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But, yo hablo espanol!
New York Newsday reported “hundreds gathered… for an outdoor Mass
presided over by Bishop William F. Murphy of the diocese of Rockville
Centre… Murphy addressed each ethnic segment of the congregation
separately. ‘Is that enough Latin?’ he joked at one point, after
struggling through a few words of the long-defunct language.”
Another Novus Ordo clown
The Associated Press wrote about the Rev. John Vakulskas, “the only
member of the clergy with a permanent ministry to carnival workers in
this country, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…
Father Vakulskas’ job is ecumenical. He wears a stole embroidered not
only with a carousel horse and a Ferris wheel, but also with a Star of
David.”
Speaking of freak shows
The Los Angeles Times looked at the “growing schedule of memorial
services as well as other events (that) are drawing Catholics and
non-Catholics alike” at L.A.’s Taj Mahony. “If the writing on the wall
wasn’t clear enough, the scene in the room certainly was. A Protestant
was being eulogized by a Catholic in a nondenominational service inside
Los Angeles’ most extravagant house of worship… A memorial service for
Los Angeles civic leader Ira Tellin, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, was
held at the cathedral after his death in 2002… A rabbi, a Sikh, a Hindu
swami and a member of the Bahai faith joined Mahony for memorial
services marking the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2003.”
Thankfully JPII’s Vatican cannot vote…
Lead sentence in a New York Times story from Vatican City on the U.S.
presidential election: “While many American Catholics oppose Senator
John Kerry because he supports abortion rights, church officials and
observers here say that if the people who run the Vatican could vote,
they would be as divided as Americans are – and might even tilt toward
Mr. Kerry.”
…but the Vatican did have representatives who could
“Celebrating a specially arranged Mass for Mr. Kerry in Chillicothe,
Ohio, the Rev. Lawrence Hummer,” reported the New York Times, said the
Church should pander to pro-abortion politicians and “not ‘ostracize
them or treat them like lepers.’” How did the Novus Ordo presbyter deal
with the heretical communicant? “After the service, Father Hummer urged
Mr. Kerry on. ‘God bless you,’ he said. ‘And win, will you?’”
What Great Schism?
The Washington Post looked at Communion practices in America. Ruining a
perfectly good opportunity to educate readers: “Monsignor James P.
Moroney, executive director of office of liturgy (sic) for the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the church generally does not
condone the participation of Catholics in non-Catholic Communion, but he
said it’s a matter of degree of theological difference and a decision to
be made by the local bishop. ‘If a Catholic goes to an Orthodox Church
and receives Holy Communion, are we concerned with that? No,’ Moroney
said.”
This French Guy is cool
Catholic News Service reported on a Novus Ordinarian at a Pontifical
Council for Migrants and Travelers meeting: “Father Guy Gilbert does not
look like your ordinary priest: Sporting a star-studded, black leather
motorcycle jacket and smoking rolled cigarettes to the stub, he seems
more like the street kids he has been helping in Paris for the past 40
years. And that is precisely the point. ‘At the beginning, dressing like
this helped me enter into contact with young people. I will dress like
this till the end of my days,’ said the priest.”
Priest implies murder and narcotics should be allowed
Dominican Father David Delich, of Saint Louis, defended legalized
abortion in a letter published in the New York Times: “The real issue is
prudential: whether abortion should be criminalized, not whether it is
wrong. A large part of the prison population in the United States is
incarcerated because of violations of drug laws. Who would argue that
drug use in the United States has subsided because of drug laws?”
Church attendance solution
In a story entitled “Let us bark,” the New York Post reported: “A
Catholic church has started holding Mass for pets in Cologne, Germany
with hundreds of people bringing their dogs, cats, rabbits and lizards.
Veterinarian Wilfried Brach-Virnich, who came up with the idea, said
there was no reason why pets should not be prepared for the afterlife,
because ‘it’s got to be every animal lover’s wish for a paradise that
includes humans and animals.’”
Probability these ladies were wearing habits: zero
A closing gem from Catholic News Service: “German Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger should resign as head of the Vatican Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith and be replaced by a ‘feminist woman,’ said an
organization representing 500 U.S. women religious. The National
Coalition of American Nuns added that the Vatican should grant greater
decision-making power to women, including participation in the election
of popes.” |
