An illuminating view of Church history...
From thefirstparish:
"Popes Who Resigned (reprinted from America Magazine, February 28, 2005)
Historical evidence for papal resignations is limited, especially if one eliminates resignations that may have been forced.
1. Clement I (92?-101). Epiphanius asserted that Clement gave up the pontificate to Linus for the sake of peace and became pope again after the death of Cletus.
2. Pontian (230-235). Allegedly resigned after being exiled to the mines of Sardinia during persecution of Maximinus Thrax.
3. Marcellinus (296-304). Abdicated or was deposed after complying with Diocletian?s order to offer sacrifice to pagan gods.
4. Martin I (649-655). Exiled by Emperor Constans II to the Crimea. Before he died, the clergy of Rome elected a successor, whom he appears to have approved.
5. Benedict V (964). After one month in office, he accepted deposition by Emperor Otto I.
6. Benedict IX (1032-45). Benedict resigned after selling the papacy to his godfather Gregory VI.
7. Gregory VI (1045-46). Deposed for simony by Henry III.
8. Celestine V (1294). A hermit, elected at age of 80 and overwhelmed by the office, resigned. He was imprisoned by his successor.
9. Gregory XII (1406-15). Resigned at request of Council of Constance to help end the Great Western Schism.
Source: Patrick Granfield, ?Papal Resignation? (The Jurist, winter and spring 1978) and J. N. D. Kelly, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (1986). "
Monday, March 7, 2005
Sunday, March 6, 2005
Parish News
If you are in the Palm Beach Area on March 17th...
Come pray and visit with Amy and I at St. Patrick's parish in Palm Beach Gardens...
Parish News:
"To celebrate the feast day of our Patron Saint on March 17, St. Patrick's Day,
St Patrick Church is offering a unique and spiritual experience.
After the usual Mass at 8:30 AM in the Main Church, there will be a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
with a talk by author Michael Dubriel on:
'How to Get the Most Out of the Eucharist' followed by Benediction.
Afterwards, we will move to the Parish Center to have coffee, donuts & fellowship.
Afterwards, Amy Welborn will give a talk on:
'De-Coding the Da Vinci Code'. The event will end by 11:00 AM.
Child care will be provided. Call 561-626-8626 for more information."
Come pray and visit with Amy and I at St. Patrick's parish in Palm Beach Gardens...
Parish News:
"To celebrate the feast day of our Patron Saint on March 17, St. Patrick's Day,
St Patrick Church is offering a unique and spiritual experience.
After the usual Mass at 8:30 AM in the Main Church, there will be a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
with a talk by author Michael Dubriel on:
'How to Get the Most Out of the Eucharist' followed by Benediction.
Afterwards, we will move to the Parish Center to have coffee, donuts & fellowship.
Afterwards, Amy Welborn will give a talk on:
'De-Coding the Da Vinci Code'. The event will end by 11:00 AM.
Child care will be provided. Call 561-626-8626 for more information."
Saturday, March 5, 2005
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Excommunications in Lincoln Upheld by Vatican
From Sioux City Journal: Diocese: Vatican rejects appeal of blanket excommunications:
"Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz ordered Lincoln Catholics in March 1996 to sever their ties to 12 groups or face excommunication two months later. The bishop said the groups -- including Call to Action, several Masonic organizations, and abortion-rights groups Planned Parenthood and Catholics for a Free Choice -- contradict and imperil Catholic faith.
The order was put on hold while it was appealed.
Under excommunication, Catholics cannot receive Holy Communion. They cannot be married or buried in the church. Excommunicated Catholics may be forgiven through the sacrament of confession or may be absolved in their dying hour by a priest.
The Vatican notified Bruskewitz 'some time ago' that the appeal was rejected, said Rev. Mark Huber, a spokesman for the diocese.
He declined to say why the decision had not been made public and deferred questions to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Congregation of Bishops in Rome.
Re did not immediately respond to a fax seeking comment sent to the Vatican on Friday.
Huber said the appeal was rejected because it challenged a church law -- specifically, legislation from the 1996 Synod of the Diocese of Lincoln -- which prohibited membership in the organizations.
'They can't appeal a particular law,' he said. 'They can appeal a judicial sentence or an administrative decree. Excommunication is part of the law.'"
"Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz ordered Lincoln Catholics in March 1996 to sever their ties to 12 groups or face excommunication two months later. The bishop said the groups -- including Call to Action, several Masonic organizations, and abortion-rights groups Planned Parenthood and Catholics for a Free Choice -- contradict and imperil Catholic faith.
The order was put on hold while it was appealed.
Under excommunication, Catholics cannot receive Holy Communion. They cannot be married or buried in the church. Excommunicated Catholics may be forgiven through the sacrament of confession or may be absolved in their dying hour by a priest.
The Vatican notified Bruskewitz 'some time ago' that the appeal was rejected, said Rev. Mark Huber, a spokesman for the diocese.
He declined to say why the decision had not been made public and deferred questions to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Congregation of Bishops in Rome.
Re did not immediately respond to a fax seeking comment sent to the Vatican on Friday.
Huber said the appeal was rejected because it challenged a church law -- specifically, legislation from the 1996 Synod of the Diocese of Lincoln -- which prohibited membership in the organizations.
'They can't appeal a particular law,' he said. 'They can appeal a judicial sentence or an administrative decree. Excommunication is part of the law.'"
Secret to a Long Life?
Beer and water used to cook a potato...
From Germany's oldest man dies, despite unusual drinking regimen - Yahoo! UK & Ireland News:
"Germany's oldest man, who has died aged 111, said that a little sweetened beer and the potato cooking water most people throw out were the secret of his longevity, family members said.
Hermann Doernemann passed away on Wednesday at a clinic in Duesseldorf, western Germany from the effects of pneumonia, some three months short of his 112 birthday, on May 27.
Doernemann had long been considered the world's oldest man by the Guinness Book of World Records until a Puerto Rican man aged 113 surfaced."
From Germany's oldest man dies, despite unusual drinking regimen - Yahoo! UK & Ireland News:
"Germany's oldest man, who has died aged 111, said that a little sweetened beer and the potato cooking water most people throw out were the secret of his longevity, family members said.
Hermann Doernemann passed away on Wednesday at a clinic in Duesseldorf, western Germany from the effects of pneumonia, some three months short of his 112 birthday, on May 27.
Doernemann had long been considered the world's oldest man by the Guinness Book of World Records until a Puerto Rican man aged 113 surfaced."
Sexual Sanity from John Mallen
From The Fact Is Home Page:
"Let me state it even more clearly: 1. You can die from sleeping with the wrong person. 2. If Catholic teaching on sexuality were taken seriously, let alone obeyed, there would be no AIDS crisis. Period.
I made these statements in a college newspaper 20 years ago at a Catholic university and one of the Deans of Students looked at me as if I had uttered a racial slur. It is considered bigotry to state the obvious when it contradicts modern sexual ideology.
To cite another example of the 'conventional wisdom' of sexual ideology: The Boston Globe in a Feb. 18 editorial entitled 'Better Choices,' states, 'Access to reliable birth control is an obvious way to reduce the need for abortion . . . but religious conservatives have blocked making even condoms available in high schools.' What the Globe writers don't understand, like many sexual ideologues, is that contraception is the gateway to abortion, not a preventative. In the adolescent mind especially, contraception, including condoms, creates a false security to indulging in risky behavior that involves a great deal more risk than simple pregnancy.
Without imputing motives to anyone several questions come to mind. How much risk are the sexual ideologues willing to expose the young to in order avoid the truth that sexual activity is not merely a recreational activity or means to relieve tension? And that to engage in it recklessly is simply dangerous and wrong? And that there is a connection between the dangerous and the wrong? That their goal of creating a sexual utopia has resulted in disillusionment, alienation, sickness and death? "
"Let me state it even more clearly: 1. You can die from sleeping with the wrong person. 2. If Catholic teaching on sexuality were taken seriously, let alone obeyed, there would be no AIDS crisis. Period.
I made these statements in a college newspaper 20 years ago at a Catholic university and one of the Deans of Students looked at me as if I had uttered a racial slur. It is considered bigotry to state the obvious when it contradicts modern sexual ideology.
To cite another example of the 'conventional wisdom' of sexual ideology: The Boston Globe in a Feb. 18 editorial entitled 'Better Choices,' states, 'Access to reliable birth control is an obvious way to reduce the need for abortion . . . but religious conservatives have blocked making even condoms available in high schools.' What the Globe writers don't understand, like many sexual ideologues, is that contraception is the gateway to abortion, not a preventative. In the adolescent mind especially, contraception, including condoms, creates a false security to indulging in risky behavior that involves a great deal more risk than simple pregnancy.
Without imputing motives to anyone several questions come to mind. How much risk are the sexual ideologues willing to expose the young to in order avoid the truth that sexual activity is not merely a recreational activity or means to relieve tension? And that to engage in it recklessly is simply dangerous and wrong? And that there is a connection between the dangerous and the wrong? That their goal of creating a sexual utopia has resulted in disillusionment, alienation, sickness and death? "
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