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Philadelphia Trial Shows Church Abuse Allegations Strategy CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 2, 2012 ... ministry, and conspiring with others to cover up the festering problem. Prosecutors call the archdiocese of 1.5 million Catholics "an unindicted co-conspirator." Defense lawyers counter that Lynn took orders from the archbishop during his 12-year run as secretary for clergy, when he supervised about 900 priests. Lynn, 61, faces years in prison if convicted. By August 1996, the priest had been released, and reassigned to a far suburb. Lynn recommended that he return to full ministry, with no ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2012/04/philadelphia-trial-shows-church-abuse.html
Uniting Pro-Life Protestants and Catholics in Christ SHAMELESS POPERY - March 27, 2012 Yesterday's " Conversation on Unity in Christ's Mission " between Francis Cardinal George and Evangelical author and former pastor John Armstrong was thoroughly enjoyable. The two men shared an obvious love for one another and for Jesus Christ. John spoke of being enriched by Catholic writers from long before the Reformation, who sound little like modern Evangelicals; Cardinal George spoke of the need for Catholics to learn a thing or two on preaching ...http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2012/03/uniting-pro-life-protestants-and.html
LA Congress 2012- Sponge Bob and "Youth Day Liturgy" CATHOLIC CHAMPION BLOG - March 25, 2012 http://catholicchampion.blogspot.com/2012/03/la-congress-2012-opening-rite-youth-day.html
Meet Timothy Cardinal Dolan, New York's Newest Comedian; By Vinnie Nauheimer VOICE FROM THE DESERT - March 10, 2012 Received by email and published with the author's permission. * * * Meet Timothy Cardinal Dolan, New York's Newest Comedian By Vinnie Nauheimer Speaking at a diocesan convocation on public policy last week, freshly minted cardinal Timothy Dolan made his New York debut as a comedian. The critics all agree that the funniest line of the night was, "If you want an authoritative voice, go to the bishops. They're the ones that speak for the truths of the faith." ...http://reform-network.net/?p=15516
Cardinal Dolan's Church in Rome COMMUNIO - February 20, 2012 ... solicitude for and to be a parish priest in the Diocese of Rome. The latter is really a fiction because the cardinal rarely has much to do his parish but this a vestige of a time when all cardinals were resident priests of Rome. Cardinal Mahoney never paid too much attention to his Roman church but Cardinal O'Malley shows up to his when he's in Rome. In time long ago the priests of Rome elected their bishop: this remains true, ...http://communio.stblogs.org/2012/02/cardinal-dolans-church-in-rome.html
Disingenuous Arguments for the HHS Mandate SHAMELESS POPERY - February 15, 2012 ... disobedience over Bush-era immigration laws (in fact, the New York Times even permitted him an Op-ed for this latter cause). Albert Mohler This isn't a Catholic / Non-Catholic Issue. Just as the opposition to the HHS Mandate cuts across party lines, so too does it cut across religious lines. Numerous non-Catholic religious leaders have spoken out , like Rick Warren (Saddleback Church), Chuck Colson (Prison Fellowship), Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary), ...http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2012/02/disingenuous-arguments-for-hhs-mandate.html
Obama Pushes Back - Bishops Respond AGGIE CATHOLICS - February 13, 2012 ... reject and to avoid the dreadful English model whereby the king and the government are the granter of all rights--as well as the single power to withdraw, limit, or negate those rights. As a Catholic American, I am outraged not only by your incredulous contortions to justify your untenable position, I am insulted that you would think that Americans who value and treasure our Constitutional freedoms would even question your overreaching infringement on individual freedom of religion and freedom ...http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/2012/02/obama-pushes-back-bishops-respond.html
Retired Cardinal Edward Egan Faces Criticism for Taking Back Abuse Apology CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 8, 2012 Retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan is facing criticism from representatives of clergy sexual abuse victims for a recent interview in which he said he regretted apologizing for the priest abuse scandal in 2002 when he was bishop of Bridgeport. In the interview with Connecticut Magazine, Egan said "I don't think we did anything wrong" in handling abuse cases. He said he was not obligated to report abuse claims and maintained he inherited the cases from his predecessor and ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2012/02/retired-cardinal-edward-egan-faces.html
Egan's Remarks on Priest Abuse Scandal Draw Fire VOICE FROM THE DESERT - February 6, 2012 ... left, and Cardinal Edward Egan, former archbishop of New York, stand together at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Lower Manhattan before a holding a service to commemorate the 10 th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. In the recent edition of Connecticut Magazine Egan claims that while bishop in Bridgeport, Conn. he did nothing wrong regarding abuse allegation against priests in the diocese and in fact never had a case of alleged abuse while he ...http://reform-network.net/?p=15117
"Interim Final Rule" THE CURT JESTER - January 29, 2012 ... administration – the abortion-at-all-costs administration. Father Rutler in part writes: …For a while, various Catholic leaders had hoped that they might reach an understanding with the Administration, and some even felt more at peace with the president's assurances. But "peace for our time" only lasts until Poland is invaded. … At the time of the last presidential election, some may have thought that I overstated things in finding parallels with the dystopian world described ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splendoroftruth/lNZE/~3/P62V3QFcco8/
Join the Good Fight… CatholicVote.org Calls Us to Defend Our Faith…with Our VOTE! ALWAYSCATHOLIC.COM - January 25, 2012 ... as a surprise to many of you. For years, hostile groups and some elected officials have been working to destroy the influence of the Church in America. For years they have flaunted our social teachings, insulted our clergy and hierarchy, and mocked our Pope. The attacks are endless. And now they want us to fund their agenda. NO WAY. We will not accept this new mandate, and we will not rest until it is overturned. Our goal: Ensure that every Catholic voter in every swing state understands this ...http://www.alwayscatholic.com/?p=8977
Third Sunday PRINTED AS PREACHED - January 22, 2012 ... nation is not an economic crisis. It's a moral crisis, the crisis of a great nation that came into existence and is held together by religious freedom and freedom of conscience. After receiving an honorary doctorate from Notre Dame, President Obama stood in front of the graduating class of 2009 and said, referring to health care reform, "Let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause". A couple of months later, the president reiterated, ...http://printedaspreached.blogspot.com/2012/01/third-sunday.html