Repeat after me: “Natural Law is a good thing.”
George
Pell: The case against gay marriage
May 04, 2004
“THE institution of marriage, the union of a man and a woman, brings immense benefits
to them, their children and society across the generations. It has the support of
most Australians and, I believe, most parliamentarians.”
Here are three nice articles from the Archdiocese of Denver.
Thanks for all the help, you religious folks – now pipe down
Why faith is, and belongs, at the center of the public square
"Every election year the Church lives through the same strange drama: Catholics speak their faith, and the world tells them to pipe down."
Pope credits St. Louis de Montfort with clarifying Marian devotion
Cindy Wooden
"VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope John Paul II said that at one point in his life he had worried that strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin could weaken devotion to Jesus Christ."
"Behold, your mother!" – John 19:27
"These were some of the last words spoken by Jesus from the cross. In Mary, the salvation of the world saw its dawning in her fiat with which she readily agreed to the will of God. The Son of God took human form in her. Mary mothered Jesus. Her heart beat in unison with his heart."
The second article presents a pretty thorough, if biased, chronology of the development of the new mass.
British Bishops comment on new English Mass draft
" The liturgy office of the Bishops of England and Wales has praised the International Committee for English (ICEL) for its preference for the use of inclusive language in the ‘green book’ new English Mass translation draft currently circulating among bishops in English-speaking countries."
A war of words
Austen Ivereigh
"Translation of the new Missal into English from the Latin text is the fruit of a long and bitter struggle – one that mirrors the battle over authority in the Church"
As a frequenter of the Ryan
Catholic Newman Center, I’m always happy to pass along information about his
ministry and its continuation. This, however, would warrant posting anyhow. The
sad fact is that some of the abuses reported can be found in Newman Clubs at such
schools as Colorado School of Mines (a non-Catholic school and thus left out of
the study). [It has been brought to my attention that the specific ills mentioned
on the site are not found in the Mines Newman Club. However, my source assured me
that there’s plenty of cafeteria Catholicism to worry a loyal Newmanite.]
Watchdog
group exposes Catholic campus scandals
“Washington, Apr. 30 (CWNews.com) – An independent Catholic group has released a
report of scandals at Catholic colleges in the US, noting that the detailed information
‘is certain to reignite concerns about the colleges’ religious character.'”
Translation is not the appropriate forum for progressive theological revision of the Mass. If anti-traditionalists want to butcher the liturgy and fill it with nonsense, they’ll have to work toward amending the official Latin version of the Novus Ordo. The only faults that should be pointed out in the new translation are those of grammar, style, and semantics, not theology.
Former ICEL official faults new Mass translation
"Sydney, Apr. 29 (CWNews.com) – Speaking on an Australian radio program, the former executive secretary of the International Committee for English in the Liturgy (ICEL) sharply criticized new procedures for liturgical translations, charging that the Vatican has endorsed ‘a more secretive process and definitely a process that seems to be less open to the wider Church.’"