Catholic voters supported the pro-choice candidate in the U.S. presidential election despite their church's opposition to abortion, election returns indicate. Exits polls indicate that Catholics backed the Democrat, Barack Obama, by a 9 percent to 11 percent margin over the Republican, John McCain, The Denver Post reported Sunday. By comparison, the general electorate gave Obama a six-point advant
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After 70% of blacks supported Proposition 8 in California, radical gay mobs are attacking blacks at their protests.
Pam’s House Blend reported:
Geoffrey, a student at UCLA and regular Rod 2.0 reader, joined the massive protest outside the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westwood. Geoffrey was called [...]
Well friends, I am not a Catholic, but I found this video inspiring and worth considering as we all head off to vote in November.
It is from CatholicVote.com:
Watch this video at youtube.com
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I have completed a booklet entitled "Feeneyites: Catholics in Good Standing with the Church? A Response to Mr. Pete Vere, JCLBy clicking on the link to Lulu which is located on the sidebar of this Blog, one may purchase a copy of this booklet.Paul.
Apparently, the Catholic Church hasn’t forgotten the firestorm of controversy that The Da Vinci Code (book AND film) dredged up a few years ago.
According to new reports, the team behind the upcoming Angels & Demons film adaptation, including director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks, have been banned from filming in two churches because the movie “does [...]
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop.The couple, in their early 30s, were detained by police earlier this month after they had made love in the confessional box in the cathedral in northern Cesena. They were cautioned for obscene acts in public and disturbing a
Pope Leo XIII exhorted Catholics to defend their faith amidst the pluralism of conflicting modern opinions. In his Encyclical Letter Sapientiae Christianae, our beloved Holy Father of happy memory cited the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas that all believers should defend the faith when it is endangered (S.t., 2-2, q.3, a.2, ad 2) and added:"To recoil before an enemy, or to keep silence when from al
During a speech yesterday at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said that the Roman Catholic Church has both the right and the duty to convert any person to Christianity - and not just Christianity but Catholicism. Let that sink in for a minute...According to the Pope, the primary mission of his church is evangelism.The appeal for the conversion of "all nations," attributed to Jesus Christ in the Gosp
During a speech yesterday at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said that the Roman Catholic Church has both the right and the duty to convert any person to Christianity - and not just Christianity but Catholicism. Let that sink in for a minute...According to the Pope, the primary mission of his church is evangelism.The appeal for the conversion of "all nations," attributed to Jesus Christ in the Gosp
White Roman Catholics have become a key base for Sen. Hillary Clinton in her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination and one she needs to win by huge margin, a conference on faith and politics heard on Monday.
William Galston of the Brookings Institution presented one of the most detailed portraits to date of the Catholic [...]
Muslim and Malay Brothers and Sisters, please do not worry too much about Catholics using the word ‘Allah’ in their publications here in Malaysia. Let them have their way for the time being, otherwise they will cry like babies and make a lot of noise somewhere. Nobody likes crying babies, you know.Just make sure that we as devoted Muslims keep reminding our children and future generations that Islam is the true religion ordained by Allah swt for all mankind. Please refer to the following Fatwa issued by IslamWeb Dot Net on the 17th of February 2004 if you are too stupid (Yes, we have a lot of stupid and dumb Muslims in Malaysia) and cannot do that to your own kids:Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his F
The terrible insults of the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI by HBO talk show host Bill Maher reminded me of the recent mini-debate here by Farhana Ali and Jeffrey Breinholt over the reaction in the Muslim world over the re-publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed is a way that Muslims deem offensive. As a Catholic loyal to my Church and to the Pope as the Vicar of Christ on Earth, I am personally insulted by Maher's slander, and I support calls by other Catholics for HBO to fire him. His...(read more)
By Kathryn Dobies
Medill Reports - Chicago
As Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Chicago priests remembered the grandeur of the last papal visit to the windy city, in 1979 - not only by the day's events, but by the pride felt by Chicagoans.
"It was a wonderful visit," said Bishop Timothy Lyne, auxiliary bishop of Chicago. "One of the unique things I remember is there was no major crime in the city when the Pope was here."
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Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI arrived for his first visit to the United States and Gay Catholics are mobilized to protest that visit, saying that Benedict has displayed a long history of hostility toward gays and lesbians.As Pope Benedict XVI begins his visit to the United States, demonstrations, vigils, and media events by angry gay Catholics and their allies, who are claiming Benedict has displayed a history of hostility toward gays and lesbians will meet him in Washington D.C. and New York. These groups are seeking a more inclusive church and are planning protests during this week’s papal visit to help highlight their causes including gay rights and equality for women.In the past, Pope Benedict has been a vocal opponent of the legal recognition of homosexual couples, making statements a
As noted at DignityUSA:Dignity USA the largest LGBT Catholic organization will protest when Pope Benedict XVI's visits the United States April 15-20. DignityUSA's executive director. "We need to recognize the damage that this Pope's attacks on our community have caused countless individuals and families. We witness on their behalf." Events throughout Washington D.C. and New York City:THURSDAY, APRIL 10 (10 a.m. New Ways Ministry Press Conference):LOCATION: Murrow Room, National Press Club (529 14th Street, NW; 13th floor, Washington D.C.)"A Few Moments with the Pope: Lesbian/Gay Catholics Speak about their Church" - Speakers: Teresa DeCrescenzo, executive director of Gay Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS), Gregory Maguire, author of more than a dozen novels, most notably Wicked, wh
Catholics--1.13 Billion or 17.4% of the worlds populationMuslims--1.3 Billion or 19.2% of the worlds populationFor the first time since the birth of Islam, the world sees a demographic shift. I find it fascinating that in the 1400 years since Islam was birthed from the revelations of Mohamed, the tide turns in mine and your lifetime.However, throw protestantism in the mix, and the scale is still heavy on the Christianity end, unless you are one of those who believes that Catholicism is an apostate, non-Christian cult. But for the two groups with a bitter history, this is monumental. Some wonder if the recent conversion and baptism of Magdi Allam is a public statement that tide may change once again.What does it mean? It means somewhere, this information has spooked someone to the point
Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday.Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent."For the first time in history we are no longer at the top: the Muslims have overtaken us," Formenti told Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano in an interview, saying the data referred to 2006.He said that if all Christian groups were considered, including Orthodox churches, Anglicans and Protestants, then Christians made up 33 percent of the world's population -- or about 2 billion people.The Vatican recently put the number of Catholics in the world at 1.13 billion people. It did n
The number of Muslen surpassed, for the first time, of catholics, making of the Islamismo is the religion with bigger number of adepts in the world, in accordance with the Vatican. Data collected in 2006 indicate that 19.2% of the world-wide population are formed by Muslen, while 17.4% are catholics, said the publisher of the Pontifical Yearbook, monsignor Vittorio Formenti, in interview published in the edition of this sunday of the periodical of the Vatican, Roman L'Osservatore. Formenti says, however, that the number of Christians can arrive 33%, the adepts of the orthodox church, the anglicanos and the protestants will have been taken in account also. Between the cath
Without reading too much into these new numbers, what is increasingly apparent and more urgent is for the Ummah to reach out to other religions to begin a serious campaign of dialogue to foster tolerance and peace. Given that Muslims now make up 19.2 percent of the world's population comes the responsibility to be more active in finding solutions to deal with the many religious conflicts around the globe. By the same token, Christians and Jews need to recognize their moral responsibility to do a better job of creating goodwill with Muslims.That means that Saudi King Abdullah's proposal for a series of interfaith conferences to include all religions needs to be taken seriously. Given Saudi Arabia's spotty human rights record it will take a lot of work to get Christian nations to commit reso
The Vatican released a list of seven new sins on Monday. Dubbed the "social sins," they include conducting stem-cell research, polluting the environment, and causing poverty. Along with the old standbys—like lust, pride, and greed—these seven are considered to be of the "deadly" variety. What kinds of sins aren't deadly?
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Paddy was in New York
He was patiently waiting and watching the traffic cop on a busy street crossing. The cop stopped the flow of traffic and shouted, ‘Okay, pedestrians.’ Then he’d allow the traffic to pass.
He’d done this several times, and Paddy still stood on the sidewalk.
After the cop had shouted, ‘Pedestrians!’ for the tenth [...]
I know this will shock the pants off some of you, but a number of my close friends are nuns. Two girls I went to school with even became nuns. I got a call from one of them the other day. Only partially joking, my nun friend told me she was sure to go straight to hell, since she tapped Obama's name on the touch screen in the California primary.However, despite the wafer wars of the 2004 elections, the American Bishops have given devout rosary banging Catholics some very narrow wiggle room when it comes to pro-choice candidates. Its permissible to vote for them, if there is a morally grave reason to do so.In this election a number of Catholics are going to decide there is a morally grave reason not to vote for John McCain, even though he is pro-life.That reason is George Bush. And at
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Rising Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee risked his standing with Catholic voters on Sunday by courting his evangelical base at the church of a controversial preacher accused of disparaging...
The principal of my Catholic High School had this old, yellowed picture of John Kennedy hanging in a prominent place in her office. Until I got older I didn't get it. I guess it is hard for a kid to appreciate the transcendental shift in the universe that occurred when the country selected the son of an Irish Bootlegger, as the Leader of the Free World. There has not been a Catholic president since then, and I wonder if it makes a difference these days. I have never personally experienced any discrimination on account of my religion. While there may be a bit of prejudice in some circles, I don't really think there is any overt discrimination against Catholic laypersons, except maybe in the most Klanish corners of the Old South. Of course, the priesthood has their own problem, and it is as much with Catholics, as it is with every other person who is not a NAMBA supporter. But, I am wondering if a Catholic candidate can count on getting most of the Catholic vote, simply on accoun
I can’t stand civic-minded folks who cast aspersions on the patriotism of those who fail to vote. But the gentle persuasions of these do-gooders pale in comparison to the intimidation tactics used by Catholic bishops.
“Proclaiming a sense of new energy and empowerment, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday issued instructions to Catholic voters that [...]
FOX and Friends discusses the suggestion by a Dutch bishop that Christians start calling God ‘Allah with Father Jonathon Morris. This video comes from a controversy a few months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWcSt8o5G6U
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I got some disconcerting news for any Catholics who believe this is a miraculous appearance of Pope John Paul.
If this is he trying to communicate from the beyond....portraying himself as a fiery being emerging from the earth....he ain't in Heaven.
Sorry about that.
Princeton Professors Tells Danger Of Prominent Pro-Abortion CatholicsA Princeton professor warns that prominent pro-abortion Catholics pose a greater danger to their Church then the scandal of pedophile priests.Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, writes in the ecumenical magazine First Things:"Nothing undermines the cause of justice and cultural reform and renewal more than the bad example of prominent Catholics who have made themselves instruments of what Pope John Paul II bluntly described as ‘the culture of death.’"The scandal given by these individuals over the past 30 years, particularly with respect to the exposure of the unborn to abortion and, more recently, embryo-destructive research, is far greater in its cultural effects even than the horrific – the word is not too strong – scandal of clergy sex abuse.”"If on the other hand the Catholic community compromises
Mr. Woodward writes: "For the rest of the list, Vehige and I part ways. He is a trained student of theology and understandably thinks that every Catholic should read some theology. I'm not so sure." He makes it sound that I expect every Catholic to be rigorously trained as a theologian, and that somehow his own list is more accessible to the general reader. Let's examine this insinuation.First, let's take a look at Woodward's list.1. This Tremendous Lover**2. The Lord**3. The Confessions**4. The Way of Perfection5. Abandonment to Divine Providence6. Journal of a Soul7. The Waters of Siloe8. Theology and Sanity9. Kristen Lavransdatter10. Love and ResponsibilityOf these ten books, the first three -- the one with the double asterisks -- I also recommended. So, excluding those three, here's my list of the last seven books. Yes, I know I recommended authors, not books, but let's limit it to seven books.4. Chesterton, Saint Thomas Aquinas5. Greene, Brighton Rock6. Pieper, Leisure,
A reader of this blog (our only one?) asked if Woodward and I would list the 10 or so books/authors we think Catholics should read. I haven't told Woodward about this; he'd then post before I would, and that would make my job all the more difficult.Anyway, in no particular order, here are the 10 authors I think all Catholics should read. (Sorry there aren't any links; don't have that much time.)1. G. K. Chesterton. Given that one of his greatest works, Orthodoxy, will be 100 years old next year, one could ask, "Why Chesterton?" Chesterton has a common sense that's to be admired, a a common sense that took on the modernistic ideas that are still in vogue, a common sense that is desperately needed today. Especially recommended: Orthodoxy, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and The Everlasting Man.2. Eugene Boylan. A chemist, priest, and Cistercian monk, Boylan penned what I think is the greatest spiritual book for the layperson: This Tremendous Lover. It's sane, it's practical, and it s
The Associated Press is reporting that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles reached a deal where the church will pay approximately $660 million to settle hundreds of clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. I'm not sure how to put a price on the sort of suffering caused by these sex offenders who preyed on those entrusted to them, but I am glad to see that victims will receive compensation. I hope we will see some serious reforms in the aftermath of this settlement and that other denominations will be more proactive in implementing reforms than the Catholics were.Tags: church, Catholic church, sexual abuse, Los Angeles, settlement
That was the sign that applicants often found on employers' doors during the Irish, Italian, and eastern European immigration booms of the 1800s. Unfortunately, it is the sign that some modernist theologians would like to hang on the doors of the Catholic Church today.“If Protestants became Catholics in the late 1960s or in the '70s and early '80s, it was mainly for family reasons, or because they intended to marry a Catholic.” So intones Fr. Richard McBrien, Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, in a recent column, remembering what he apparently thinks of as the good old days.Well, I was a Protestant who became a Catholic in 1972. It was not for family reasons; my conversion broke my Presbyterian parents' hearts. And it was not because I was marrying a Catholic; I had no intention (make that prospects) of getting married to a Catholic or anybody else at the time. It was because I came to regard the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church as the
PARIS — Four decades after the Vatican lifted its ban on cremating corpses, the practice is catching on like wildfire in Roman Catholic France, where one out of four deceased is incinerated nowadays.
That makes France the most cremation-oriented country of Catholic southern Europe — against 12 percent in Spain, six percent in Italy and two [...]
A video has been released of the kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston.
“The EU has no strategy over how to deal with this new Russia,” while Russia claims that the US is starting an “arms race.” Meanwhile, Western European leaders such as Merkel, Sarkozy, and (soon-to-be Prime Minister?) Gordon Brown seem to be more pro-American than European leaders have been for quite some time.
As DNA evidence continues to exonerate wrongly convicted prisoners, what do states owe them?
Canadian troops to rotate out of Afghanistan?
Conservative Catholics take on Giuliani.
And finally…
Today in Canadian History:
June 1st, 1916…
…prohibition began in Manitoba, a step taken by both Alberta and British Columbia shortly thereafter. Eleven June 1sts later, on 6/1/1927, Ontario’s government ended its prohibition, selling liquor to any adult in possession of a two dollar permit. Ontario’s breweries and distilleries had remained open and operating throu
By Phil StewartROME (Reuters) - Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper lashed out at bloggers on Saturday for spreading "slander" by posting a BBC documentary that alleged a Church cover-up of child sexual abuse.The documentary aired on the BBC in October, but never in Italy. The bloggers translated it and it now ranks as Google Video Italia's (www.video.google.it) most popular item.Continue Reading...
BY JANICE TIBBETTSOttawa Citizen16 May 2007A CBC pilot program that portrays altar boys as druggies and the Catholic communion host as “munchable snack food, possible poker chips and a repository for drops of LSD” has sparked a complaint accusing the public broadcaster of blasphemy.
“Catholics should not have to pay for shows where their most sacred rituals and images are considered a starting
I have mixed feelings about the Church and politics. In fact, its opinions can be both wise and, sometimes, naive, especially when it comes to economic issues. The Church should engage the world, but limit itself to those issues it can speak about with authority as even then, act as a moral conscience and guide instead of a direct role.
Catholic Church still the boss
The influence of bishops in the Philippines may have waned in recent years, but politicians remain unwilling to challenge their authority on issues such as birth control
AFP, MANILA
Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Page 9
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NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka – “Beware of Fundamentalists" warned the thousands of leaflets Church workers handed out to the 25,000 Catholics who gathered on Divine Mercy Sunday at Risen Christ Church.
The volunteers were busy on the hot afternoon of April 15 in front of the church in Kadolkelle, Negombo, about 25 kilometers (about 15 miles) north of Colombo. According to local church sources, the 4,000-
The planned exhibition of a nude chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, has been canceled due to overwhelming angry protests from members of the Catholic church. The sculpture, titled “My Sweet Lord” was to be displayed at a Manhattan gallery beginning on the...
The Equality Act, when it comes into effect in England, Wales and Scotland this April, will make it illegal to discriminate against lesbians and gays when providing goods, facilities and services. This has pissed off the Catholic Church who want the right to be able to continue to say no to gay couples seeking to [...]
What do you do when you have an ancient religion full of rules, orders, and general old-fashionedness? You podcast of course. Or at least that’s what the folks over at the Catholic Show are doing. Their mission is to portray the Catholic church as new, hip, growing, and not quite as old fashioned as folks think they are. Is thier podcast a success? I guess you won’t know unless you listen.
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This article makes mention of how the Vatican has linked the Centering Prayer Movement to the New Age. And yet, many "Catholic" retreat centers such as Joseph House (which belongs to the Ste. Marie Parish community in Manchester, New Hampshire), continue to offer Centering Prayer retreats and workshops. See:http://www.stemarieparish.org/stemarie_nm_JH.htmPaul.
