Showing posts with label Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

German Catholic Bishops on Dismal Failure of Predecessors in Nazi Period; Anne Barrett Doyle on Anniversary of Vos Estis Lux Mundi

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Writing in The Tablet  yesterday, Christa Pongratz-Lippit reports on an in-depth study the German Catholic bishops recently commissi...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

In the News: Abuse in Southern Baptist Churches, Abuse of Women in Catholic Church, Newly Staged Attack on Pope Francis

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Here are some important interrelated items I've read in the past several days that I'd like to share with you:
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

"Trump Administration Is Dismantling Its Predecessor's Moves to Protect Women, Minorities, the Poor, and LGBTQ People": Thoughts About the Morning's News

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David Gushee , "The Most Fantastic Association of Men Imaginable" In one morning, I read (1), The Trump administratio...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

For Consideration: Assortment of Thought-Provoking Statements About Current Events and Ethics — from Trump to Prosperity-Gospel Preachers to Churches and LGBTQ People

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As the first work week of 2017 gets underway following the New Year's holiday, here's a collection of items I've read in ...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Lack of Prophetic Witness in U.S. Catholicism As Trump Presidency Approaches: Astonishing Indictment of Pastoral and Lay Leaders of U.S. Church

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4 in 5 white evangelicals, 3 in 5 white Catholics and Mormons — "pro-life" voters — brought us the Trump nightmare. I will no...
Friday, December 30, 2016

"I Could Never 'Throw Roses to Hitler'": Mormons of Conscience Speak Out, But Catholics . . .

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My previous post today refers to a statement Jan Chamberlin made yesterday on Facebook about her decision to resign from the Mormon ...

Mormons Openly Criticize Decision of Tabernacle Choir to Sing for Trump — While Lay Catholic Intellectual Leaders Discipline Those Criticizing Dolan's Decision to Bless Trump

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AP reports today :  A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir says she has resigned from the famed group over its decision to perfo...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Cardinal Dolan Blesses Pharoah on Behalf of the U.S. Catholic Hierarchy: Not in My Name

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NEW: Early Christmas present for @realDonaldTrump ? Sources say NY's Cardinal Timothy Dolan to participate in Inaugural. — Kelly O...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Charles Pierce and Joelle Casteix on the Rot in the NY Archdiocese: The Sordid Story of Father Peter Miqueli and What Cardinal Dolan Knew When

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Until yesterday, the story of what's happening with Father Peter Miqueli and former USCCB president Cardinal Timothy Dolan in t...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "In Our Christian Heritage We Received from the Missionaries, There Is Nothing of That Inclusive Language"

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David Gibson writing for Religion News Service today: "In our Christian heritage we received from the missionaries, there is ...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Must-Reading As Papal Visit Nears: The Economist on "Unholy Mess" of Finances in U.S. Catholic Church

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For anyone asking why so many Catholics have walked away and continue to do so despite the "Francis effect"; for those with...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Tom Doyle on Hypocrisy in Spades in Milwaukee Settlement with Abuse Survivors

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Today's National Survivor Advocates Coalition News features an op-ed piece by Tom Doyle entitled "Milwaukee: Hypocrisy in Sp...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

New Ways Ministry on Catholics Responding to Anti-Gay "Religious Freedom" Laws: Bishops Continue Advocating for "Right to Discriminate" Laws

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At the New Ways Ministry blog, Bondings 2.0, today, Bob Shine summarizes various Catholic responses to the anti-gay "religious ...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Ross Douthat on the Pope's Betrayal of Catholics Who Count: A "Small Minority" Have "Kept the Faith"

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My family once belonged to a country club. I hated every moment we spent in that club, because its "old" members made it ve...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

More from Patricia Miller's Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church — U.S. Catholic Bishops and Extension of Conscience Rights to Corporate Persons

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Another set of excerpts this morning from Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Cardinal Dolan's Recent Paean to Free-Market Capitalism Ghost-Authored by Former Reagan Administration Official Larry Kudlow

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At Religion Dispatches, Patricia Miller writes , 
Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Legacy of St. John Paul II: This Is Leadership?!

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As I continue reading about the preparations for tomorrow's canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, I keep thinking — ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Highly Recommended: Al Jazeera America Documentary, "Holy Money," 30 March, 9 P.M. ET (U.S. and Canada)

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I'd like to bring to your attention a documentary that will air tomorrow evening on the  Al Jazeera America network: "Holy Mo...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Frank Cocozzelli on Continuing Spectacle of Convicted Criminal Bishop Robert Finn: "He Has Become the Symbol of Ongoing Institutional Intransigence"

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Frank Cocozzelli on the continuing spectacle of convicted criminal Bishop Robert Finn, who refuses to relinquish his bishop's ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Fred Clarkson on Alliance of U.S. Catholic Bishops with Evangelical Christian Right--and Import of This Alliance

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At Talk to Action, Fred Clarkson reminds us of the tremendous responsibility the current bishops of the Catholic church in the U.S....