Tag Archives: Christianity

Persecution in China

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Despite some softening on religion, perhaps largely to ease the People’s Republic
of China into the Western business world, there are still gross injustices, such
as the disappearance of two bishops and the arrest of two priests who had been teaching
Chinese
couples about Natural Family Planning (NFP) and Catholic marriage theology.

For those who want to know more about NFP check out the Pope
Paul VI Institute or the Couple
to Couple League. Excellent popularizers of Catholic teaching on marriage are
Christopher West and
Gregory Popcak.

The Horror!

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Some naive soul in College
Christian Fellowship posted this:

“Hey guys, what do you think of this website?”

“Do you think this is Biblical, or are the scriptures being taken out of context?”

“http://christiansagainstbush.bravehost.com”

This question is representative of the evangelical mindset I’ve been encountering
a lot of lately. To be Christian is to support Bush. To suggest otherwise to them is
scandalous. *sigh* I can name plenty of good Christians who don’t support George
“War is Peace” Bush – and I don’t mean the wishy-washy kind that think
gay marriage, abortion, cloning, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia are
good ideas.

Islam and Christianity

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Mark Shea posted the following nugget of wisdom from Archbishop Fulton Sheen. I
don’t know much about the former, but I’m liking the latter each time I hear about
him. 🙂

Fulton
Sheen on What Catholics (Should) Know About Reaching Muslims

“We Catholics have a weapon in the war on terror that is a million miles away from
the thoughts of geopolitical strategists”

Accustomed to Error

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So people have gotten used to a bad translation. So what? Granted, the draft of the new mass needs some work to overcome some "clunky" wording, but that’s the not the point. The mass needs to be translationally and theologically correct before it is "comfortable".

Priests predict possible backlash against new Mass text

"A forum of priests on a national radio program has suggested the draft text of changes to the Mass creates a distance between the priest and the people, and it could alienate Catholics who have grown up with liturgy in the vernacular."