Top Ten Catholics of 2002
Inside the Vatican magazine names Top 10 Catholics for 2002
The Top 3:
Heading the list is Monsignor Luigi Giussani, 80, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement. According to the January issue of the magazine, he "has inspired thousands with a desire to seek Jesus Christ as the 'ultimate meaning' of their lives."
Belorussian Catholic journalist Viktor Taresevich is in the second place, brutally killed in Poland last February by unknown assailants, after having purchased a car together with his brother (also killed) in Germany. He founded the Russian ecumenical news agency Blagovest Info.
According to Inside the Vatican, Taresevich was much appreciated by Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants in Russia. At 39, he left his widow, Lyudmila, and three children.
In third place is the new Genoa Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, 69. The magazine mentions the importance of the documents Monsignor Bertone signed over the past seven years as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The Rest:
* Sister Callista Cozzi, Comboni missionary in Sudan
* Antonia Willemsen, secretary-general of Aid to the Church in Need
* Sister Margherita Marchione, 81, leading scholar on the life of Pope Pius XII
* Cardinal François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân, late president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
* Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, new president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
* Thomas Monaghan, US Catholic millionaire benefactor who founded the Dominos Pizza chain
* Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, personal secretary of John Paul II
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
In Gator Country it Won't be the Basketball Team They'll be Talking About Today!
Evidently the Gator Basketball team spent a late night celebrating their number one ranking in both polls on Tuesday night because they sure seemed totally out of it last night when Kentucky beat them to a pulp. But its basketball and rankings mean absolutely nothing until the Final Four is history.
But today the Florida Football team is likely to be declared number one in recruiting. Unbelievable but after all this is supposedly what Ron Zook is good at.
Evidently the Gator Basketball team spent a late night celebrating their number one ranking in both polls on Tuesday night because they sure seemed totally out of it last night when Kentucky beat them to a pulp. But its basketball and rankings mean absolutely nothing until the Final Four is history.
But today the Florida Football team is likely to be declared number one in recruiting. Unbelievable but after all this is supposedly what Ron Zook is good at.
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Possible Successor to Pope John Paul?
From L'Espresso Online | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Profession: Servant of the Servants of God:
John Paul II made him a cardinal together with the last group of bishops named to the honor, in February of 2001. On that occasion, Bergoglio distinguished himself by his reserve among his many more festive colleagues. Hundreds of Argentinians had begun fundraising efforts to fly to Rome to pay homage to the new man with the red hat. But Bergoglio stopped them. He ordered them to remain in Argentina and distribute the money they had raised to the poor. In Rome, he celebrated his new honor nearly alone – and with Lenten austerity.
He has always lived this way. Since he was made archbishop of the Argentinian capital, the luxurious residence next to the cathedral has remained empty. He lives in a nearby apartment, together with another bishop, old and sickly. In the evening, he himself cooks for both of them. He rarely drives, getting around most of the time by bus, wearing the cassock of an ordinary priest.
We could use another saint in the position.
From L'Espresso Online | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Profession: Servant of the Servants of God:
John Paul II made him a cardinal together with the last group of bishops named to the honor, in February of 2001. On that occasion, Bergoglio distinguished himself by his reserve among his many more festive colleagues. Hundreds of Argentinians had begun fundraising efforts to fly to Rome to pay homage to the new man with the red hat. But Bergoglio stopped them. He ordered them to remain in Argentina and distribute the money they had raised to the poor. In Rome, he celebrated his new honor nearly alone – and with Lenten austerity.
He has always lived this way. Since he was made archbishop of the Argentinian capital, the luxurious residence next to the cathedral has remained empty. He lives in a nearby apartment, together with another bishop, old and sickly. In the evening, he himself cooks for both of them. He rarely drives, getting around most of the time by bus, wearing the cassock of an ordinary priest.
We could use another saint in the position.
Vatican Official Doesn't See Any Problems with Harry
From CTV.ca:
The Vatican is giving two thumbs up to the Harry Potter series.
The Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood told a Vatican press conference Monday that the good vs. evil plot of the best-selling books are imbued with Christian morals.
"I don't see any, any problems in the Harry Potter series," Fleetwood said.
Fleetwood was responding to questions following the release of a new Vatican document on the New Age phenomenon, which he helped draft as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Now the New Age is a different story...read the document either at EWTN or the Vatican.
From CTV.ca:
The Vatican is giving two thumbs up to the Harry Potter series.
The Rev. Don Peter Fleetwood told a Vatican press conference Monday that the good vs. evil plot of the best-selling books are imbued with Christian morals.
"I don't see any, any problems in the Harry Potter series," Fleetwood said.
Fleetwood was responding to questions following the release of a new Vatican document on the New Age phenomenon, which he helped draft as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Now the New Age is a different story...read the document either at EWTN or the Vatican.
Monday, February 3, 2003
Amy Withdrawal?
For those faithful readers of Amy's blog who are looking for more from her, here are a few suggestions:
1). Subscribe to Our Sunday Visitor newspaper. Amy has a column in it every other week with the same sort of material that she often wrote about in the blog. She also does book reviews and frequently writes feature articles. If you do subscribe mention that you are doing it because you want to read more writing by Amy.
2). Write your local Catholic diocesan paper and ask them to carry Amy's syndicated CNS column also bi-weekly and though geared toward youth applicable to all.
3). Request Amy's books at your local Barnes and Nobles and Borders bookstores. While you are at it request her husband's (me) books too! Amy has a number of books out already (have you read them?) and a number coming out in the next two years.
For those faithful readers of Amy's blog who are looking for more from her, here are a few suggestions:
1). Subscribe to Our Sunday Visitor newspaper. Amy has a column in it every other week with the same sort of material that she often wrote about in the blog. She also does book reviews and frequently writes feature articles. If you do subscribe mention that you are doing it because you want to read more writing by Amy.
2). Write your local Catholic diocesan paper and ask them to carry Amy's syndicated CNS column also bi-weekly and though geared toward youth applicable to all.
3). Request Amy's books at your local Barnes and Nobles and Borders bookstores. While you are at it request her husband's (me) books too! Amy has a number of books out already (have you read them?) and a number coming out in the next two years.
Great Book for Black History Month
This site gets a ton of hits everyday from those that I presume are researching for a report that is due for Black History month. I posted a piece on Emmitt Till after his mother died last month and that continues to be the number one reason people are ending up on this page via search engine.
Let me recommend a book Saints of Africa by Vincent O'Malley as a great resource to do a project that isn't like the rest! Especially if you attend a Catholic School!
This site gets a ton of hits everyday from those that I presume are researching for a report that is due for Black History month. I posted a piece on Emmitt Till after his mother died last month and that continues to be the number one reason people are ending up on this page via search engine.
Let me recommend a book Saints of Africa by Vincent O'Malley as a great resource to do a project that isn't like the rest! Especially if you attend a Catholic School!
Photos show odd images near shuttle
It's not what you think or I should say it isn't what I thought. Usually when something tragic happens someone takes a photo and discovers either the devil or god in the image. But this is something entirely different. Evidently these photos might help explain what happened and it could be that they point in an entirely different direction then the current thoughts on what happened.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
It's not what you think or I should say it isn't what I thought. Usually when something tragic happens someone takes a photo and discovers either the devil or god in the image. But this is something entirely different. Evidently these photos might help explain what happened and it could be that they point in an entirely different direction then the current thoughts on what happened.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
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