So, the bishops of Atlanta, Charlotte and Charleston have joined
the ranks of those who refuse Communion to pro-abortion Catholic public figures.
Again, I wonder aloud how many are for, against, or on the fence. I’m sure someone
in the vast horde of Catholic geeks on the Net has taken the trouble to keep a tally.
I suppose I might have to get off my lazy butt and do it myself. *sigh*
Steven Kesslar, a friend of mine
and future priest, has cobbled together a treatise
on “Whether a marriage which is not consummated can, this fact notwithstanding,
be valid and sacramental.”
It was conceived as the result of a nerdy theological discussion we and some other
folks had after a bible study. Since such discussions are a common occurrence, I
wouldn’t be surprised if Steve writes some more monographs. 😉
A New Breed of Priest; My Kind of Priest
In general, … the “John Paul priests” are less supportive than older colleagues of optional celibacy, women priests, the democratic elections of bishops and greater lay leadership, according to numerous surveys. They show less tolerance for dissent against church teachings. And they are more apt to favor greater use of Latin prayers, special vestments, bells and other traditional touches to restore a sense of sacredness to the liturgy ….
Pray that more good young men like these join the priesthood.
Join me and listen to the feminists throw a hissy fit over the Vatican document
on male and female roles. You can cut the B.S. with a knife.
The
Vatican should practice the feminism it preaches (Catherine Pepinster)
The Catholic
Church Issues Attack on Feminism, but Espouses Feminism Too (feministe)
On This Day
Of Worship . . . (DebWire)
Smite
Me (journalesque)
Lord,
won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? (Kathryn Cramer)
Barefoot
and pregnant (pesky’apostrophe)
(Commonweal) More
on Cardinal Virtue (Echidne of the Snakes)
The
Vatican, men, and women (Noli Irritare Leones)
The
Church and women (Mouse Words)
Shocker
of the day: Vatican isn’t a feminism fan (feministing.com)
And just for fun:
‘Buffy,’
the pope & the new feminists
Perhaps the impact of The Passion of the Christ was bigger than I was initially
led to believe. The Mighty Barrister seems to think the
survey results are biased.
“Despite marketing campaigns labeling the movie the ‘greatest evangelistic tool’ of our era, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of those who saw the film stated that they made a profession of faith or accepted Jesus Christ as their savior in reaction to the film’s content.”
Surprised? I was at first, but not once I did a little digging. It turns out that George Barna, “Founder and Directing Leader of the Barna Research Group, Ltd.,†is a born-again evangelical.
Barna’s religious preferences appear to have colored his conclusions, if not the survey’s methodology itself. Take, for example, the last sentence in the quote above. It is almost guaranteed that nearly all of the people who saw the movie were believers in Christ before they saw the movie. He tells us that 53% of the people who saw the movie were “born again Christians,†but he doesn’t tell us how many were Catholics. In fact, the only time he mentions Catholics at all is in a slightly disparaging remark, noting that “Protestants were more likely than Catholics to give The Passion an “excellent†rating (78% versus 68%, respectively),†– and this is mentioned right after he says that the groups most likely to disparage the movie were “atheists and agnostics, homosexuals and liberal Democrats.†We are in fine company.