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Feminists Crucify Barbie...Because That's Not Offensive CREATIVE MINORITY REPORT - May 21, 2013 The same feminist group that recently assaulted an archbishop is now crucifying a Barbie doll. The group, Femen, which doesn't appear to own any shirts, held a "Barbie-cue" (get it?) and they put Barbie on a cross and burned the doll because the image of the doll has harmed young girls. CNS News reports: "Ritual Barbie'cue with fried meat of the plastic idol was made to demonstrate the true meaning of the history of commercial monster Mattel," the website post states. ...http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2013/05/feminists-crucify-barbiebecause-thats.html
Note to the Tablet: For the Disobedient, It Remains Winter THAT THE BONES YOU HAVE CRUSHED MAY THRILL - May 8, 2013 ... the Papal Nuncio. The last person a homosexual needs for pastoral advice or spiritual guidance is an audience with Terence Weldon ...http://thatthebonesyouhavecrushedmaythrill.blogspot.com/2013/05/note-to-tablet-for-disobedient-it.html
Archbishop Alexander Sample: Will He Wear This Uniform With Pride? (a Loaded Word in Portland) VOCAL : VOICE OF CATHOLICS ADVOCATING LIFE - May 7, 2013 We have to point out things in this world that are against our Church's Teachings to our children. Confusion isn't a way to raise a child on their way to Eternal Life with Christ. There seems to be a sense of "we'll take care of things Archbishop, don't worry". We'll have to find a way to get this information to our dear Archbishop. The gatekeepers are still in place I fear. Thehttp://vocalblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/archbishop-alexander-sample-will-he.html
The Attack Is Underway... In Newark? Archbishop John J. Myers? ABBEY-ROADS - April 29, 2013 From the Archbishop's office: Very mixed messages. Homosexual priest reassignment surgery. With the approval of New Jersey's highest-ranking Catholic official, Newark Archbishop John J. Myers. The word is out - Archbishop Myers is under attack. Why? Because he protected at least 4 other priests accused of sexual abuse and more recently, gave permission for a Newark priest, accused of groping a 14 year old boy in a 'wrestling match', to ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-attack-is-underway-in-newark_29.html
Pope Francis' LCWR Reaffirmation Leads Sisters to Hard Questions (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 21, 2013 ... what the news means for the country's 57,000 Catholic sisters, said several former leaders of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Others said it could signal it is time to reconsider their energy in trying to tamp down potential tensions with bishops. "LCWR has spent an enormous amount of energy in conversations and in preparation materials and in actual meetings" with Vatican prelates, Mercy Sr. Helen Marie Burns, a former LCWR president, said. "The question ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-lcwr-reaffirmation-leads.html
Popes Have Faith in Colombian Tailor CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 11, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/popes-have-faith-in-colombian-tailor.html
Pope Francis in the News... TE DEUM LAUDAMUS! - April 2, 2013 ... work with the poor and under-privileged in the suburbs of Rome. The Archbishop has held this lunch for several years, and when Pope Francis heard about it, he wanted to attend. After the lunch, Vatican Radio spoke with two of the priests who attended. [snip] "He said, 'Open the doors of the Church, and then the people will come in…if you keep the light on in the confessional and are available, then you will see what kind of line there is for ...http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-in-news.html
Why Don't Priests Wear the Maniple? ABBEY-ROADS - April 1, 2013 Carthusian Nun wearing stole and maniple. Quick answer: Wearing the maniple is optional. I know. So the priest doesn't have to wear the maniple* anymore? But, but it has never been abrogated or banned. (Neither has the head-covering for women.) But I want him to. I can't pray if he doesn't wear it. I'm distracted all through Mass. As soon as he processes in, I notice if he is not wearing it and for the rest of the Mass I keep looking for more ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-dont-priests-wear-maniple.html
What Do They Say in Argentina? SPLENDOR VERITATIS MISSIO - March 31, 2013 ... Buenos Aires kneels down to receive the "blessing" of Protestant ministers and Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa - Buenos Aires, 2006 The Horror! Of all the unthinkable candidates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is perhaps the worst. Not because he openly professes doctrines against the faith and morals, but because, judging from his work as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, faith and moral seem to have been irrelevant to him. A sworn enemy of the Traditional Mass, he has only allowed imitations of ...http://ecclesiaprimus.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-do-they-say-in-argentina.html
Pope's Election Changed Headlines but Decisions Loom CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 30, 2013 "The election of Pope Francis marked a change in the newspapers headlines regarding the Church," according to Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, the secretary of the conclave that elected the new pontiff. In a March 20 interview with CNA, Archbishop Baldisseri invited journalists "not to speculate too much" about why the cardinals chose Pope Francis, but he also maintained that "there was a need for a Pope of this kind, a shepherd able to guide and reform ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/popes-election-changed-headlines-but.html
Even the Good Priests Disappoint: Holy Tears and the Gods of Exclusivity & Bureaucracy FEAR NOT LITTLE FLOCK - March 27, 2013 ... it do any good to sweep sin under the rug? We believe that priests can help us, through the sacraments, find our way to God. When they fail in their vocation, it can have serious consequences for us simple lay people. I hope these stories will inspire any clergy reading that they can do better! One priest got to know a distant family member who became sick with cancer. She was living at home with her parents, and this priest helped them through their frustrations over the 'liberal' parishes in ...http://remnantofremnant.blogspot.com/2013/03/even-good-priests-disappoint-holy-tears.html
The Pope and Silicone Wrist Bands – Heh Heh! FR. Z'S BLOG (OLIM: WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY?) - March 22, 2013 ... one of his priests decided to create a special symbolic object for the season of Lent. Something to remind people to make a special commitment for lent, to remind them that they've made this committment. He decided on a black band and on a purple band with the word "Sacrificium" printed on them because – says Cardinal Napier – "that's how our lenten campaign goes: make a sacrifice, give to the poor". So when it came to the Year of Faith, this priest asked the Cardinal whether he ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wdtprs/DhFa/~3/YLQXeUkOZOg/
Francis, Week Two: Or, "Living Stones" Aren't Squishy Rocks A CATHOLIC CITIZEN IN AMERICA - March 22, 2013 ... Pope Francis was installed as Bishop of Rome today, the two major symbols of the authority he received were connected to previous Popes. " The inauguration ceremony began with Pope Francis visiting the tomb of St. Peter. He then processed out to the square, with the patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches carrying the Book of the Gospels, his pallium and the Fisherman's ring.... " ...the papal ring and the pallium - a circular stole of white wool that symbolizes Francis' role as the chief ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ACatholicCitizenInAmerica/~3/HsobE1rayik/francis-week-two-or-living-stones-arent.html
What Happens When an Archbishop Is Enthroned? CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 19, 2013 The modern term would be inauguration, but 'enthronement' remains appropriate: this ceremony is all about the Archbishop of Canterbury 'taking his seat' - in fact, two seats. First, the Archbishop will be installed on the Diocesan throne as the Bishop of the see of Canterbury, the oldest diocese in the English church. He will then be installed on the chair of St Augustine as Primate of All England – the 'first bishop' in the country. This ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-happens-when-archbishop-is.html
Pope Francis Uses Recycled Ring From Era of Paul VI CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 18, 2013 ... gold ring previously owned by the private secretary of Pope Paul VI, the Vatican confirmed Monday afternoon. All popes wear a special ring, named the fisherman's ring after Peter's initial job as a fisherman. The ring Francis will wear was "in the possession" ring worn by Pope Paul VI's private secretary, Archbishop Pasquale Macchi, the Vatican said. Unlike Pope Benedict XVI's ring, which was made of gold, Francis' will be made of gold-plated ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-uses-recycled-ring-from.html
How Pope Francis Spent His First 24 Hours After Conclave CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 18, 2013 ... archbishop's palace in Buenos Aires, using public transportation and criticizing clericalism have been told repeatedly in various media since he became Pope Francis. But he displayed the same humility and simplicity in his first 24 hours of being pope, according to the Vatican spokesman and cardinals who sat in the conclave with the man who would be the 266th successor of St. Peter. After his election in the Sistine Chapel, the new pope chose not to sit on the papal throne ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-pope-francis-spent-his-first-24.html
Hopeful Signs Concerning the Inaugural Mass and Mgr Marini AN HONOUR AND A RESPONSIBILITY - March 17, 2013 ... there. It's his *job* to gently guide the Holy Father in the appropriate liturgical actions - even Pope Benedict did not wear the fanon immediately, or carry the ferula immediately. Given time, I'm sure Mgr Marini can discreetly and gently persuade the Holy Father to do things he had probably never thought about before as well. The only time Mgr Marini looked mildly ruffled during the Mass was when the Holy Father offered him the sign of peace to him as well. In time the Holy ...http://honresp-catholicblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/hopeful-signs-concerning-inaugural-mass.html
Well, the Angry Tirades Against the New Pope Have Started... AUNTIE JOANNA WRITES - March 14, 2013 ... asserting - among other things - that as a Bishop he "persecuted every single priest who made an effort to wear a cassock". Which seems unlikely, since he wore one himself. David Uebbing, Catholic News Service, March 13th, talked to people who knew him in Buenos Aires: "In February 2001, Fr. Rosica was at a meeting in Buenos Aires of the bishops from throughout Latin America to promote World Youth Day in Canada. He was told that Archbishop Bergoglio was going ...http://joannabogle.blogspot.com/2013/03/well-angry-tirades-against-new-pope-has.html
Pope Francis and John Paul I's Legacy CATHOLIC FAITH AND REFLECTIONS - March 14, 2013 ... struck by something when I watched Pope Francis at the front loggia of St. Peter's yesterday afternoon. I thought, "This is what I remember in August of 1978. This is what I witnessed 35 years ago in Pope John Paul I." The man even looks like Luciani. From all accounts, Pope Francis is a man like John Paul I. I think we will see, finally, lived out before us what could have been had John Paul I's 33 days been ten years or more. Francis has ...http://bob.yerhot.org/2013/03/pope-francis-and-john-paul-is-legacy/
Pope Francis THE FIFTH COLUMN - March 13, 2013 As archbishop of Argentina: He did not wear bishop's regalia , He used public transportation, travelling on the bus in a simple priest's cassock, Lived in small apartment, not bishop's palace, In that apartment, he cared for an elder sickly bishop, and cooks for both of them himself, He wandered the slums, looking for people to catechize and baptize, Helped people flee Argentina's dictatorship, In 2000, he ordered all priests in Argentina ...http://skellmeyer.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis.html
