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First Catholic Carnival

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Jay, from "Living Catholicism", has answered my call for a Catholic Carnival. 🙂

Basically, this is a Catholic-oriented version of the Christian Carnival (example here) that occurs weekly. It’s a great way to attract new readers to your blog – – and you’re likely to discover some Catholic blogs you haven’t heard about.

[T]he carnival will be a roundup of Catholic posts from the last seven days. You submit your favorite post (along with the info below) and you’ll be included (as long as the post subject is of a Catholic nature). It’s a great way to find new readers. I also ask that you consider hosting the Catholic Carnival one week on your blog – it’s work, but rewarding work. 😉

Those that would like to participate, email the following to jay@LivingCatholicism.com:

Site Name
Site URL
Post Name (posted between 10/19 and 10/25)
Post URL (Permalink)
Post description

Please get it to me by 10 PM EST on Monday evening – I’ll post the Carnival on Tuesday. I’ll send out an email with a link when the Carnival is up. Let your friends know as well.

God bless,
Jay

 

A Study in Contrasts

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I'm fascinated by bias and slant in the media. Here are two opposing spins on the same story.

Vatican Has Not Denied Automatic Excommunication of John Kerry (LifeSiteNews)

"News which broke yesterday about a Vatican consultant's response to a question about canon law application to Catholic politicians who support abortion, has created a media uproar and contradictory statements about the Vatican's involvement in the response."

"Washington-based Rev. Basil Cole's response to California canon lawyer Mark Balestrieri indicated that Catholic politicians who advocate abortion are 'automatically excommunicated'. This pronouncement was understood by Balestrieri to indicate Vatican support for his lawsuit against Kerry. However, with the Presidential contest in question, Vatican authorities, with unusual haste for an institution that is typically very slow to respond to even the gravest matters, today fended off any suggestion of involvement in Balestrieri's lawsuit. Balestrieri has launched a church lawsuit against Kerry seeking to have him disciplined by Church authorities for his outspoken support for abortion"

Kerry "excommunication" scam exposed (CathNews)

"An official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has claimed that a Californian canon lawyer seeking a formal decree of heresy against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts has misrepresented his contact with the Vatican office."

"The canon lawyer has claimed publicly that he received a communication from the Congregation implying that Kerry is excommunicated because any Catholic politician who says he is 'personally opposed to abortion, but supports a woman's right to choose,' incurs automatic excommunication. If credible, the claim could cause significant damage to Kerry's chances in an election that some pollsters say hinges on the Catholic vote."

"'The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has had no contact with Mr (Marc) Balestrieri,' said Congregation undersecretary Fr Augustine DiNoia."

God Save Us From Liturgists

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Take a wild guess how much I appreciated what this guy had to say about the liturgy.

Polarisation and liturgy

…My second suggestion would be to strengthen the force of the abrogations of Paul VI, and make the old rite available only to elderly priests who celebrate it in private…