Posts Tagged ‘Legion of Christ’
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The Pope is expected to name Archbishop Velasio DePaolis the Apostolic Delegate to the Legion of Christ.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York are reportedly preparing to make a last-ditch effort to prevent thousands of traditionalists leaving the Church of England.
The Vatican’s spokesman expressed “esteem and solidarity” with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe yesterday as it emerged that police are investigating the Archbishop of Naples for alleged corruption.
Benedict XVI made an urgent appeal for peace in southern Kyrgyzstan and prayed for the world’s refugees after the Angelus on Sunday (full text, video).
Pope Benedict ordained 14 new priests for the Diocese of Rome in St Peter’s Basilica yesterday (hfull text).
A Vatican spokesman has denied reports that the disgraced former Archbishop of Poznań, Juliusz Paetz, is to be “rehabilitated”.
Zenit publishes the final part of Pope Benedict’s question-and-answer session with priests.
Fr Edward Daly welcomes the Saville report into Bloody Sunday.
Commonweal responds to criticism by the US bishops of its stance on the healthcare bill.
John Allen points out the “elephants in the room” of the Catholic debate on healthcare reform.
Kevin O’Rourke looks at “the complicated reasons behind an abortion at a Catholic hospital” in Phoenix.
George Weigel describes the alternative to “Catholic Lite”.
Karl Giberson urges Christians not to vilify the New Atheists.
Joanna Bogle profiles Catholic Voices, which aims to transform the media image of Catholicism during the Pope’s visit to Britain.
Austen Ivereigh applauds Archbishop Vincent Nichols’s efforts to promote the papal visit.
Rocco Palmo reports on the remarkable success of the iBreviary app for the iPhone.
And Fr Z wonders if the iPad will replace the altar missal.
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Archbishop Vincent Nichols gave the annual World Communication Day lecture in London yesterday. Fr Stephen Wang preached at a Mass beforehand.
A New York Times/CBS News poll has found that most American Catholics believe the media have blown the abuse crisis out of proportion.
Pope Benedict reflected on his visit to the Turin Shroud at the general audience this morning.
Mgr Bruce Harbert discusses the new English translation of the Roman Canon (video).
George Weigel sketches the future of the Legion of Christ.
Savi Hensman offers a critique of the Westminster Declaration.
And David Bonagura responds to Nicholas Kristof’s theory of the “two Catholic Churches”.
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Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his general audience yesterday to two Italian priests who served the needy (video).
The five bishops who conducted an apostolic visitation of the Legion of Christ will present their report to the Pope on Friday.
The US bishops respond to Nicholas Cafardi’s claim that they led the Church into a “cul-de-sac” during the heathcare debate.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach gives a candid account of his audience with Benedict XVI yesterday.
An American mother is hoping Pope Benedict will intervene to prevent the execution of her son by the state of Texas.
John Smeaton and Mulier Fortis continue to question the wisdom of appointing former Labour MP Gregory Pope as deputy director of the Catholic Education Service of England and Wales.
The Vatican has lent its support to a new equities index.
Rome Reports looks at how seminarians at the Pontifical North American College are screened for the priesthood (video).
Writing in L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago sums up the first five years of Benedict XVI’s pontificate.
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has produced a film about John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Poland.
Gerry O’Hanlon SJ unveils a blueprint for the renewal of the Irish Church.
The Huffington Post publishes an extract from Fr James Martin SJ’s new book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.
And the bookmaker Paddy Power has sponsored a confessional box in a church in Suffolk.
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Benedict XVI returned from Castel Gandolfo for a few hours yesterday to address more than 21,000 pilgrims in St Peter’s Square (video).
Cardinal Sodano has given an interview to L’Osservatore Romano explaining why he made an outspoken defence of the Pope on Easter Sunday.
The New York Times reports on a bishop in Norway who resigned in May after admitting he had abused a boy.
NPR investigates whether the Vatican can be sued in US courts.
Rome Reports defends Benedict XVI’s record on battling sex abuse in the Church (video).
George Weigel attempts to separate truth from falsehood in the abuse scandal.
AP suggests that future popes will be closely vetted following the crisis.
The Pew Research Centre finds that Protestants are more critical than Catholics of the Pope’s handling of the crisis.
The wrong actions of some do not justify the vilification of all, Archbishop Donald Wuerl argues in the Washington Post.
Sholto Byrnes of the New Statesman wonders what has happened to the Catholic Church he grew up in.
Austen Ivereigh is shocked by claims that the Legion of Christ bribed senior Vatican cardinals. His colleague, Michael Sean Winters, isn’t.
Tim Drake speculates on Archbishop Gomez’s priorities as the future head of Los Angeles archdiocese.
Kathryn Jean Lopez clashes with Maureen Dowd over the status of women in the Church.
Ross Douthat wonders why the number of Americans who believe in the Resurrection is falling.
And Westminster Auxiliary Bishop George Stack gives the thumbs up to a new film about a Carmelite community in London.
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The National Catholic Reporter claims that the Legion of Christ regularly gave ‘bribes’ to three senior Vatican cardinals at the behest of their founder.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Hitler “wanted to steal” the Turin Shroud.
The New York Times says the Vatican’s bureaucracy is struggling to cope with the abuse crisis.
Ross Douthat suggests that “the post-scandal Catholic Church may end up more Rome-centric than ever”.
Joaquin Navarro-Valls has written a robust defence of the Pope.
A rabbi has called the media coverage of the Church abuse scandal “one-dimensional“.
Bishop William Lori says we should be thanking the Pope “for helping the Church confront this crisis in a way that benefits victims“.
Jason Berry assesses Cardinal Levada’s role in the Vatican’s “risky strategy against the media”.
Leonard Klein, a married Catholic priest, asks: “What can the Catholic Church learn from married priests?“.
And Andrew M Brown hails “a wonderful film that shows what the Catholic Church does best”.
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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.
This morning’s Catholic must-reads
Vatican Radio reports on Pope Benedict’s prayer on Sunday for missionaries murdered in Africa (audio).
The Pope met 59 new priests of the embattled Legion of Christ yesterday, Zenit reports.
Cardinal Brady tells Vatican Radio last week’s meeting with the Pope to discuss the Irish abuse crisis was “sad and serious” (audio).
Australia is preparing for a major announcement about the Cause of Blessed Mary MacKillop.
The postulator of Newman’s Cause will undertake a huge fundraising drive in the United States in 2010.
Robert George explains why he co- authored the Manhattan Declaration.
Fr John Flynn examines the “rebirth” of population control.
Jeffrey Steel is shocked by the case of fathers jailed in Germany for refusing to send their children to mandatory sex education classes.
NLM rejoices in the opening of the Cause of Empress Zita.
No Hidden Magenta looks at the precedents for electing bishops in the wake of the Irish abuse scandal.
And a recently released transcript sheds light on John Paul II’s historic meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989.
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