One of Canada’s most outspoken Catholic bishops is going to the nation’s capital, where legislators, judges, policy makers and media will be counted among his flock. Read more about him in this recent article in the Catholic Register
Cartoon prior to President Bush’s meeting with the Pope.
The motu proprio liberating the Tridentine Mass for the entire Catholic Church has been given to about 30 bishops from all over the world in the Sala Bologna of the Apostolic Palace by Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone Read More
Sociologist can study and give us insight, but unfortunately they have to leave it up to those that read their investigations and studies to decide what to do. This winter two sociologists released a report that concluded that, “Young adult Catholics have a strong Catholic identity but do not feel much of a commitment to the institutional church or its moral teachings….” Read full article at this link:
Here is a link to a video that explores the person of Jesus, as one who is poor himself. From this perspective the gospel for this eleventh Sunday of ordinary time (Luke; 7:36-8:3) takes on a much deeper meaning. Watch Video
THE MONK UPSTAIRS
By Tim Farrington (2007)
Ron Charles recently reviewed this Novel in the Washington Post. In his review he comments on the authors first Novel about an ex-monk:
The Monk Downstairs earned praise from a variety of venues; the New York Times chose it as a “Notable Book of the Year.”
Now, Farrington has returned with a sequel called The Monk Upstairs, and, if anything, he concentrates on the function of prayer even more, but he still maintains the same ironic humor that welcomes readers of any religion — or no religion.
Here is a headline in a U.K. Newspaper
Blair ‘may become a Catholic deacon’ | the Daily Mail
Not sure what to make of this given other false and misleading headlines re the catholic faith in the U.K. press. Even if it is true, it seems to be a personal matter, and should not be a public part of the Prime Ministers official visit to the Vatican. If priests that know Tony Blair are making the comments reported in the above article, they should be ashamed of themselves. Is nothing private and confidential anymore?
Neusner commented on the pope’s book in an article published on May 29 in the Israeli newspaper “The Jerusalem Post.” Rabbi Jacob Neusner States: “Someone once called me the most contentious person he had ever known. Now I have met my match. Pope Benedict XVI is another truth-seeker.
We are in for interesting times.”
TORONTO - Raising kids with the faith of their heritage has become a political hot button in the run up to this fall’s Ontario election. Read More:
OTTAWA - On June 1, Pope Benedict XVI made three Episcopal appointments in Canada and accepted two resignations, close on the heels of recent appointments to Ottawa, Edmonton and Saint John, N.B.
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The Catholic Register - Pope makes flurry of episcopal appointments
APARECIDA, Brazil (National Catholic Reporter) – Rumors of the death of liberation theology, it would appear, have been a bit exaggerated, at least judging by the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida, Brazil, May 13-31 – though it didn’t exactly emerge with a clean bill of health. Read more:
