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A stiff apology is a second insult… The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
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"Father" Bill
Thisentryis part 5 of 5 in the series Father HereticAn article in today's Pitt News has some misleading information. In the section addressing Lent, "Father" Bill Hausen, of Christ Hope Church, is quoted. Hausen broke away from the Catholic Church in 2004. He has been excommunicated and is no longer longer recognized as a priest […]
Mythical 81%
On November 23, the Catholic League released the following to the press. "According to news reports, the Vatican document says that while homosexuals must be respected, the Catholic Church 'cannot admit to seminaries and to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, who present deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or who support the so-called […]
Association of [Heterodox] Pittsburgh Priests
Jeff Miller always seems to more on top of Catholic news in Pittsburgh than me. :/ Anyhow, he mentions an article at KDKA about a press conference held by the Association of Pittsburgh Priests. They want Bishop Wuerl to voice their desire for optional priestly celibacy and ordination of women to next […]
Father Wehner's Comment on Seminary Visitations
On Wednesday, I sent the following email to Father Ron Lengwin, spokesman for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Father Lengwin, I have a question I'm hoping you can answer in your capacity as diocesan spokesman. In a recent Post-Gazette article about the current seminary visitations and related comments made by Archbishop Edward […]
Banning Gays From Priesthood
There are some very reasonable, fair, open-minded, intelligent, and compassionate orthodox responses to the announcement of the new policy against the admission of gays to the priesthood, and the related inspection of American seminaries, to be found in St. Blog's Parish. Examples are those of Mark Shea and Amy Welborn. If only we […]
