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Wonder why the Catholic Church says marriage is only for a man and a woman?
2011-11-15 02:43:00 If you want to be closed-minded about it, then skip the rest of this. America’s Catholic Bishops have established a new website, “Marriage: Unique for a Reason,” to help explain the church’s position. You might not agree, but at least it will explain a position that in today’s culture is considered to be divisive, if... Read more »
Inseparable: The Catholic Church and John Corapi
2011-06-19 15:00:00 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,so that everyone who believes in him might not perishbut might have eternal life.For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,but that the world might be saved through him.Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. John 3:16-18...
Fear of Pfleger. The fear in the Catholic Church of Michael Pfleger
2011-04-28 02:06:00 Father Michael Pfleger.bmp The Rev. Dr. Michael Louis Pfleger is a Pastor, a Preacher, a Parent, a Lecturer, a Activist and as the St. Sabina. org website states, he is a "errand boy". The priest and leader of St. Sabina since 1981 when he was appointed the youngest pastor of the parish in the history of the archdiocese at 31 yrs of age. In the words of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. the pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ said recently this Good Friday at the 7 Last Words at St. Sabina these words about Father Mike; "Mike walks as our white brother, where black pastors wont walk. Whether it's drugs, whiskey, or gangs, I didnt say...
Institutional Sex Corruption: Plight of Roman Catholic Church and Sathya Sa
2010-09-19 01:00:00 In the face of far too powerful, worldwide exposure of endemic Roman Catholic Church corruption, Pope Benedict XVI has called for reconciliation. Only at this chronically late hour, and in the face of terrible and universal threat to his institution's survival, does he begin to treat sexual abuse as a reportable crime, and make apologies, and require his officials to take meaningful actions against the sexual abuse that the world now nows is rampant in his Church. It is the year 2010 and yet official communiques coming from the Vatican and other official sections of the Roman Catholic Church almost make it sound as though decades of sexual abuse complaints involving priests all over the world were something new. There may be contrite tears now, and official cries for reconciliation. But where were these down the decades of victims' anguish? The Sathya Sai Organization still has not come to this point. It too has lain low. It too has turned a hard heart of the cries of individua...
Sadism in the Roman Catholic Church
2010-07-25 14:34:00 I refuse to allow a rabid sadistic cult to tell me who I can and who I can't fall in love with....
Lessons of the Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal
2010-05-24 06:35:00 I’m sure that everyone is by now aware of the sex abuse scandal plaguing the Catholic church. What was once talked about in hushed tones, if at all, is now openly and hotly debated in the media and the pews. The image and reputation of the Vatican and the Catholic church lies in tatters as ...
Anglican Leader Claims Catholic Church Has Lost Credibility
2010-04-04 08:37:00 Catholic church leaders are building a church based on dishonesty, lies, and deception.
Swami ?Paramahamsa? Nityananda scandal ? latest
2010-03-28 15:54:00 This case pales by comparison with those of Pope Benedict or Sathya Sai Baba , but it has awakened more Indian media suspicion of Indian gurus than any comparable event. Zeenews.com reported (23-3-2010): “Tamil Nadu police who had registered cases under various sections, including rape, against Nityananda, transferred them to the police in Ramanagar, as the ...
Sexual Abuse Priests. What?! The Pope Never Knew?
2010-03-28 01:37:00 Some international commentators opine that there is a net of terrible revelation closing in on Pope Benedict XVI. One revelation after another indicates that he has for many years known about the endemic sexual abuses, both of children and adults, happening within the Roman Catholic Church. And that he has, all along, failed with any probity to act. To the contrary, he has called, along, for secrecy. (I shall shortly turn to the mounting allegations of massive cover up of sexual abuse by the Boy Scout's of America) If any should think that the Vatican has not been for centuries, and is to this day, a heavy hitter in the murky world of realpolitik, they have not paused to read even the standard historical accounts.
Catholic Church Reforms?
2009-12-08 16:56:00 The Roman Catholic Church does many good things, but sadly at its most recent major conference, Vatican II, its reform disposed Pope died and the Church has since been a major enemy of vital human rights, particularly those of women and gays. Manifestly women need all the protections they can get against venereal diseases. Gays ...
Annulment catholic church and Domestic Violence
2009-11-17 14:27:00 I came across an article called, 'A new theology of divorce'. Mike Sweitzer-Beckman is the author, and he was speaking about he was one of the statistics when it comes to children of divorce. He isn't one of those that seemed all that harmed by it as he speaks of his parents, and later their new marriages and his new step siblings. He spoke of a number of different circumstances of annulment that people he knew from the Catholic church had gone though personally. I'm not Catholic myself, but I have heard about the process a number of times from people I know. I wanted to point this article out, because it seems one of my most popular articles on this blog from the past was Marriage Annulment Grounds in the Catholic Church. There was a lady in my Domestic Violence group that was seeking an annulment due to the emotional abuse, verbal abuse, among other things that torn the marriage to pieces. I will never forget her husband for one reason! ...
CNN's 'Latino in America' and Holy Trinity Catholic Church b
2009-10-22 05:02:00 I have been looking forward to CNN's "Latino in America" for months, but while watching tonight's episode and hearing both sides of the divide in St. Ann, Missouri's Holy Trinity Catholic Church (nicknamed Holy Trinity Hispanic Church), all I could do was shake my head. Neither group seems to be making a great effort to know the other--the Latino side because some are uncomfortable that they aren't fluent in English and the English side because they feel like Latinos should learn English. I disagree with both. They both need to meet in the middle. English is not the official language in the United States, and we're constantly bragging about being a big melting pot but then contradicting ourselves by...
Catholic church in 'stunning' move
2009-10-20 23:59:00 The number of Bingo players could grow sharply as the result of the Vatican's epochal decision today to add another free space to Bingo cards. At press conferences in Rome and London on Tuesday, Vatican officials also announced that any time anyone makes Bingo on 0-67 that the winner will receive an autographed baseball from former White Sox catcher Ron Karkovice, who used to be urged by the announcers to "hit a little bingo," and indeed he was hitting for an average of .067...BINGO! "It's a stunning turn of events," says Lawrence Cunningham, theology professor at Notre Dame University. "At the very least, it takes our mind off the fact that we were never really in the USC game on...
Head of Roman Catholic Church in England warns against the dangers of SMS,
2009-08-03 19:16:00 From Engadget: In case you haven't been apprised of the situation, your addiction to texting and email is ruining your relationship... with god. According to Vincent Nichols, head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, modern friendships built around (or involving) heav
Head of Roman Catholic Church in England warns against the dangers of SMS,
2009-08-03 19:16:00 From Engadget: In case you haven't been apprised of the situation, your addiction to texting and email is ruining your relationship... with god. According to Vincent Nichols, head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, modern friendships built around (or involving) heav
Catholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report
2009-05-21 02:44:00 Catholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report DUBLIN (AP) - After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for Ireland’s castaway children. The 2,600-page report painted the most detailed and damning portrait yet of church-administered abuse in a country grown weary of ...
By: TexasFred's
Acies March 22nd at Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Virginia Beach
2009-03-18 16:19:00 Acies will be held on Sunday, March 22nd at Star of the Sea Catholic Church at 3:00pm. The easiest was to get to Star of the Sea Catholic Church for many is to take 264 East until the highway becomes an avenue. Then, go right onto Pacific Ave. Star of the Sea ...
UK Sathya Sai Organization?s false propaganda
2009-03-16 23:20:00 Ashok Bhagani is one of the leading cultists in the internally turbulent UK Sathya Sai Organizaton, largely now dominated by the Indian community. According to my friend, Mr. Lucas Ralli, the former President and later Central Coordinator of the Sathya Sai Organization in UK (now deceased) the struggle for influence among the immigrant community was ...
The Catholic Church?s ACORN Inquisition
2008-11-13 23:00:00 (By the way, I also posted over here today.)This CNN story tells us?The Roman Catholic Church is cutting off funds to the community organizing group ACORN, citing complaints over its voter registration drives in the November 4 election as part of the reason.The Catholic Campaign for Human Development froze its contributions to the group in June amid allegations that Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN founder Wade Rathke, had embezzled nearly $1 million.This week, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore, Maryland, the campaign's chairman said it was cutting all ties with the group."We simply had too many questions and concerns to permit further CCHD funding of ACORN groups," Roger Morin, the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, told his colleagues in a letter to the conference.I guess it was too much trouble for auxiliary bishop Morin to do a little investigating into this and found out what I discovered here, notably?The head of a foundation that has funne...
The Catholic Church is a Pro-Life Church
2008-09-05 15:56:00 All persons, not just Catholics, can know from the scientific and medical evidence that what grows in a mother's womb is a new, distinct human being. All persons can understand that each human being — without discrimination — merits respect. At the very least, respecting human life excludes the deliberate and direct destruction of ...
Archbishop: No Communion for Biden
2008-08-25 23:00:00 Archbishop: No Communion for Biden The Catholic archbishop of Denver says that presumptive Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. should not take Communion because of his pro-choice stance. In an e-mail sent Sunday to an Associated Press reporter, Archbishop Charles Chaput called the Delaware senator’s support for abortion rights “seriously wrong.” Sen. Joe Biden, ...
By: TexasFred's
Does Your Candidate Support the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church?
2008-08-25 17:34:00 2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.72 Before I formed you in the womb I knew ...
Little Dash
2008-08-01 19:55:00 ?All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.?--Gandalf from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHow do we decide what to do with the time given to us? Far too often, we take the time given us for granted and behave as though we have all the time in the world to do the things we should do, and what we hope to do. Many times we are dealt a hand that leads us on a path we never thought we would take, or maybe even more correctly, a path we never wanted to take. So, the things we hoped for in life, dreamed of in life never happen, or sometimes begin and are ended for reasons we can not understand, and often find difficult to accept and live with. When our dreams are shattered, when the carpet is pulled out from under us we far too often have a hard time letting go and moving on. So, what do we do, and how do we cope?We can take one of two paths when we are faced with obstacles in our life path. First, we can weep, and moan and groan, and throw ourselves one b...
Legalistic Abuse: Catholic Church And Sathya Sai Organization
2008-07-18 22:54:00 Many of my readers will be quick to see certain striking parallels between, respectively, core powerholders in the Roman Catholic Church and in the International Sathya Sai Organization. In the Australian Broadcasting Corporation report, I have highlighted in red some salient points. As development continues in the Australian story about the Foster family’s years’-long fight for ...
Pope says Vatican will excommunicate women priests
2008-05-30 20:06:00 Advocates of women ordination cite the letters of Saint Paul, some of the earliest texts of Christianity, to show that women played important roles in the early church.
Germany: Exorcists are summoned from abroad to drive the demons away
2008-05-22 07:53:00 Hundreds of Germans, tortured by inner voices, are on the search for priests who can free them from what they believe to be the grip of the Devil, according to an extraordinary radio documentary that has stirred an awkward debate about exorcism in the Catholic Church.
Autistic Boy Banned from Church
2008-05-20 21:58:00 I was Googling for Health News today, and came across this story. BERTHA, Minn. May 19, 2008 A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church in Bertha on Sundays. The Rev. Daniel Walz alleges that Adam Race’s unruly behavior ...
By: fracas
The Virgin Mary?s place in the Kern County sun
2008-05-16 10:34:00 Twenty years after a woman said the Virgin Mary appeared to her, hundreds still attend Our Lady of the Rock gatherings in the Mojave. Despite disavowal by the church, followers say they draw comfort.
Church disowns activist bishop
2008-05-16 10:15:00 Australia's bishops have released a public statement suggesting that Bishop Robinson is wrong about the authority of Christ and the authority of the church to "teach the truth".
Church Infallibility & Conversions to the Catholic Church
2008-05-15 22:05:00 This was my recent post in the combox over at JP Manzi's blog:Pope Benedict said (while he was still Cardinal Ratzinger) on Church infallibility:This doctrine obviously needs to be understood very precisely within its correct limitations, so as not to be misused or misunderstood. It doesn't mean that every word that the ecclesiastical authorities say, or even every word said by a pope, is infallible. It certainly does mean that wherever the Church, in the great spiritual and cultural struggles of history, and after all possible prayer and grappling with the truth, insists that this is the correct interpretation and draws a line there, she has been promised that in this instance she will not lead people in to error. That she will not be turned into an instrument of destruction for the Word of God, but remains the mother, the living agent, within whom the Word is alive and truly expresses Himself and is truly interpreted.The Scriptural model for this is found in Acts 15. There was a...
Vatican says aliens could exist
2008-05-14 12:19:00 Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist intelligent beings in outer space created by God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, the Vatican's astronomer speculates.
Fat Tuesday Party Roots Reach Back to Catholic Church
2008-05-13 07:00:00 Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras are most likely is never thought of as being rooted in any church let alone the Catholic Church. Its loud its raucous and its as far from the church as possible. In many ways the roots of the holiday have been forgotten and it has become a very secular ...
By: Resources zone
A Review of Sacraments of the Catholic Church
2008-05-13 07:00:00 The Catholic Church since its inception has set itself aside from all other organized religion by being a sacramental church. As a Catholic you will often hear of the sacramental church and if raised Catholic as a child had these sacraments bestowed on you as grew up as both a person and a Catholic. The ...
By: Resources zone
Catholic Church complains about "Hail Mary"
2008-05-11 15:53:00 On flyers and posters used in a fast-food chicken company's latest advertising campaign in Canada.
By: Bad Thinking
9 Things I Hate About the Catholic Church
2008-05-07 09:22:00 Born and raised Catholic and eventually shifted to atheism after Nanay’s death, I now consider myself an agnostic although I don’t totally fit the description. Agnostics believe in the existence of a god unlike atheists but we’re irreligious, we are not anti-Christs cause it’s not necessary to be anti something just because you don’t believe in it. ...
Secrets Of The Catholic Church Reveal Puppet Pope
2008-05-05 20:04:00 Whenever I?m feeling particularly frustrated, I pop on a wonderful little diddy called Slaughtered by PanterA to cheer me up. Try it out for yourself PanterA - Slaughtered I see dudes who are clearly queer dating women and looking prettier than them. So as far as this girl is concerned, I wonder if the joy of ...
Chilean Supreme Court Rules Against Lesbian Teacher
2008-04-29 18:15:00 The Supreme Court of Chile ruled against a lesbian’s right to teach Catholic religion based classes in the school system. A 1983 Education Ministry decreee requires all relligon teachers to possess an aptitutde certificate issued by a religious authority. Sandra Parvez, who has taught religious classes for over 20 years, lost her fight to continue ...
Did the Catholic Church Kill Jesus?
2008-04-25 22:23:00 Yea, you read that right. I recently received a request to respond to the following argument:"Correct me if I am wrong: was it not a Roman Emperor that sentenced Christ to death on Calvary? Now for the serious question: if I am correct, which I may not be, but if I am, then would that not make the Emperor an Italian? Now, why are they making such a positive thing about the head of the church, which is an offshoot of the old Roman Empire, with headquarters in Rome, being here celebrating the death of the Lord? I know that the Lord rose from the dead and is alive according to gospel, but all the same they are the ones who sentenced him to death, and now they make themselves out the lord of lords. Just seems strange to me that they can celebrate the Pope this way and still preach the very word that the man they sentenced to death preached. Did you ever think of it? Would shed a whole new light on the religion, wouldn't it?"There's a lot going on in this argument, so let's take it on...
Photoshop Contest: Marlboro Product Placement Ad and the Catholic Church
2008-04-25 05:38:00 Catholicism and its traditions have dominated the news following the Pope's recent visit to the U.S (quite justifiably, all kidding aside). So now's the time to roll out the best product placement for the church I've ever seen. Advertising is a bizarre business (believe me I do it every day for a living) and product placements, in my mind, generally are obvious and annoying. That's what's so great about this theater of the absurd Photoshop. Thank goodness the Pope's advance men covered up every single Yankee stadium sign before Sunday's mass.
Faithful gather as remains of Stigmata Saint go on display
2008-04-24 13:54:00 Padre Pio's body is unusually central to the cult that surrounds him, and exceptionally controversial.
Building a Catholic Church?caveat emptor!
2008-04-23 15:17:00 There are a couple of things that really seem to be popular in the world of liturgical art and architecture. The first thing is to make parishioners and clergy aware of the fact that they both have a responsibility to procure the highest quality of available materials available for use in their sacred liturgical space. ...
Catholic Church Celebrates, ?Earth Day!??Hopefully With Less Paper, More Pr
2008-04-22 13:55:00 There are always ways that the Catholic Church can join in the environmental movement in small but yet effective ways. One of the things I frequently think about is the considerable amount of paper resources that are generated at a parish on a weekly basis. Think about it, most parishes generate thousands of copies of ...
Ireland: Catholic Church pays for decades of abuse
2008-04-20 15:05:00 Up until fairly recently the Catholic Church undertook a type of faith-based welfare in Ireland. It ran schools, children's homes and orphanages.In addition to brain washing the children in its care, the decades of Catholic control has resulted in a catalogue of crime as victims of sexual abuse and other violations have come forward with the truth of what they had to endure.In 2002, the Church paid 128 million in cash and property to the State, but the total is more likely to be between 1 billion and 1.3 billion euros. Prior to the 2005 deadline, a staggering 14,500 applications were made by individuals for sexual, emotional and physical abuse.In Canada, the Catholic Church has also been responsible for a catalogue of crimes against native children.It was frankly nauseating to listen to the media fanfare for pope Benedict as he made his rounds in the United States. Despite his claim to be "ashamed" of the crimes committed against children, he hasn't lifted a finger to discipline a...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Pope says he is ashamed of clergy abuse scandal
2008-04-15 17:48:00 Benedict's pilgrimage was the first trip by a pontiff to the United States since the sex abuse scandal rocked U.S. dioceses in the early 2000s and triggered lawsuits that have cost the church hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.
Maher: "The Catholic Church is the Bear Stearns of Organized Pedophilia"
2008-04-14 12:00:00 digg_url = 'http://phrequency.squarespace.-com/network/2008/4/14/maher-the--catholic-church-is-the-bear-st-earns-of-organized-p.html'; digg_bgcolor = '#FFFFFF'; digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new'; On the April 11th episode of Real Time, Bill Maher gave politicians a week off while targeting the Catholic Church. Appropriate, of course, with the Pope about to visit the U.S. Of course, he didn't leave Warren Jeffs totally unscathed. And of course, it's true that the U.S. is basically bailing out Bear Stearns and Wall Street while Main Street has to go it alone. Here's what he had to say in the final mini-segment of New Rules this week: Whenever you combine a secretive compound, religion and weirdos in pioneer outfits, there’s going to be some child-f*cking going on. In fact, whenever a cult leader sets himself up as "God’s infallible wing man" here on earth, lock away the kids. Which is why I’d like to tip off law...
By: PhreQuency Ent.
Brussels: Catholic Church Turned Into Mosque As Cardinal Leaves For Rome
2008-04-12 16:30:00 I came across this today. In Brussels Journal and Catholic Church ConservationIn the centre of Brussels, there is the beautiful Church of the Minimes . It contains a Chapel in the form of the Holy House of Loretto which was built at the same time as the Church. A house of low repute was demolished to make way for the Church and there used to be an inscription in the Church, "Where once stood a temple of Venus, now stands a shrine to Our Blessed Lady." But now can it be said?"Where once stood a shrine to Our Blessed Lady, now stands a mosque".The Chapel is now being desecrated by an occupation by a group of Kurds. They claim to be on hunger strike. Why choose a Catholic Church when there are so many other places in Belgium to protest? But is the Chapel now being used as a mosque?; the Vicariat of Brussels have neither confirmed nor denied this, despite several e-mails. The altar has been moved. The statue of Our Lady has been covered by a cloth in such a way that she is mostly hidden...
Catholic Church vs Davao City
2008-04-08 06:40:00 They will storm the Davao City council meeting on Tuesday. Find out more at Catholic Church vs Davao City [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Ontario archdiocese appoints two new exorcists
2008-04-07 13:47:00 The archdiocese doesn't receive any more than seven or eight calls a year about exorcism. But exorcism has always been part of the Catholic ministry, even if it has fallen by the wayside.
Mexico drug traffickers are financing churches, bishop says
2008-04-07 07:15:00 Texcoco Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, president of the Mexican Bishops Conference, said drug lords had financed public works in rural areas that are little served by the government and also had built churches.
Pas MP receives standing ovation in Shah Alam Catholic Church
2008-04-05 17:59:00 The MP for Shah Alam, Khalid Abdul Samad from Pas, received a standing ovation and thunderous applause from 350 parishioners of the Church of the Divine Merch in Shah Alam. He had offered to meet the parishioners for a dialogue session on 27 March. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you ...
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