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Holy See keeps its distance from Irish abuse problem

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

VATICAN RESPONSE:NOT FOR the first time, the Holy See yesterday formally attempted to keep its distance from an Irish clerical sex abuse problem.

Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: the Holy See had ordered the burning of all books

Journalspace.com Blogs - Site Wide Activity (Free subscription) | yesterday

Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: the Holy See had ordered the burning of all books It is 2:08 PM Friday afternoon. I am down in the basement reading stuff on the internet. This morning I went out into the world. I first went to Jude3 Christian bookstore to pick up a book titled “Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy & Worship” by Brett Scott Provance. I have in this series the following...

Rowan Returns

Whispers in the Loggia (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

A month after the Holy See announced its historic initiative to accommodate groups of Anglicans seeking inclusion into the Roman fold, and a fortnight since the Apostolic Constitution paving the way to "personal ordinariates" was released, this morning the Pope received the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for the duo's third private meeting. Here below, the joint release...

Is the Vatican Secretary of State failing to support bishops in China and Vietnam?

E F pastor emeritus (Free subscription) | yesterday

... backdrop, the acceptance of Ngo's resignation would appear to be further evidence of an emergent Holy See policy of sidelining outspoken prelates with an eye to winning the church an improved footing with Communist regimes. Along these lines, the ferociously candid leader of Catholic China's Beijing-skeptic faction, Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong, was succeeded by a significantly less...

• "Shockwaves" in Hanoi: Ngo Wants to Go - Whispers in the Loggia

More Charming Behavior from the Catholic Church

Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | yesterday

... of apology" are not only insufficient, but are effectively meaningless as long as the Holy See is still trying to redirect blame onto gay men. I don't guess I need to point out that colluding with police to cover up sexual assaults not only denied justice to existent survivors, but ensured that even more survivors would be created. Forget sinful—this shit is immoral, unethical,...

Anglicanorum coetibus in its context...

AtonementOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

Anglicanorum coetibus didn't arise out of a void. At various times over the past years, groups of Anglicans have made approaches to the Holy See. Those in the news of late are but the most recent. One of the best accounts of the approach made in the 1970's has been chronicled by Fr. Jack Barker, one-time rector of St. Mary of the Angels in Hollywood, and now the pastor of St. Martha's, Murrieta,...

Pope remains silent on chilling abuse revelations

Aftermath News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

... Lombardi, said issues such as abuse scandals were handled by the local Church rather than by the Holy See. But last night the Pope’s representative in Ireland gave an assurance to the Irish public that Pope Benedict was committed to rooting paedophile priests from the ranks of the Irish clergy. Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, told the Irish Independent that Pope Benedict had...

"Shockwaves" in Hanoi: Ngo Wants to Go

Whispers in the Loggia (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

... Given the backdrop, the acceptance of Ngo's resignation would appear to be further evidence of the Holy See's emergent policy of sidelining outspoken prelates to win a better footing with Communist regimes. Along these lines, the ferociously candid leader of Catholic China's Beijing-skeptic faction, Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong, was succeeded by a significantly less political prelate...

Analysis: it defies belief, but they did it

Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

The 719-page report into child sex abuse by priests of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin is a shameful litany of secrecy, lies and cover-ups. It defies belief that ostensibly good, holy men turned their blindest eyes to the evidence in front of them, ignoring centuries of Biblical, Papal and Holy See documentation of clerical child sex abuse.

Map: Who is reading World Streets where today?

World Streets (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

... Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard and Mc Donald Islands, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People's Rep. (North Korea), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall...

Village People: 28/11/2009

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

No thanks, Ann *Ann Widdecombe's chances of a new career as Britain's envoy to the Vatican are on the wane. After she was tipped for the post in August, it was thought that her conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, which she joined because she opposes the ordination of women, would not count against her. Every envoy to the Holy See has been Protestant except the incumbent, Francis Campbell,...

Communauté Saint-Martin

The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... the priests of the Community themselves. In 2000, the Community of St. Martin was granted by the Holy See the statute of Clerical Public Association of Pontifical Right, depending on the Congregation for the Clergy. Our School of theology has been affiliated since 2007 to the Pontifical University of Lateran in Rome. Lastly, the statutes of the Community were confirmed by the Holy See...

Vatican should apologise - bishop

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A senior Vatican spokesman said diplomatic practice required that outside requests made to the governance of the Vatican pass through diplomatic channels, in this case the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and the Irish Embassy to the Holy See in Rome.

Vatican 'snubbed abuse inquiry'

BBC News | UK | UK Edition (Free subscription) | yesterday

A senior Vatican spokesman said diplomatic practice required that outside requests made to the governance of the Vatican pass through diplomatic channels, in this case the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and the Irish Embassy to the Holy See in Rome.

"I'm not hurrying. I'm just walking fast..."

AtonementOnline (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... been working for this and praying for this for some thirty years. When approaches were made to the Holy See back in the 1970's, we had no idea what the Church might do for us. When the Pastoral Provision was established by Pope John Paul II, it was a huge step forward, and we entered into the process as quickly as we could. Why would we have waited around? We asked; Rome responded; we fulfilled...