Tag Archives: ecclesiology

Protecting the Faith

Life and the Eucharist are under attack. I think devotion to the latter would help
the former.

New
Ad Campaign Questions Cardinal’s Coddling of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians

Thu May 6,10:16 AM ET

To: National Desk
Contact: Joseph R. Giganti of the American Life League, 703-928-9695 or jgiganti@all.org;
Web: http://www.all.org

“WASHINGTON, May 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — Today, American Life League’s Crusade for the
Defense of our Catholic Church launched the first in a new multi-ad campaign that
will engage members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy who have said they will not
take steps to ensure that pro-abortion Catholic politicians are barred from receiving
Holy Communion. The first ad comes in response to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s
recent disclosure that despite clear indications from the Vatican that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be denied Communion, he had ‘not
gotten to the stage where I’m comfortable in denying the Eucharist.'”

Abortion Critic’s Ads Target Cardinal

Fri May 7, 1:18 PM ET
By RICHARD N. OSTLING, AP Religion Writer

“American Life League, an outspoken opponent of abortion, has started an advertising
campaign targeting Cardinal Theodore McCarrick over his reluctance to deny Communion
to Roman Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.”

“A
Time for Honesty”

A Pastoral Statement by The Most Reverend John J. Myers,
Archbishop of Newark
May 5, 2004

“Our times demand honesty. It is possible to value sincerely one�s Catholic heritage
and to revere one�s Catholic forebears and yet not to have Catholic faith.”

Kerry-Communion
debate reaches Australia

“Melbourne, May. 03 (CWNews.com) – An Australian prelate has said that ‘public
and notorious’ opposition to Church teachings would be grounds for denying
the Eucharist.”

Billy Boy

Catholic priest preaches first sermon at splinter church
JUDY LIN, Associated Press

&quotSEWICKLEY, Pa. – Celebrating Mass for the first time at his unsanctioned splinter church, the Rev. Bill Hausen on Sunday urged some 300 people to stop procrastinating before they ‘;die without really having lived.’"

Breakaway priest is excommunicated
Diocese issues warning to parishioners
Friday, May 07, 2004
By Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The Rev. William Hausen ‘has incurred an automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church’ for forming an independent church and conducting a religious service last weekend, officials for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said yesterday."

Notification Concerning Father C. William Hausen
Contact: Rev. Ronald P. Lengwin, 412.456.3021 (office) 412.261.2113 (home)
FOR RELEASE: May 6, 2004

" PITTSBURGH – According to an official Notification published in the May 7, 2004 Pittsburgh Catholic, Father C. William Hausen ‘has incurred an automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church.’"

Text of Notification
May 6, 2004

The Vicar for Canonical Services, the Very Reverend Lawrence A. DiNardo, VE, JCL, has issued the following Notification regarding the canonical status of the Reverend C. William Hausen and the Christ Hope Ecumenical Catholic Church.

 

Another Viewpoint

In the interest of fairness, the following offers an opposing viewpoint to the “John
Kerry must not receive communion” chant.

Dublin Archbishop
warns against politicisation of Eucharist

“New Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin expressed concern about interpretations
of Vatican instructions that could lead to the Eucharist becoming a ‘political
battleground’.”

Denying
Communion on abortion is last resort, Bishop Gregory says

By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service

“ROME (CNS) — Denying Communion to a politician such as Sen. John F. Kerry,
who supports legalized abortion, must be the last resort in a process to convince
the politician to uphold moral truths when voting, said the president of the U.S.
bishops’ conference.”

Bill Again

Scare tactics?!? Starting an unauthorized church is schismatic. General absolution is heretical. This guy has more than a few loose screws.

Priest Starts New Church, Slams Diocese For ‘Scare’ Tactics
Tue Apr 13, 1:09 PM ET

"A priest who holds views questioned by some in the Roman Catholic faith says the Pittsburgh Diocese is trying to keep people from joining his new church."

New church risky move for pastor
By Erik Siemers, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, April 13, 2004

"The Rev. William C. Hausen thinks of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution of the Middle Ages, an entity that shuns new ideas and contrary positions."