Synod Fathers discuss the Synod on the Family, 2014. Cardinal Willem Jacobus, Netherlands Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, USA Cardinal Timothy Dolan, USA Cardinal Caffarra, Italy Final Report Projections Read more
Synod Fathers discuss the Synod on the Family, 2014. Cardinal Willem Jacobus, Netherlands Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, USA Cardinal Timothy Dolan, USA Cardinal Caffarra, Italy Final Report Projections Read more
Public Catholic reader Ken alerted me to the fact that Pope Frances has added another member to the drafting committee for the final report from the First Synod on the Family. This report will not directly affect Church teaching. It will be used for further discussion during the next year. The new member is rather interesting, considering Cardinal Kasper’s foot in mouth comment about African bishops a couple of days ago. He is Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, of South Africa. The... Read more
I don’t have the money to take a cruise right now, anyway. I’ve got to hire a plumber to fix some drippy leaks and figure out why water backs up into the vents on my house when the yard is soaked. That, and not airline tickets and cruise ships, is where my money is going. But even if I was full up on cash and aching to roll, I think I’d settle for a car trip and a family picnic.... Read more
Four men have been accused of plotting a terrorist attack on police officers and soldiers in the streets of London. According to the Daily Mail, the men had sworn oaths of allegiance to ISIS and were scouting a London police station and an army barracks. They had photos of four officers. I assume these were photos of their intended victims. They had managed to arm themselves and had “jihadist materials, including videos of beheadings.” From the Mail Online: Four men... Read more
Nigeria’s chief of defense, Alex Badeh, has announced a truce between the Nigerian government and Boko Harma and the possible release of the 200 school girls that Boko Haram abducted six months ago. From BBC Africa: Nigeria’s military says it has agreed a truce with Islamist militants Boko Haram – and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a public statement. The... Read more
Cardinal Kasper says he didn’t say it. The reporter says he’s got it on tape. “It” is the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad interview that Cardinal Kasper gave yesterday. I can understand why Cardinal Kasper is doing his best to unsay what he said. He truly did open his clerical mouth and insert both his priestly feet. His terrible, horrible, no good, very bad interview began with a few off-the-cuff remarks about how the bishops from Africa were opposing... Read more
I had high hopes for the Synod on the Family. I had hope that it would find ways for the Church to support and strengthen traditional marriage, that it would address the real problems of children of divorce who grow up with half their souls amputated by the constant roiling. I had hope that it would take a look at ways to help people who are trying their best to follow Catholic teaching in a hostile world where one McJob... Read more
A second Dallas nurse has been diagnosed with Ebola. She had traveled on a commercial flight from Cleveland to Dallas a few hours before she became ill. She is the second person to contract the disease after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from the Ebola. I’m not sure how emergency room personnel, who make the first diagnosis, are going to protect themselves from potential exposure to Ebola. It may lead to masks and gloves all around, even when... Read more
On the one hand, we have the Freedom From Religion boors, sending off lawyer letters like a Gatling gun with the purpose of intimidating Christians — their target always seems to be Christians — into silence about their faith in public places. And on the other hand, we have that same FFRF, suing the federal government to force the IRS to “monitor” pastors for possible violations of the law in their sermons. Enter Mayor Anise Parker of Houston, stage left.... Read more
Ebola is the disease that won’t be contained. Today, the World Health Organizatin issue its more dire prediction so far. Unless huge improvements in control measures, the number of victims could reach 20,000 by November. WHO also revised the mortality rate, saying that 70% of those who contracted the disease will die from it. This is an increase from the previous estimate of a 50% mortality rate. The paper, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine also... Read more
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