When, Dear Lord, will Western catechesis improve? This report doesn't surprise me in the slightest, but now that's out, what will be done? Anything?
Report shows communication gap with Gen X faithful
"The proportion of Generation X Mass attenders who accept orthodox statements of Catholic beliefs and moral teachings is lower than that of Baby Boomers, according to an analysis published in the latest issue of the Australasian Catholic Record (ACR)."
This should be expanded to include other issues that affecting Catholic consciences,
such as fair justice, feeding hungry, caring for the sick, clothing the naked, etc.
Unless the Church gets tough on all the issues, we’ll look like an organization
of hypocrites.
I have a weird deja vu feeling right now, as if I blogged about this kind of thing
a looooong time ago. I tried looking back in the archives, but I couldn’t find a
match. *shrug*
Defiant
Catholic Voters Shouldn’t Receive Communion, Say 2 Bishops
Prelates in Colorado and Oregon Extend Warnings Beyond Politicians
“COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, MAY 14, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Bishop Michael Sheridan says
that Catholics should not receive Communion if they vote for politicians who defy
Church teaching by supporting abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia or stem-cell
research.”
It’s sad that Senator Kenny has turned his back on the Church, but at least he’ll
no longer be scandalizing it. I wonder if Governor McGreevey will continue to seek
communion in private. Either way, he has taken the honorable step of ceasing his
public dispute with the Church.
Agape
Press Commentary & News Briefs
Monday, May 10, 2004
Compiled by Jody Brown
” ..New Jersey’s State Senate majority leader has decided to leave the Roman Catholic
church after 57 years rather than vote in accordance with Catholic doctrine. Democratic
Senator Bernard Kenny, who supports permissive abortion laws and research on human
embryos, says he was given a last warning by church officials to repent or stop
seeking communion. Kenny says he told his pastor Saturday that he is quitting the
church. Last week, New Jersey Governor James McGreevey took the rare step of saying
that he will not receive communion at public services. McGreevey’s announcement
came after Newark Archbishop John Myers declared that supporters of legal abortion
should not receive communion, and the Camden bishop said he would refuse communion
to the Democratic governor. [AP]”
Supporting the death penalty is not pro-life.
O’Malley
hits plan for death penalty
By Michael Paulson and Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff | May 8, 2004
“Calling the death penalty ‘state-sponsored violence,’; Archbishop Sean
P. O’Malley yesterday blasted Governor Mitt Romney’s proposal to restore capital
punishment by creating a system in Massachusetts that would be ‘as infallible
as humanly possible.'”
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.”