Friday, June 4, 2010

Catholic News Headlines / Links [6-4-10]

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Catholics in Turkey question official explanation of bishop's murder [6/4]

Outgoing president of Catholic University of America appointed as new coadjutor bishop of Trenton, NJ [6/4]

Scandalous: Abortion-expanding healthcare bill that was rejected by the U.S. bishops is praised in Jesuit journal whose articles are approved by the Vatican Secretariat of State [6/4]

Pope arrives in Cyprus [6/4]

Ridiculous: Fr. Jenkins thinks '09 ND scandal positively influenced President Obama [6/4]

Military Archbishop urges Congress not to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' policy; Says the effect of a repeal "has the potential of being enormous and overwhelming" [6/4]

Rome's traditional Eucharistic procession on feast of Corpus Christi cancelled due to poor weather [6/4]

Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments reminds that "Worship becomes perverted when we have a celebration in which the community celebrates itself"; Cardinal laments that Mass is often reduced to "mere banquet, a celebration of the community, a commemoration, but not the very sacrifice of Christ who gives himself up for us on the Cross" [6/4]

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