Pope Benedict XVI

Truth be told: Henry Kissinger is not an advisor to Pope Benedict XVI

War On You (Free subscription) | yesterday

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Truth-be-told-Henry-Kissinger-is-not-an-advisor-to-Pope-Benedict-XVI I’d like to examine an issue which needs to be addressed. As a lifelong Catholic, I respect the teaching of the Church and the authority of it’s leader the Pope, who serves as the Vicar of Christ. This does not mean we blindly go along with...

Pope's Power Grab?

Godzdogz (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Since the Vatican announced that an Apostolic Constitution would be forthcoming from Pope Benedict XVI that would allow Anglicans to enter corporately into full communion with the Catholic Church, while maintaining some of their legitimate liturgical rites and traditions, there have been many reactions, some positive and others decidedly less so. In particular, a number of commentators in the secular...

Enabling the Holocaust - Constantine's Sword

Sustainability, Equity, Development (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

(Pope Benedict XVI at Auschwitz) Once a Catholic priest, author James Carroll's faith in authority was broken by the Vietnam War. He left the church and began a rigorous study of the history of the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, distinguishing an extraordinary story that deepens the understanding of the forces that made the seeming incomprehensible Holocaust comprehensible. (Constantine)...

Pope a fan of sports -- but not doping athletes

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday. The pope said the Catholic Church believed sport could be a force for good, particularly among young people, but warned against harmful aspects such as doping. "Sport has great educational potential, especially for the young ... and when it is practised with enthusiasm and a strong ethical aspect it becomes the place for healthy...

The Right Rev Todd Unctuous

Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | yesterday

Check out this post. Here's a quote: What I think is missing is any clear Gospel proclamation on the part of the Pope. Of course he wants to increase the rapidly dwindling ranks of his own church, what leader would not want to do that? But is the building up of a church on the basis of hatred consistent with Jesus' message? Is the idea "If you hate gay people and women, then come join us"...

Sharing, Caring & So Much More

Faith and Family Live! (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tom and April Hoopes: User's Guide to Sunday | (In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.) Nov. 8 is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle I). Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to make a pastoral visit to Brescia, Italy, today. Veterans Day Nov. 11 …

Benedict's ongoing battle against secularism

Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

National Catholic Reporter All Things Catholic by John L Allen Jr on Nov. 06, 2009 Much has been made lately of Pope Benedict XVI's apparent lenience for "cafeteria Catholicism" on the right. Two developments have fed the perception: talks between the Vatican and the Society of St. Pius X, the "Lefebvrites," who broke with Rome in protest of liberalizing currents after the Second...

• John Allen analyzes Pope Benedict’s outreach to SSPX and Anglicans - What Does The Prayer Really Say?

"Most Holy Father, in This Era of Irrational Barbarism..."

Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Chiesa 5.11.2009 An appeal to Benedict XVI "for the return to an authentically Catholic sacred art." The main signatory is the great German writer Martin Mosebach. And in the meantime, the meeting between the pope and artists in the Sistine Chapel is drawing near by Sandro Magister ROME, November 5, 2009 – A few days before the meeting announced for November 21 between the pope and...

• Martin Mosebach and Others Appeal to Benedict on Sacred Art and Music - The New Liturgical Movement

On Sunday 29th November, for the first...

Catholicmomof10militant (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

On Sunday 29th November, for the first time in history, the voice of Pope Benedict XVI can be heard on eight pieces of specially commissioned classical music. Created by some of the world's finest composers and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Vatican Choir - The Philharmonic Academy of Rome, this album, released November 29th, is a beautiful blend of Gregorian chants and contemporary...

The Muddled Mind of Arizona Episcopal Bishop Kirk Smith

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The Muddled Mind of Arizona Episcopal Bishop Kirk Smith News Analysis By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org November 5, 2009 Of all the commentary appearing on blogs and in Anglican cyberspace regarding the Pope's recent offer of a safe harbor to traditionalist Anglicans, none has appeared more inane, muddled and downright inaccurate than that of the Rt. Rev. Kirk S. Smith, the Episcopal Bishop...

Positivity: Traditional Anglican Communion of U.K. first to accept Pope’s offer

BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

From London, England: Nov 6, 2009 / 12:24 am (CNA).- Members of The Traditional Anglican Church in Great Britain have announced that they will enter into communion with the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans. According to the group’s website, members met on October 29 for their October 2009 Assembly. They scrapped their [...]

Anglican Province Accepts Pope's Offer

Creative Minority Reader (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Here's some wonderful news from the National Catholic Register : The Traditional Anglican Communion’s province in Great Britain has become the first to accept Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans. All its members voted unanimously to come into communion with Rome under the terms of the new provision, which allows them to retain their Anglican patrimony. An undated statement...

• Traditional Anglican Communion in UK accepts Pope's invitation - VirtueOnline
• UK Traditional Anglican Communion says "yes please" - The hermeneutic of continuity
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Keep Eyes on Eternity, Pope says

A Catholic Mom climbing the Pillars (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Celebrates Mass for Deceased PrelatesVATICAN CITY, NOV. 5, 2009 (Zenit.org).- "The departure of loved ones is painful. The event of death is a disquieting enigma. But, for believers, however it comes, it is always illumined by the hope of immortality."This was a reflection made today by Benedict XVI when he celebrated a Mass for the prelates who have died over the past year. Although death...

A limited ecumenism

Ryan McCarl (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

My latest op-ed, "A limited ecumenism," appeared today in Sightings , the newsletter of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School. It discusses the Catholic Church's recent outreach to traditionalist Anglicans. Sightings is a free online publication sent out twice a week to over 7,000 scholars, ministers, students, and others interested in the intersection of religion...

Pope’s Anglican offer accepted by Traditional Anglican Communion in Britain

Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

By Damian Thompson, Telegraph The UK wing of the Traditional Anglican Communion – a group of rebel traditionalists who have left official Anglicanism – has voted to accept Pope Benedict XVI’s offer of a Personal Ordinariate. The TAC has only a few small communities in Britain, but the Pope will be pleased by this development. Hat-tip to [...]

• Anglican 'First Fruits' for the 'Pope of Christian Unity' - Pope Benedict XVI Blog