Month: May 2004

Thanks to Amy Welborn for this one. Saw it on her blog. This was kind of “WHOA!!!!” when I saw it. Not every day you see an article about someone who heads up the state chapter of the largest conservative evangelical organization in the country become Catholic. I have to say that this is one…

A woman in France has admitted lying about 17 sex abuse and pedophilia accusations. She has caused one man to commit suicide and another almost died from his 93 day hunger strike. Marriages have ended in divorce. Children have been taken from parents. The man who committed suicide was incarcerated as a “preventative” measure. Just…

Well, we have yet another episcopal spine alert! This Bishop was merely reacting to the statements of a Catholic public official stating that allowing for gay marriages was in line with Catholic teaching on inclusivity. OK… Let me get this straight. It’s inclusive to allow and encourage people to commit acts that are undeniably contrary…

This question has come up recently in our Maniacs discussions… As the only convert in the group I sometimes see things that Guvnur and Deke take for granted for instance. It’s a matter of being to close to the trees to see the forest. Anyway, we were talking about how some people call themselves Catholic…

For entire article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5017313/ Forty-eight Roman Catholic members of Congress have warned in a letter to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington that U.S. bishops will revive anti-Catholic bigotry and severely harm the church if they deny Communion to politicians who support abortion rights. The letter’s signers, all Democrats, include at least three House members…

For entire story http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/8703935.htm Convicted pedophile priest marries in prison Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Former priest James Porter, a convicted pedophile who once lived in Minnesota and is now awaiting trial on the state’s bid to keep him locked up indefinitely as a sexually dangerous person, got married in prison this week. Porter married…

http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=22098&sec_id=#section44298 Teddy boy you may be able to make a great Civil War movie but some things you don’t have a clue. Many people assume “true” Christianity is wholly and utterly altruistic and sentimental. Often, to illustrate this, Jesus’ command to the rich young man (“Go, sell all you have, give it to the poor,…

I read the article and also am disgusted. Let me quote a few paragraphs to show you why. Credibility problem But he said that the Church was best served by the retirement of any pope by age 75, the age when bishops retire. These days, the media are more focused on the Pope’s health than…

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/religion/article/0,1713,BDC_2477_2887134,00.html Father of 10 decides to become a priest after his wife’s death Leonard had felt a similar calling to the priesthood as a child, and attended a high school seminary in Canton, Ohio. Then he met Mary. They had 10 children and had been married 42 years when she died of ovarian cancer in…

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4943581 The Vatica recieved an open letter calling on Pope John Paul II to stand down. The publication of the letter – signed by more than 40 Catholic priests and lay people – coincided with the Pontiff’s 84th birthday on Tuesday. This just burns my rear that people could call themselves Catholic and send this…