Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world
The Archbishop there, Michael Sheehan, has issued a pastoral letter that was read at all masses this past weekend. A snip: We have three groups of people who are living contrary to the Gospel teaching on marriage: those who cohabit; those who have a merely civil union with no previous marriage; and those who have [...]
And the impact is not insignificant — and could eventually lead all the way to the Supreme Court. Details, from USA TODAY: Legislatures in more than 30 states are weighing — and in some cases passing — many fast-moving bills to restrict abortion rights in a blitz that could prompt the Supreme Court to revisit the [...]
Last weekend, I wrote about my experience baptizing 15 babies (gulp). Today, I talk a bit more about deacons and the sacrament in my column “All Things New”: We find ourselves intersecting with people at critical pinpoints in their lives—baptisms, weddings, wakes. Moments of arrival and departure, beginnings and endings. But there’s something about baptisms [...]
I mean, He made people able to conceive of something like this incredible video below. Who couldn’t love a Guy like that, huh? H/T Aggie Catholics.
Hot on the heels of last Christmas’s internet sensation comes this inspired sequel (prequel?) about Moses and the Exodus. Enjoy.
The violent reaction to the incident has prompted a response from a Catholic leader in Pakistan. Details, from Catholic News Service: The president of the Pakistani bishops’ conference has called for the arrest of a U.S. Protestant pastor whose decision to burn the Islamic sacred book has caused fury in the Muslim world and the [...]
Someone should do a better job of checking her credentials. Details: Rutgers University in Camden will host a woman theologian next week whom the university describes as a “female Catholic bishop.” “Roman Catholic Bishop Patricia Fresen, one of only three ordained female bishops in the world,” will lecture at the university at 12:20 p.m. April [...]
The Vatican has released some details of the event — which, significantly, will not include an interfaith prayer service. From CNA: Pope Benedict XVI will call people of goodwill to join him in working for peace during a “day of reflection, dialogue and prayer for peace and justice in the world” to be held in [...]
And after sparking headlines over the weekend, he says he will not resign over words that he now describes as “inartful.” Details, in the Concord Monitor: New Hampshire House Majority Leader David J. Bettencourt said he regrets calling the Catholic bishop of Manchester a “pedophile pimp” and has asked for a meeting with the Catholic [...]
A few commenters are still upset that EWTN has pulled Fr. John Corapi’s programs. Shortly after the story broke, however, Relevant Radio — which also aired his work — issued a detailed press release, explaining their decision to remove his shows. I think it helps explain the reasoning behind that decision. It reads, in part: [...]
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