By the way, I’m in Washington this weekend to attend an ordination service Saturday morning at the Shrine. Three fine religious brothers, including Matthew Palkowski, OFM Cap, are to be made deacons.
Month: January 2004
Episcopal spine alert!
Bishop Raymond Burke of La Crosse, WI — soon to be the archbishop of St. Louis — has decreed that pro-abortion politicians are not to be given Holy Communion.
Thank you, Bishop Burke, for “speaking truth to power”: advocating legalized abortion is indeed a “manifestly grave sin”.
I’ll ask canonist Pete Vere to comment on legal aspects of this action.
Thanks to buddy John Griffin for sending the article.
“I’m a miserable wreck. I bring them Jesus Christ.”
Steve, you’re gonna love this.
Fr. David Hudgins of East Lansing tells us why he has the best job in the world.
MANNED (or womanned) Mission to Mars!
foxnews.com – President Bush will announce plans next week to send Americans to Mars and back to the moon and to establish a long-term human presence on the moon, senior administration officials said Thursday night.
Bush doesn’t plan to send Americans to Mars anytime soon; rather, he envisions preparing for the mission more than a decade from now, one official said.
The president also wants to build a permanent space station on the moon.
WaPo says “Arlington Diocese Slow to Adopt Rules”
This story appeared in yesterday’s WaPo. Arlington has not complied with all the requirements of the child protection policy adopted in 2002.
The audit said that Arlington has not yet launched a “safe environment” program for children to raise their awareness of inappropriate conduct by adults. It also has not been conducting proper criminal background checks on diocesan personnel who come into contact with children, relying instead on a “self-reporting method” for obtaining information, the audit said.
Catherine Nolan, the Arlington diocese’s director of child protection and safety, said that the diocese is addressing those deficiencies.
Missing from this intermediate “report card” is the fact that since the formation of the Diocese, Arlington has had no proven cases of child sexual abuse and paid no settlement money. These important fact should be included in the comprehensive report that is coming out in February. That report will contain info on sex abuse cases and settlements for each Diocese over the US for the last 50 years. Expect the spin in the media to be tremendous.