Category Archives: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

SHARPLY CURTAILED MINISTRY IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CANONICAL SUSPENSION

Posted on October 1, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Friday, September 30, 2011 Brief remarks on Bp. Zurek’s “Clarification” regarding Fr. Pavone Today Bp. Zurek issued a brief “Clarification of Fr. Frank Pavone’s Priestly Status”:   Father Frank Pavone remains suspended. At my discretion and solicitude, he has … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | Comments Off on SHARPLY CURTAILED MINISTRY IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CANONICAL SUSPENSION

THE PAVONE CASE REVIEWED “IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAW”

Posted on September 29, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Wednesday, September 28, 2011 My response to Al Kresta I just read Al Kresta’s response to my blog post wherein I criticized him for giving Fr. Pavone extended air time last week to present his side of his painful … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | Comments Off on THE PAVONE CASE REVIEWED “IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAW”

BRAVO BISHOP JOHN C. NIENSTEDT: FOR IDENTIFYING THE OBAMA/SEBELIUS ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Posted on September 21, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! A serious threat to religious freedom September 15, 2011 8:00 am Archbishop John C. Nienstedt http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/09/archbp-nienstedt-a-serious-threat-to-religious-freedom-radical-secularism-at-its-epitome-action-item/ 22 Archbishop John C. Nienstedt I fully intended to publish “Part Two” of my commentary on the marvelous experience of World Youth Day … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, Freedom of Conscience, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, HEALTH CARE, INTOLERANCE, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off on BRAVO BISHOP JOHN C. NIENSTEDT: FOR IDENTIFYING THE OBAMA/SEBELIUS ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SNAP JUDGEMENTS CAN KILL

Posted on September 14, 2011 by abyssum

!!!!     SNAP Judgements Part II: Ground Zero of the Catholic Scandal Posted: 13 Sep 2011 09:00 PM PDT Note: This is Part II of a two-part post. Click here to read: “SNAP Judgements Part I: Catholic Priests Among … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, JURISPRUDENCE, JUSTICE, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, PEDOPHILIA, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | Tagged , , | Comments Off on SNAP JUDGEMENTS CAN KILL

HOW DO WE FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF MUSLIMS TO CHRISTIANITY

Posted on September 6, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! In a comment to my immediately preceding post, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORLD YOUR CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN, READ THIS LETTER, my friend, Andrew Greenwell, asked the question: “How do we evangelize Muslims?” The simple … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, COURTYARD OF THE GENTILES, EVANGELIZATION, MUSLIMS, POPE BENEDICT XVI, THE ASSISI INITIATIVE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 1 Comment

AS SOME OF YOU ARE NOW AWARE, ANGRY COMMENTS SENT TO THIS ABYSSUM BLOG ARE MODERATED AND ARE TRASHED !

Posted on August 17, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! “Holy Hostility, Batman!” When the Gloves Come Off on Catholic Blogs by Fr. Gordon J. MacRae on August 17, 2011 · Some Catholic bloggers are seeing a growing trend in comments as on-line civility and Catholic values give way … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, INTOLERANCE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Tagged | Comments Off on AS SOME OF YOU ARE NOW AWARE, ANGRY COMMENTS SENT TO THIS ABYSSUM BLOG ARE MODERATED AND ARE TRASHED !

WITHIN THE CHURCH THERE IS DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY 50 YEARS OF DISSENTING THEOLOGIANS, PRIESTS AND, YES, BISHOPS !!!

Posted on August 10, 2011 by abyssum

!!!!       BISHOPS SHOULD ACT: MORAL LEADERSHIP REQUIRED SAYS PRIEST PUBLISHER by Father Alphonse deValk LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday, 09 August 11 TORONTO, Ontario, August 9, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The cultural warfare about the “normalization” of same-sex “marriage” and the … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, EXCOMMUNICATION, LGBT, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, PENAL LEGISLATION IN CANON LAW, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | 1 Comment

SATAN JUST HATES FORGIVENESS; IT IS HIS UNDOING !

Posted on August 3, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Empty Chairs at Empty Tables by Father Gordon MacRae http://www.thesestonewalls.com/ Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT Everyone has troubling dreams. In “Protect Us from All Anxiety” on Ash Wednesday, I wrote about one of the anxiety-related dreams that … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, JURISPRUDENCE, JUSTICE, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, PEDOPHILIA, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | Tagged | Comments Off on SATAN JUST HATES FORGIVENESS; IT IS HIS UNDOING !

NEW YORK TIMES READER KILLS 76 PEOPLE IN NORWAY

Posted on July 28, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! NEW YORK TIMES READER KILLS DOZENS IN NORWAY by Ann Coulter Townhalll July 27, 2011 The New York Times wasted no time in jumping to conclusions about Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who staged two deadly attacks in Oslo … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, INTOLERANCE, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, MEDIA BIAS, MEDIA BIGOTRY, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, SECULARISM, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE NEW YORK TIMES | Tagged | 1 Comment

THE BOSTON VIRUS, No. 83: IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DEFEND MARRIAGE, WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT

Posted on July 23, 2011 by abyssum

True Compassion, by Dale O’Leary Joe Sacerdo | July 23, 2011 at 9:13 am | Tags: Archdiocese of Boston, Bryan Hehir, cardinal sean o’malley, fr john unni, gay lesbian, st cecilia boston, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | Categories: Archdiocese … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, FATHERHOOD, FEMINISM, GAY 'MARRIAGE', HOMOSEXUALITY, HUMAN SEXUALITY, HUMANAE VITAE, LGBT, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', SEXUALITY, THE BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off on THE BOSTON VIRUS, No. 83: IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DEFEND MARRIAGE, WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT