Church articles 2009 (from weekly diary of John Wotherspoon )
Nov 25:
Pope skips language of love in Anglicans manifest
Archbishop Denis Hurley Homepage
Pope Benedict calls on weathy nations to live more simply (& see comments at end of link!)
Nov 18:
Some people trying to roll back Vatican Two
Nov 11:
Anglican offer - "spot the
difference"
01: The
Vatican thirst for power divides Christianity
02: "The
above article contain lies"
El Salvador: Remembering the Jesuit martyrs (who died twenty years ago, Nov 16, 1989)
Last ditch effort to stop Vatican massacre of English liturgy
Nov 4
Oct 28
Anglican deal - cans of (good)worms Pope's move ill-thought out John Allen's report Good for England
Oct 14
Excellent
daily reports from Synod
Synod
members attend special meeting (note the reference to Chinese migration to
Africa)
Review
of new book by Cardinal George o.m.i. "not conservative or
liberal, but simply Catholic"
Church
is right - condoms not the answer
Pope
says spiritual garbage poisoning Africa
Sep 30
no
more Communion in hand; no more priest facing the people ?
Sep 23
Anyone who has read "The Light in the Window" by June Goulding will sadly realize the truth of this upsetting report: "The Catholic Church sold my child"
Sep 9
American nun leading the fight against AIDS in Papua New Guinea for 20 years
Aug 26
"The best cardinal Africa never had" - Archbishop Denis Hurley o.m.i.
Coming
soon? Communion only on the tongue (not hand), while kneeling down (not
standing) at a Mass (in Latin) where priest no longer faces the people but faces
the altar as before Vatican Council II:
Report
One
Report
Two (one USA bishop no longer saying Mass facing the people).
Pope John XXIII, where are you? Help! Please get them facing outwards towards
icebergs like global starvation and climate change....instead of just
re-arranging the ship's deck-chairs.
As someone has said: Ben XVI keeps making JP2 look ever better.
And I can't help thinking of similarities between Church and China: each
has 1/6 of human race; each is run by a group of old men whose main concern
seems to be less and less the welfare of their people but, sadly, more and more
about keeping/exercising power
Aug 8
Trouble maker? "Conscience led me to ordination as a woman priest"
July 22
This week's most important article....a really thoughtful and important piece: Heard the one about a rabbi, an imam and a priest, who walk into a bank?
June 24
The
collected writings of Franz Jagerstatter (when
friends/clergy/bishops failed to stand up to Hitler, this man did.....and he
paid the price in more ways than one)
May 20
Pope must tell truth about Bethlehem & "Vatican must search its soul over Jews
May 13
Memo to bishops: - most Catholics aren't listening
Feb 18
Jan 28
Vat II - called 50 years ago - most important article