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The Cult of Money, Solidarity – The "Treasure of the Poor"- And the Dangerous God CAELUM ET TERRA - May 17, 2013 Pope Francis comes out swinging, in his first major address concerning economics; from Vatican Insider : GERARD O'CONNELL ROME In his first major speech on the global financial crisis, Pope Francis strongly denounced "the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal". He called on the world's financial experts and political leaders to promote "disinterested solidarity" and "a return to ...http://caelumetterra.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/the-cult-of-money-solidarity-the-treasure-of-the-poor-and-the-dangerous-god/
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B SUNDAY HOMILIES FROM AUSTRALIA - May 13, 2013 Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 In 2001 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, our present Pope, published a small book entitled God Is Near Us. One of the chapters in that book is headed The Presence of the Lord in the Sacrament . It makes wonderful reading. He begins this chapter with the very text of the Gospel of today's Mass: He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. Yes, indeed, God is near us, and we might recall ...http://homiliesfromaustralia.blogspot.com/2012/08/20th-sunday-in-ordinary-time-year-b_13.html
Vatican II: Papal Bull Omits Reference to Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 11, 2013 ... Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis , with which Pope John announced the Second Vatican Council on 25 December 1961, is missing. The man supposedly responsible for the oversight is the calligrapher Arrigo Bravi who was 32 at the time and worked as a miniaturist and for the Secretariat of Briefs to Princes. This was one of the things that were discussions held today in the Synod Hall, in the Vatican, during the presentation of the fifth volume in the series Exemplaria ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/vatican-ii-papal-bull-omits-reference.html
Pope Francis Welcomes Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros NEWS.VA - May 10, 2013 (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Friday with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, telling him the future of Egypt and the role of its Christian communities finds a deep echo in the heart of the entire Catholic world. Pope Tawadros of Alexandria, who heads the largest Christian Church in the Middle East, is currently making a five day visit to Rome, his first outside Egypt since his enthronement last November. He's ...http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-welcomes-egypts-coptic-orthodox-pope
The Honeymoon of the Msm and Pope Francis May Soon Be Over ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - May 6, 2013 !!!! The Spell of Pope Francis His popularity is to a large extent due to the artfulness with which he speaks. Everything is forgiven him, even when he says things that if said by others would be hammered with criticism. But the first protests are beginning to appear by Sandro Magister http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350508?eng=y ROME, April 29, 2013 – A stir has been made, in the media by the critical remark that Pope Francis reserved ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/the-honeymoon-of-the-msm-and-pope-francis-may-soon-be-over/
Regensburg Revisited IDLE SPECULATIONS - May 5, 2013 ... highest level of the knowledge of Islam during the Byzantine epoch." As the successor to Constantine, for over a thousand years the Byzantine Emperor sat in his palace, ruling over the empire as God's regent on earth. His was the ultimate authority. The emperor was the font of all law, granter of titles and offices, distributor of largess, master of the Church, commander of the army, head of the bureaucracy, and supreme judge. The decisions of the individual who sat on the throne had ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/Uocyk/~3/QLzXpEAYW_E/regensburg-revisited.html
Vatican Still Unsure on How to Treat Pope Francis Weekday Mass Homlies OPINIONATED CATHOLIC - April 30, 2013 ... interesting piece up on how people are trying to deal with the rather new thing called the daily " public " Papal Homily. See The Spell of Pope Francis . In dealing with recent remarks that the Pope said as to the " Vatican Bank" in his homily Sandro Magister says in part : ..... Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio delivers these morning homilies completely off-the-cuff. And the passage reproduced above is the literal transcription provided a few hours ...http://opinionatedcatholic.blogspot.com/2013/04/vatican-still-unsure-on-how-to-treat.html
THE SPELL OF POPE FRANCIS by Sandro Magister MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - April 29, 2013 ... Institute for Works of Religion, the controversial Vatican "bank," in the homily for his morning Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae on Wednesday, April 24: "When the Church wants to throw its weight around and sets up organizations, and sets up offices and becomes a bit bureaucratic, the Church loses its principal substance and runs the risk of turning itself into an NGO. And the Church is not an NGO. It is a love story. . . But there are those guys at the IOR. . . Excuse me, eh?. . . ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-spell-of-pope-francis-by-sandro.html
Cardinal Pell: "We've Got a Pope Who's Got Mud on His Boots" CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 27, 2013 ... enthusiastically about the Pope from "the new world". "I think we will be well served by this new pope", he remarked on April 22, shortly before going for a private audience with Pope Francis who has chosen him to be one of the eight cardinals from all five continents to advise him in governing the Catholic Church and reforming the Roman Curia. We began by talking about the conclave. What was the atmosphere like in the conclave when Bergoglio ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/cardinal-pell-weve-got-pope-whos-got.html
This Week's Headlines FAITH AND REASON - April 26, 2013 ... how they live, Pope Francis told the 100,000 pilgrims who filled St. Peter's Square." See also: Christian life is a time to prepare to enjoy heaven, pope says Pope Francis at priestly ordinations: "You are pastors, not functionaries" - "Beloved brothers and sisters: because these our sons, who are your relatives and friends, are now to be advanced to the Order of priests, consider carefully the nature of the rank in the Church to which they ...http://faithandreasonblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/this-weeks-headlines_26.html
Respond to Violence With the Fascinating Power of Love THE DIGRESSIONAL RECORD - April 22, 2013 from the speech pope john paul ii gave to the young people of spain, in madrid, 2003: (italics are the pope's emphases. bold text are my own emphases.) Beloved young people, you know well how concerned I am for peace in the world. The spiral of violence, terrorism and war still causes hatred and death, even in our day. Peace, as we know, is first of all a gift from on High for which we must constantly ask and ...http://digressionalrecord.tumblr.com/post/48597671327
Pacem in Terris 12-13: Rights Pertaining to Moral and Cultural Values CATHOLIC SENSIBILITY - April 20, 2013 ... I've bulleted the text here in paragraph 12–this is not done in the online version : 12. Moreover, (a person) has a natural right to be respected. (A person) has a right to (a) good name. (A person) has a right to freedom in investigating the truth, and—within the limits of the moral order and the common good —to freedom of speech and publication, and to freedom to pursue whatever profession (she or) he may choose. (A person) has the right, ...http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/pacem-in-terris-12-13-rights-pertaining-to-moral-and-cultural-values/
Francis Asks to Consecrate His Pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 17, 2013 Pope Francis has asked the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal José Policarpo, if he can consecrate his pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima. The cardinal himself confirmed this, in his introduction to the 181 st general assembly of the Portuguese Bishops' Conference. At the end of his opening speech, Policarpo said: "Pope Francis asked me twice whether he could consecrate his new ministry to Our Lady of Fatima. It is a mandate I can carry out ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/francis-asks-to-consecrate-his.html
To Post or Not to Post CATHOLIC EDUCATOR - April 14, 2013 ... three teenage girls from a local high school who got drunk one night at a party and allowed a boy to take a picture of them in the nude, which he then posted that night on the internet. When the girls sobered up the next morning, they were deeply embarrassed and demanded the boy take down the picture. He did so, but it didn't matter--by then, the pictures had gone viral, not just in the girls' school, but all around the city, as countless people had downloaded onto their phones or computers. ...http://catholiceducator.blogspot.com/2013/04/to-post-or-not-to-post.html
The Woman to Whom Pope Francis Desires to Consecrate His Papacy THAT THE BONES YOU HAVE CRUSHED MAY THRILL - April 13, 2013 This is good news courtesy of Vatican Insider ... 'Pope Francis has asked the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal José Policarpo, if he can consecrate his pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima. The cardinal himself confirmed this, in his introduction to the 181 st general assembly of the Portuguese Bishops' Conference. At the end of his opening speech, Policarpo said: "Pope Francis asked me twice whether he could consecrate his new ministry to ...http://thatthebonesyouhavecrushedmaythrill.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-woman-to-whom-pope-francis-desires.html
Quasimodo Sunday ROMA LOCUTA EST - April 5, 2013 In the new Roman Missal, the name of the Second Sunday of Easter has been recast as "Sunday of Divine Mercy," promulgated by the now Blessed Pope John Paul II. A great feast it is indeed, yet "Sunday of Divine Mercy" is not the first name to have replaced the generic "Second Sunday of Easter." Before John Paul II promulgated Divine Mercy, the Second Sunday of Easter was known as "Quasimodo Sunday." Why? Quite simply: for the same reason that Gaudete Sunday and Latarae ...http://causafinitaest.blogspot.com/2013/04/quasimodo-sunday.html
On Self-Absorption CATHOLIC SENSIBILITY - April 3, 2013 CNS had a teaser of a piece yesterday . Pope Francis, before his election, took his turn talking at the pre-conclave meetings. A message that seemed to point at the institution has a resonance with Christian ministry. I'd like to read the whole speech. But CNS only gives us snippets. One of them: The evils that, over time, happen in ecclesial institutions have their root in self-referentiality and a kind of theological narcissism. What does that mean? Is ...http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/on-self-absorption/
One Look at Pope Francis's First Holy Week. Fr. Z Responds With Brief Manifesto. FR. Z'S BLOG (OLIM: WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY?) - April 2, 2013 Many people don't know that Pope Francis planned to write his thesis on Romano Guardini, the distinguished theologian and liturgist who had a profound influence on Joseph Ratzinger. Ratzinger even named one of his most important books with the same title as that of one of Guardini's , namely, The Spirit of the Liturgy . (We need to read and apply what Ratzinger wrote now more than ever, by the way.) [Magister corrected his own entry which now reads: "It was precisely ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wdtprs/DhFa/~3/WHQg7kcZnV4/
The Bergolgio Moment ROMA LOCUTA EST - March 28, 2013 Whatever rhetoric may be tossed about ahead of time, the moments that "make a Pope" often happen only once the See is vacant and the cardinals have gathered in the General Congregation. This is why the election is so often unpredictable. It is said that Ratzinger presided over the General Congregations with such poise and charity that even those who thought they knew him were impressed. It is this impression that led to his election. It seems his successor had his own ...http://causafinitaest.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-bergolgio-moment.html
Robert Spencer: The Spiritual Journey of Magdi Allam SUNLIT UPLANDS - March 28, 2013 ... memory, Magdi Cristiano Allam, has left the Catholic Church. Allam, who was baptized in the Vatican by Pope Benedict XVI on Easter day 2008, explained that what "more than any other factor drove me away from the Church" was the "legitimization of Islam as the true religion of Allah as the one true God, Muhammad as a true prophet, the Koran as a sacred text, and of mosques as places of worship." Allam declared that contrary to all that, he was "convinced" that ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SunlitUplands/~3/YZXc_zKEPoo/robert-spencer-spiritual-journey-of.html
