2012 Articles - October m
Oct 31 Most important report:
Irish priest @ Austrian meeting Update from Bill Mulcahy Photos of tanks at Uganda school
US
Elections: $ Spinners
George Monbiot |
Oct 30 Synod interview with HK's Cardinal John Tong Call for 4 dialogues
Peru
University re use of "Catholic" |
Oct 29 Vatican
II - unfinished business Paul
Collins Congar says he felt that historically Vatican II came 25 years "too early", that only the youngest bishops had imbibed the renewed theological, historical and scriptural studies that underpinned the conciliar documents. The result: the Council was forced to compromise on several important issues, and we are still working through the consequences of those compromises today. Congar thought the Council "had stopped half-way on many questions. Australia in the Asian Century (ABC) "All students will have access to at least one priority Asian language: Mand., Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese |
Oct 28 Synod
missed the boat Vat
II DID
make a difference
Rober
Blair Kaiser
(Tablet) |
Oct 27
Vatican
II anniversary:
Homily by Bishop Geoff Robinson Proposal
to kick-start China-Vatican dialogue Vat
II betrayed by lack of discipline
For many years I've been intrigued by this reflection: How
a famous English cricketer
spent his last years helping the poor |
Oct 26 Bishop Pat Power in Rome on Oct 11 anniversary of Vat II Seriousness
of US secularization
Cardinal Francis George OMI Afghanistan: help local level Alleviation of poverty the main aim |
Oct 25 |
Oct 24
Synod: upgrade for Catechists? Vat
II - unlike any other council
Cardinal Godfried Danneels Remembering Fr Vincent Lebbe Belgian who embraced China US
Catholics: focus on poverty rather than abortion (Reuters) A
feminist reading of the Koran
Ruby Hamad (Eureka Street) |
Oct 23
Victorian abuse inquiry: (The Age) One in 20 priests an abuser Professor calls for married priests, to reduce child sex abuse |
Oct 22
Electoral
Responsibility
America Magazine Editorial What
does God do in Heaven?
Joseph Girzone We need to talk about marriage Cardinal George Pell New
insights into the birth of the modern Chinese Church 100 theologians' call to protect the endangered Common Good - especially 5 basic principles |
Oct 21
Listen
to the laity Tablet Editorial Church
badly divided after 50 years
Sandro Contenta
(thestar.com) Victorian abuse inquiry: (The Age) Catholic clergy the worse abusers Not true: teach a man to fish... A moving story from Kenya (Oxfam) |
Oct 20
Synod update from John Allen: Digging
out the problem
Teresa Mee (ACP) ("must
read") Obedience Brian Fahy (ACP) Talk
on Vat II Donald Dorr
(ACP)
|
Oct 19
What's
gone wrong with my church?
Comment
re International Day
of the Girl Child Women deacons? George Ripon (Catholica) Synod: Bishops and Religious need dialogue Ways
out of economic depression Fr Bruce Duncan CSsR (Eureka St) Pope:
Ignorance of Creed breeds Cafeteria Catholics (NCR) |
Oct 18
Synod: Plea re translation & subsidiarity US bishop kicked sideways? Reader: Glad he stood his ground with the bullies in the Curia. Vat
II: Birth of the World Church
Brother Seán D Sammon FMS The Lost War of the Vatican |
Oct 17
Synod:
John
Allen's update Vatican
II's prophetic
Declaration on Religious Freedom Latest
Christian Healing Ministries has article about Christmas
by Francis MacNutt
with words Empty
Promise
George Monbiot Victorian abuse inquiry: Salesian sex probe report queried |
Oct 16 UK:
Huge support for "A Call to Action" on Church renewal Comment
by reader:
Communist
China keeps grip on gun |
Oct 15 Vat
II: world's biggest meeting? Happy
Anniversary Vatican II
Lots of material - especially the link
to Opening
the Church to the World World's oldest teacher: 99 year old Fr Geoffrey Schneider SJ (ABC Video) Troublesome
priests
Martin Prendergast
(ACP) |
Oct 14 Synod:
An Asian plea for humility
John Allen
(NCR) Vatilieaks: Lifting
lid on dark secrets
Robert Mickens (Tablet) Civil
war being waged in Church
Joseph Girzone Fox
News report on Pope's
Vat II anniversary homily |
Oct 13 Declaration re authority in Church John W is signatory no. 266 Church
tax decree bodes ill for German Catholicism Victorian abuse inquiry:
Church
policy of silence exposed |
Oct 12 Get
the facts straight about Vat II
Fr William Grim (Ucanews) Synod: John Allen re address by Archbishop Rowan Williams 50 years after Vat II, Catholics still hoping for new vision Paul Collins (SMH) Victorian
abuse inquiry: Shanti Ministry in Hong Kong Serving minority groups, especially people from South Asia What
happened in British-run detention camp in Kenya in 1950's |
Oct 11 Vat
II: a map for the journey
Tablet editorial Synod photo: HK's Card Tong far left of Pope Synod & Evangelization Fr. Seán McDonagh SSC Melb priest to be defrocked (Age) Reader: no room at the inn File
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Oct 10 Synod: Cardinal Wuerl's talk (NCR) See comments John Allen's update (NCR)
|
Oct
9: Back-pedaling
on Vatican II
Fr Michael Kelly
(Eureka Street) Vatican
II only "half realised"Cardinal Kasper
(Tablet) In case you're wondering where Australian blogger Bill Mulcahy has been recently, please check this ! Philippines peace deal will work? Historic deal with Muslims (Guard) |
Oct 8 QQ & AA re Oct 7-28 Synod John Allen (NCR) Pope's homily at Synod opening Hans Kung: Guardian
interview
End
Church's "authoritarian" rule
50
years after Vatican II, should Pope John XXIII be a saint?
(NCR) What
can we do about child slavery?
Tim Costello (The
Age) |
Oct 7 Alternative prayers Sunday 27(B) and Sun 27(B) Gospel in drama form: What God has joined Priests
have earned the right to
speak about the state of the Church The Vatican's very own revolution Barney Zwartz (The Age) No more Vatican - SSPX talks? Chicago Tribune Alain
Woodrow's take on the Vatican II diaries of Yves Congar |
Oct 6
Jesuit
theologian to launch Vatican II book at Heythrop Listening
to God's people
Cardinal Martini's way Australian
Rosemary Goldie
was pioneer for Catholic women
at the Vatican (NCR) |
Oct 5 The
dumbing new translation (pt 2) Dr Anthony Lowes (Catholica) On being cyberbullied Sr Carmel Pilcher (CathBlog) |
Oct 4
What
is the role of a priest? (Part 2) |
Oct 3 Imagining Easter in October Judith Lynch (CathBlog) I want to anticipate Holy Week's liturgy during Winter's tedious days What
is the role of a priest? (Part 1)
Dr John Collins
(Catholica) Plutocracy's
Boot Boys At: www.monbiot.com |
Oct 2 Good
reading on Mission Families
only a means to an end
Michael Mullins (Eureka St) |
Oct 1
Are
we really God's entrepreneurs? Interview
with Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland (ACP) Cardinal
Burke - Exhibit A The
killing of 8 Afghan women |