Category Archives: Catholic bishops

A Prayer and a Thought for Pentecost 2012

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Come Holy Spirit! Give us the wisdom, strength, and courage of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli! Shortly after becoming Pope John XXIII in 1958, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli announced he would call for a second Vatican Council. Immediate reactions were mixed. Leading people … Continue reading →

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USCCB TARGETS GIRL SCOUTS!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Maybe the old boys club would just like to have a church full of old boys. According to David Crary, writing for the Associated Press, Girl Scouts USA is now suspected of deviant thinking and wayward behavior by the United … Continue reading →

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WE HOLD THESE CATHOLIC TRUTHS…

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

There is a sinister spirit pontificating in contemporary Roman Catholic leadership. It is a kind of religious fundamentalism; and it is unwelcome, unhealthy, and unacceptable. In the name of orthodoxy, today’s Catholic fundamentalists condemn and denigrate believers who study, ask … Continue reading →

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Bullying Bishops: Reformers of the Reform

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior using force or coercion to afflict others. Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It can use subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation or not so … Continue reading →

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USCCB Memory Problems : How Could They Forget Cardinal Cushing

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

When the Massachusetts legislature voted in 1966 to end the last all-out ban on contraceptives in the United States, it was with the approval and assistance of the Boston Archdiocese On February 15, 1963, Boston’s Cardinal Richard James Cushing (1895–1970) … Continue reading →

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American Catholics : To Hell Wih You!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Having failed to convince American Catholics to follow their hard-line ban on contraception, American Catholic bishops are ignoring the consciences of those who work for them by seeking to impose their extremist beliefs on all women, Catholic or otherwise. The … Continue reading →

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Curse and Affliction Upon the Church

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Theologians can be a “curse and affliction upon the church,” according Capuchin Fr. Thomas Weinandy, Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Doctrine. Thomas Weinandy remember is director of the  bishops’ committee that recently condemned Sr. Elizabeth Johnson’s book on the Trinity, Quest for the … Continue reading →

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The Vatican is Upset — Perhaps We Should be Upset Because of the Vatican…..

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Waltzing on thin ice…… Patsy McGarry writing in the Irish Times (July 28, 2011) offers some well-phrased reflections about the Vatican’s reactions to sexual abuse in Ireland and the Murphy and Cloyne reports. Frankly the current Vatican administration, orchestrated by … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic Seismic Event

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

The Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Enda Kenny spoke to the Dail (the Irish Parliament) on Wednesday 20 July This may be a truly historic moment for the contemporary Roman Catholic Church The revelations of the Cloyne … Continue reading →

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Our # 1 Problem: Fundamentalism in the Catholic Church

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

  Nostalgia for a pre-Vatican II Golden Age In relating to fundamentalist Catholics we need to avoid hostile or heated arguments.   (Particular thanks for these reflections to Father Gerald Arbuckle SM author of Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique) … Continue reading →

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