Archive for the 'Vatican' Category
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Vatican Makes Inquiries Into Professor’s Writings
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 14, 2007; B06
The Vatican and U.S. Catholic bishops are reviewing the work of a Georgetown University theology professor who writes about religious pluralism and are talking with him about whether his writings conform with Catholic teachings.
The inquiries into the Rev. Peter Phan, former […]
Posted in Education, USA, Vatican, Roman Catholics |
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Now that the Roman Catholic Church has 86′d Limbo as a place where non-baptized infants must spend eternity, can a practicing Catholic use the idiomatic expression–”I’m in Limbo about this.” Will the use of the idiom result in a mortal sin against the Pope’s Infallibility in matters of Faith and Morals?
Please see earlier concerns about […]
Posted in Society, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, Roman Catholics |
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Sexual abuse not just a Catholic problem: Vatican
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
Tuesday, July 17, 2007; 8:06 AM
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Sexual abuse of children is not just a Catholic Church problem and other institutions should take steps to acknowledge and deal with such “wickedness” within their own ranks, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
The Vatican’s chief spokesman, Father […]
Posted in Pope Benedict XVI, S-E-X, Crime, Vatican, Holier Than Thouists-Roman Catholic Arm, Roman Catholics |
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
TheBostonChannel.com
Vatican Reverses Kennedy Annulment
Sheila, Joe Kennedy Divorced After 12 Years Of Marriage
UPDATED: 6:44 pm EDT June 20, 2007
BOSTON — It took 10 years, but on Wednesday, Joe Kennedy’s first wife got the decision she had been waiting for.
NewsCenter 5’s Amalia Barreda reported that Sheila Kennedy asked the Vatican to overturn the annulment granted to her […]
Posted in Vatican, Roman Catholics |
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
President Bush meets with Pope Benedict XVI
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“It has a nice balance,” says the Pope when President Bush
presented him with a friendship gift–the Barret XM109 25 mm
sniper rifle.
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The pair discussed the pontiff’s deep worries that Christians in Iraq would not be embraced by the Muslim majority.
From the Associated Press
8:24 AM PDT, June 9, 2007
At […]
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Pope Benedict XVI, Weapons, Vatican |
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
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Pope: ‘Nothing positive’ from Iraq
By FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
VATICAN CITY - In an Easter litany of the world’s suffering,
Pope Benedict XVI lamented that “nothing positive” is happening in
Iraq and decried the unrest in Afghanistan and bloodshed in Africa and Asia.
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Posted in Movies, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, Roman Catholics |
Friday, April 6th, 2007
Filipino devotees crucify, whip themselves
Lenten ritual goes on despite opposition by Catholic leaders in Philippines
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April 6: Dozens of Catholics in the Philippines defied religious leaders by celebrating Good Friday with self-flagellation and re-enactments of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Updated: 5:57 a.m. ET April 6, 2007
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines - Seven devotees were nailed to […]
Posted in Religion, Television, Vatican, Philippines |
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
“Pope: Christian divisions a ’scandal’
By BRIAN MURPHY, AP Religion Writer 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey -
Pope Benedict XVI called divisions among Christians a “scandal to the world” at a joint ceremony Thursday with the spiritual leader of the Orthodox Christian church, which split from Catholicism nearly 1,000 years ago.”
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Pope Benedict XVI, left, and Ecumenical […]
Posted in Religion, Automobiles, Stalin, Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, Soviet Union, Mao |
Friday, October 13th, 2006
My pal Jack sent me word that Pope Benedict XVI is about to lighten the restrictions on saying the Latin Mass.
The Washuington Post reported the Vatican representative spoke on condition of anonymity. He could have achieved the same result by speaking in Latin.
I have always been in favor of the Latin Mass and salute its […]
Posted in Religion, Vatican |
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Requiescat in Pacem
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