Category Archives: BISHOPS

SB303 IS DEAD: PASSIVE EUTHANASIA IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT THE THREAT IS SURE TO RETURN

Posted on May 17, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Deuell’s end-of-life bill dead this session, key legislator says By Chuck Lindell American-Statesman Staff http://www.statesman.com/news/news/deuells-end-of-life-bill-dead-this-session-key-leg/nXtfR/ Updated: 11:23 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted: 10:54 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 A bitter and increasingly nasty split within the anti-abortion … Continue reading →

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CLERICALISM IS ALWAYS WITH US

Posted on May 8, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clericalism by Mark Shea on July 7, 2010 · http://catholicexchange.com/clericalism/ A few years back, Russell Shaw wrote a terrific book called To Hunt, To Shoot, To Entertain: Clericalism and the Catholic Laity. It took its title from an … Continue reading →

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BISHOPS WHO DRINK SHOULD NOT DRIVE : BISHOPS WHO DRIVE THEMSELVES SHOULD NOT DRINK

Posted on May 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Bishop Robert McManus WHEN SCHADENFREUDE TURNS INTO DEMONIC DELIGHT by Dr. Edward Peters http://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/when-schadenfreude-turns-into-demonic-delight/ The glee being expressed in open comboxes (modern near occasions of sin, if you ask me) over Bp. Robert McManus’ (Worcester, MA) arrest for drunk … Continue reading →

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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Posted on April 30, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Ahora Vaticano pide la renuncia al arzobispo de San Juan (documento) Por: CyberNews Publicado: 29/04/2013 01:00 pm http://www.noticel.com/noticia/141030/vaticano-pide-la-renuncia-al-arzobispo-de-san-juan-documento.html#.UX6LxF_852c.email El arzobispo metropolitano de San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, contestó el pasado mes de febrero varios señalamientos que hicieran en su … Continue reading →

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BRAVO BISHOP ROBERT VASA

Posted on March 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Bp. Vasa (D. Santa Rosa) under fire for requiring Catholic school teachers to live according to the Faith Posted on 28 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has an interseting story about an initiative … Continue reading →

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CARDINAL MAHONY, STAY HOME! DON’T BE A DISTRACTION AT THE CONCLAVE!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! DECLARATIONS Updated February 15, 2013, 6:53 p.m. ET A Faith Unshaken but Unsettled Catholics react to Pope Benedict’s resignation. By PEGGY NOONAN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   It is disquieting, the resignation of the pope. “We are in uncharted … Continue reading →

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BISHOP JOHN D’ARCY, R.I.P. YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!!   In Memoriam: Bishop John D’Arcy by bostoncatholicinsider Bishop Emeritus of South Bend Indiana and former Boston auxiliary bishop John D’Arcy passed into eternal rest on Sunday morning. BCI was saddened to hear of his passing and we pray for … Continue reading →

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A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF A GOOD BISHOP BY AN ANTI-CLERICAL AUTHOR

Posted on January 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! HOUSES OF WORSHIP Updated January 3, 2013, 7:33 p.m. ET THE WALL STREET JOURNAL The Cleric Behind ‘Les Mis’ Author Victor Hugo was anticlerical, yet his tale’s hero is set on course by a Catholic bishop. By DORIS DONNELLY … Continue reading →

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CAN YOU HEAR THE FIDDLING EMANATING FROM BALTIMORE THIS WEEK?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! http://www.churchmilitant.tv/daily/?today=2012-11-13

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THE PAPAL NUNCIO’S ADDRESS TO THE USCCB

Posted on November 14, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Address of Archbishop Carlo Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States November 14, 2011 Your Eminences, Dear brother bishops, Officials of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: First of all, I would like to express my deep joy … Continue reading →

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