Yearly Archives: 2012

ADIOS, BERTONE? OR IS THAT TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR?

Posted on February 4, 2012 by abyssum

As long-time readers of this blog well know, since 2006 I have been a constant critic of Cardinal Betone’s exercise of his role as Secretary of State in the Church.  This latest column by Sandro Magister reassures me that I … Continue reading →

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BUDDHA: “ABORT AND YOU WILL SPEND 1,000 YEARS IN A POOL OF BLOOD”

Posted on January 30, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on VOTERS’ GUIDES ARE BASED UPON INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE CANDIDATES, A NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE WAY TO ASSESS THEM! The evil of abortion is not just a Roman Catholic issue. The Buddha taught: Every woman who kills … Continue reading →

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VOTERS’ GUIDES ARE BASED UPON INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE CANDIDATES, A NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE WAY TO ASSESS THEM!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Warning To Pro-Life Voters: The Real Mitt Romney On Abortion January 23, 2012 By Steve Baldwin http://www.westernjournalism.com/warning-to-pro-life-voters-romney-on-abortion/ Romney on Abortion There are a number of “Voter’s Guides” circulating around the pro-family/pro-life movement which contain inaccurate information regarding Mitt Romney’s … Continue reading →

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THE CHURCH IS RIGHT TO OPPOSE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY GAY COUPLES

Posted on January 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Tantamergo, who just commented on Curt Stoler’s comment on my post,  MANY CATHOLICS WHO ARE NOT CARD CARRYING LEFTISTS ARE BY TEMPERAMENT FELLOW TRAVELERS, has an interesting post of his own on his blog http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com.  Tantamergo is the father … Continue reading →

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MANY CATHOLICS WHO ARE NOT CARD CARRYING LEFTISTS ARE BY TEMPERAMENT FELLOW TRAVELERS.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on CANON LAW, WHEN PROPERLY ENFORCED, IS A LOVING EXPRESSION OF THE THE CHURCH So true what you say Anselmmusjmj!!! I think there is plenty of guilt to go around in the by no means ended … Continue reading →

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CANON LAW, WHEN PROPERLY ENFORCED, IS A LOVING EXPRESSION OF THE THE CHURCH

Posted on January 25, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! anselmusjmj commented on BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES, LISTEN UP!If we ever keep Canon Law again, Canon Law will keep us; It will keep us from division, disunity, and unholiness. As Aristotle said in Book 5 of his Nichomachean … Continue reading →

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THE SCHISM POPE PAUL VI FEARED HAS NOT GONE AWAY, IT HAS JUST GONE UNDERGROUND

Posted on January 23, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES, LISTEN UP! Dr. Edward Peters, who holds the Edmund Cardinal Szoka Chair at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and who in 2010 was named a Referenary of the Apostolic … Continue reading →

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THE NEOCATECHUMENAL MOVEMENT GETS SOME APPROVAL, BUT NOT ALL THAT IT WANTED

Posted on January 23, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / The Neocatechumenals get their diploma. But not the one they were expecting The Holy See has approved the rites that mark the stages of their catechism. But the particularities with which they celebrate their Masses still … Continue reading →

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BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES, LISTEN UP!

Posted on January 23, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Whatever happened to the Church’s Code of Canon Law.  At the very least it has been so largely ignored that the average Catholic is probably unaware that there is such a thing as the Code of Canon Law.  To … Continue reading →

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IF GEORGE WIEGEL IS RIGHT, THEN WHAT IS LEFT?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on IF YOU SOW THE WIND YOU WILL REAP THE WHIRLWIND, THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL COMMON SENSE I wonder if national bishops conferences destroy the sense of leadership and responsibility of individual bishops by fostering a clubbish … Continue reading →

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