal directed various choirs in the Roman Basilica.
In 1956 Pius XII. († 1958) named him the Director of the Sistine Chapel for life.
Pope Pius XII. loved sacred music and played the violin to rest -- said Cardinal Bartolucci.
His ouster under John Paul II was not honorable: "I found it out as my successor was named."
Today Church Music Lives on Hope
The Cardinal praises the efforts of the Choir of the Sistine Chapel up to the second Vatican Council.
Actually, things changed then: "After the liturgical reform our contribution to Papal liturgies decreased."
For this reason the choir began to take concert tours throughout the whole world.
To the question, if Church Music would be restored to its former glory, Cardinal Bartolucci said, that it will take time:
"The Masters of earlier times are gone, because the necessity of heir existence isn't seen any more. We live only in hope."
Benedict XVI loves the Gregorian Choral very much and wants to promote the Latin language.
The Pope knows that the repertoire of the past without Latin, will be archived.
Cardinal Bartolucci is promoting a return to a Liturgy which makes room for music. More importantly, the Prince of the Church longs for a return to a truly holy Art.
Cardinal Bertolucci identified his favorite musician as that master of polyphony, the Italian Composure, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina († 1594), and the German Johann Sebastian Bach († 1750).
Translated from kreuz.net..here.
Also Repoted here:
Rorate Caeli
Inside Catholic
(kreuz.net, Rom) The Church music finds itself today in a crisis. The Honorary Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci (93) said this in his interview for 'Zenit.'
The Cardinal and composer was dismissed from his job after forty years as Director of the Cappella Sistina in 1997 by John Paul II († 2005).
His naming to Cardinal has been observed as a sign of Benedict XVI's love for Church Music.
In an interview Cardinal Bertolucci explained that music once was known as the soul of the Liturgy.
Today there are still talented youth, but the musical education is poor.
John Paul II Had Been Defenestrated Behind his Back
The Cardinal described his personal way to Music.
His father was an enthusiastic singer in the church choir.
In the Seminary, the music had been very important. Actually his inclinations had put him far from music. They had to be managed with special care that his study of old languages wouldn't suffer.
After that the Cardinal directed various choirs in the Roman Basilica.
In 1956 Pius XII. († 1958) named him the Director of the Sistine Chapel for life.
Pope Pius XII. loved sacred music and played the violin to rest -- said Cardinal Bartolucci.
His ouster under John Paul II was not honorable: "I found it out as my successor was named."
Today Church Music Lives on Hope
The Cardinal praises the efforts of the Choir of the Sistine Chapel up to the second Vatican Council.
Actually, things changed then: "After the liturgical reform our contribution to Papal liturgies decreased."
For this reason the choir began to take concert tours throughout the whole world.
To the question, if Church Music would be restored to its former glory, Cardinal Bartolucci said, that it will take time:
"The Masters of earlier times are gone, because the necessity of heir existence isn't seen any more. We live only in hope."
Benedict XVI loves the Gregorian Choral very much and wants to promote the Latin language.
The Pope knows that the repertoire of the past without Latin, will be archived.
Cardinal Bartolucci is promoting a return to a Liturgy which makes room for music. More importantly, the Prince of the Church longs for a return to a truly holy Art.
Cardinal Bertolucci identified his favorite musician as that master of polyphony, the Italian Composure, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina († 1594), and the German Johann Sebastian Bach († 1750).
Translated from kreuz.net..here.
Also Repoted here:
Rorate Caeli
Inside Catholic
ZENIT - Vatican Official to Join in Ceremony With Lutherans
While Pope Benedict's humanistic gestures of "good will" to the persecuted Copts of Egypt are being hailed in the Islamic world as dangerous to ecumenism, he's reaching out to the dying sect of Lutheranism for an ecumenical gathering.
ZENIT - Vatican Official to Join in Ceremony With Lutherans
ZENIT - Vatican Official to Join in Ceremony With Lutherans
Diocese of Essen: A Farewell Toast for the Church
The Old Liberal, tired and secularized Church in Germany is giving itself away. translated from Valeria Kurz's original German.
(kreuz.net) In the Diocese of Essen they are intensivly occupied with harvesting the bad fruits of the Second Vatican Council.
Ever since the conversion of German it's been unheard of that a Bishop should preside as a bankruptcy attorney.
The most recent victim was the church of he Redemptorists, Maria Hilf in the down town of Bochum.
It has been for decades a church where many of the faithful go for confession and penance.
Actually last Sunday, it was closed after 143 years.
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck celebrated his last Holy Mass in the cloister church.
The remaining Redemptorists have been moved away.
In Bochum at present there are still five priests. In the gold old days there were eleven. There wasn't a single young priest in sight.
On Sunday no one responded to the question why there is no growth in the Order -- Msgr Overbeck, neither.
Only some words of gratitude were sufficient -- garnished with some shibboleths: "Out of all that is history, is a new departure."
Actually, considering departure, is the Old Liberal, tired and secularized Church in Germany is hardly to be seen at all.
Both clergy and faithful have lost their will to live.
Instead of fighting for the church, one celebrated a Requiem for the Redemptorists -- with a farewell toast.
Kreuz.net is the original...
(kreuz.net) In the Diocese of Essen they are intensivly occupied with harvesting the bad fruits of the Second Vatican Council.
Ever since the conversion of German it's been unheard of that a Bishop should preside as a bankruptcy attorney.
The most recent victim was the church of he Redemptorists, Maria Hilf in the down town of Bochum.
It has been for decades a church where many of the faithful go for confession and penance.
Actually last Sunday, it was closed after 143 years.
Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck celebrated his last Holy Mass in the cloister church.
The remaining Redemptorists have been moved away.
In Bochum at present there are still five priests. In the gold old days there were eleven. There wasn't a single young priest in sight.
On Sunday no one responded to the question why there is no growth in the Order -- Msgr Overbeck, neither.
Only some words of gratitude were sufficient -- garnished with some shibboleths: "Out of all that is history, is a new departure."
Actually, considering departure, is the Old Liberal, tired and secularized Church in Germany is hardly to be seen at all.
Both clergy and faithful have lost their will to live.
Instead of fighting for the church, one celebrated a Requiem for the Redemptorists -- with a farewell toast.
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Durex Advertises "Gay" Mass
Giving the lie to the idea that these Masses are merely meant to minister to homosexuals without condoning illicit activity.
Read further at "True Catholic".
Read further at "True Catholic".
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Anglican Church to Remove Christian Language From Baptism
(Time) A group of clergymen have submitted documents to the General Synod, the governing body of the Anglican Church, calling on it to prepare alternatives for the Common Worship baptismal services, which are used at the majority of Anglican christenings. It's their hope that doing so will make them more accessible and interesting to non-churchgoers—including the many "unchurched" parents and godparents who participate in the 139,000 Anglican baptisms conducted in the country every year.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/20/church-of-england-may-remove-christian-language-from-baptisms/
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/20/church-of-england-may-remove-christian-language-from-baptisms/
Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight is Pro-Abort
Editor: We've been telling you about these two-faced types for a long time.
An Open Letter to Knights of Columbus Members and All Pro-Lifers, about a Shocking Scandal in the Knights' National Leadership Contact: Kenneth M. Fisher, Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc., 714-491-2284, crcoa@dslextreme.com
WASHINGTON, June 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Delegates to the Knights of Columbus's upcoming Supreme Convention in Washington, D.C., August 3-5, have been briefed on the meeting's tone by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson in a 10-minute videotaped message that covers the Knights' growing membership, multibillion-dollar insurance programs, and works of charity.
But, shockingly, Anderson made no mention whatsoever of two issues vital to the Faith and family of every Knight: Defending preborn babies and true, man-woman marriage. These omissions are grave -- and peculiar, given that Anderson belongs to six Vatican bodies, including the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Pontifical Council for the Family.
He is also a consultant to the U.S. bishops' Pro-Life Committee. As Supreme Knight since 2000, Carl Anderson has failed to expel or suspend pro-abortion and pro-homosexual politicians, despite pleas from rank-and-file Knights. In one case, at least 16 state senators and representatives in Massachusetts, 10 of whom received top ratings from Planned Parenthood, negated a petition drive by 170,000 citizens to put traditional marriage on the ballot
H/t: Barb Krallis
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1179514170.html
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An Open Letter to Knights of Columbus Members and All Pro-Lifers, about a Shocking Scandal in the Knights' National Leadership Contact: Kenneth M. Fisher, Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc., 714-491-2284, crcoa@dslextreme.com
WASHINGTON, June 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- Delegates to the Knights of Columbus's upcoming Supreme Convention in Washington, D.C., August 3-5, have been briefed on the meeting's tone by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson in a 10-minute videotaped message that covers the Knights' growing membership, multibillion-dollar insurance programs, and works of charity.
But, shockingly, Anderson made no mention whatsoever of two issues vital to the Faith and family of every Knight: Defending preborn babies and true, man-woman marriage. These omissions are grave -- and peculiar, given that Anderson belongs to six Vatican bodies, including the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Pontifical Council for the Family.
He is also a consultant to the U.S. bishops' Pro-Life Committee. As Supreme Knight since 2000, Carl Anderson has failed to expel or suspend pro-abortion and pro-homosexual politicians, despite pleas from rank-and-file Knights. In one case, at least 16 state senators and representatives in Massachusetts, 10 of whom received top ratings from Planned Parenthood, negated a petition drive by 170,000 citizens to put traditional marriage on the ballot
H/t: Barb Krallis
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/1179514170.html
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Head of CCHD Was Treasurer For Pro-Abort Candidate
January 20, 2011 A.D. | Author Donald R. McClarey
In a dog bites man story, and an example of good blog journalism, Creative Minority Report has broken the news that the head of the CCHD, Ralph McCloud, while he was head of the CCHD, was the campaign treasurer for pro-abort Wendy Davis in her successful run in 2008 for the Texas State Senate:
While the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has come under well deserved scrutiny for supporting groups such as ACORN and groups with ties to promoting abortion, CMR has uncovered that Ralph McCloud, while heading the CCHD in 2008, was simultaneously working as a highly placed campaign official for a pro-choice politician seeking to unseat a pro-life politician.
According to public records, McCloud also worked as the Treasurer for Planned Parenthood endorsed Democrat Wendy Davis.Annie's List,raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Davis in 2008 while McCloud worked as Treasurer. The group even gave a spirited endorsement of the pro-choice Davis, who succeeded in defeating her pro-life opponent.
http://the-american-catholic.com/2011/01/20/head-of-cchd-was-treasurer-for-pro-abort-candidate/
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In a dog bites man story, and an example of good blog journalism, Creative Minority Report has broken the news that the head of the CCHD, Ralph McCloud, while he was head of the CCHD, was the campaign treasurer for pro-abort Wendy Davis in her successful run in 2008 for the Texas State Senate:
While the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has come under well deserved scrutiny for supporting groups such as ACORN and groups with ties to promoting abortion, CMR has uncovered that Ralph McCloud, while heading the CCHD in 2008, was simultaneously working as a highly placed campaign official for a pro-choice politician seeking to unseat a pro-life politician.
According to public records, McCloud also worked as the Treasurer for Planned Parenthood endorsed Democrat Wendy Davis.Annie's List,raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Davis in 2008 while McCloud worked as Treasurer. The group even gave a spirited endorsement of the pro-choice Davis, who succeeded in defeating her pro-life opponent.
http://the-american-catholic.com/2011/01/20/head-of-cchd-was-treasurer-for-pro-abort-candidate/
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Catholic Bishops support net neutrality - The Hill's Hillicon Valley
Once again, the USCCB shows its true colors.
Catholic Bishops support net neutrality - The Hill's Hillicon Valley
Catholic Bishops support net neutrality - The Hill's Hillicon Valley
"Kill the Cathlics" spray painted on area Catholic Churches
"Kill the Cathlics" spray painted on area Catholic Churches
("Examiner," January 18, 2011)
Anaheim, USA - Two Orange County Catholic churches had "Kill the Cathlics" spray painted on their church walls last week. Vandalism using the misspelled phrase was reported by church personnel at St. Boniface in Anaheim and St. Thomas More in Irvine early Tuesday. Both churches are within 20 miles of each other.
"The graphic graffiti saddened parishioners, and church officials are working with police to find whoever is responsible for the crime," explained diocese spokesman Ryan Lilyengren.
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H/t Traditional Catholic Interests, here...
("Examiner," January 18, 2011)
Anaheim, USA - Two Orange County Catholic churches had "Kill the Cathlics" spray painted on their church walls last week. Vandalism using the misspelled phrase was reported by church personnel at St. Boniface in Anaheim and St. Thomas More in Irvine early Tuesday. Both churches are within 20 miles of each other.
"The graphic graffiti saddened parishioners, and church officials are working with police to find whoever is responsible for the crime," explained diocese spokesman Ryan Lilyengren.
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Abortionist Uses Forceps to Kill Babies, Says Austrian Radio
Socialism with a human face? Today the "Austrian Red Radio" had an unexpected bout of humanity.
(kreuz.net) The website of the left-leaning '‘Österreichischen Rundfunks' [Austrian Radio] is the largest internet medium of the land.
For years they have defended the violence of abortion against unborn people with macabre bitterness.
The reason was the criminal and abortionist Kermit Gosnell (69).
Butcher Gosnell murdered innocent children for years in a abortuary in Pennsylvania, USA, -- completely legally.
The 'Österreichische Rundfunk' called him a "doctor" and his slaughterhouse a "clinic" in any event.
Actually then the broadcaster made a sudden pirouette: "Abortion doctor kills babies with forceps."
That has gripped the entire Country with "horror".
There, the broadcaster has nothing against the murder of unborn children, the problem for them appears to be the "forceps".
Really, it's how the Red Radio pampered doctors murder their devalued victims.
Perhaps caresses?
Read further...
(kreuz.net) The website of the left-leaning '‘Österreichischen Rundfunks' [Austrian Radio] is the largest internet medium of the land.
For years they have defended the violence of abortion against unborn people with macabre bitterness.
The reason was the criminal and abortionist Kermit Gosnell (69).
Butcher Gosnell murdered innocent children for years in a abortuary in Pennsylvania, USA, -- completely legally.
The 'Österreichische Rundfunk' called him a "doctor" and his slaughterhouse a "clinic" in any event.
Actually then the broadcaster made a sudden pirouette: "Abortion doctor kills babies with forceps."
That has gripped the entire Country with "horror".
There, the broadcaster has nothing against the murder of unborn children, the problem for them appears to be the "forceps".
Really, it's how the Red Radio pampered doctors murder their devalued victims.
Perhaps caresses?
Read further...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
One Third of Aachen Diocese's Real-Estate May be Sold
Disintegration in record time. In the Diocese of Aachen every third church building will be put up for sale. The Catholic Faith has long ago been bartered away.
(kreuz.net)On Monday the General Vicar, Manfred von Hotum of Aachen is unveiling the Diocesan support project with the beautiful name "Church Property Management".
This was reported by the Diocese of Aachen.
In the Diocese of Aachen there are over 900 churches as well as 450 rectories and parish offices.
Actually, there isn't enough money for the support of the buildings.
The Diocese would need 18 million Euro. There's a ten million dollar shortfall.
In other words: over a third of the ecclesiastical structures must be closed down in the near future.
The General Vicar explained that the Diocese must economize because of significantly "declining donations by the faithful" in previous years and the narrowing church tax income.
The number of the rectories have already been slashed in the Diocese of Aachen.
Since last year there were still 71 so-called church communities.
All of these "church communities" is decreed over several churches, rectories, pastoral bureaus and chapels.
With that there is the question about which these guildings are not being used for.
As a "good example" for this conversion, consider the former Parish church of St. Josef in Aachen.
It is used today as a burial church.
Even the church of St. Mary in Düren has a new purpose. The rectory here was integrated into the church building.
Actually the plans of the Diocese go still further.
Unoccupied rectories will be closed.
Where small communities don't need a rectory, a corresponding space could be set up in the church and the community center could be sold.
Churches that are seldom used will be put on the real-estate market.
"We're going to take these churches into serious and lengthy consideration" -- said a conciliatory General Vicar.
It is conceivable could be closed for fifteen to twenty years, "till a suitable solution is found."
In other words: One will wait to sell the churches, till there won't be fear of any more resistance from the remaining Catholics against the desecration of God's house.
Read original at Kreuz.net...
(kreuz.net)On Monday the General Vicar, Manfred von Hotum of Aachen is unveiling the Diocesan support project with the beautiful name "Church Property Management".
This was reported by the Diocese of Aachen.
In the Diocese of Aachen there are over 900 churches as well as 450 rectories and parish offices.
Actually, there isn't enough money for the support of the buildings.
The Diocese would need 18 million Euro. There's a ten million dollar shortfall.
In other words: over a third of the ecclesiastical structures must be closed down in the near future.
The General Vicar explained that the Diocese must economize because of significantly "declining donations by the faithful" in previous years and the narrowing church tax income.
The number of the rectories have already been slashed in the Diocese of Aachen.
Since last year there were still 71 so-called church communities.
All of these "church communities" is decreed over several churches, rectories, pastoral bureaus and chapels.
With that there is the question about which these guildings are not being used for.
As a "good example" for this conversion, consider the former Parish church of St. Josef in Aachen.
It is used today as a burial church.
Even the church of St. Mary in Düren has a new purpose. The rectory here was integrated into the church building.
Actually the plans of the Diocese go still further.
Unoccupied rectories will be closed.
Where small communities don't need a rectory, a corresponding space could be set up in the church and the community center could be sold.
Churches that are seldom used will be put on the real-estate market.
"We're going to take these churches into serious and lengthy consideration" -- said a conciliatory General Vicar.
It is conceivable could be closed for fifteen to twenty years, "till a suitable solution is found."
In other words: One will wait to sell the churches, till there won't be fear of any more resistance from the remaining Catholics against the desecration of God's house.
Read original at Kreuz.net...
The Leftists Are All About Sexual Abuse: Another Jesuit Liberal Accused in Belgium
He is an Old Liberal Secular Jesuit and Green Party Member. That he is also guilty of sexual abuse, suits his political convictions very well.
(kreuz.net) The Belgian media bosses have their next abuser who is supposedly associated with the Church arena.
It is a question of the Old Liberal, left-leaning, civil Jesuit, Father Luc Versteylen (83).
Before his entrance into religious life the later left-ideological figure was a member of the extreme-right 'Verbond der Deutsche Natinonaal-Solidaristen' which had existed till 1941.
In May 1970he founded an organization in the area of Viersel -- which belongs to the north Belgian community of Zandoven -- under the name of "Leven in de Browerij", Life in the Brewery" a leftist, so-called "alternative-Christian society of life".
It was established in a former brewery. It was made up of a class of fourteen year olds, who belonged to the Jesuit-run Xavieriuscollege in Borgerhout near Antwerp.
In this milieu there were various -- at the time decisively left-extremist -- moved to pedegogical adventures and sexual shamelessness.
Here was one of the first 'green' --ideological parties in Europe. They called themselves 'Agalev'.
The extreme-left Flemmish homosexual and abortion party "Groen!’ also arose here.
The anti-Church media are as expected completely enthused about all of this.
Actually in the Community of Life it was -- then held for normal-- to initiate two abuse of two fifteen and sixteen year old sexually mature boys.
In an open letter Father Versteylen answered the charges, that he had in those times "engaged in a quest for a new relationship to the body" surely gone to the limits.
He insists, however, that he never crossed the line and insists that he never intentionally hurt a person through his conduct.
The left-Jesuit is, after the extreme-left Fr. Francoi Houtar (85) and Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Brügge, the third suspected sexual predator, who without exception, belong to that left- and homosexual friendly wing of the Church whom the media bosses love to celebrate.
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(kreuz.net) The Belgian media bosses have their next abuser who is supposedly associated with the Church arena.
It is a question of the Old Liberal, left-leaning, civil Jesuit, Father Luc Versteylen (83).
Before his entrance into religious life the later left-ideological figure was a member of the extreme-right 'Verbond der Deutsche Natinonaal-Solidaristen' which had existed till 1941.
In May 1970he founded an organization in the area of Viersel -- which belongs to the north Belgian community of Zandoven -- under the name of "Leven in de Browerij", Life in the Brewery" a leftist, so-called "alternative-Christian society of life".
It was established in a former brewery. It was made up of a class of fourteen year olds, who belonged to the Jesuit-run Xavieriuscollege in Borgerhout near Antwerp.
In this milieu there were various -- at the time decisively left-extremist -- moved to pedegogical adventures and sexual shamelessness.
Here was one of the first 'green' --ideological parties in Europe. They called themselves 'Agalev'.
The extreme-left Flemmish homosexual and abortion party "Groen!’ also arose here.
The anti-Church media are as expected completely enthused about all of this.
Actually in the Community of Life it was -- then held for normal-- to initiate two abuse of two fifteen and sixteen year old sexually mature boys.
In an open letter Father Versteylen answered the charges, that he had in those times "engaged in a quest for a new relationship to the body" surely gone to the limits.
He insists, however, that he never crossed the line and insists that he never intentionally hurt a person through his conduct.
The left-Jesuit is, after the extreme-left Fr. Francoi Houtar (85) and Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Brügge, the third suspected sexual predator, who without exception, belong to that left- and homosexual friendly wing of the Church whom the media bosses love to celebrate.
Read further...at original, kreuz.net...
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Marking week of prayer, Benedict XVI cites four 'pillars' for Christian unity
.- Improving the unity of Christians today requires the same elements that united the first apostles in Jerusalem, Pope Benedict XVI said Jan. 19.
Pope Benedict met with pilgrims to Rome in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall for his weekly general audience. In observation of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18-25), he based his message on "the gift of full communion."
Christians take part in the week of prayer for unity "to bear witness to the profound ties that unite them and to invoke the gift of full communion," said the Pope.
"They devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" is the theme of this year's prayer week for the unity of Christians. Pope Benedict said that this passage from the Acts of the Apostles offers a vision of four characteristics that defined the first Christian community in Jerusalem "as a place of unity and love."
In the teaching of the apostles, in fraternal communion, in the breaking of bread and in prayer are four "pillars" that continue to be the foundation of Christian life and build Church unity, he explained.
Every effort to increase unity must involve increased faithfulness to the teaching of the first Christians, the apostles, the Pope said. "Even today," he explained, "the community of believers recognizes the norms of its own faith in that reference to the teaching of the Apostles."
Fraternal communion was "the most tangible expression of unity between disciples and the Lord, especially for the outside world," he pointed out.
Belgium extradites sex-abuse priest wanted in Canada
BRUSSELS — A convicted Belgian-born priest who faces complaints of sexual abuse in Canada was expelled Wednesday, sent back to Montreal when police discovered he had taken Canadian nationality and had lived illegally in Belgium for years.
Eric Dejaeger, 63, a Flemish priest who worked as a missionary with Inuits in the 1970s, was escorted by police on a 10:30 am (0930 GMT) flight from Brussels airport, and was to be handed over to Canadian authorities on landing, foreign ministry spokeswoman Katrien Jansseune said.
Dejaeger, who was sentenced in 1990 to five years behind bars for the rape of eight children before being released after 18 months, had returned to live in Belgium after nine new sets of victim allegations came forward in 1995.
He was living in Blanden, in northern Flanders, and escaped extradition following a 2001 Interpol arrest warrant because he retained Belgian nationality at the time.
Egyptian MP Says Copts Face no Persecution, Blames Mossad
The People's Assembly launched a scathing attack against the European Parliament accusing it of disseminating false reports about the "repression of Christians" in Egypt, reports Gamal Essam El-Din Egyptian MPs, belonging to the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and opposition, opened fire on the Brussels-based European Parliament, accusing it of interfering in Egypt's internal affairs.
Speaker of the People's Assembly Fathi Sorour told MPs in a session on Monday morning that he condemned the way in which the European Parliament had "tried to exploit the attack which hit the Two Saints Church on the New Year's Eve in order to imply that there is a systematic policy of repression against Coptic Christians in Egypt". Sorour said that in a meeting with a delegation from the Bundestag (German parliament) yesterday, he had stressed that "the terrorist attack against the Alexandrian church targeted Muslims and Christians alike and the European Parliament's statements about repression of Christians in Egypt are entirely unfounded"
Supporting Sorour, senior NDP MPs accused the European Parliament of propagating lies about Egypt. Abdel-Ahad Gamaleddin, NDP spokesman in the People's Assembly, insisted that "the European Parliament's statement claiming that Coptic Christians face persecution shows how most European institutions are completely ignorant of the situation in Egypt."
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Speaker of the People's Assembly Fathi Sorour told MPs in a session on Monday morning that he condemned the way in which the European Parliament had "tried to exploit the attack which hit the Two Saints Church on the New Year's Eve in order to imply that there is a systematic policy of repression against Coptic Christians in Egypt". Sorour said that in a meeting with a delegation from the Bundestag (German parliament) yesterday, he had stressed that "the terrorist attack against the Alexandrian church targeted Muslims and Christians alike and the European Parliament's statements about repression of Christians in Egypt are entirely unfounded"
Supporting Sorour, senior NDP MPs accused the European Parliament of propagating lies about Egypt. Abdel-Ahad Gamaleddin, NDP spokesman in the People's Assembly, insisted that "the European Parliament's statement claiming that Coptic Christians face persecution shows how most European institutions are completely ignorant of the situation in Egypt."
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Homily of Father Nichols on "Primiz" Mass of Father Andre Burnham
We are, at this Mass, on a cusp, or boundary, or threshold. What I have in mind is in the first place the ritual calendar we're using. We are on the cusp between, on the one hand, the Christmas season, which celebrates the Theophany, the manifestation of God the Word as a human being to other human beings, and, on the other hand, so-called 'Ordinary Time', a time which is far from ordinary because it consists in the telling of his story, the story of the public ministry of the Christ as it unfolds in all its dramatic action. Appropriately, then, today's Gospel-reading points both backwards and forwards, and its key is the identification of Jesus as the 'Lamb of God'. Twice, actually, within a few verses of the Fourth Gospel, when the Baptist wants to identify who Jesus is, to locate him (so to say) on the map of salvation geography, these are the words he comes up with. The best explanation of that, I think, is that John the Baptist is rehearsing what it was his cousin told him. At the Baptism, the heavens were opened for Jesus, and in the open heavens he saw… well, what did he see? He saw himself as the Lamb, sent by the Father to make the atoning sacrifice which will reconcile to the Father Israel and all the world, and bring humankind home to the Father's house. Jesus would go on to comport himself in just this fashion in his public ministry, in the strength of the Holy Spirit whose descent on him in the form of a dove verified what it was, in the opened heavens, that he saw. The Lamb of God: that is the One we follow, it is how the God-man wishes to be known and loved. He came to make sacrifice for us. That is the impetus that drives his ministry forward till it reaches its climax in the Paschal Mystery of his Death and Resurrection. It is the attitude in which he still stands before the Father, showing the marks of his now glorious wounds. And it is why the continuing sign of that sacrifice – the Mass – is the true centre of the Christian religion.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Anglican Bishop Questions Elton John's Suitability as Father
The former Bishop of Rochester, Dr. Michael Nazir Ali has raised ethical and moral concerns over the artificial insemination of an American woman to produce a child for Sir Elton John and his civil partner, David Furnish.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Bishop Nazir Ali questioned the wisdom of the arrangement and its baleful consequences for the child: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.
"I believe that surrogacy, inevitably, introduces a 'third' party to the legal parents," the bishop said and "will affect the welfare of the child, psychologically and in other ways."
http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/bishop-questions-elton-john%e2%80%99s-fitness-to-be-a-first-time-father-the-church-of-england-newspaper-jan-14-2011-p-3/
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Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Bishop Nazir Ali questioned the wisdom of the arrangement and its baleful consequences for the child: Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.
"I believe that surrogacy, inevitably, introduces a 'third' party to the legal parents," the bishop said and "will affect the welfare of the child, psychologically and in other ways."
http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/bishop-questions-elton-john%e2%80%99s-fitness-to-be-a-first-time-father-the-church-of-england-newspaper-jan-14-2011-p-3/
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Fidelity of Syrian Catholics Recognized by Pope
Cardinal Consecrates Cathedral in Aleppo
ROME, JAN. 17, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is thanking the Catholic community of Syria for its "fidelity to the Lord and to his Church and fidelity to the Bishop of Rome and to his ministry as Successor of Peter." The Pope affirmed his gratitude in a message sent to the community by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
The message marked Saturday's consecration of the cathedral in Aleppo by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches. "The Holy Father is well aware of the fidelity of the Catholic community of Syria," the message stated, as reported by L'Osservatore Romano. "He thanks the community for this fidelity and for its prayer for the fruitfulness of his service of the truth and of unity."
http://www.zenit.org/article-31487?l=english
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ROME, JAN. 17, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is thanking the Catholic community of Syria for its "fidelity to the Lord and to his Church and fidelity to the Bishop of Rome and to his ministry as Successor of Peter." The Pope affirmed his gratitude in a message sent to the community by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
The message marked Saturday's consecration of the cathedral in Aleppo by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches. "The Holy Father is well aware of the fidelity of the Catholic community of Syria," the message stated, as reported by L'Osservatore Romano. "He thanks the community for this fidelity and for its prayer for the fruitfulness of his service of the truth and of unity."
http://www.zenit.org/article-31487?l=english
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Chinese Christian Discuses One-Child Policy
In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Bob Fu, a student leader at Tiananmen Square who subsequently became a Protestant pastor and fled China, discusses the realities of police repression and forced abortion in the People's Republic of China. Fu is the founder and president of the China Aid Association. "When you want to have your first child after marriage," he recalls, "you are required to get a pregnancy permission card-- a yellow card before your wife can legally get pregnant-- otherwise you are arrested and are forced to have an abortion.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Walter Cardinal Kasper in Restlessness
Absolutely full schedule: The Cardinal Emeritus Kasper is working hard again, scientifically in Rome. Right now he's writing a book about the Catholic Church.
Rome [kath.net/pm] After his Emeritization as Cardinal Walter Cardinal Kasper is a much sought after and honored man, who is again working in the fields of Theological science.
The occasion of his release from his service to the Office of Unity had brought him to a discussion in London at Lambeth Palace and to a formal meal in Church House. Participants will also be Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the former Archbishop of Westminster London, and its current occupant, Vincent Nicols, as well as other invited and distinguished guests.
His twenty honorable doctoral degrees will grow by two more this year: In January St. Joseph's in Philadelphia, PA, and in February at the Universidade Católica Portugese, Lissabon, Portugal.
In February Cardinal Kapser must complete two important events. On the 21st of February will be the Paul Wattson lectures in San Francisco, California, and on 22 February in Sacramento California, will be a lecture on the current ecumenical situation.
Next to his Roman and international obligations, Cardinal Kasper is returning to his theological work. At the moment he is fulfilling an old plan and desire still from his Tübingen times and is working on a new book, which is entitled, "Catholic Church".
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Rome [kath.net/pm] After his Emeritization as Cardinal Walter Cardinal Kasper is a much sought after and honored man, who is again working in the fields of Theological science.
The occasion of his release from his service to the Office of Unity had brought him to a discussion in London at Lambeth Palace and to a formal meal in Church House. Participants will also be Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the former Archbishop of Westminster London, and its current occupant, Vincent Nicols, as well as other invited and distinguished guests.
His twenty honorable doctoral degrees will grow by two more this year: In January St. Joseph's in Philadelphia, PA, and in February at the Universidade Católica Portugese, Lissabon, Portugal.
In February Cardinal Kapser must complete two important events. On the 21st of February will be the Paul Wattson lectures in San Francisco, California, and on 22 February in Sacramento California, will be a lecture on the current ecumenical situation.
Next to his Roman and international obligations, Cardinal Kasper is returning to his theological work. At the moment he is fulfilling an old plan and desire still from his Tübingen times and is working on a new book, which is entitled, "Catholic Church".
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Purgatory Still Exists, Says Pope: Chiesa
ROME, January 17, 2011 – In illustrating the life of Saint Catherine of Genoa, at the general audience last Wednesday, Benedict XVI took the thought of this saint as a point of departure to explain what purgatory is.
During the second half of the 15th century, the time of Catherine, the contemporary image of purgatory was like the one depicted above. It was the mountain of purification sung of by Dante in the "Divine Comedy."
That purgatory is a physical place is a very ancient conviction, which endured until recent times.
Read further at Chiesa...
During the second half of the 15th century, the time of Catherine, the contemporary image of purgatory was like the one depicted above. It was the mountain of purification sung of by Dante in the "Divine Comedy."
That purgatory is a physical place is a very ancient conviction, which endured until recent times.
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Against "hi-jacking" of King "Legacy"
Atlanta, Ga., Jan 17, 2011 / 02:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On the observance of Martin Luther King Day, African-American leaders noted the slain civil rights figure's Christian position on cultural issues like abortion and sexual ethics. Illinois religious and political leaders also organized to challenge the "hijacking" of the civil rights movement by homosexual political activists
Athens goes on security alert for trial of suspected militants
Reporting from Athens —
Law enforcement snipers will watch from rooftops. Motorists will be checked at roadblocks across Athens. And at the courthouse, inside a maximum security prison on the eastern outskirts of the Greek capital, hundreds of plainclothes officers will patrol surrounding streets to shield against militant attacks.
Riot police armed with percussion grenades and tear gas will also be on alert as part of the security measures planned for the trial scheduled to begin Monday of 13 suspected members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, a militant anti-authority movement known as SPF.
"We are prepared for everything," said Athanassios Kokkalakis, spokesman for Greece's National Police.
The accused — 12 men and a teenage girl — are charged with terrorism counts related to a series of attacks on Greek politicians, which caused no fatalities or serious injuries. Under a new terrorism law, the defendants will be tried by a three-member panel of judges instead of a jury to avoid intimidation. Nine of the defendants, who are in custody awaiting trial, face up to life in prison if the court determines that their alleged activities could have resulted in the deaths of their targets. The remaining suspects, who remain at large, will be tried in absentia, officials said.
Hindus, Jews Ask Pope to Abandon Double Standards on Roma Apartheid
Hindus and Jews claim that Pope Benedict holds double standards on the issues of Roma (Gypsy) apartheid in Europe.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a statement in Nevada today, said that despite their repeated requests, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI had not come out openly to support the 15-million European Roma who faced apartheid conditions. But in a message for "19th World Day of the Sick, 2011", posted on Holy See's website on January 15, Pope says (as per Zenit.org translation): "...know how to recognize and serve him also in those brothers who are poor, sick, suffering and in difficulty, who have need of your help".
http://www.sify.com/news/hindus-jews-ask-pope-to-abandon-double-standards-on-roma-apartheid-news-international-lbrladcacaj.html
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Blog Latest Post RSS * Recent * Featured * American Papist Church Law says Permanent Deacons, all clerics, are obliged to abstain from sex, notes Canonist Edward Peters
[vote america] I have been struggling to decide the appropriate way to help bring this issue before the Church’s attention.
This little point, illustrated my father Canon Layer Ed Peters, has huge potentially consequences for many thousands of men already serving as permanent deacons in the United States (and around the world), and it also promises to impact the growing number of married Anglican and other protestant clergy coming into the Church through the ordinariate established by Pope Benedict and similar, previous provisions.
Simply put: the law of the Church says that permanent deacons, because they are clerics, are obliged to observe “perfect and perpetual continence.” In simple terms, permanent deacons are obligated by law to refrain from sexual relations with their wife once they are ordained.
H/t: EENS Blog
Canon Lawyer Ed Peters
Simply put: the law of the Church says that permanent deacons, because they are clerics, are obliged to observe “perfect and perpetual continence.” In simple terms, permanent deacons are obligated by law to refrain from sexual relations with their wife once they are ordained.
H/t: EENS Blog
Ukrainians to build an Orthodox church in Antarctica
"When we send polar explorers to the South Pole we don't ask about their confession. But every person can have a wish to stay alone, to pray. Why don't we build a church?" Director of the National Antarctic Scientific Center Valery Litvinov was quoted as saying on Friday by the Ukrainian Segodnya.ua website.
It is not the first Orthodox church on the ice continent: Russian carpenters built a 15-meter Orthodox church from Siberian cedar in 2004 that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
"When you pray there you get unspeakable impressions. It is zero altitude, but you have such a feeling that the church almost fly above Earth," Archbishop Augustine of Lvov and Galicia and said as he had celebrated a Liturgy in the church in 2007 and is going to consecrate the Ukrainian chapel in spring.
The chapel is made in Chili and is much smaller than the Russian church. It will be sent to Antarctica late in March with a new group of polar explorers. Works on building and installing the chapel will be paid by philanthropists. Byelorussians intend to erect the similar chapel on the continent as they plan to open their base in Antarctica this year.
Besides, Ukrainians will present Russian church of the Holy Trinity a bell cast by the Donetsk metallurgical plant. According to the polar expedition head, Chili customs officers were perplexed to find the bell in their luggage. Besides, they found salo (traditional Ukrainian lard - IF) in their luggage while bringing food in the country is subjected to $300 fine. Customs officers appeared to be believers and turned a blind eye to salo and the bell.
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