2012 Articles - June
June 30 Healing
power of a handshake
Jo Berry (Tablet)
A welfare reform too far Tablet Editorial Ten
Steps to a Healthier Church:
How to Fix the Vatican
Fr Michael Kelly SJ
Good
for goose, good for gander
Fr William Grim, Tokyo (ucanews) Council
is starting point
for Orthodox-Catholic unity
Luca Rolandi (VI) |
June 29 A
Mother's Plea
by "A Cracked Pot" Reminder
about when to genuflect
and when to bow
Elizabeth Harrington (Leader) Priest who changed words of liturgy is changed by bishop (ACS) Promoting
priestly vocations
Alessandro Speciale (VI) The
threat to freedom of speech
is in your own backyard |
June 28 Learning
from India's greatest poet
Jon M. Sweeney
(America) Australia's
20 year search
for the right asylum policy SSPX
says "No": Details
of Pope's June 23 meetings
Sarah Delaney (NCR) Book
review: Fr Robert Barron |
June 27
Investors' meeting in London:
How
to buy land in Africa
Rupert Neate (Guardian)
"I
hope they'll listen to me"
Andrés Álvarez (VI) Vatican's new media advisor Why
ignore15 million black Baptists?
Karen Sue Smith (America) Egypt:
Christians hoping Islamic president will keep promises
Gerard O'connell (VI) For Chinese readers - this HK site: Ut Abundantius Community and its seasonal magazine |
June 26
Italy
- Religious Illiteracy:
Need for adult education Sandro Magister (Chiesa) Book Review
- John W
Mary
Laven: Mission to China Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East Melbourne: Next Mass July 1 Inclusive Catholics |
June 25
Suffering
lays out path to new life
for Church (NCR)
Fr George McLean OMI
US priests' June assembly "Vatican II lives!" |
June 24 Feast of Birth of John the Baptist Elizabeth Harrington (Leader) Are
church investigation procedures really just?
(1998 Doctrine & Life) Fr Ladislas Orsy SJ (ACP) Good News story:
Theology
behind bars
Kerry Weber (America) What
Assisi has lost
Austen Ivereigh
(America) China's Hilarion Gianni Valente (VI) Russian Orthodoxy in China Rio 2012 snuffs out Rio 1992 George Monbiot (Guardian) Just like B16 snuffing out Vat II ! Vatican's transparency test John Allen (NCR) Anything to do with Gospel? Philadelphia priest in prison after trial Maryclaire Dale (Huff Post) |
June 23 Opportunity
for Irish renewal
Tablet Editorial |
June 22 Communion
for the remarried
James Roberts (Tablet
Blog) G20
is also about food security
Jack De Groot (Eureka
Street) UK
Nuncio: lay involvement is the answer to vocations crisis A
new candidate for next pope
John Allen (NCR)
Fernando Filoni (HK 1992 - 2001) |
June 21 APC
slams Dolan report
Dolan report getting APC & Irish bishops to embrace?! Update
re Dolan report reaction
David Gibson
(NCR) Churches
should be more
ecologically sensitive (ACP) Fr Sean McDonagh SSC |
June 20 The
Good Sisters and Schism Nicholas P. Cafardi (America) Letter to Church from a Gen X-erAlice Priest (Good Oil) Sex
sells, but sells out our children Vatileaks: Bertone says "No dispute between clerics"Andrea Tornielli (VI) The
Mendacity of Hope
George Monbiot 3
Commission cardinals all 80+
Alessandro Speciale (VI) Cardinal's outfit: cost list (Catholica) Model: Card R. Burke The
Subversion of Vatican II
Bro Louis De Thomasis FSC Good news story:
A
little for some is a lot for others
Chris Hansen
(CAM) |
June 19 Pope's message to Congress Irish Times The
Irreversible Vatican II
Francis Clooney SJ (America) Pope:
Respect rights of refugees
(Vatican Insider) Card
Dolan's negative report on Irish College in Rome Four
Irish archbishops slam Dolan Patrick Counihan (Irish
Central) "Lead
us not into temptation"Richard Rohr Freedom
led to starvation, disease
for millions of black Americans Chinese economy - Aust. politics Stephen McDonel (ABC) To prepare for university:
Monash College, Melbourne |
June 18
Church
must leave aside privileges
and dedicate itself to the poor Jacques
Dupuis’ Theology
of Religious Pluralism Australian horse at UK's Ascot Chris Cook (Guardian) Black Caviar to race June 23 |
June 17 Dismissal of Bishop Bill Morris Letter to The Tablet Fr Frank Brenna SJ New interview with Bp Pat Power ABC TV A
warning to Catholic extremists
Martin Marty
(America, 1968!)) Ireland: ACP rejects Dolan's report ACP vs Vatican: gloves coming off British
historian: Church has not learned from abuse in past centuries
Jonathan Luxmoore
(NCR) Interview:
Card Levada re LCWR
John Allen (NCR) Card
George Pell: Our man in Rome
Jane Cadzow (SMH) Final battles of Pope Benedict XVI (Spiegel Online) Vatican imploding |
June 16 Bp Bill Morris - new NCR article:
Firing
a bishop doesn't end story Getting dialogue going in a parish A story of frustration & disappointment in Ireland (ACP) Hong
Kong media taking on Beijing
re death of activist Li Wangyang Hong Kong: Pilgrimage to Lourdes
by Chi Fu parish group Meditation on death of a friend Eugene Kennedy (NCR) Rome Notebook (NCR) John Allen Congress turns its back on the poor Tony Magliano (NCR) Fr Harry Winter OMI (USA) Poll figures: how much trust do you have in these institutions? SSPX: personal prelature? Andrea Tornielli (VI) Reader's comment: "good grief!" South Korea: Darwin banned from school text books (VI)Marco Tosatti For Chinese readers: Joy of Life website (HK) |
June 15 Photo of Lenticular cloud Today's new word: lenticular !
St Bernard's Four Loves Fr Richard Rohr OFM Eucharistic Congress, Dublin: Cardinal meets abuse victims Gerard O'Connell (VI)
The above Fr Harry
also recommends this article to explain OMI spirituality: |
June 14 Logos
versus Ethos: a critical examination of Joseph’s Ratzinger’s
understanding of Ecumenism Bp Morris & Abp Hunthausen: Compare their treatment by Joseph Ratzinger (a reader)
Eucharistic Congress, Dublin: Disappointing opening crowd Miriam Lord (IT) The
best way to find healing
when overcome with despair
John Dear (NCR) USA bishops vs Obama: Atlanta meeting on now Mitchell Landsberg (Kansas CS) Vatican-Israel
relations
Andrea Tornielli (VI) Vat vs USA nuns: Nuns must promote church teaching Nicole Winfield (AP) |
June 13
Deus ex
machina
Fr William Grim, Tokyo (ucanews) Denmark
same-sex marriage law:
Catholics exempt (CC) |
June 12
Bishop
Bill Morris: further analysis,
having regard to the Pope's notes Retired
bishop criticises Vatican
Lexi Metherell (ABC) Forgiveness Richard Rohr Don't put cart before horse
|
June 11 Dublin: Eucharistic Congress opens Gerard O'Connell (VI) Power of dying hierarchy an illusion Joe Orso (NCR) See comment by John W The
Body and Blood of Christ
Elizabeth Harrington
(Leader) Guidelines for talking about Church Melissa Nussbaum (NCR) A lot of food for thought here!
Catholicism Now Series in Irish Times New missal: spot the (clumsy) difference in these prayers Elizabeth Harrington (Leader) Bp
Pat Power's resignation
James Robertson (SMH) Vatican Hegemonism Sr Charlene Ozanick & John Churchman (Catholica) Telling it as it has been Pope
has "pruned dead branches"
(AsiaOne) Pope's secretary now an Abp?! |
June 10
Woman-man polarity in Church c.f. this review by Christine Cargill Benedict in Milan, Vatileaks, LCWR and Farley John Allen (NCR) The Ego's 4 splits:
The 4th split:
Acceptable
Self
from Unacceptable Self Abortion & breast cancer link Jerry Novotny OMI (LifeIssues) |
June 9
Letter to Tablet re call to action by 7 UK priests Chris McDonnell, UK Germany:
Communion for divorcees
Alessandro Speciale (VI)
Congar
- a great mind of Vat II
Stefan Gigacz (CathBlog) Fr Robert Barron to be in charge of Chicago seminary (Chicagoland) As a straight parent, I feel I'm being made to feel like (....) (Catholica) and this second post Black Caviar arrives in England ABC Has won 21 straight races ...and never been hit with a whip |
June 8
Our
sickness must grow worse
Richard Rohr (ACP) USA: why is Church veering right? Dr Don Fausel (Catholica) A disturbing article.... What gay parents are worth Frank Brennan (Eureka Street) Butler quizzed re Pope's documents Nick Squires (The Age) Atheism to defeat religion by 2038 Nigel Barber (Huff Post) Webpage
of Future Church
Many articles re current issues |
June 7 What
exactly was
"the spirit of Vat II" ?
Sean O'Conaill (ACP) Vatican
assault coming in October John Sivalon, M.M. Philadelphia
trial has fully exposed Catholic leadership worldwide |
June 6 Challenging
the Church
ABC Radio interview
(55 mins)
What is
it to be "born again"?
Dr Andrew Kania (Catholica) The
Ego's 4 splits:
The
3rd split: body from mind
Fr Richard Rohr OFM HK:
June 9 talk on Matteo Ricci |
June 5 Vatileaks: Comments
by Abp Savio Hon SDB
Andrea Tornielli
Curial Confucianism?! |
June 4 Comment on elephant/ministry! John N. Collins More comments wanted! Church
is more than just
what happens inside the Vatican!
Giorgio
Bernardelli (VI) A call to action Statement by group of English priests (ACP/Tablet) This
site's statistics for May 2012 Number of readers increasing DG!
|
June 3 The
hunt for thieves in the Vatican
Sandro Magister
(Chiesa) Christian Correction America Magazine Editorial How a bishop stood up to the Pope Peter Leithart (ucanews) ....and won! The Ego's 4 splits: The 2nd split: life from death Fr Richard Rohr OFM
What
Ryan missed
Gerald Beyer
(America)
Solidarity & subsidiarity mean? |
June 2 The billionaires we love & hate Rachel Jacobs (SMH) Wealth ok, but not greed Origin
of calling people "vegetables"
Dr Dianne Irving
(Human Life Matters) Petition for Royal Commission into sex abuse in Church & NGO's (Change.org) |
June 1 A good news story from India: Ascetic nun lives among lions Binu Alex (ucanews)
USA:
82% of Catholics say that contraception is "morally acceptable"
Patrick Craine
Life Site News Pius
XII and the Jews: The ego's four splits - part one Richard Rohr (Word Press) Melbourne: Inclusive Catholics Click for details of June 3 Mass |