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Re: Catholics For Choice

Mme_Chantal — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:51:47 -0000

On May 10, 2000 the US bishops condemned Catholics for Choice (then known as Catholics for a Free Choice), stating truthfully that they are not Catholic, and are an arm of the abortion lobby. The statement can still be found on the USCCB website.

Re: Blessed Roland (1386)

Mme_Chantal — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:29:21 -0000

Omer Engelbert, in his Lives of the Saints (English translation by Christopher and Anne Freemantle), has a fuller entry on Blessed Roland under July 15. He states (or the Englsh translation does) that Bl. Roland died in 1586, not 1386. That date is most likely a typo or a mistake, though. See also http://nominis.cef.fr/conte... which gives his date of death as 1386.

Re: The Campaign for Humanae Vitae

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:04:43 -0000

I definitely want to sign the petition, but I want to be sure my address and other identifying info will stay off the internet. Please advise whether this is guaranteed.

Re: Renovation of Crystal Cathedral praised as Christ-centered :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Mme_Chantal — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:32:31 -0000

As a Catholic in the Diocese of Orange, I am hoping that the transformation into a place of Catholic worship will be a complete success. It will be a challenge. Let us pray that sacred music will be a strong priority, and that musicians who love and truly understand Catholic liturgy will be hired. How about a choir school, similar to the one at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City?

Re: Missing Papa Benedict

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 19:11:50 -0000

Thank you, Father. I miss Benedict XVI too, and you have beautifully expressed the reasons why many of us love him.

Re: Why did some ancient religions fall and others rise?

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:08:43 -0000

According to Wikipedia, there were two Korean scholars who brought Catholic Christianity into Korea in the late 18th century: Yi Seung-hun (1756-1801) and Yi Byeok (1754-1785). Each has a very interesting article on Wiki

Re: What language did Jesus speak? The Tablet knows

Mme_Chantal — Fri, 30 May 2014 11:47:23 -0000

Disambiguation is needed here.The article by Yair Rosenberg appears in the _Jewish_ Tablet Magazine, not in the liberal Catholic UK Tablet for which Robert Mickens writes/wrote. Rosenberg's article is indeed excellent.

Re: What language did Jesus speak? The Tablet knows

Mme_Chantal — Fri, 30 May 2014 11:49:05 -0000

Bravo for recommending the UK Catholic Herald. See also my reply to fredx2 above.

Re: Was Catholic ‘teaching’ involved in latest Ireland scandal?

Mme_Chantal — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:56:53 -0000

Cisterns are built to hold clean water, and should never be confused with septic tanks, which are built to treat sewage.

Re: Hibernia Ho!

Mme_Chantal — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:59:34 -0000

How about some historical background? Fiction: The Wild Geese by Bridget Boland. It's an epistolary novel set in the 1730s and 1740s, in which an upper class Catholic family in Kerry is at the mercy of their Protestant relatives. Unfortunately out of print, but well worth reading. You may be able to track down the 1991 Penguin edition. Nonfiction: The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849, by Cecil Woodham-Smith (about the Potato Famine).

Re: New Liturgical Movement: Neo Beuronese Sacred Art from San Diego

Mme_Chantal — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:30:01 -0000

It's wonderful to see beautiful sacred art in churches. It can still be done! I assume that by "Beauguereaux" you mean Bougereau.

Re: New Liturgical Movement: Neo Beuronese Sacred Art from San Diego

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:06:26 -0000

Right you are! Thank you.

Re: Babies and holy ghosts in Texas surrogate pregnancies story

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:18:17 -0000

A few years ago I read a story in either the LA Times or the Orange County Register about an evangelical woman who was in her second surrogate pregnancy and was partly motivated by generosity. She reasoned that since the Bible doesn't forbid it, it must be morally acceptable. I'm sorry I can't provide a source.

Re: Creative Minority Report: The Hermeneutic Of Cont...Oh I Give Up

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:24:33 -0000

I'm giving Pope Francis the benefit of the doubt on this. Nevertheless, these remarks as reported do trouble me. As a convert from evangelicalism, I would find them insulting coming from an ordinary priest or bishop. Our pope may share the blind spots of many cradle Catholics who have never been immersed in a Protestant milieu.

Re: Creative Minority Report: Harry Potter Producer to Make Jesus Film "Zealot"

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:13:17 -0000

If Fr. Feeney really said that, he was a true crackpot. And here I thought he was just misguided and obstinate in his interpretation of "extra ecclesiam nulla salus".

Re: Creative Minority Report: Harry Potter Producer to Make Jesus Film "Zealot"

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:26:04 -0000

I haven't read the book. but I did watch a couple of interviews with Reza Aslan, and read a few reviews. He is a Muslim who spent a few years of his youth as an evangelical Christian, lost his faith in Jesus at a liberal Catholic college, and returned to Islam. A sad commentary on the catholicity of that college (You can look it up if you care to). Mr Aslan departs from official Muslim teaching which declares that Jesus was never crucified, stating that he was crucified all right, but neither buried nor resurrected. Pure Jesus Seminar and John Dominic Crossan. I think we should focus on calm rebuttals when the subject comes up, and pray for Mr. Aslan's soul.

Re: Fictional “Pope Joan” Listed Among Twelve Women Who Helped Shape Christianity

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:27:37 -0000

To include Theodora, "Pope Joan", K. Jefferts-Schori , and C. Mayr-Lutzberger in a list of Twelve Women Who Helped Shape Christianity certainly reveals a skewed point of view. Jefferts-Schori and Mayr-Lutzberger are big names in heretical circles, "Joan" is fictional, and Theodora would almost certainly want to bop Peter Sanford over the head for using her name in this way. In addition, to make the Blessed Virgin Mary share double billing, even with St Mary Magdalen, is crass.

Re: Fictional “Pope Joan” Listed Among Twelve Women Who Helped Shape Christianity

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:31:55 -0000

Good choices. I love St. Elizabeth Seton, but for worldwide influence St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is probably more deserving of being on the list.

Re: Fictional “Pope Joan” Listed Among Twelve Women Who Helped Shape Christianity

Mme_Chantal — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:34:51 -0000

To replace the nonexistent "Pope Joan", I nominate a real person: Beatrice Portinari, without whom we would not have Dante's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy. If Sanford wants to include influential Protestant women on his list, Queen Elizabeth the First shouldn't be overlooked. Perhaps she should replace Katharine Jefferts-Schori.

Re: Ss John Paul II, Gianna Molla to be World Meeting of Families patrons :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

Mme_Chantal — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:29:56 -0000

They are the perfect choice as patrons for the 2015 World meeting of Families. St. Gianna died seven days after giving birth to her fourth child, Gianna Emanuela (not "while giving birth"). In 1997, Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla spoke about her mother at the Second World Meeting of Families in Rio de Janiero.

Re: Anglican Ordination of Women Bishops Ends Reunion Prospects

Mme_Chantal — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:35:29 -0000

con·sub·stan·ti·a·tion

ˌkänsəbˌstanCHēˈāSHən/
noun
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
the doctrine, especially in Lutheran belief, that the substance of the bread and wine coexists with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist

Hence, I would have to agree with OneTimothyThreeFifteen.

Re: Anglican Ordination of Women Bishops Ends Reunion Prospects

Mme_Chantal — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:44:15 -0000

I agree that we need to avoid being inwardly focused, and must go out into the world and serve our neighbor. But the nature of the ministerial priesthood isn't merely an "administrative oriented issue". It touches the core of our identity as Catholic Christians. It's part of the fourth mark of the Church: "Apostolic".

Re: Sex can't explain the culture war - The Week

Mme_Chantal — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:23:28 -0000

I'm very sorry if your grandmothers were "housekeepers and comfort girls". Mine were equal partners with their husbands in raising a family and maintaining a home, which required cooperation, determination, skill and creativity. It's not accurate to say they "didn't work", since their work in the house and garden was arduous. Your assertion that female traditionalists are "brainwashed" is sexist.

Re: Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield Are Jesuit Priests In Scorsese’s Latest Project, “Silence”

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:54:02 -0000

Saint Paul Miki and Companions, pray for us!

Re: Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield Are Jesuit Priests In Scorsese’s Latest Project, “Silence”

Mme_Chantal — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:01:33 -0000

I would add, among the many holy Japanese martyrs (canonized, beatified or known only to God), Blessed Peter Kibe, who traveled all the way to Rome to be ordained and returned to Japan as a missionary priest and eventually a martyr:

http://www.columban.org.au/...