Faith of the Fathers

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The following excerpts are from CNA (Catholic News Agency):

Bishop Virginio Bressanelli of Neuquen, Argentina has called for the life of 45-year-old Marcelo Diez, who has been in a coma since a 1994 traffic accident, to be spared.
“We are dealing with the mystery of the life of a brother over which no third party can claim ownership or absolute authority,” the bishop said in an Aug. 15 statement.
“From a human point of view, it is a life that we must respect, care for and sustain until his condition is reversed, as his parents were hoping, or until his journey comes to a natural end.”

The following excerpts are from CNA (Catholic News Agency):

Cardinal Keith P. O’Brien has broken-off direct talks with the Scottish government in protest over their decision to back “same-sex marriage.”
“The Cardinal wants to maintain a dialogue with the Scottish government but that can be difficult when you feel that everything you have had to say, to date at least, has been completely ignored,” Peter Kearney, spokesman for Cardinal O’Brien, told CNA Aug. 20.

The following excerpt is from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

A New York Times notice about the wedding of two homosexual men listed a Catholic priest as “assisting” at the ceremony.

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Catholic priest witnesses same-sex wedding in New York : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

An article in the Charlotte Observer, on a former Catholic priest who has started his own religious congregation, illustrates the dangers of relying on religious reporting from secular outlets.
Tom Sanford, who left the priesthood “more than a quarter-century ago,” recently decided to open his own church, to welcome Catholics who are unhappy with recent changes in the Church.