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 
- women sharing their stories
- message boards more than two million posts from 31,443 members

Emily's List Australia
Promoting abortion to 9 months, as already happens in Victoria.
This means a baby can be aborted
moments before natural birth

Emily's List USA

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?)