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Kevin
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Kevin
What Do Italian Priests Mistresses Want You To Know?
JIMMY AKIN.ORG So very wrong and twisted around http://bit.ly/bXsyR6
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Kevin
John Calvin invents the Christian Police State
"After the peasant massacres of Luther’s Reformation and the dutiful death-in-life-but-they-sure-do-make-wonderful-workers of Calvin’s Geneva, it is with relief that one returns to Rome and the Whore of Babylon." http://bit.ly/9h906P
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Kevin
Abuse victim in Malta – Pope Benedict XVI is a saint
Full story here – http://bit.ly/bP1MfY – “I did not have any faith in priests. Now, after this moving experience, I have hope again. You people in Italy have a saint. Do you realize that? You have a saint,” he said, referring to Pope Benedict XVI.
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Kevin
An Open Letter to Hans Kung – George Weigel
Full letter here – http://bit.ly/aTYQ12 – Your April 16 open letter to the world’s bishops, which I first read in the Irish Times, set new standards for that distinctive form of hatred known as odium theologicum and for mean-spirited condemnation of an old friend who had, on his rise to the papacy, been generous to you while encouraging aspects of your current work.
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Kevin
Bishop Wenski named to lead Catholic Archdiocese of Miami – Catholic News Agency
Full story here – http://bit.ly/dnDLcr – On Tuesday, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando as Archbishop of Miami. Archbishop-designate Wenski is succeeding Archbishop John C. Favalora, whose retirement resignation was recently accepted by Pope Benedict.
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Kevin
Pray for Pope Benedict XVI – Poured as a Libation upon the Sacrificial Offering of our Faith
Full story here – http://bit.ly/9svjUn – Photos of Pope Benedict XVI sleeping during Sunday Mass in Malta are fodder for all manner of ridicule this Monday morning: “Protecting child-rapists is tiring work… look at Ratzinger.”
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Kevin
Tearful Pope says Church will better protect young
Full story here – http://bit.ly/bAvhqP – Pope Benedict XVI met Sunday with a group of clerical sex-abuse victims and promised them with tears in his eyes that the Catholic Church would seek justice for pedophile priests and implement "effective measures" to protect young people from abuse.
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Kevin
Crucifying the Pope – A victim of sexual abuse who has not given up on the Catholic Church
Full story here – http://bit.ly/c3n2Wj – I believe myself qualified to discuss that, not only as a lifelong Catholic who has spent much of his professional life serving the Church, but also as a victim of molestation myself, in my early teens, at the hands of a priest-teacher of mine. My abuser died years ago; I have not seen fit to sue the Church; indeed my experience was one of the factors that led me to reject progressive Catholicism and ascribe to what is generally understood to be "orthodox" Catholicism. I understand, of course, why many victims have rejected the Church, even religious belief generally, and have lived very troubled lives. How could anybody not understand that? But the generalized furor, among people who are neither victims nor loved ones of victims, strikes me as positively irrational.
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Kevin
Cardinal Bertone Correct in Linking Clerical Sex Abuse and Homosexuality, says Psychiatrist
Full story here – http://bit.ly/9BNiw0 – "Cardinal Bertone’s comments are supported completely by the John Jay study report and by clinical experience," Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons told CNA. "In fact, every priest whom I treated who was involved with children sexually had previously been involved in adult homosexual relationships."
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Kevin
The mob should lay off. The Pope is completely innocent – Guardian
Full story here – http://bit.ly/aXnLGh – The three recent stories from the US cited by Richard Dawkins and his mob as "proving" that the pope should be arrested under international law – the horrible cases of Murphy in Wisconsin, Teta and Trupia in Arizona, and now Kiesle in California – have this in common: the abuse took place in the 1970s; the police were informed and acted; the priest was suspended by his bishop; requests for dismissal from the clerical state ("defrocking") were sent to Cardinal Ratzinger’s department in the Vatican, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; and some time later the priests were defrocked – except in the case of Murphy, who died during his trial.
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Kevin
Archbishop Nichols takes legal advice over newspaper allegation – Catholic Herald Online
Full story here – http://bit.ly/dstVip – Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster is considering legal action against the Times newspaper over its allegation that he tried to protect a paedophile. The paper alleged that the Archbishop "protected" a priest who abused children at a Benedictine school in west London – even though, as then Archbishop of Birmingham, he had no involvement in the case.
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Kevin
Correcting Christopher Hitchens attacks on Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church – Ross Douthat
Full story here – http://nyti.ms/a3LPgm – I do not usually respond to Christopher Hitchens’ attacks on the Catholic Church, but since he begins his latest column with a reference to yours truly, I will make an exception, and examine one of the piece’s more dubious claims.
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Kevin
Getting Back to the Basics – Called to Communion
Full post here – http://bit.ly/bjNjMq – In response to a recent comment by a regular guest here at Called to Communion, I’d like to take a brief moment to re-visit the basic vision behind this site…(and) I will recap, in brief, the points we have made which thus far remain virtually unchallenged.
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Kevin
Pope Benedict XVI German Birthplace Vandalized – Bloomberg.com
Full story here – http://bit.ly/a21F8J – The house in which Pope Benedict XVI was born in the southern Bavarian village of Marktl am Inn was vandalized overnight with an “obscene” phrase spray-painted above the main door, police said.
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Kevin
Richard Dawkins explains his plan to have Pope arrested
Full story here http://j.mp/bDZt1e Why Hitchens & I call for Pope’s prosecution
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Kevin
Vatican now blogging
New blog contains VIS bulletins going back to 1999 & some useful links i.e. Vatican’s Twitter acct http://j.mp/9UgHbx
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Kevin
Evangelical Reunion in the Catholic Church – Called to Communion
Full blog post here – http://bit.ly/b6MM7u – Jeremy Tate (recent Catholic convert from Presbyterianism) writes: In each of the synoptic gospels, Jesus, holding the bread says, “This is my body.” In the gospel of John, Jesus commands his disciples to “eat his flesh and drink his blood.” Nothing, in any of these passages suggests that Jesus was speaking symbolically. The Protestant interpretation, though not put this way, begins with the belief that Jesus couldn’t possibly have meant what it sounds like He meant. In fact, the Protestant rejection of the true presence of Christ (the rationale for Eucharistic Adoration) isn’t exegetical at all; it’s simply rational. As one of my friends, a PCA Pastor put it, “the Catholic belief that the bread and wine really become the body and blood of Jesus is insane!” True…it’s pretty wild, but it’s true to the text.
Kevin
Pope Benedict XVI – Perfect Successor to John Paul II
Full story here – http://bit.ly/bcznlB – Matthew Kenefick writes: What most impresses and overjoys me – and what will, over time, most affect the lay faithful – is the importance Pope Benedict places on the sacred liturgy. Decades or centuries from now, this will be seen as the most important pontifical accomplishment of this great and holy Pope, who, along with John Paul II, forms the greatest one-two punch in Church history.
Kevin
Pope Benedict XVI – He is Our Gifted Shepherd
Full story here – http://bit.ly/aYNraO – Archbishop Joseph Kurtz: Since his election I have become much more familiar with his homilies of past and present and see him as a gentle and courageous “teaching” Pope. It is said that multitudes crowded St. Peter’s Square to “see” Pope John Paul II, but even greater multitudes come to “hear” our great shepherd.
Kevin
Pope Benedict XVI – Modern day Simon of Cyrene
Full story here – http://bit.ly/dD1GSM – National Catholic Register: At the height of the storm that is sweeping the Barque of Peter with the sordid and reprehensible waves of scandal wrought by some members of the Church, one reporter rightly has compared Pope Benedict XVI to the evangelical figure of Simon of Cyrene forced to carry the cross on the Via Crucis of the Catholic community for the good of the Church.
Kevin
Another Long Lent – The 2010 edition of Scandal Time is by no means finished:
Full story here – http://bit.ly/afjGsT – George Weigel writes: Reasonable people whose perceptions are not warped by the toxin of anti-Catholicism or who are not pursuing other (often financially-driven) agendas now recognize that the Church in the U.S. and Canada has bent enormous efforts towards cleaning up what Cardinal Ratzinger called in 2005 its “filth,” to the point where the Catholic Church today can be empirically shown to be the safest environment for young people and children in North America.
Kevin
Pope has no UK arrest immunity says attorney for atheists seeking his arrest:
Full story here – http://bit.ly/av6RXC – Atheist authors Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens proposed the arrest of the Pontiff during his upcoming visit to the United Kingdom for his handling of child abuse scandals in the Catholic church.
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Kevin
We must pray daily for Pope Benedict XVI and for the truth to be told about his work to put an end to the wickedness of sexual abuse. Oh, the fight the UK would be picking all around the world, if they allow themselves to be manipulated by these unthinking atheists. If the UK were idiotic enough, after reviewing the “evidence” (over and against the blatantly false reporting and conclusions drawn by the likes of NYT), to arrest Pope Benedict XVI for anything related to the Church sex scandal, they would be participants in an indefensible attack on the man, and the Church, that when ultimately played out (exoneration of Pope Benedict XVI) would leave the UK deservedly looking even worse than it already does and irreparably harmed. It is difficult to imagine any responsible government making such a wrongheaded move, but then again, a government crucified Jesus, so I suppose nothing should surprise us.
Kevin
Don’t blame celibacy
Full story here – http://j.mp/ciJpI7 Weigel – To fight sexual abuse the Church needs to become more Catholic, not less
Kevin
Peter Hitchens – China’s shameful massacre of unborn girls:
Full story here: http://bit.ly/ao5qGb – In the cruel old China, baby girls were often left to die in the gutters. In the cruel modern China, they are aborted by the tens of millions, using all the latest technology.
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Charlie Courtois
No matter the form, killing babies is a worldwide disease. The number of deaths and killings is so staggering that the rest of the world simply looks on with a quietude of acceptance, thinking to themselves something is not right, but what to do? 12-15 million a year in the USA! And, how many really care?
CharlieC, Forsyth, GA
Kevin
A response to Cardinal Ratzinger’s 1985 letter to Bishop Cummins of Oakland:
Full story here: http://bit.ly/aw502C The so-called "stalled pedophile case," blame for which has been laid at the feet of then-Cardinal Ratzinger, had nothing to do with pedophilia and everything to do with strengthening marriage and the priesthood.
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Charlie Courtois
“The so-called “stalled pedophile case,” blame for which has been laid at the feet of then-Cardinal Ratzinger, had nothing to do with pedophilia and everything to do with strengthening marriage and the priesthood.” Helps a little in this morass of untruth assaulting our Pope. Keep on trucking, Kevin!
CharlieC, Forsyth, GA
Kevin
An unusually good Newsweek piece about clerical sexual abuse – Father Z
Full story here: http://bit.ly/bz2yp5 Father Z says: "It is unusual to find something good in Newsweek but this is good. People have been charging that sexual abuse of children is somehow more prevalent among Catholics and that this is due to priestly celibacy and its all male hierarchy, which protects it. Those charges (prevalence and those causes) are wrong."
Kevin
Kiesle case is no smoking gun for Pope Benedict XVI – OSV Daily Take:
Full story here: http://bit.ly/9J7Fc1 – Despite how The New York Times and the Associated Press and others are interpreting the Kiesle case, the documentation they base their stories on actually show the local diocese to have fumbled this clerical sex abuse case, not the Vatican.
Kevin
Catholic Bishop Tadeusz Ploski, Chaplain of Poland’s Army, amongst the dead in terrible plane crash:
Full story here http://bit.ly/ccRmce – Catholic Bishop Tadeusz Ploski is amongst a long list of Polish dignitaries, including Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife, who have died in a tragic plane crash which happened on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia.
Kevin
Jimmy Akin – Why is the press so laser-focused on the issue of laicization or defrocking priests:
Full story is here http://bit.ly/buUzfN – If you look at the American cases that the press is currently hyperventilating about, they had all been removed from pastoral ministry long before the cases ever got to Cardinal Ratzinger’s department at the Vatican.
Kevin
The Pope and the New York Times – WSJ.com:
Full story here http://bit.ly/cDvT7d – A few years later, when the CDF assumed authority over all abuse cases, Cardinal Ratzinger implemented changes that allowed for direct administrative action instead of trials that often took years. Roughly 60% of priests accused of sexual abuse were handled this way. The man who is now pope reopened cases that had been closed; did more than anyone to process cases and hold abusers accountable; and became the first pope to meet with victims.
Kevin
UN Judge Says Pope Should be Prosecuted at International Criminal Court – Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
In London last Friday, a high ranking United Nations jurist called on the British government to detain Pope Benedict XVI during his upcoming visit to Britain, and send him to trial in the International Criminal Court for “crimes against humanity.” http://bit.ly/d0z9u5
Kevin
Love Life? This little video lasts about 1 minute. Spend one of your minutes watching, it will be a minute well spent:
Do you Love Life? Fallible Blogma by Matthew Warner – PLEASE CLICK THROUGH AND WATCH THIS BRIEF VIDEO http://bit.ly/aj7ffh
Kevin
Vatican blasts anti-Catholic hate campaign:
The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. http://bit.ly/aeZ6Fa
Kevin
Conservative Archbishop Jose Gomez was named Tuesday to succeed the archbishop of Los Angeles:
The appointment was evidence that Pope Benedict XVI wants a strong defender of orthodoxy leading the largest diocese in the nation. Gomez, 58, is an archbishop of Opus Dei, the conservative movement favored by the Vatican. http://bit.ly/bUkBxf
Joseph J. Meli 6:50 am on April 26, 2010 Permalink |
In various Reports many had said that it is “Pure Nonsense” whoever reported or suggested to open a lawsuit against Pope Benedict XVI over sex abuse committed by others!! To which I quite agree that the Pope should not be accussed, being the head of our Catholic faith.
But how about taking legal action against that person/persons who committed by drawing the swastika symbol on the Pope’s photographs, besides being a copyright contravention too. But with these bad photo’s many Christians and Catholics agree like me are being also offended & insulted by this page on face book against Pope Benedict XVI This page should be also either banned, or we all open a Protest on this face book page.
the iconic usage in the Nazi Germany era, the symbol has become controversial and is widely known now as a symbol of Hate. In fact when they used this sign it was a sign of hatred to the Pope, even if one does not like him, he should not be insulted.
The modern use of flags from the German Third Reich (1933-1945) is subject to legal restrictions in a number of countries. So why was this act permitted on facebook pages with also a copyright contravention too?
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Whilst legal in the overwhelming majority of countries,[3][4] the display of flags associated with the Nazi regime (see: Nazi flags) is subject to restriction or an outright ban in others, particularly those with a direct involvement in the Second World War, and Germany itself.
According to Lèse majesté (Law French, from the Latin laesa maiestas, “injured majesty”; in English, also lese majesty or leze majesty) is a crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state. Therefore, by these photographs they are an insult to the Christian religion that we are part of.
It is also good to note that in Germany, Switzerland[2] and Poland it is illegal to insult..foreign heads of state publicly. On 5 January 2005, Jerzy Urban was sentenced by Poland to a fine of 20,000 złoty (about 5000 EUR or 6,200 USD) for having..insulted Pope John Paul II, a visiting head of state. Therefore, this applies to this face book page and has to be stopped and removed now.
On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_use_of_Nazi_flags#Czech_Republic The modern use of flags from the German Third Reich (1933-1945) is subject to legal restrictions in a number of countries.[1][2] Whilst legal in the overwhelming majority of countries,[3][4] the display of flags associated with the Nazi regime (see: Nazi flags) is subject to restriction or an outright ban in others, particularly those with a direct involvement in the Second World War, and Germany itself. Many Nazi flags make use of swastika symbols;[5] however, the swastika is not inherently but associated with hatred. It is deemed as illegal in the Czech Republic. Legal regulation of hate crimes in the Czech Republic is contained in Act 140/1961 The Criminal Act [14] (amended by Act 175/1990).
I am also referring to:-
“http://www.facebook.com/fabiensf?ref=mf#!/photo.php?pid=554352&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=112699665421504&aid=-1&id=1250670715&oid=112699665421504
2] ^ Swiss Penal Code , SR/RS 311.0 (E·D·F·I), art. 296 (E·D·F·I)
3] ^ IFEX.org, “Criminal Defamation Laws Hamper Free Expression” IFEX.org, retrieved 22 September 2006
What your comments, was this fair to insult the Pope, what other did, was not his fault and they will be paying for their deeds in court (hope so) ?
I am also referring to:-
“http://www.facebook.com/fabiensf?ref=mf#!/photo.php?pid=554352&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=112699665421504&aid=-1&id=1250670715&oid=112699665421504
2] ^ Swiss Penal Code , SR/RS 311.0 (E·D·F·I), art. 296 (E·D·F·I)
3] ^ IFEX.org, “Criminal Defamation Laws Hamper Free Expression” IFEX.org, retrieved 22 September 2006
What your comments, was this fair to insult the Pope, what other did, was not his fault and they will be paying for their deeds in court (hope so) ?