Author: John Schultz

Today’s strike is another instance where unions have thrown everyone else in front of a bus while trying to have their demands met. This couldn’t come at a worse time for NYC retailers – the week before Christmas is one of their biggest weeks of the year. Whether it’s in Jersey or inside the city, folks are going to be shopping locally.

Archbishop’s Veracity Is Questioned

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorneys for alleged victims of sex abuse asked a federal judge to let them question a top-ranking Vatican official about a church doctrine that might permit him to lie under oath…
The Catholic Church teaches it is a sin to lie, but the doctrine of mental reservation allows for circumstances when it may be better to avoid the truth to serve a higher purpose. …more

Another case of lawyers doing everything they can to make the Church look bad.

My wife and I went to confession and Mass at a parish in Reston yesterday. In the pews they had Gather Comprehensive (aka “A Few Hymns And A Lot of Cheese” or “The Collected Works of Marty Haugen and Friends.”)
In spite of having a hymnal, they had a “Worship Aid” with a few Disney knock-offs. That was our music for the 4th Sunday of Advent. I suppose because in the minds of the powers that be, Gather Comprehensive just doesn’t have enough sentimental Marian or Advent ditties: we had to sing new pieces of cheese.
The results were alot of people looking dumbstruck in the congregation. Not much singing.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Dissident theologians opposed to the beatification of Pope John Paul have issued an appeal urging Catholics critical of the late pope to tell the Vatican if they also think he should not be made a saint.
The 11 Catholic theologians said Church officials who are reviewing John Paul’s life and pontificate should also consider the “negative evaluation” liberal critics have of the nearly 27-year-old papacy that ended when John Paul died in April. …more

Boston College rejects proposed gay theme for dance

Boston College has asked a student group to adopt a “less gay” theme for an AIDS benefit dance, saying the proposed “A Night in Gay Paris” defies the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.