Category: Church
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daniel cardinal dinardo, archbishop of galveston-houston
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI announced today that, along with 23 other bishops, Archbishop Daniel DiNardo will be elevated to the rank of Cardinal at a ceremony on November 24th, the eve of Christ the King. His Soon-to-be-Eminence will be the first Texan cardinal and the first one for the Southern U.S. On January 1,…
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ucc launches raffle
One of my projects this semester is the first-in-a-very-long-time UCC Raffle. The raffle, ongoing now with tickets available online, via phone (512-476-7351 x10 during business hours) or in person, will wrap up on December 6, 2007 with the drawing of the winner at the UCC Christmas Party. We know the UCC used to have car…
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allah the father?
A Dutch bishop suggested that Christians start referring to God as Allah to improve relations with our Muslim brothers and sisters. Theologically, I’m not sure if there are any big things in the way of this. God has given us many different names for him; Allah is one that we didn’t receive in our tradition,…
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fishers of men
Okay, I promise that my blog will not be used only for video sharing. That being said, there’s been a number of videos I’ve wanted to share. This next one is a two-part film commissioned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops discussing vocations to the priesthood. The film is entitled “Fishers of Men”…
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first thoughts on the moto proprio regarding the missal of john xxiii
The document will not actually be released until Saturday, however, by that point, I will already have resigned myself of access the Internet until after my return to the States. However, your friend and mine, Rocco has posted snippets of information regarding the document. While, as a general rule, I do not like to comment…
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moto proprio for 1962 missal is confirmed on the highest level
The English translation of the daily Vatican bulletin hasn’t been released yet and I don’t know Italian, but it is obvious what this entry is concerning. For literally over a year now, there has been rumors all over the place about a Moto Proprio (a papal declaration made on “his own initiative”) that would “liberate”…