Category Archives: BISHOPS

FIRST, CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NOW, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, WHAT NEXT?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! U.S. Bishops’ relief agency caught giving $2.7 million to top abortion-marketing firm by Patrick B. Craine Thu Jul 18, 2013 14:58 EST BALTIMORE, July 18, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Relief Services is in the midst of distributing a projected … Continue reading →

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THERE IS A DANGER THAT BISHOPS AROUND THE WORLD WILL ACT LIKE POPE FRANCIS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THE VICAR OF CHRIST

Posted on July 15, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   Vatican Diary / Those saints made as he commands For Romero, Francis loosens the restraints of the Holy Office. For John XXIII and for a Jesuit to whom he is devoted, he goes ahead without waiting for the … Continue reading →

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POPE FRANCIS HAS REPEATEDLY CRITICISED THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF THE BISHOPS OF THE WOLRD

Posted on July 11, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! A Pope Like None Before. Can He Do It? The symbolic voyage to Lampedusa. His great popularity. The reform of the curia. The calculated silence on ethical issues. But also his first error over an IOR appointment. The challenge … Continue reading →

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CAESAR’S WIFE AND CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES

Posted on July 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.   “The associates of public figures must not even be suspected of wrongdoing.”    (The ancient Roman Julius Caesar is supposed to have said this when asked why he divorced his wife, Pompeia. Because … Continue reading →

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BISHOPS MUST BE HUSBANDS OF ONE CHURCH WITHOUT CONSTANTLY BEING IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER

Posted on June 27, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / Carrot-and-Stick Diplomacy Toward the pontifical representatives in the world, Francis has no prejudices. One day he rebukes them, another he encourages them. Some esteem him, others no. Above all they are expected to select future bishops … Continue reading →

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THE PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR REQUIRES US TO AVOID HARMING THE POOR WHILE TRYING TO HELP THE POOR

Posted on June 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! A Compassionate Case Against the Immigration Bill June 20, 2013 Pete Spiliakos http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/06/a-compassionate-case-against-the-immigration-bill?utm_source=Newsletter+6-21-13&utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a news release in support of the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal. The problem is that the Gang of Eight … Continue reading →

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HERE ARE SOME CLUES TO SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE CHURCH IN IRELAND

Posted on June 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh was founded on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1840. The truth on abortion history in Ireland by Fr. Marcel Guarnizo June 7, 2013, 4:01 am ET http://liveactionnews.org/the-truth-on-abortion-history-in-ireland/  “Amongst the ‘purists,’ the troublesome pro-lifers with the … Continue reading →

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THE BISHOP IS NOT A FUNCTIONARY, A TEMP, A TRANSITIONAL BUREAUCRAT PREPARING FOR OTHER MORE PRESTIGIOUS POSITIONS

Posted on June 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / The scourge of divorce between bishop and diocese Pope Francis blasts career ambitions. Including that of wanting to go from one episcopal see to another and then to another still. But the proposal to bind a … Continue reading →

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THE JUDAS CRISIS

Posted on May 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! What Father Among You: Bishops, Priests, and The Judas Crisis By Fr. Gordon J. MacRae May 22, 2013 http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/what-father-among-you-bishops-priests-and-the-judas-crisis/ In his last years, Father Richard John Neuhaus served the Church in the spirit of Saint Matthias. He saw The … Continue reading →

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IT IS ABOUT TIME ! NO, IT IS PAST TIME ! THE PENAL CODE OF THE CODE OF CANON LAW IS BEING REVISED

Posted on May 20, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta I have lamented on this Blog more times than I care to remember concerning the sad, no, the scandalous situation in the Church since the Second Vatican Council regarding the lack of respect for the … Continue reading →

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