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Cardinal O'Malley takes off the gloves in swipe at Boston College (and women)
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston succumbed to pressure from a Republican strategist named CJ Doyle and decided to boycott the Boston College commencement, rather than stand in solidarity with Irish women and babies with fatal conditions. The disgusting reality of a Church led by men who are willing to condemn sick women to death is likely to accelerate the exodus of Catholic women from the Church. more » |
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Pope Francis condemns "cult of money"
Speaking to diplomats at the Vatican, Pope Francis said this week that life had become worse for people in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In a biblical reference, the pontiff said the "worship of the golden calf" of old had found a new and heartless image in the current cult of money. He added that reforms were urgently needed as poverty was becoming more and more evident. People struggled to live, and frequently in an undignified way, under the dictatorship of an economy which lacked any real human goal, Pope Francis said. more » |
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Obama speaks at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Speaking at an interfaith memorial for the Boston Marathon bombing victims, President Obama said last Thursday, "You’ve shown us, Boston, that in the face of evil, Americans will lift up what’s good. In the face of cruelty, we will choose compassion. In the face of those who would visit death upon innocents, we will choose to save and to comfort and to heal. We’ll choose friendship. We’ll choose love. Scripture teaches us, “God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” And that’s the spirit you’ve displayed in recent days." more » |
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Please Read: US Catholic
Bishops' "Faithful Citizenship"
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"He gave us strength in time of trouble, wisdom in time of uncertainty, and sharing in time of happiness. He will always be by our side...[May he] be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him:
Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."Sen Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009)
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"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
"On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."
Inaugural Address, President Obama
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