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Deo Gratias! POPE Benedict today warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion. It was the first time that the Pope, speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him on… Continue Reading →
The Ordinary Ministers of the Media have clearly gotten their marching orders on how to cover the Pope’s upcoming visit to Brazil. We blogged via satire on this point a few days ago in Pope’s Last Ditch Effort CancelledTake a… Continue Reading →
Dateline Next Week — Sao Paolo Brazil When Pope Benedict XVI arrived in this sprawling city Wednesday for a five-day visit to the world’s formerly most populous Roman Catholic country, he found that there were actually no Catholics left in… Continue Reading →
Some comments from Msgr. Michael Schmitz, Provincial Superior of Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in America, were used to throw so much cold water on any hope of an imminent release of our fabled Motu Proprio. Some have… Continue Reading →
It has recently been reported that Pope Benedict XVI has personally composed a letter to the Bishops to accompany the ‘Motu Proprio’ when it is released. Well, the intrepid reporters here at the CMR have managed to obtain a copy… Continue Reading →
Jesus went to where the sinners and tax collectors were. If this story from CBS News is true, Pope Benedict is taking that to heart.
Jim McGreevey, the infamous openly gay ex-Governor of New Jersey, has written to the New York Times Magazine. Mr. McGreevey writes: The pontiff may well be correct in identifying Christianity as the religious foundation of Europe, as a counterpoint to… Continue Reading →
Lunatic Emeritus Fr. Richard McBrien proves once again he is on the vanguard of the now ossified “Spirit of Vatican II” movement. McBrien, in an Associated Press report, claimed that there is no original sin as proved by Pope Benedict’s… Continue Reading →
Well, apparently the unannounced meeting with the Curia was about the upcoming trip to Latin America. Too bad, but we shouldn’t let facts get in the way of wild speculation. I will now hang my hat on the rumored Dr…. Continue Reading →
Flash: The Pope is Catholic
The New York Times expresses shock that the Pope is Catholic: His personal style, praised often even by critics, remains pastoral and gentle. But the more contentious views, less publicly visible when he first began as leader of the world’s… Continue Reading →