2012 Articles March 2012 Jan - Feb
March 31: Sad secular substitutes for Easter Eugene Kennedy NCR
March 31: Holy Thursday: betrayal & friendship John Dear NCR
March 31: What Jesus' death tells us about oursevles Huff Post
March
31: Arab
Spring & Christian fears Vatican Insider
Different message from Western media: AS a
minority affair
March
31: Victorian
bishops letter re gay marriage
March 31:
Homosexual
acts are unnatural
and a major health hazzard Francis MacNutt
March 30: Beautiful
message from Brian Pitts
Preview of future article for Catholica +
why J. Ratzinger opposed Vat II
March
30: Bishop
Robinson in Chicago:
Re-think Catholic faith & culture NCR
- Bp Robinson's
USA schedule
March
30: Melbourne
priests call for abuse inquiry Barney
Zwartz, The Age
- Reply from Archbishop
Denis Hart
- Letter
to editor by Frank Burke (letter no. 5)
March 30: Pope: Cuba and world need change Vatican Insider (Everyone else must change...)
March 30: Birth control commission: new papers reveal Vatican's hand Tom Fox NCR
March 29: Pope's Cuba visit - no use? Vatican Insider
March 29: Pope's Cuba visit - of use? Vatican Insider
March 29: Pope in Cuba: more trust needed Vatican Insider
March
29: Jewish
Anti-Zionism: a critical review of the latest literature ABC
see comment 4: I think it is likely that Israel will, one day, pay a dreadful price
for its treatment of the Palestinians.
March
29: Good
Friday & Easter Sun are one
NCR
March 29:
Gestating
Compassion Ron Rolheiser (1995)
March 29:
www.afterabortion.com Emily's
List Australia |
March 28: Cuba: BenXVI in JPII's steps Vatican Insider
March 28: Mexico: Pope attacks bishops conniving with drug lords and Maciel Vatican Insider (the fog gets thicker?)
March 27: Pope's March 25 Mexico homily Chiesa ("Long live Christ the King" - an exercise in spin and unreality?)
March 27: Ireland: Catholics quietly turning Protestant Independent.ie
March 27: The non-violent Eucharist John Dear (a beautiful article to help prepare for Holy Week)
March 27: Worth re-reading: Rolling back Vatican II David Timbs
March 27: George Clooney's Sudan satellites Guardian - (No. 1 most viewed)
March 26: Pope in Mexico Vat Insider Pastoral visit or political endorsement?
March 26: Vatican II is ever before us Vatican Insider
March 26: Oscar Romero: The lost cause Vatican Insider (32nd anniversary article)
March 26: Pope condemns Mexican drug lords The Age
March 26: Cubans to welcome Pope Vatican Insider
March
25: Cardinal
Sarah traveling with Pope
to Cuba and Mexico Vat Insider
(he who "fixed" Caritas
International
...for not being Catholic enough)
March 25: Pope's plane words on way to Cuba Vatican Insider
March 25: 11 reasons why I haven't left Church Huff Post (Inspiration for people considering going out with the tide)
March 25: Vatican Irish report an empty gesture Belfast Telegraph
March
25: China:
a decade of change
- amazing interactive timeline Guardian
- no.2 most viewed art.
March
24: Robert
Fitzgerald on lay leadership CathNews
c.f. Peter
Johnstone comment no. 9
March 24: Pope's visit will help democracy
in Cuba Vatican Insider
March
24: Maciel's
shadow hangs over Pope's trip to Mexico Vatican Insider
March 24: The saint at Vat
II: Card Cardijn Stefan Gigacz
March 24: Worth re-reading:
Fr
Eric Hodgens' reflections The Swag
March 24: Worth re-reading: Our bishops are scared NCR
March 24: World Down Syndrome Day (a few days ago)
March 23: Pope No. 11 from Homs, Syria Vatican Insider
March 23: Austria: priests' rebellion update Chiesa (with a slice of history)
March 23: Irish bishops in for a shake-up Vatican Insider
March 23: The Bible should have a place in life outside of Mass NCR (Comment no. 6 = jw)
March
22: China:
lawyers must take oath of allegiance to Party Guardian
c.f. All bishops must take an oath of loyalty
not to God, not to the church, but to the pope... to protect papal
authority at all costs
- Bp G Robinson in
this article
March 22: Chinese leaders also renewing efforts to keep the army in line RFA
(c.f.r. church leaders keeping priests &
religious under
control....)
March 22: Good news for stroke patients: new treatment has instant results ABC
March 22: Bishop Robinson and the redemption of Eros NCR Comment 6: Bp R speaking in Chicago March 28
March 22: ABC interview with Lord Bragg (At 17 minute mark of the program)
New website: Inclusive Catholics (Melbourne)
March 22: Irish bishops welcome Vat report Irish bishops conference website
March 22: Irish Times article re Vat report
March 22: Background of Irish report Vatican Insider
March 21: Vatican March 19 letter to SSPX ("Come to Rome in all safety"?)
March 21: Tribute to Irish-born footballer who won Australian hearts Andrew Hamilton
March 21: How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp Guardian - a gripping story
March 21: Vat II: How it affected Good Sams Marilyn Kelleher SGS (March Good Oil)
March 21: Memories of a hippie priest Teresa Pirola Teresa's website: Light of Torah
March 21: Finding Jesus in the Zulu people Brian Pitts ("I began to see Jesus as a healer")
March
21: Canberra
plan to cancel Masses (see comment no. 8
by Peter Johnstone)
March
20: Italians
& others provide homes in Jerusalem for struggling Christians
Vatican Insider
March 20: meeting March 21 of European bishops to revive Church Vatican Insider
March 20: US bishops vs Government: A question of morality or politics? The Times-Picayune
March 20: Worth re-reading: More "Reform of the reform" America (& see the comments)
March
19: Pope to Cuba & Mexico March 23 Vatican Insider
March
19: Pope
going to a changing Mexico Huff Post
March 19: Mexico: Cardinal murdered 1993 Vatican Insider
March 19: Lent: Aligning our hearts and deeds Richard Stearns
March 19: Worth re-reading: Matteo Ricci after 400 years Richard McBrien (How many times did papal policy change?!)
March 18: Vatican gives SSPX one month Vatican Insider
March 18: Church needs to re-evaluate teaching on sexual relationships Bishop Geoffrey Robinson - NCR
March 18: Homosexuality: a third view Francis MacNutt.
March 18: Vatican II priests: a different breed Vatican Insider (+NCR?)
March
18: Resignation
Register 01: Resignation
of Rowan Williams & comments re Anglican disunity Guardian
(a lesson for Catholic Church?)
March 18: Resignation Register 02: B16 - will he or won't he?
March 18: B16's energetic Ecumenism Chiesa
March 18: Papal transition, Obama, Nigeria & China John Allen NCR
March
17: What a bishop should be like
Catholic Herald
March 17: What a bishop should not look like:
Bishop
wearing Cappa (scroll to March 13...Gabon)
March 17: The ordination of women: Infallibly taught? Peter Burns s.j.
March 17: Pink Smoke over the Vatican: YouTube01 YouTube02
March
17: "Lapsed"
Catholics NCR
March 17:
Bridging the
research gap.
Cara, response to Vatican II Francis Gannon
March
16: Habits
we lay down in our lives
follow through into old age Hazel of Old Windsor
March 16: Bishops
need to atone for abuse Vatican Insider
March 16: June 10- 17 Ireland: Will Pope attend Euch Congress? CNA
March 16: June 11-14 USA: 1st meeting of Cath Priests Assocn
March 16: July 16-20 Australia: National Council of Priests meeting (180 registrations so far)
March 16: US Bishops: Govt defining religion CNA
March 16: What Jesus taught in the Garden of Gethsemane John Dear
March 16: We must not just pray for ourselves Pope Benedict 16
March 16: Eureka Street comes of age Andrew Hamilton
March 16: China: new cultural revolution? Guardian
March 15: Can Church embrace the pill? (Washington Post)
March 15: Interview with HK's Cardinal Tong Gerard O'connell (part two) (Card Ratzinger visited HK 1993..)
March 15: Holy Land: The big chill between Israel and the Patriarch (Vatican Insider)
March 15: Stolen babies of Church in Spain Catholica
March 15: Latest Catholic world statistics (report no. 2)
March 14: Who wants to be a teacher?
March 14: "Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church” (May 7)
March 14: Interview with HK's Cardinal Tong Gerard O'connell (part one)
March 14: Catholic Cyber Forum (UK)
March 14: Vat II priests hanging in there Dan Morris-Young (art sums up reasons for this site)
March 14: Interview with Bishop of Cahors Vatican Insider
March 13: Lessons from the way Vatican II was conducted Richard Gaillardetz (see comment by jw)
March 13: Can women be priests? Pontifical Biblical Commission
March 13: Francis of Assisi's radical love Jamie Arpin-Ricci
March 13: Rabbi's experience with Vatican Giacomo Galeazzi
March 13: USA anger at abuse scandal David Briggs
March 13: Latest Catholic world statistics Vatican Insider (but what does "Catholic" mean?)
March 13: Think twice about China's economy Satyajit Das
March 12: USA: Passion vs Puritanism Paul Harris
March 12: Jounalist's recollections re JPII Roberto Suro
March 12: Blessed JPII? Reservations The Remnant
March 12: Companions on the Journey recommended by a reader
March 12: Interventionist US bishops Giacomo Galeazzi
March 12: Philippines: death of Card Sanchez Vatican Insider
March 12: Santorum losing Catholic vote Dan Balz & Scott Clement
March 12: Hong Kong Cardinal's Easter Latin Mass
March 11: Doing a good job: Brazil's Card João Braz de Aviz Alessandro Speciale
March 11: The Mission has a Church: An Invitation to the Dance Stephen Bevans SVD
March 11: Rebel daughters: Ireland & Poland Chiesa.espresso
March 11: Italian bishops' conference head appointed by pope, despite.... Chiesa.espresso
March 11: Vat II"s "discovery" of Freedom of Conscience - Gianni Gennari (c.f. Three views of Conscience)
March 10: Women in roles great and small Carmel Pilcher
March
10: John
Paul's second miracle Comment by Peter Johnstone
(comment no. 1)
March 10: Towards
an Australian Chinese Catholic Spirituality
Margaret Tam ("Theology needs Asian dimension")
March 10: Rocking the Holy See The Economist
March
10: Flattening
the Church
Peter Kirkwood re role of post V2
laity as seen by Robert Fitzgerald
(comment no.9 by Peter Johnstone)
March
10: Cleveland
decision reversed
Micheal O'Malley
(Vaticar
does have reverse gear!
...but no mention on diocesan
site
....reason
why no mention...)
March
10: Reflections
on church of future Abp Diarmuid
Martin
(see espy comments re John XXIII)
March 10: Fr Ray Blake's Blog - USA "reform of the reform" site (groan..)
March
9: Women's
ordination
(see comments by Peter Johnstone (no. 13) & David Timbs (14)
& see Bishop
Benjamin)
March
9: Pakistan:
bishops say minority women suffer double discrimination
Vatican Insider
March 9: Pope: Silence helps us makes sense of Babel of words
Alessandro Speciale
March 9: Church loves freedom & modernity Andrea Tornielli
March 9: Philadelphia abuse scandal update Gerald Slevin
March 8: Concelebration: next to go? Cardinal Cañizares
March 8: Religion the Opium of the People? Sabrina Conti
March 8: Golgotha: Abuses soil Church Giacomo Galeazzi
March 8: Dublin's Abp Diarmuid Martin 60 Minutes
March
8: Church
like Toyota?
BBC report shows how Toyota
was unwilling to face up to change.A lesson for the Church?
March 7: Charter of Rights of Catholics in the Church Cyber Christian Community
March
7: The
story of Fr John Glynn Catholica
(an awesome report..."must read")
March
7: Patriarch
in bed with Putin
Giacomo Galeazzi
March 6: Cyber Christian Community Renewal group in Western Australia
March 6: No altar women: only altar men/boys Dr Shaw (?)
March 6: Indonesia: Red Cross logo displeases fundamentalists Giacomo Galeazzi
March 6: Rick Santorum's faith journey New York Times (From nominal RC to clarion of faith"
March 5: A Church is Disarray Robert Mickens Tablet, Feb 25
March 5: Changes to Calendar Elizabeth Harrington (why "St Mary of the Cross")
March 5: Cloudy skies between Iran & Vatican Giacomo Galeazzi (Two fundamentalist states?)
March 4: "Papal Presidentialism" Andrea Tornielli ( see Peter Johnstone's comment)
March 4: Church needs theologians Gerald O’Collins
March 3: Barry Jones' words apply to Church Peter Wilkinson
March 3: Female Dimension of Ecumenical Prayer Maria Pederiva
March 3: Pope's concern for Bosnia Catholics Vatican Insider
March 3: "Concilium" (of which Joseph Ratzinger was a co-founder!) criticizes Pope re Capitalism
March 3: Vatican leadership under attack Marco Tosatti
March 3: Ex-Anglicans reflect on Ordinariate Alessandro Speciale
March 3: Foreign cardinals oppose Bertone Andrea Tornielli
March 2: "Reform of reform" site featured on CathNews (...groan...)
March 2: The Passion of the Prophet Patricia Fresen a call to prophetic obedience
March 2: Why Religious Conservatives embrace language of religious war Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie
March 1: Mongolia: persecution with purpose Giacomo Galeazzi
March
1: Clerical sins: careerism & vanity Andrea
Tornielli ("Sins of
Church" not a good phrase?)