Posted 5:32 PM by John Mallon | link

Catholic World News : CBS news story distorts 1962 Vatican document (Analysis)

Posted 12:10 PM by John Mallon | link

OpinionJournal - Taste: Gospel of Inclusion? Its Episcopal disciples leave little room for Scripture.

At first glance, the Episcopal Church seems an unlikely battleground in America's culture wars. Strolling through the exhibits [at the Episcopal Church's triennial Convention] one encounters all the trappings of traditional piety: elaborate vestments, elegant chalices, magnificent stained-glass windows."

...and ... condoms...?

Posted 2:16 AM by John Mallon | link

Unfortunately, Bishop, "separation of Church and state" gets twisted south of the border too.


Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary in the Toronto Globe and Mail: "It is disingenuous to ask religious believers not to base their contribution to society and political life -- through the legitimate means available to everyone in a democracy -- on their particular understanding of the human person and the common good. The mantra of 'separation of church and state' in our Canadian context is simply a crass secularist attempt to discount and marginalize persons with religious faith."

Posted 2:01 AM by John Mallon | link

What happens to a priest when he thinks the purpose of the Church is to "promote human rights and to re-establish justice and equality."


The Globe and Mail:

"In a letter published in Montreal's La Presse, Father Gravel said the Vatican's position against same-sex marriage is 'discriminatory, hurtful and offensive . . . for everyone who works to promote human rights and to re-establish justice and equality.'

He attacked the church's hierarchy as outmoded and sick, saying that today's world needs 'words of hope rather than a verdict of condemnation.'

Speaking of the Vatican's denunciation of rape victims in Bosnia who were getting abortions, Father Gravel asked: 'How can this church still speak in the name of God?'

... "Every time the church speaks out on an issue, it's always to condemn. I can't stand it any more," he said. "We're trying to build things with people, and the hierarchy demolishes everything."

Just what is it he is trying to build?

"Everyone knows that sexual deviations are not exclusively related to gays, but to everyone who has to live his or her sexuality clandestinely. In this matter, the clergy has become masterful, as numerous priests frequent parks, saunas and public washrooms to let off steam," he said in his letter.

Whatever happened to prayer? Or living out one's sexuality chastely in celibacy? Instead of parks washrooms and saunas? So the secular myth that sexual behavior is uncontrollable must be right, eh?

The Catholic Church is not about tolerance and equality or even "social justice." It's about eternal salvation. Why are such men in the priesthood? Why do bishops keep them on?

If he wanted to be an activist or social worker why did he get ordained? Where is the belief? How tragic.

Posted 11:50 AM by John Mallon | link

Interesting...

Boston.com / Latest News / Northeast / U.S. Episcopalians approve openly gay bishop, moving church closer to a possible split

Posted 2:28 AM by John Mallon | link

Politicians Go Online:They can run, but can they blog?

Posted 2:26 AM by John Mallon | link

This is hilarious! A real tall guy out in America started a Blog called Nine Dwarfs featuring photos of himself with the nine Democratic Candidates with some stinging commentary!

ninedwarfs.com

Posted 2:08 AM by John Mallon | link

A new fundamentalism?

Episcopal Bishop Steven Charleston on Hannity & Colmes (8/5/03) defends ordination of homosexual bishop by saying "Jesus never said anything about homosexuality."

Okay. St. Paul talks about it, the Book of Leviticus talks about it. The Bible is the Word of God, and Jesus is the Word of God. Is Jesus a self-contradiction?

Posted 1:58 AM by John Mallon | link

John David

Posted 1:09 AM by John Mallon | link

browsing Amy Wellborns blog I found this:

A Previously unpublised Interview with Walker Percy

Cool!

Posted 1:05 AM by John Mallon | link

I don't know anything about this guy, but there's something endearing in this day and age about a priest launching a business selling duck droppings for charity. A nice old-fashioned priest project. Besides, I love ducks.

Posted 12:50 AM by John Mallon | link

Anti-Catholic Headline in Chicago

Cardinal denounces same-sex headline

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IIC - Tell a Friend about IIC!

From my pals, John Haas and the gang at IIC (International Institute for Culture)

Posted 12:03 PM by John Mallon | link

Boston Globe Online / Letters to the Editor / A cruel putdown of gay parents

Padriac O'Hare was head of the Boston College Theology Department when I was a student there in the 80s. I didn't know him really, but I knew him to be more or less part of the dissenting establishment ruling the roost in the department.

I find it amazing that someone teaching theology for 42 years would say, as he does in the Letter to the Editor linked above, "Without doubt the single most moving educational event over 42 years in which I have played a part was bringing a panel of gay and lesbian adoptive parents to Merrimack College several years ago for the Gay Straight Alliance Education Week."

Anyone who has experienced life to any degree can tell you stories about their lives that will be very emotionally moving. Everyone suffers. But that does not validate the objective rightness of their philosophy of life.

The argument is not about whether homosexuals suffer injustice, are nice people or not, or capable of kindness, compassion, or even heroic virtue. That case does not have to be made.

The question is are we going to change the constitutive base on which Western Civilization is founded, the Judeo-Christian base, to the shifting sands of emotionally-based marxist class struggle and moral relativism.

That homosexual couples may have stepped in rescued a child from being "thrown away" (whatever that means) may be laudable, but it is not an argument for the rightness of homosexual activity.

That O'Hare as a professional theologian and educator cannot or does not make that distinction is cause for concern. Or if he does see the distinction and disingenuously ignores it for the sake of ideology is even more serious, and a further argument for the need for the Mandatum for theologians in Catholic colleges to be enforced.

Posted 11:24 AM by John Mallon | link

A quick way to tell when a critic of the Church doesn't know what they are talking about as far as Catholicism, goes: they use the term "dogma" as a colorful word choice, interchangebly with doctrine. Dogma refers to the constitutive elements of the Church which distinguish it from other religions, such as the ressurection, the virgin birth, things you find in the Creed, etc., not moral teachings per se.

Boston Globe Online / Letters to the Editor / Say no to religious dogma

Posted 11:59 PM by John Mallon | link

Osama bin Hudson

Boston Globe Online: Ellen Goodman: Playing the Catholic card

Posted 11:39 PM by John Mallon | link

Idolatry is right

The new American idolatry - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED

Posted 11:20 PM by John Mallon | link

Kathryn Jean Lopez on The New Anti-Catholicism & Philip Jenkins on NRO

Posted 10:34 PM by John Mallon | link

A Press Release from Stephen Bennett Ministries:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 5, 2003

Contact SBM Media Relations (203) 926-6960
www.SBMinistries.org/media.html

Former Homosexual Minister Warns
Episcopal Church of "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
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HUNTINGTON, CT - Stephen Bennett, a former homosexual turned Christian
Evangelist who ministers to the 'gay' and lesbian community, warns the
Episcopal Church of a "wolf" in the flock. Bennett believes in the strong
biblical prohibition of homosexuality.

V. Gene Robinson, bishop-elect of New Hampshire, is one of the founders of
www.outright.org. The website is geared toward youth ages 22 and under who are questioning their sexuality - and are encouraged to give homosexuality a try. The bishop-elect is openly "gay" and in a homosexual relationship.

"The website is nothing but a front for luring and recruiting young and
innocent youth into the world of homosexuality," said Bennett.

Controversy over a link to hardcore "gay" porn on the website (removed as of Monday) is one of the items at the heart of the scandal. Bennett says
there is a lot more on the website the public should be concerned about.

Bennett discovered that current links from www.outright.org include websites promoting cross dressing, transgenderism (girls becoming boys and boys becoming girls), polymory (the practice of sex with multiple partners within marriage), links to the militant "gay" activist group "ACT UP", condomania - showing descriptive pictures of every kind of condom and sex toy imaginable (including a vibrating male penis wrapped in a candy wrapper called "Better Finger"), "orgasm fuel" for better orgasms, hardcore "gay" pornography and much more.

Bennett says that in only two clicks one would be on a website touting
millions of hardcore "gay" porn images. This is unimaginable on a site
designed for youth - especially having a clergyman as one of its founders.

"This is the bishop that is to lead the Episcopal Church? Is bishop-elect
Robinson going to introduce the Episcopal Church to polymory next, as
promoted on this website? Are the vibrating penises in candy wrappers
specifically for his 'questioning youth?' This is to be the spiritual,
moral leader of the Episcopal Church? It is absolutely blasphemous and
unthinkable that a denomination would even be considering a man like this
who is linked to such vile, aberrant websites." Bennett continued, "This is
a wolf in sheep's clothing."

Stephen lived the "gay" lifestyle for 11 years, sexually active with over
100 men, many whom are dead today from AIDS. He left the "gay" lifestyle in 1992 when he became a Christian. Today, he is happily married for over ten
years to his wife and he is the father of their two little children.

Today, Bennett warns America of the truths and dangers of the homosexual
lifestyle.

"Don't be fooled. Homosexuality is about one thing and one thing only - GAY SEX. Believe me - I know - I've been there."

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____________________________________________________________

Visit Stephen Bennett Ministries on-line at www.SBMinistries.org
Copyright 2003 - Stephen Bennett Ministries

Posted 5:51 PM by John Mallon | link

Lots of amusing stuff on the CWN Blog:

Catholic World News (CWN)

Posted 5:46 PM by John Mallon | link

This is Refreshing:
From Archbishop O'Malley

Posted 11:40 PM by John Mallon | link

Faithful Visitors,

Please spread the word to those interested that I'm planning to be blogging more. I'm still unemployed (since October!) but slogging on. If you like what you see here please remember the PayPay button!

Many thanks,
John

Posted 11:29 PM by John Mallon | link

Boston Globe Online: O'Malley shows deft fund-raising touch

I'm sure Archbishop O'Malley is much too gracious to tell Voice of the Faithful where to stick the money Cardinal Law and Bishop Lennon turned down, after VOTF urged people not to give money to the archdiocese but instead give it to them so they could turn around "magnanamously" and offer it to the archdiocese, only then to say Law and Lennon didn't care about the poor, because they turned down VOTF's "generosoity."

May VOTF fade into the irrelevancy they so richly deserve.

See the Following:
VOTF's "generosity"