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Thursday, June 26, 2008

News Headlines

SSPX's Bishop Williamson: "Our answer will be negative"
Orthodox Patriarch to preach in Vatican basilica
Wisconsin parish nixes altar girls
Pope Prefers Communion on the Tongue
Maximus the Confessor, Fearless Witness to Faith
Gov. Schwarzenegger vows to pray 20 rosaries a day for health care reform

Blogs and Opinions

Communion kneeling and on the tongue will be the standard for papal Masses
Proposal: Extend the Communion fast
"Little Ratzinger" to head CDW?
Requiem Masses on Guam
Back to a regular Roman-style Papal Pallium
Catholicism, science, and evolution

 

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

News Headlines

Quebec City Eucharistic Procession Considered Historic Event
Twin Cities Catholic Archbishop Nixes Gay Pride Service
Pope Appoints Presidents for Bishops' Synod on the Bible
Book version of U.S. bishops' statement promoting Gregorian chant soon to be available
Woman sues priest over exorcism

Blogs and Opinions

Andrea Tornielli on the meaning of the five conditions
Minimum Agreement? Assimilation or Union?
The new Tyranny in Europe

 

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

News Headlines

Vatican proposal to regularize SSPX?
Pope Benedict rebuffs Berlusconi
New Patriarch for Jerusalem Takes Office
Majority of U.S. Catholics say one faith as good as another
Abortion and machismo

Blogs and Opinions

The Five Conditions to the SSPX are revealed (maybe?)
Tornielli: SSPX-Rome Agreement near Updated: Offer confirmed by the SSPX
What Bp. Fellay said about the ultimatum
Beyond Summorum Pontificum
Asking for the Mass
Liturgy and the Eucharist: Pope invites study of Sacrosanctum Concilium

 

Friday, June 06, 2008

News Headlines

FSSP Superior General To Be Interviewed On Sirius Satellite Radio
Catholics getting older and fewer attending Mass: NCLS
Ten commandments inspire impending interreligious dialogue guidelines
How the Latin Mass Unites Cultures in Oxford
Can the Pope save Greyfriars?
Wyoming Catholic College students forgo technology
Catholic University Hires Homosexual Director for Gay Campus Centre
Politicians show no conscience, says Scottish prelate
Pope refuses to see Mugabe
Academic denied Communion for "Obama Heresy"
Famous exorcist: "The devil loves to take over those who hold political office"
Suspended Nicaraguan priest elected president of UN General Assembly

 

Thursday, June 05, 2008

News Headlines

Officer Calls Evangelizing Muslims "Hate Crime"
Florida Habitat for Humanity affiliate ends cooperation with Planned Parenthood
Assyrian bishop explains his journey into communion with the Catholic Church
Vatican explains Pope's decision not to meet visiting leaders
Tehn-future Pope Pius XII opposed anti-Semitic legislation in Poland
Australia will pay $139 million for World Youth Day
Argentine president, Cardinal Bertone air differences
EU lawmakers assure Lithuania: pro-life legislation allowed
Moscow discourages talk of Pope-Patriarch summit
Wednesday Audience: Gregory the Great - Humility Is the Measure of Greatness
Muslims Attack Christians in Indonesia

Blogs and Opinions

To the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
3rd Vatican Council announced (sort of)
What's the equivalent of an "imprimatur" for a podcast?
By whose standard are they in or out?
The dangers of political Messiahs and of Socialist promises
Pope Benedict is a "perfectly liberal Pope"
Statements on upcoming meeting between pope, patriarch may be diplomatic move
The Dignity of the Priesthood
Misleading
Gone but not forgotten
Ecumenism, good or ill?

 

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

News Headlines

Everyone has right to food, unborn have right to life, says pope
Pope encourages Sacred Heart devotion as June begins
Iraqi bishop begs help for Christian minority
Cardinal: Ukraine Offers Ecumenical Crossroads
Marked increase in number of pilgrims visiting Holy Land
Shroud of Turin to be exhibited in 2010
Pope Benedict will not meet Iran's Ahmadinejad
Vatican reassures Moscow on ecumenical dialogue
Anglican Bishop: Vacuum Created by Christian Culture Collapse Will be Filled by Radical Islam
UK Officer Tells Preachers: Converting Muslims to Christianity is "Hate Crime"
Cardinal Ouellet Says Bishops Must Follow Pope in Speaking out More on Moral Issues
Don't divert food for fuel, Vatican envoy says
New social encyclical coming this autumn?

Blogs and Opinions

Lourdes and the Classical Roman Rite
Seen on a Recent Trip to Nebraska
Pope encourages Sacred Heart devotion
The pastoral approach
Where the boys are
Are Traditionalists on the road to schism? A dialogue with apologist Dave Armstrong

 

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

News Headlines

Vatican delegation to meet with Vietnamese government over property disputes
Iraqi Christian protesters demand end to "ethnic cleansing" in Iraq
Ahmadinejad wants meeting with Pope Benedict
Orthodox bishop shares Communion with Catholics
New Vatican document on obedience in religious life
Archbishop Naumann Defends His Call for Pro-Abortion Politicians to Refrain from Communion

Blogs and Opinions

Contradiction
Special occasion
Californians still legally allowed to spank their children
Obama and Sibelius: A Marriage Made in...?
CDF confirms Excommunications of board of St. Stanislaus parish

 

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

News Headlines

Cardinal Kasper to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Mexican cardinal encouraged devotion to martyrs of the Cristero War

Blogs and Opinions

Pope: Communion ONLY on the Tongue
Manila Archbishop: It's "not too bad" to have priests with homosexual inclinations
Fr. Cantalamessa and Communion Under Both Species
Neocatechumenal Way statutesdefinitively approved by the Pope?
Ad dubium
A slow recovery
Pope Benedict attacked by Hans Kung
The fight against Latin continues...

 

Monday, May 19, 2008

News Headlines

Pope Offers Marian Prayer for Chinese Church
Vatican: The Persecution in Orissa, India
California Chaldeans receive 3,000 Assyrian Christians into Catholic communion
Vatican says prohibition against gays in seminaries is universal
Pope backs "family-friendly fiscal policy"
Consecrated virginity: new life for an ancient charism
Governor Schwarzenegger Vows to Terminate of Traditional Marriage
Coast Guard relents in face of lawsuit filed by Catholic officer who refused vaccine extracted from corpses of aborted babies

Blogs and Opinions

The Mass for Youth
Abortion Opt-Out at Harvard
Text of Papal remarks to President Bush

 

Friday, May 16, 2008

News Headlines

Proclaim the Gospel amidst the challenges of globalization, Pope says
Pope advises Thai bishops to respect Buddhists
Pope sees Pseudo-Dionysius as model for dialogue
Australian archbishop seeks recovery of sacred in liturgy
Italian court revives criminal charges against Vatican Radio executives
Papal prayers for Chinese quake victims
Catholic student group's pregnancy support campaign banned at university campus

Blogs and Opinions

Papal Prayer for the Church in China
Benched