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Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum;habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum,Dominum Josephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzingerqui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI April 19,2005

<p>Reading through the latest crop of Op-eds pertaining to the &quot;the document&quot; I am perceiving the growing trend to criticize it as not only scapegoating homosexuals but as ignoring the *real* problem which which more and more they seem to … Continue reading →

<p>St Joan’s new pastor gave his first homily— It is <a href=”http://www.stjoan.com/homiliesfr.htm”>here</a>. I have read it a couple of times and have yet to figure out exactly what Fr. Jim was trying to say—especially the last paragraph which says:</p><blockquote dir=”ltr” … Continue reading →

<p><a href=”http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051130/NEWS05/511300394&amp;template=printart”>Catholics call church document confusing</a>&nbsp; <a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=148,height=190,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0′); return false” href=”http://kelidei.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/reese.jpg”><img title=”Reese” height=”256″ alt=”Reese” src=”http://kelidei.typepad.com/keli_rose/images/reese.jpg” width=”200″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> </p> <p>Not really—&nbsp; It is only confusing for those who are trying to … Continue reading →

<p><a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=222,height=173,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0′); return false” href=”http://kelidei.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/advent33.jpg”><img title=”Advent33″ height=”155″ alt=”Advent33″ src=”http://kelidei.typepad.com/keli_rose/images/advent33.jpg” width=”200″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px” /></a> Today I was thinking about the timing of the release of &quot;the document&quot;. <a href=”http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01165a.htm”>Advent </a>according to the Catholic … Continue reading →

<p><a href=”http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2005-11-24T184247Z_01_KRA467337_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-GAYS-BISHOP.xml&amp;archived=False”><span class=”arttitle”><span style=”FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; mso-bidi-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold”>Anglican bishop criticizes </span></span><span class=”arttitle”><span style=”FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; mso-bidi-font-family: … Continue reading →

<p>It seems the most prevalent voice in the media are those who see nothing but doom and gloom ahead for the Church because of &quot;the document&quot;. Just about every piece I have read today is predicting terrible consequences— Yes— the … Continue reading →

<p>… and commentaries are running along fairly predictable lines. Of course the media portrays this as if it were political—referring to &quot;conservative&quot; and &quot;liberal&quot; Catholics rather then Catholics who faithfully adhere to Church teaching and those who dissent. </p> <p>The … Continue reading →

<p>Get ready— here comes the firestorm! <a href=”http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=40891″><em>Vatican document on homosexuals</em></a><em>.</em> <span style=”font-size: 0.9em;”>I am sure that by morning this will be the topic of every news program, news paper and zillions of blogs— I have a feeling that Catholic … Continue reading →

<p class=”NormalWeb1″ style=”BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6.3pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%”><span style=”color: #333333;”><p class=”NormalWeb1″ style=”BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6.3pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%”><span style=”FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma”>John Paull II said in <a href=”http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_02121984_reconciliatio-et-paenitentia_en.html”><strong>RECONCILIATIO ET PAENITENTIA</strong></a> In paragraph 16:</span></p> <p></p></span></p> <p></p><blockquote … Continue reading →