Posts Tagged ‘Holy See’
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Love is “the badge of the Christian“, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Angelus address yesterday (video here).
The Pope also called on businesses around the world to stem the flow of job losses.
SSPX members have attacked an FSSP church in Mexico.
Meanwhile, Bishop Richard Williamson is continuing to deny the Holocaust.
The reconstruction of Haiti needs to be based on human rights and the principle of subsidiarity, the Holy See’s representative at the UN has said.
The Catholic News Service now has a reporter on the ground in Haiti who will be filing reports all this week.
A Catholic woman is refusing to pay her licence fee over the BBC’s support for abortion.
Almost three quarters of British people support assisted suicide for the terminally ill, according to a BBC poll.
Quality not quantity is the key to Catholic education, Cardinal Seán Brady has told Vatican Radio (audio).
Fr Richard Duffield of the Birmingham Oratory has met Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston to discuss Newman’s Cause.
Susan Boyle says she is dreaming of singing for the Pope when he visits Scotland on the first leg of his visit to Britain in September.
The Knights of Columbus are delivering 100,000 prayer books to US armed services personnel.
No Hidden Magenta wonders if Peter Singer and the Catholic Church can end global poverty together.
Fr Dwight Longenecker “shoots at his hunting buddies” with a critique of traditionalism.
And Father Z considers whether to buy the National Catholic Reporter.
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Photo: Pope Benedict XVI prays at the tomb of Pope Pius XII in the grotto of St Peter’s Basilica in October 2008 (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
The Vatican is investigating a “presumed miracle” attributed to the intercession of Pope Pius XII.
Pope Benedict XVI began the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity yesterday by receiving a Catholic-Lutheran delegation from Finland (video here).
A Spanish priest killed in the country’s civil war will be beatified this Sunday.
Forty people have been killed in Nigeria following an attack on a Catholic church in the city of Jos.
A parliamentary committee has ruled that the law prohibiting members of the royal family from being or marrying a Catholic breaches human rights laws.
An English bishop has urged British voters to make the plight of Palestinian Christians a general election issue.
John Allen brings together a wide array of reactions to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue on Sunday. Michael Sean Winters compares Benedict’s visit to that of John Paul II. You can hear Cardinal Walter Kasper’s thoughts on the visit here.
Meanwhile, Israel and the Holy See are seeking to end long-running disputes over tax and the ownership of holy sites.
And Salon reports on a campaign to persuade US Republicans to agree that the death penalty is as immoral as abortion.
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John Allen reflects on the lessons the Irish Church must learn following the abuse crisis.
Benedict XVI meditated on St Francis and the Christ Child at his general audience yesterday.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster will celebrate Midnight Mass live on BBC One tonight. The Beeb has a sneak preview of his homily.
Nicholas King SJ explains what we can truly know about the first Christmas.
The controversial theologian Edward
Schillebeeckx has died.
The new head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said gay people should not face unjust discrimination.
Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City has condemned the capital’s decision to recognise same-sex unions.
Umberto Eco deplores the lack of religious literacy in secular Europe.
As the Holy See responds to criticism of the Pius XII move, Hugh O’Shaughnessy considers the case against the Cause of the wartime pope. John Allen urges someone – anyone – to make the case in favour.
Andrew Sullivan says Robert George’s philosophy is “evil”.
Dr Samuel Gregg applauds Pope Benedict’s “stinging rebuke” to liberation theologians.
An adult stem-cell breakthrough has restored a man’s sight.
PETA encourages Pope Benedict to become a vegan.
Finally, I would like to thank you for reading this blog and wish you a very happy Christmas.
SSPX and Holy See talks: new details emerge
The excellent New Liturgical Movement has a fascinating post on the ground rules for the discussions between the Holy See and the SSPX. What jumped out at me were that both parties are taping and filming each session. This is presumably a precaution in case the talks end in acrimony.
Here’s the full list of conditions:
1) The outcome of the first meeting has been good.
2) Primarily the agenda and the method of discussion were established.
3) The issues to be discussed are of a doctrinal nature to the express exclusion of any canonical question regarding the situation of the SSPX.
4) The common doctrinal reference point will be the Magisterium prior to the Council.
5) The talks follow a rigorous method: an issue is raised, and the party raising it sends a paper substantiating its doubts. The Holy See responds in writing, after prior email exchanges among the technical advisers. At the meeting, the issue is discussed.
6) All meetings are taped by both parties and filmed.
7) The conclusions of each topic will be submitted to the Holy Father and the Superior General of the SSPX.
The timing of these meetings depends on whether the topic is new or is already being discussed. In the first case, it will be approximately every three months. In the second, every two. The next meeting is planned for mid January.
9) The theological representatives of the Holy See “are people you can talk with”, they speak “the same (theological) language as we”. (meaning presumably they are Thomists).
10) Some of the topics mentioned by the bishop in his homily, not exhaustively, are:
a) The Magisterium of the Council and after the Council.
b) The conciliar liturgical reform.
c) Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
e) Papal authority and collegiality.
f) Freedom of conscience, religious freedom, secularism and the social reign of Jesus Christ.
g) Human rights and human dignity according to the Council’s teaching.
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A Christian teacher lost her job after offering to pray for a sick pupil.
A rabbi lit the fourth Advent candle at St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, yesterday.
In the end, Senate healthcare reform negotiations were all about abortion, but Bart Stupak is ready for a pro-life last stand.
The backlash against the Pius XII decision begins.
The Holy See copyrights John Paul II.
The number of cardinal-electors has dropped to 112.
Canonist Dr Edward Peters is baffled by the Vatican’s latest action against Emmanuel Milingo.
Fr James Martin SJ is irked by “faith-based advertising”.
Pope Benedict explains why Christians are like Christmas trees.
Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch writes an appreciative Christmas message to Rowan Williams.
Francis X Clooney SJ ponders the questions raised by Archbishop Vincent Nichols’s visit to a Hindu temple.
Peter Steinfels announces the end of his New York Times column.
The Intentional Disciples salute the “extraordinary” Mary Ward, whose Cause progressed on Saturday, while Cardinal Pell rejoices at the progress of Mary MacKillop’s Cause.
Patrick Madrid responds to the disclosure that the founder of the Legion of Christ was a plagiarist.
A septugenarian monk who makes coffins is named among the top Irish-American business people.
Mgr Charles Pope sees God’s glory in snow.
Rorate Caeli explains why the maniple was never abrogated.
And, finally, Cranmer praises the ecumenical spirit of Morning Catholic must-reads.
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