An Italian news agency has an apparently authentic copy of the document on gay seminarians from the Congregation for Education. I have a copy myself. It’s in Italian. I don’t read Italian. Doing my best to get the info up.
An Italian newspaper claims to have an excerpt from the forthcoming document on gays in the priesthood and they claim it says that practicing homosexuals, men with deep-seated gay tendencies, and those who “openly espouse a gay culture”... [Continue Reading]
The Catholic News Agency is reporting that the document on homosexuals in the seminary will be published tomorrow, Friday, 11/3. Will be interesting to see if it is and what it says, after all the speculation.
Canonist Pete Vere asks whether Terri Schiavo will again be denied Communion before her death. Actually, it’s not a question anymore. Judge Greer has specifically ordered that Terri may only be given the Eucharist as Viaticum through her... [Continue Reading]
This is the sort of thing that gives authentic ecumenism, i.e. the quest for unity among all Christians as Christ intended in the Churc He founded, a bad name. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer recounts an ecumenical service last summer in which reception... [Continue Reading]
The Vatican has finally released the juridical document on liturgical abuses, Redemptionis Sacramentum. As expected, it does not contain anything new, but reiterates how we should properly celebrate the sacrament. Diogenes gives us the bullet... [Continue Reading]
So the US bishops own in-house news service has had a new Vatican document on the Scandal “leaked” to them before publication and it just happens to agree with most of what they have been saying. And it just so happens to be... [Continue Reading]
Catholic World News is reporting that the long-awaited new document on the liturgy from the Vatican will be released soon. And—surprise!—all the strongly conservative rules leaked to the press back in September will have been removed... [Continue Reading]
A few more thoughts on the previous entry on the Massachusetts’ bishops’ capitulation to those who want to destory marriage by allowing same-sex unions the same legal standing. Have the four Massachusetts bishops read the document put... [Continue Reading]
By now, the story is all over the place about the new document coming from the Vatican on liturgical abuses. As expected, the secular coverage is highlighting what they see as the most sensational passages. And we haven’t even seen it yet. In... [Continue Reading]