The pope may move the Sign of Peace in the liturgy to an earlier spot (the article doesn't say but likely before the Eucharistic Prayer). This will move it away from communion and is a change that many more traditional Catholics have been clamoring for. I myself am unconvinced it makes much difference. I think the idea is not to have the sign of peace while the consecrated gifts are on the altar as it would disrupt the "vertical" with the "horizontal", i.e., greeting your neighbor while the Body and Blood of Christ are present is somehow offensive to God. Real traditionalists despise the Sign of Peace anyway so what difference does it make. :-) My point being, the Body and Blood of Christ will always be present (I mean in the tabernacle), except during the Triduum and when there are a lot of sick calls, so it doesn't save you much in reality. However such a move would make it more in agreement with the Byzantine Liturgy, which places it just before the Creed.
News Clips: November 2008 Archives
Dating site eHarmony is going to roll out match options for homosexuals under pressure from the New Jersey Civil Rights Division.
I wonder when this is going to hit Catholic sites.
Atheists and other non-believers are coming out of the closet
Of course, the problem is that non-believers are so independent it's hard to get a coherent group of them together to act.
A George priest faces excommunication for participating in the attempted ordination of a woman to the priesthood. It is good to see the Holy See cracking down on such things; what I find surprising is that he was only present, not directly involved, depending on your definition of 'directly involved'. The article said he "participated" in the ceremony. From other sources this apparently means he concelebrated and gave the homily.
Anyway I find the photo that accompanies the story interesting. He's wearing jeans and a T-Shirt, maybe in recognition of the fact that he's already abandoned the clerical state.
The bad news is that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development funded ACORN, the liberal group associated with fraudulent voter registrations. The good news is they no longer are, owing not only to the voter registration fraud but to high-level embezzlement charges.
AMEN!
The American Humanist Association has bought ads on Washington buses saying, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake".
Of course, this raises the question of, if there is no God (or at least, no reward beyond the material), why be good? Indeed, what does it mean to be good without God? (Though I suppose there is such a thing as natural law.)
This is nice, but what about churches for the people who live there (the Copts)? They have been forbidden to build new churches or even to repair the old ones. It's a disgrace, and I think the Pope should have addressed the tragic suffering that the Copts are undergoing instead of merely whining about lack of churches for tourists. I think it would be better to build/fix Coptic Catholic churches and let the tourists actually experience a taste of Egypt than build Latin-Rite churches that only serve tourists. Not to be too offensive but that would be like building an American chain restaurant in Rome.
'Burn their f---ing churches, then tax charred timbers'
"I swear, I'd murder people with my bare hands this morning."
"While financially I supported the Vote No, and was vocal to everyone and anyone who would listen, I have never considered being a violent radical extremist for our equal rights. But now I think maybe I should consider becoming one. Perhaps that is the only thing that will affect the change we so desperately need and deserve."
It's time to prosecute these people for hate crimes. Not that I think it will succeed, but we should try.
How can a constitutional amendment be unconstitutional? Homosexuals frantically try to stop Proposition 8.
A Jewish woman filed a lawsuit against her Christian son for publishing a prayer request for her conversion in a church bulletin. She lost the lawsuit, thankfully. There is some sanity left!
