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Open letter to bishops: let's not be a laughingstock
Former TIME Magazine Vatican correspondent Robert Blair Kaiser writes, "Back in the 13th century, St. Thomas Aquinas warned his fellow scholars about taking positions that brought ridicule upon the church. 'Ne fides rideatur,' he said. Literally, 'Don't let the faith be laughed at.' Last week, we learned the U.S. bishops were launching an investigation into the supposedly subversive activities of our Catholic Girl Scouts." Between the ridiculous "religious liberty" campaign and efforts to chasten nuns and Girl Scouts, the Church is becoming the crazy uncle of American Christianity. more » |
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Reaching Catholics
National security scholar Jim Arkedis reflects on the pivotal role Catholics will play in the presidential election. Mitt Romney seems to have the advantage among older white male Catholics, including many bishops, while President Obama appeals primarily to everyone else. more » |
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Sr Joan Chittister on the bishops: "I know my own problem now"
Catholic Charities, Caritas, women religious, and now the Girl Scouts. Sr Joan Chittister writes, "The question is, Where has all this energy for empirical destruction come from in a church now projecting its own serious problems with sexual issues onto everything that moves?" 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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