Author: S&P
Another red hat for a McCarrick ally…
By Phil Lawler ( bio – articles – email ) | Aug 09, 2022 Four years have passed since Theodore McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals. We are still coping with the aftershocks of the scandal he caused. Moreover—the reason I write about this subject today—we are still coping with the clerical system that allowed that scandal to fester unchecked for so many years. A few months ...
A Prayer for Hard Days
We awoke at 4am to fly from one coast of the country to the other. Traveling is exhausting enough for one person, but as a family it seems even more so. Upon landing at the airport, my husband had to get on another plane and fly on for work. The boys and I were on our own. Our belly’s reminded us that it had been hours since breakfast but we needed to gather all our luggage. Then we waited f...
This Space
We still haven’t moved in. In February we sold our bungalow and moved in with my father-in-law as the house we are moving to, less than a mile away from our old house, needed repairs. The renovations started in January, and, after many ups and downs—with two failed inspections in a row and then another inspection not scheduled so we were delayed another week—it is getting finally close to be done....
Overlaps between ‘Stranger Things’ and the Catholic thing…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers ahead! Since its debut in the summer of 2016, Netflix’s Stranger Things has been one of the most-watched programs on the streaming giant’s platform. Season 4, which was released in two volumes, racked up over 278 million hours of streaming in its first weekend of availability. The show, created by the Duffer Brothers, has maintained high levels of viewership each season, an...
Singer Olivia Newton-John said this prayer every day after God saved her baby’s life…
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John passed away from breast cancer on Mon., Aug. 8, 2022. The Australia-native’s battle with breast cancer began in 1992. After years of remission, it returned in 2013. The cancer then spread to her back in 2017. The ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ singer and ‘Grease’ actress spoke on a podcast last year about her 1985 pregnancy with her only daughter. [See also: ...
Reacting to Pontifical Academy, Theologian Says Teaching of Humanae Vitae Can’t Change…
“In Veritatis splendor — which the Pontifical Academy does not note — in Veritatis splendor John Paul II does say that contraception is an intrinsically evil act, so there can be no reason or purpose for contraception. Benedict XVI gave several speeches in which he spoke about contraception, and it can’t be changed. What was true yesterday is true today.” While there can be “legitimate discu...
The Three Best Words for the Brokenhearted
“I can invite You into those broken places and collaborate with Youin putting the fragments back together in new ways.” – Jesus Listens, July 3 In fresh grief, well-meant words can sometimes wound. Even now, I shake my head at the unhelpful comments I made as a young mom handing over a hot casserole and the painful comments said to me a few years later after my husband died. So when a radio h...
Pope Francis, slowing down as he ages, appoints personal medical assistant…
Aug 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis has appointed a nurse from the Vatican’s health services to be his “personal medical assistant”, the Vatican said on Thursday, in an indication that the pontiff accepts that he will need more care as he ages. Speaking to reporters on the plane returning from a trip to Canada on Saturday, the 85-year-old pope said his advancing age and his diff...
Britney Spears says a parish in Santa Monica denied her a wedding. What happened, and who can get married in a Catholic church?
In response to Spears’ story, Father Matthew P. Schneider, LC, who teaches theology at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina, outlined four main requirements for a wedding to take place in a Catholic church. Either the bride or groom must be Catholic and free from any impediments, such as marriage to another person. Both the bride and groom must “intend what the Church does,” including ...
German Bishop, Accused of Abuse, Found to Have Helped Wanted Pedophile Priests Escape to Latin America…
The report lists 16 allegations and indications of sexual abuse against Stehle. “The described offenses spanned his time as a priest in Bogotá (Colombia) [in the 1950s], as Adveniat managing director in Essen [1972-1984], and later as auxiliary bishop of Quito [1983-1986] and as bishop of Santo Domingo [1987-2002] in Ecuador,” the bishops’ conference statement said. Allegations a...
Are These the Two Women Pope Francis Will Soon Appoint to the Dicastery of Bishops?
The view that only a bishop could provide such an analysis regarding a future bishop has been held for several reasons. First, there is a theological reason: bishops receive the same ordination as new bishops and, therefore, the same powers. Secondly, there is also a practical reason: only a bishop can know the challenges of a bishop’s work. With the reform of the Curia, however, a mandate i...
Dr. Ray Guarendi: How to master your anger and frustration…
July 11, 2022 “I realize that 90 percent of what I did that I regret would come from an emotional surge… Emotion doesn’t last very long unless you feed it. If I can shut my mouth for…15 seconds and not say what I most had the urge to say, 15 seconds later the emotional surge will be probably cut in half. And then I will be able to control it,” said Dr. Ray Guarendi. J...
