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Senate vote moves pro-abortion Andrew Hurwitz closer to becoming a federal judge

Monday, June 11, 2012

The U.S. Senate voted to end debate on “one of the strongest pro-abortion justices” this evening. John McCain supports the nomination.

Justice Andrew Hurwitz of Arizona.

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the forces behind the Roe v. Wade opinion could be confirmed as a federal judge as early as tomorrow, after the U.S. Senate voted to advance his nomination for a vote Monday evening.

The Senate adjourned just past seven o’clock Monday evening, shortly after Hurwitz cleared a cloture vote, which ended debate on his nomination. That vote means the Senate will take up a vote to name him to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday morning. He is strongly favored to win confirmation from the Democrat-controlled Senate sometime this week.

Eight Republicans voted with the Democrats on the cloture motion.

Critics argue Hurwitz is a judicial activist temperamentally unsuited for the office.

Hurwitz “will be one of the strongest pro-abortion justices on the ninth circuit,” Clarke Forsythe, senior counsel at Americans United for Life (AUL), told LifeSiteNews.com when President Obama announced the nomination in January.

In a 2002 article for the New York Law School Law Review, Hurwitz boasted that as a judicial clerk 30 years earlier he had a hand in authoring the opinions Abele v. Markle I and Abele v. Markle II, which struck down two Connecticut laws banning abortion except to save the life of the mother.

The decisions, which established viability as the moment states could begin to regulate abortion, exercised “crucial influence” over Roe v. Wade.

“It is impossible to read judge Hurwitz’s article and not conclude that he wholeheartedly embraces Roe, and importantly, the constitutional arguments supporting it,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-UT, said Hurwitz “in effect took credit for helping to develop the legal architecture underlying what became Roe v. Wade.”

“That’s a tragic legacy, which Hurwitz expresses great pride in,” Forsythe told LifeSiteNews.

Despite his history in Roe and his belief in the living Constitution, the New York-born member of the Arizona Supreme Court enjoys support among more liberal Republicans. Both Arizona Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl support the justice.

Kyl said if Hurwitz supports Roe, “So what?”

The cloture motion passed 60-31 on Monday evening.

In addition to McCain and Kyl, Republican Senators who voted to advance Hurwitz for a full Senate vote included Lamar Alexander, R-TN; Scott Brown, R-MA; Susan Collins, R-ME; Richard Lugar, R-IN; Lisa Murkowski, R-AK; and Olympia Snowe, R-ME.

Nine U.S. Senators, all Republicans, did not vote.

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His nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in March on a 13-5 vote, with Republican Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma joining committee Democrats.

Hurwitz clerked for Potter Stewart, who supported the Roe v. Wade decision, before entering private practice. In the 1980s, he served as chief of staff for former Arizona governors Bruce Babbit and Rose Mofford, both Democrats.

Hurwitz was named to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2003 by then-Governor Janet Napolitano, who now serves as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama administration.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Arizona and the West Coast, is one of the most overturned courts in the nation. Its liberal rulings have led some to brand it “the Ninth Circus.”

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Muslims protest Planned Parenthood’s ‘sexual health’ program for Muslim teen girls

Monday, June 11, 2012

One Muslim leader told LifeSiteNews that she was “flabbergasted” by the values that Planned Parenthood was passing onto Muslim girls.

A screenshot of Planned Parenthood’s guidebook for teens titled ‘Exclaim: Young People’s guide to Sexual Rights’

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Muslims of a traditional bent hope that a lack of funding will force Planned Parenthood Ottawa to cut a program aimed at teaching their Muslim teenage daughters a version of “sexual health” that they say is contrary to their “faith-based values and family values.”

“Information and education is always good, but when it comes with a clear message of promoting a certain lifestyle which may be in conflict with both the faith-based values and family values [of Muslims] then I have an issue with it,” Shahina Siddiqui, executive director of the Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) in Canada, told LifeSiteNews.

Last year United Way reduced funding to Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s sex-education programs for young people. To keep the programs running this year, the abortion giant has appealed to the public in the hope of covering a $60,000 budget shortfall, or what amounts to a quarter of the organization’s budget.

One of Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s sex-education programs that may be cut was specifically tailored for Muslim teenage girls.

The creators of “Visiting ‘Girls Chat’” state that the “messages in mainstream sexual health education can sometimes be experienced as contradictory to the religious and/or cultural messages being received by young people at home. The Visiting Girls Chat project has involved the adaptation and tailoring of Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s sexual health programming to better suit the needs of a particular group in the community—Muslim girls.”

Pro-family organizations have repeatedly shown, however, that for Planned Parenthood “sexual health” for young people typically takes the form of the promotion of unrestricted sexual activity, of contraception as a way to pursue sexual activity separated from its natural outcome, and of abortion as a solution to failed contraception or an unplanned pregnancy.

“Young people are sexual beings,” states Planned Parenthood’s guidebook for teens titled ‘Exclaim: Young People’s guide to Sexual Rights’. The guide states that it is “important for all young people around the world to be able to explore, experience and express their sexualities in healthy, positive, pleasurable and safe ways.”

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In the guide for teens, contraception is enshrined as a “right” of “every young person” and the organization advocates for the “removal of laws that require parental, guardian or spousal consent, which prevent young people from accessing effective contraceptive services.”

Planned Parenthood also writes that it considers abortion a legitimate “pregnancy option” and also enshrines accessibility to that option as a woman’s right.

Siddiqui told LifeSiteNews that she was “flabbergasted” by the values that Planned Parenthood was passing onto Muslim girls through the outreach program. She said that the organization’s vision for healthy sexuality is the “polar opposite of our values.”

“There are very strong values around sexual morals within Islam,” she explained.

“Sexuality can only be expressed within a marital relationship. Sex outside of marriage or before marriage is forbidden. Sex can only be enjoyed between a husband and a wife.”

“It’s one of the major principles in our faith and this is what we teach our young children,” she said, adding, “I don’t know of a single Muslim organization that is backing [Planned Parenthood’s program].”

Planned Parenthood Ottawa says that the program was developed with the help of a “youth co-facilitator from the Somali community in Ottawa” and with the collaboration of the “Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, who has significant numbers of Muslim-identified clientele.”

Siddiqui said that if Muslim girls are accessing the Planned Parenthood program it is simply a sign that “they have been failed at the family level, or at the community level [such] that they could not turn for help or ask and be counseled in our own value system.”

“But you don’t cover up one mistake with another,” she said.

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Christian American Idol winner Carrie Underwood: I support same-sex ‘marriage’

Monday, June 11, 2012

The American Idol winner says her Christian views caused her to support redefining marriage.

LONDON, ENGLAND, June 11, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Country songstress Carrie Underwood has told a British newspaper she supports redefining marriage, in part based on her Christian beliefs.

The 2005 American Idol winner, who has strongly identified as a Christian, told the (UK) Independent, “As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry…I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”

She also condemned “people who use the Bible for hate.”

Underwood said she left the Baptist church; she and her husband, ice hockey pro Mike Fisher, go to a non-denominational worship center that reflects their more liberal views on the issue.

“Our church is gay friendly,” she said, adding that Christianity is “not about setting rules, or [saying] ‘everyone has to be like me.’”

Many of Underwood’s fans are evangelical Christians, who helped make her song “Jesus Take the Wheel” a number one country hit. She also played a youth minister in the movie Soul Surfer about the life of Bethany Hamilton. “I grew up going to church camp and reading my Bible and having different faith books and movies in my life,” she has said.

Some of her fans have already said they will no longer purchase her music as a result of her announcement.

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Underwood’s remarks may have been an answer to a call from a far less successful female singer, Canadian-born Chely Wright, who came out as a lesbian 11 years after her brief Top 40 country career came to a close. Wright complained of being frozen out of the country music social scene after her 2010 announcement.

Two weeks ago, she said, “I need a country artist who is a big deal, like Jay-Z in his community — he came forward and said, ‘I believe in equality for all.’”

Underwood was one of the artists she named.

The 29-year-old roiled her Christian fan base in the past when she won the “Entertainer of the Year” award at the 2009 American Country Music awards. After presenter Matthew McConaughey joked about how he “got lucky” by luring women into his car with a story about having a pair of George Strait’s boots in his Corvette, he announced Underwood as the winner.

The visibly shaken starlet said, “I don’t know what to say. I got nothin’…I want to see those boots, Matthew.”

She said, “Thank You, God” before and after the statement.

She claimed to have “blacked out” and not remembered her comments but then apologized. “You want to say something eloquent in a moment like that and I embarrassed myself,” she said. “I’m sorry Matthew, I’m sorry to my family. I’m totally embarrassed.”

Underwood is embarking on her first tour of the UK later this month.

</div> </p> <p>Visit source:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines/~3/YHKEvm7E54Y/christian-american-idol-winner-carrie-underwood-i-support-same-sex-marriage" title="Christian American Idol winner Carrie Underwood: I support same-sex ‘marriage’">Christian American Idol winner Carrie Underwood: I support same-sex ‘marriage’</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/christian-american-idol-winner-carrie-underwood-i-support-same-sex-marriage/#more-16843" title="Permalink to Christian American Idol winner Carrie Underwood: I support same-sex ‘marriage’" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16844 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lifesitenews tag-mother tag-research post clearfix" id="post-16844"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/gold-standard-studys-striking-findings-children-of-heterosexual-parents-happier-healthier/" title="Permalink to ‘Gold standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier, healthier" rel="bookmark">‘Gold standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier, healthier</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <p class="subhead">The author of the study slammed previous studies on homosexual parent for their political bias, and shoddy and biased sampling. </p> <div id="article-body" webReader="177.479403751"> <p>June 11, 2012 (<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/">LifeSiteNews.com</a>) – A new study which found that children of heterosexual parents fare better on numerous indicators of personal well-being than children of homosexual parents is being hailed by true marriage advocates as by far the most scientifically credible studies to date on the subject. </p> <p>Authored by Mark Regnerus, a sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, the study will be published in the July 2012 issue of Social Science Research, and is currently <a href=" http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X12000610">available online</a>.</p> <p>Regnerus’ findings, based upon the responses from children raised by their biological parents, or a homosexual parent with his or her partner, were striking. </p> <p>He found that 12% of those with a lesbian mother and 24% of those with a gay father reported having recently contemplated suicide, compared to only 5% raised by an intact biological family or a single parent. While 28% of those raised by a lesbian mother and 20% of those raised by a gay father reported being currently unemployed, compared to 8% raised by an intact biological family and 13% raised by a single parent.</p> <p>One of the most remarkable findings was that 23% of those with a lesbian mother reported having been touched sexually by a parent or adult, compared to 2% of those raised in an intact biological family. The percentage was 6% among those with a gay father and 10% with a single parent. In another striking statistic, 31% of those raised by a lesbian mother, and 25% of those raised by a gay father, reported being forced to have sex against their will at some point, compared to just 8% of those raised by their biological parents.</p> <p>Forty percent of those raised by a lesbian mother and 25% raised by a gay father reported having had an affair while married or cohabiting, compared to 13% of those raised by their biological parents. And 19% of those raised by a lesbian mother or gay father were currently or recently receiving psychotherapy, compared to 8% of those raised by their heterosexual parents</p> <p>Twenty percent of those raised by lesbians and 25% of those raised by gay men reported having contracted a sexual transmitted infection, compared to 8% of those raised by their biological parents.</p> <p>Interestingly, only 61% of those raised by a lesbian mother and 71% of those raised by a gay faather reported identifying as “entirely heterosexual,” compared to 90% of those raised by an intact biological family.</p> <p>“To claim that there are few meaningful statistical differences between the different groups evaluated here would be to state something that is empirically inaccurate,” Regnerus writes. </p> <p><em><strong>Click “like” if you want to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-can-defend-marriage/283510724992776">defend true marriage.</a> <span> <like href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-can-defend-marriage/283510724992776" layout="button_count" send="true" show_faces="false" width="100" font=""/></span></strong></em></p> <p>Regnerus’ findings conflict with studies widely touted by homosexual activists which have claimed that children raised by homosexual parents fare as well or even better than their peers. Many of these studies, Regnerus points out, have relied on small, self-selected samples, parent rather than child reported outcomes, and have exhibited evidence of political bias. </p> <p>He notes, for instance, that one meta-analysis claiming that homosexual parenting had a positive impact on children was problematic because participants in the studies were nearly always a small group of volunteers “whose claims about documentable parenting successes are very relevant in recent legislative and judicial debates over rights and legal statuses.”</p> <p>The problem of sample bias, in fact, has been pervasive in previous literature on the subject, according to Regnerus. </p> <p>“Many published studies on the children of same-sex parents collect data from ‘snowball’ or convenience samples,” he writes. “One notable example of this is the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study, analyses of which were prominently featured in the media in 2011 (e.g., Huffington Post, 2011). The NLLFS employs a convenience sample, recruited entirely by self-selection from announcements posted ‘at lesbian events, in women’s bookstores, and in lesbian newspapers’ in Boston, Washington, and San Francisco.”</p> <p>Regnerus continues: “While I do not wish to downplay the significance of such a longitudinal study—it is itself quite a feat—this sampling approach is a problem when the goal (or in this case, the practical result and conventional use of its findings) is to generalize to a population. All such samples are biased, often in unknown ways.”</p> <p>In contrast, Regnerus drew his data from the New Family Structures Study, a data collection project that drew from a large, random sample of American young adults. Regnerus analyzed responses from 3,000 young adults, 175 of whom reported having a lesbian mother and 73 of whom had a gay father. He compared their responses to their heterosexually-raised counterparts, to determine who had fared better on forty different social, emotional, and relational outcomes. </p> <p>Regnerus notes that his study is one of the few that measures outcomes as reported by the children of homosexuals, rather than relying on an assessment by the homosexual parent. </p> <p>Critics of the study are contending that the young adults surveyed were raised by homosexual parents at a time when there was a greater social stigma attached to homosexuality, a fact which may have contributed to greater instability among homosexual couples. </p> <p>“It is clear that families are stronger and more stable when they can stay together,” Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the pro-gay Family Equality Council told ABC News. “That means what we should be doing is supporting policies that make it easier for gay and lesbian families to stay together.”</p> <p>Traditional marriage advocate Patrick Fagan, however, called Chrisler’s assertion an unsubstantiated hypothesis in comments to LifeSiteNews.</p> <p>“If you cannot take these results, there is nothing in the field. Nothing else comes close to it. The gays who object to it would essentially be saying, ‘we know nothing,’” he said. “It has essentially supplanted all the other prior research because none of them come close to it for national representativeness.”</p> <p>Fagan, who directs the Marriage and Religion Institute of the Family Research Council called the study the “gold standard” for research on children of homosexuals.</p> </div> <p>See the original post:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines/~3/B4TREf3GCCE/gold-standard-studys-striking-findings-children-of-heterosexual-parents-hap" title="‘Gold standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier, healthier">‘Gold standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier, healthier</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/gold-standard-studys-striking-findings-children-of-heterosexual-parents-happier-healthier/#more-16844" title="Permalink to ‘Gold standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier, healthier" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-18117 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-life-issues category-missions-varia tag-bishop tag-church post clearfix" id="post-18117"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/diocese-protests-church-arrest/" title="Permalink to Diocese protests Church arrest" rel="bookmark">Diocese protests Church arrest</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div id="post-1174" class="post-1174 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-brads-blog" webReader="75.4436207569"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="http://omijapankorea.net/?p=1174" title="Permalink to Diocese protests Church arrest" rel="bookmark">Diocese protests Church arrest</a><br /> </h2> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author">Posted on</span><a href="http://omijapankorea.net/?p=1174" title="10:31 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">June 11, 2012</span></a><span class="meta-sep">by</span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://omijapankorea.net/?author=3" title="View all posts by brad30" rel="author">brad30</a></span></div> <p> <div class="entry-content" webReader="75.5320197044"> <p>The Yokohama diocese has filed a protest against the arrest of a Filipino man on the grounds of a Catholic church in a letter that calls the action “an infringement of the basic human right to freedom of religion.”<span id="more-1174"/></p> <p>According to the complaint, in the early afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, May 27, six or seven officers from the Kawasaki-Rinko Police Station of the Kanagawa prefectural police entered the grounds of the Kaizuka Catholic Church in Kawasaki City without notice or warrant and arrested the layman for not carrying his passport.</p> <p>The police wanted to investigate the man on suspicion of illegally overstaying in Japan. The pastor of the church, Fr. Takashi Motoyanagi, protested that since they did not have a warrant to conduct an investigation on the church property or an arrest warrant for the individual, they had no right to enter the parish grounds. Witnesses to the event included many Filipinos and Japanese who reported that the investigators were overbearing in their speech and actions.</p> <p>On June 5, Fr. Motoyanagi and a lawyer visited the Kawasaki-Rinko Police station to deliver a letter from Bishop Masahiro Umemura expressing his concern over the event. The letter makes two points, that conducting an investigation and making an arrest on church grounds infringes the fundamental human right to freedom of religion, and that doing so without a warrant violates proper legal procedures and thereby poses a threat to society.</p> <p>The diocesan complaint demanded an apology for the event as well as a guarantee that police will not enter Church sites illegally to conduct investigations. The bishop also asked that police refrain from directing investigative activities involving immigration toward those visiting churches or near church grounds.</p> <p>Fr. Motoyanagi said he expected a written response to the letter, but the police responded that after considering the matter they would decide whether to give a written or verbal response. The priest said that he got the impression that the police do not think entering Church sites without warrants is illegal.</p> <p>At a June 7 meeting of the bishops’ conference standing committee, Bishop Umemura reported the incident and said that he is waiting for a response from the police. Since the Church in Japan has many foreign members, the incident will be on the agenda of the Japan bishops’ plenary assembly that starts on June 19.</p> <p>Tokyo, 11<sup>th</sup> June 2012</p> <p><a href="http://www.ucanews.com/">www.ucanews.com</a></p> </div> <p> <div class="entry-utility"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> This entry was posted in </p> <p><a href="http://omijapankorea.net/?cat=59" title="View all posts in Brad's Blog" rel="category">Brad’s Blog</a> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">. Bookmark the </p> <p><a href="http://omijapankorea.net/?p=1174" title="Permalink to Diocese protests Church arrest" rel="bookmark">permalink</a> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">. </p> </div> <p></div> </p> <p>Original article: </p> <p><a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"http://omijapankorea.net/?p=1174\\\" title=\\\"Diocese protests Church arrest\\\">Diocese protests Church arrest</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/diocese-protests-church-arrest/#more-18117" title="Permalink to Diocese protests Church arrest" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16880 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vancouver tag-catholic tag-king post clearfix" id="post-16880"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/b-c-laws-trample-on-citizens-who-protest-abortion/" title="Permalink to B.C. laws trample on citizens who protest abortion" rel="bookmark">B.C. laws trample on citizens who protest abortion</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="main section" id="main" webReader="53.9209839732"> <div class="widget Blog" id="Blog1"> <div class="blog-posts hfeed"> <div class="date-outer"> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry" webReader="30.7233333333"><a name="6914757446779389530"/><br /> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://busycatholic.blogspot.com/2012/06/bc-laws-trample-on-citizens-who-protest.html">B.C. laws trample on citizens who protest abortion</a><br /> </h3> <div class="post-header"/> <div class="post-body entry-content" webReader="47.6086330935"><b>Bubble zones and censorship laws treat British Columbians differently in the eyes of legal system</b><br/><b/><br/><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody webReader="4"> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dxG5tUEfC4/T9ZKbarFdNI/AAAAAAAACX8/wEjFf3VrvLg/s1600/P1080087resized.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dxG5tUEfC4/T9ZKbarFdNI/AAAAAAAACX8/wEjFf3VrvLg/s320/P1080087resized.JPG" width="320"/></a></td> </tr> <tr webReader="8"> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia von Dehn waits to be put into a police wagon while VPD officers chat with a handcuffed filmmaker John Hetherington (in white shirt). Hetherington, von Dehn, and Donald Spratt were arrested for protesting in an abortion access zone outside the Every Woman’s Health Centre on Commercial Drive in June, 2009. John Hof / Special to The B.C. Catholic.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> If a B.C. politician tells you abortion is just a federal manner they’re wrong. While the feds do mandate the legality of abortion, our province facilitates abortions by trampling the rights of protesters:</p> <p><br/><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" webReader="29"> <i>In 1995 the Glen Clark NDP Government instituted the “Access to Abortion Services Act,”(AASA) which pro-life activists refer to as the “bubble zone” law.</i> <p>The AASA states the zones around abortion clinics extend 50 metres from the facility and can be amended by the lieutenant governor in the case of “different dimensions for different facilities.” The access zones around an abortion provider’s home extend 160 metres.</p> <p>The law also says no person can engage in protest, sidewalk interference (ministering), or besetting (harassing), abortion facility workers.</p> <p>With the passage of the bubble zone law, pro-lifers were effectively<br /> shut out of exposing abortion in front of clinics. Instead they turned<br /> to exposing abortion through freedom of information requests. But after<br /> Hof and Ted Gerk, who also works for Campaign Life Coalition B.C., had<br /> success uncovering some troubling abortion truths, the NDP government<br /> added an amendment to the freedom and information law in 2001. It<br /> effectively censored abortion information.</p> <p>Hof and Gerk had learned there was a special government panel called the<br /> Abortion Services Working Groups, which was comprised of cabinet<br /> ministers meeting with abortion activists. They also discovered that 15<br /> babies survived abortions between 1995 and 1998 at Vancouver General<br /> Hospital, while investigating the death of a woman from abortion<br /> complications.</p> </blockquote> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> Read the full story at </p> <p><a href="http://bccatholic.ca/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1737-bc-laws-trample-on-citizens-who-protest-abortion"><i>The B.C. 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We post this translation here for the ongoing record of opinions. [T]his interview [granted by Bp. Fellay to DICI] is not anymore about preparing the faithful to imagine the possibility of an eventuality… </p> <p>See original: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/06/for-record-fr-de-tanouarn-what-now.html" title="For the record - Fr. de Tanoüarn: what now?">For the record – Fr. de Tanoüarn: what now?</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/for-the-record-fr-de-tanouarn-what-now/#more-16735" title="Permalink to For the record – Fr. de Tanoüarn: what now?" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-19559 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-other-men tag-atheism tag-religion post clearfix" id="post-19559"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/condemning-just-love/" title="Permalink to Condemning Just Love" rel="bookmark">Condemning Just Love</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/condemning-just-love/" title="Permalink to Condemning Just Love" rel="bookmark"><img width="25" height="18" src="http://www.catholicanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/45dbmonty-python-spanish-inquisition-25x18.jpg" class="aligncenter featured_image wp-post-image" alt="Thumbnail" /></a> <div class="entry"> <p> <div id=""> <li webReader="0.938775510204"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/02/blasphemy.html">Blasphemy</a></div> <p> Peter Berger writes and interesting piece on blasphemy . Barring an onset of collective amnesia in the Supreme Court, there is no chan…</p> </li> <li webReader="0.904458598726"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/02/political-sloth.html">Political Sloth</a></div> <p> Sloth is an indifference or lack of energy in matters of faith. For example, when people don’t attend mass. They can’t work up enough ener…</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/01/atheists-and-meaning-of-life.html">Atheists And The Meaning Of Life</a></div> <p> Apparently the most popular post I have ever done was a reply to an article by Paula Kirby . Not sure why but I ran into another one of he…</p> </li> <li webReader="0.827586206897"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-christians-become-atheists.html">How Christians Become Atheists</a></div> <p>One woman’s story, Paula Kirby is her name. She tells how she went from being Christian to being atheist .I got the link from Barefoot Bum ….</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/01/pro-life-atheists.html">Pro-life Atheists</a></div> <p> Can atheists be pro-life? There are a few . Nathan Hentoff is the classic example. But the fact that there is one classic example means i…</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2011/07/fesers-related-post.html">Feser’s Related Post</a></div> <p>Edward Feser has a post on the subject of Atheism and Morality . He knows a ton more about the Philosophy of Religion than I do but he makes…</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/04/reformation-fruit.html">The Kingdom of Whatever</a></div> <p> What is the connection between the reformation and the enlightenment and modern secularism? Prof Brad Gregory from Notre Dame wrote a book…</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-good-people-boring.html">Are Good People Boring?</a></div> <p> We got season 5 of the show House for Christmas. One plot line has Dr House finding out embarrassing details of the various character’s li…</p> </li> <li webReader="1.6"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2011/05/science-porn-and-blessed-virgin.html">Science, Porn and the Blessed Virgin</a></div> <p>How is the way Richard Dawkins looks at bees the same as the way a lustful man looks at pornography? Dawkins is, of course, a biologist who …</p> </li> <li webReader="0"> <div class="item-title"><a href="http://ephesians4-15.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-crusades-thoughts.html">More Crusade Thoughts</a></div> <p>I reflected on the Crusades a while back. I was trying to find something to learn. The first crusade seemed very much in the will of God. 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The Catholic Church is among an estimated two thousand applicants to ICANN, the California-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which recently decided to open up to the use of new generic top level domain names, as the letters after the dot are technically known.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The applications may take a year or more to process and discussions are still underway in the Vatican as to exactly which organisations and institutions can use the ‘dot catholic’ name. But for internet users, often overwhelmed by the variety of supposedly Catholic sites in cyberspace, this move will provide a more instantly visible way of validating the authenticity of Catholic material online. </p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">So when will this come into effect? How much is it going to cost? And how can you apply to become a ‘dot catholic’ site? Philippa Hitchen put those questions to Mgr Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, who has been following the Vatican’s application process….</p> <p>Listen: <u><a href="#" class="playerlink" data-player="mediaplayer-1"><img border="0" src="http://www.radiovaticana.org/img_common/mp3_icon.gif" /></a> </u> </p> <p>We’ve applied to purchase the top-level domain named ‘dot catholic’. Top level domain names are that end of the string of a web address. Traditionally the generic ones were ‘dot com’, ‘dot net’, ‘dot org’ and then you had geographic dot level domain names. Such as ‘dot va’, ‘dot ie’ for Ireland, ‘dot uk’ for Britain. For some time, the people who, in a sense coordinate the international group called ICANN, a non governmental organization based in California, has been looking at the possibility of a liberalization of domain names. Allowing for people to create top level domain names, the end of the address in any string of letters that they want. And this has been debated for some time as to whether it would help, whether it would be useful. Obviously there are commercial companies that would be very interested, one can think of big commercial well-known names, to have a possibility of being able to brand all their websites with their own name.</p> <p>For instant recognition?</p> <p>For instant recognition, it allows for easy recognition in the digital space. And I suppose as people have become more aware of the importance of the digital space, commercially but also politically, and also for communications and for us also, for our evangelization and for our own communication of the Church’s message, people have become aware that this digital space is important. And we would have seen this as an opportunity to look at the possibility of establishing ever more effectively the Church’s presence in the digital arena. So what we’ve put together is an application to purchase the top-level domain name ‘dot catholic’, in English or Latin characters, but also in Chinese characters, in Arabic characters and in Cyrillic characters. And our aim is therefore to take the vast presence of the Catholic Church that already exists on the web, so we have a huge number of communities and institutions who have a very strong web presence and who are representing the Church very effectively in the digital arena, allowing us in a sense to bring more structure, and more coordination to that web presence and then particularly it allows us to authenticate the catholic presence in the web space.</p> <p>So how will this work in practical terms? How will somebody apply to use this ‘dot catholic’?</p> <p>Essentially our decision is to issue this ‘dot catholic’ to recognized institutions of the Catholic Church. For the purpose of the application, we said the Catholic Church is a community. And again our attention here is we obviously have to talk in institutional terms for ICANN. The church is, of course, much more than an institution, it is a spiritual reality. But for this purpose, we focused more on the institutional dimensions that people who don’t come from the faith could recognize. And we said the Church is a community consisting of varying communities and our idea is that those communities that make up the Church will be able to apply to have this ‘dot catholic’ web address as a way of authenticating their presence in the web space. We thought of three main categories of communities, what we call territorial communities, dioceses, then what we called membership-based communities, which are the religious orders and institutions of consecrated life and then finally communities that are based around specific activities, such as education, hospitals, universities, or justice and peace groups who are recognized catholic communities and our hope is, with time, that the users of the internet, if they find a website ending in ‘dot catholic’, they will know that the institution who has organized that website, who owns the website is an institution that is approved of by the Catholic Church. And that therefore the content they find there is dependable and reliable and they can be certain that it’s coming from a genuinely Catholic source. </p> <p>It will be your Pontifical Council that is organizing these registrations under the ‘dot catholic’name?</p> <p>It will be the Pontifical Council who will be coordinating this. Obviously the Council is a small enough reality, and will be doing this in conjunction with the larger bishops’ conferences to begin with, but our ultimate aim is of course to roll this out globally. And one of the things that we see as an advantage is that it allows us as a Council – we have a lot of contact going on all the time with various people who are active in the area of communications globally, we are already in touch with them, and one of the things that many people have said to us is “ we need some way of authenticating our presence, so if people go on a website they can know is it Catholic or is it not.” We were thinking about that for a while, would there be a trade-marking system or would there be some other system? And this way offers to us a solution that could help us enormously to be able to replicate on line, replicate in the digital space, the kind of structures we have already in canon law and that we know again in our day to day life of the Church. </p> <p>A question on many peoples’ minds will be how much does this all cost?</p> <p>The initial costs are the costs of the application and we’ve made four applications. We’ve applied to buy this in the Latin string, Chinese, Arabic and Cyrillic. And each application costs 185,000 dollars. That’s essentially to meet the administrative costs of ICANN who have to proceed then to process the application and see that it meets all their technical requirements. Is it well thought through technically so that it won’t upset the stability of the web space? Is it well thought through in terms of its community belonging, is it something that would really benefit web users? And that’s the process we’re in. If we’re successful in that process, then they give us for a certain amount of time the exclusive use of that web address. There are no further fees involved at that stage. Obviously there will be administrative costs involved. But to some extent, if we can reach out and engage the larger Catholic community, the item cost per individual user will probably be quite low. And again, we haven’t fully developed our commercial thinking on this, but one of our ideas would be obviously we would ask people who are better financially positioned than others to maybe supplement and support the activities of others. So for the Council it’s also excitement as it gives us another reason to reach out to the community of Catholic communicators globally. We are now saying ‘we’ve something we think might be of use to you, that might be of help to you’, it gets us engaged with people who are already active in that field and it allows us to maybe put them in contact with other people, so that we can use this not just as a technical project, or not simply of authenticating the Catholic presence, but of creating a community on line that supports and helps and does the thing that the Church does best. </p> <p>Finally, when does this go into effect?<br />The process is today, Wednesday the 13<sup>th</sup>,we’re seeing for the first time the numbers of people who have applied, it’s clear that the ICANN process can only take a certain number of those at a time, so we’re talking about batching. They will take 500 or so of the approximately 2,000 applications and deal with them first. If we’re in that first batch, and we don’t know who will be or not, then you’re probably talking about something that might be ready to roll out a year from now. But there’s a lot of talking and thinking to be done in the meantime. But that suits us because we want to engage as fully as we can all the stakeholders who will be part of this project.</p> </div> <p>Read more:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/vatican-seeks-dot-catholic-domain-name" title="Vatican seeks 'dot catholic' domain name">Vatican seeks ‘dot catholic’ domain name</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/vatican-seeks-dot-catholic-domain-name/#more-17300" title="Permalink to Vatican seeks ‘dot catholic’ domain name" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16793 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-church tag-dublin post clearfix" id="post-16793"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/iec-congress-papal-legates-prayers-for-ireland/" title="Permalink to IEC Congress: Papal legate’s prayers for Ireland" rel="bookmark">IEC Congress: Papal legate’s prayers for Ireland</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="56"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p><img align="left" alt="" hspace="5" src="http://media01.vatiradio.va/imm/1_0_596051.JPG" /> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> Pope Benedict XVI’s personal representative at the 50</p> <p><sup>th</sup> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> International Eucharistic Congress is on a pilgrimage of penance to Irelands’ historic sanctuary Lough Derg, at the express request of Pope Benedict XVI, to pray for forgiveness, reconciliation and healing in the wake of the sex abuse scandal in Ireland.</p> <p>Before the Eucharistic celebration Tuesday, dedicated to Communion in Marriage and the Family, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin informed the biggest congregation to date in the RDS Arena that Papal Legate Cardinal Marc Ouellet was not present because he had undertaken a pilgrimage to the island known as St. Patrick’s purgatory or Station Island which has been traditionally receiving pilgrims continuously for well over 1000 years.</p> <p>Earlier Tuesday morning , the issue of abuse, how it has damaged the communion of the Church and undermined the integrity of the Body of Christ was also the subject of an extensive talk by visiting Archbishop Luis Tagle of Manilla in the Philippines. </p> <p>Speaking to an overcrowded hall, the leading theologian offered an in-depth analysis on the crisis, regarding the Church in Asia, however as he progressed many present recognized universal similarities. </p> <p>Archbishop Tagle diagnosed the problem in cultural, pastoral and legal terms but also offered some responses: “Pastoral care to the victims and their families, the hurting communities where the violation has taken place; the priest offender who must be helped by being made to face up to the truth and its consequences; the priest offenders’ family who also suffer the burden of guilt and non-offending clergy” whom he said are on the front line of public reaction. “Christian faith impels integrity” he concluded, “as a family, a Church that loves and protects children is a force of love” for all the world. When the floor opened for the public’s response Archbishop Tagle was greeted with prolonged applause.<br />Later Tuesday afternoon, the focus returned to marriage and the family, with a very clear and perhaps for some, surprising, message for participants Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andrè Vingt-Trois.<br />Speaking before the biggest congregation to be drawn yet to the RDS main Arena, he said Christian families needed to stop acting like a “threatened species”, and instead bear “witness to the greatness of the family as the stable union of a man and a woman before those who believe and those who don’t”. <br />The French Cardinal urged Christian families not to “vie with other messages competing for the public’s attention” but starting from the Sunday Eucharist, bear witness to God’s love in the world. “If we fail in this”, he concluded “then Christ’ light will remain invisible, however loudly we speak on the public square, on the radio or on the television”.<br />His message was further underlined by the 100’s of stalls dotted around the arena dedicated to all aspects of family; from counseling services for marriages in difficulty to family support and child care. As well as a special stand dedicated to grandparents and the elderly.<br />But it was perhaps the pervasive theme of the day was best summed up by Dublin native, mother, teacher and journalist Breda O’Brien :”Our churches homes need to be places of welcome like Jesus and he didn’t just welcome friends”. Listen to Emer McCarthy’s report <u><a href="#" class="playerlink" data-player="mediaplayer-1"><img border="0" src="http://www.radiovaticana.org/img_common/mp3_icon.gif" /></a> </u> </p> </div> <p>Link to article: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/iec-congress-papal-legates-prayers-for-ireland" title="IEC Congress: Papal legate's prayers for Ireland">IEC Congress: Papal legate’s prayers for Ireland</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/iec-congress-papal-legates-prayers-for-ireland/#more-16793" title="Permalink to IEC Congress: Papal legate’s prayers for Ireland" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16702 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-baptism tag-king post clearfix" id="post-16702"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/the-choice-between-falshood-and-truth/" title="Permalink to The choice between falshood and truth" rel="bookmark">The choice between falshood and truth</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="42"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-13 L’Osservatore Romano</p> <p> <img align="center" border="0" src="http://www.osservatoreromano.va/orportal-portlets-portal/detail/binaries/news/vaticano/2012/135q12-quella-verit--che-diventa-vita/135q01ah.jpg" /></p> <p>Thirty minutes for a <em>Lectio Divina </em>with a high theological profile,<br /> as that presented by the Pope on Monday evening, 11 June, in the Basilica of St<br /> John Lateran at the inauguration of the ecclesial convention of the diocese of<br /> Rome. He invited the participants to reflect on the meaning of the sacrament of<br /> Baptism – “the first step of the Ressurection” – emphasizing its timeliness,<br /> with the intention of reaffirming that “Baptism is not the action of a single<br /> hour but a reality of our entire life”, and that “God is not a distant star but<br /> the environment of my life”.</p> <p>For this very reason Christians are constantly called to compare themselves<br /> with the two pivotal elements of the sacrament: matter, represented by water,<br /> and the word, which in its turn is expressed in three other elements of the<br /> rite, that is, renunciation, promises and invocations. And speaking of<br /> renuncation he made an explicit reference to the seduction of evil “in order not<br /> to let yourselves be dominated by sin”. He re-evoked the ancient words “the<br /> devil and all his works”, by which was meant a culture in which the truth<br /> counted less than appearances. A culture, he said, “which we know today too”, in<br /> which all that counts “is sensation and the spirit of calumny and destruction”.<br /> A culture that “does not seek good” and in which “falsehood is presented in the<br /> guise of truth and information”.</p> <p>And just as in the ancient Church the first baptismal renunciation referred,<br /> precisely, to this creature, the “devil and all his works”, today we are also<br /> called to repeat our “no” to the culture that denies God and to repeat the<br /> fundamental “yes”, the “yes” of love and truth”. In concluding his meditation –<br /> given extemporaneously – the Pope reaffirmed that the Baptism of newborn infants<br /> “is not against freedom” but is also necessary to justify the gift of life”. </p> </div> <p>Visit site:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/the-choice-between-falshood-and-truth" title="The choice between falshood and truth">The choice between falshood and truth</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/the-choice-between-falshood-and-truth/#more-16702" title="Permalink to The choice between falshood and truth" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16701 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-vatican tag-vis post clearfix" id="post-16701"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/vis-staff-moves-to-news-va/" title="Permalink to VIS staff moves to news.va" rel="bookmark">VIS staff moves to news.va</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="55"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> “As of 31 July 2012 the Vatican Information Service (VIS) will cease to exist as a separate office providing information distinct from the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office. However, the subscribers of VIS will continue to receive a comprehensive information service”, according to a communique released this morning by the Holy See Press Office.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">“As part of the development and coordination of the Holy See’s social communications activities, and following guidance received from the Secretariat of State, the personnel of VIS will be transferred. Some of them will go to reinforce the multilingual ‘news.va’ portal which was established a year ago in the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, others will be employed in the multilingual development of the Press Office Bulletin.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">“As is now well known, the ‘news.va’ portal gathers the principal news items concerning the Holy See and the life of the Church, as published daily by the Press Office, the ‘Osservatore Romano’, Vatican Radio and Fides News Agency. It then presents them in an easily accessible format, accompanied by Vatican Television Centre videos and photographs from the photographic service of the ‘Osservatore Romano’. One of the characteristics of the portal – which currently operates daily in Italian, English, Spanish and French – is that it is structured in such a way as to make it easy to share the material on social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter) and to make it accessible with new applications on mobile devices.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">“The Press Office Bulletin has thus far been published principally in Italian, unless the original texts were in other languages, while VIS has worked regularly in four languages. Integrating the English-, French- and Spanish-language staff of VIS into the everyday activities of the Holy See Press Office will enable the online publication of the Bulletin to be renewed, with the inclusion of complete translations of various texts and language summaries of texts that cannot be fully translated. These measures will be gradually introduced beginning in September 2012.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">“The translated parts of the Bulletin, together with the summaries in languages other than Italian, will continue to be sent to the 60,000 VIS subscribers who thus will not lose a service they have received and appreciated for so long. Moreover, the extensive archive of more than 85,000 articles in various languages, produced by VIS in more than twenty years of activity, will be conserved and integrated, with a simple and rapid search engine, into the site of the Press Office”.</p> </div> <p>Source article - </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/vis-staff-moves-to-newsva" title="VIS staff moves to news.va">VIS staff moves to news.va</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/vis-staff-moves-to-news-va/#more-16701" title="Permalink to VIS staff moves to news.va" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16700 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-secretary tag-state post clearfix" id="post-16700"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/holy-see-israel-make-significant-progress-no-change-to-position-on-east-jerusalem/" title="Permalink to Holy See, Israel make "significant progress": No change to position on East Jerusalem" rel="bookmark">Holy See, Israel make "significant progress": No change to position on East Jerusalem</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="104"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">met today 12 June 2012 at the Plenary level, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, to carry on</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">negotiations pursuant to the Fundamental Agreement Art. 10 paragraph 2.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The meeting was headed by Mgr Ettore BALESTRERO, Under-Secretary for Relations with</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">States, and by Mr Danny AYALON, M.K., Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The negotiations took place in a thoughtful and constructive atmosphere. The Commission</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">took notice that significant progress was made towards the conclusion of the Agreement.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The Commission further acknowledged the exemplary service of Their Excellencies Abp</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">Antonio FRANCO and Ambassador Mordechay LEWY on the occasion of their retirement.</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The Parties have agreed on future steps and to hold the next Plenary meeting on 6th</p> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">December 2012 at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> <p><b>Given below are extracts from an interview given to Vatican Radio by Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, under secretary for Relations with States, concerning the conclusion of the plenary meeting of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel.</b></p> <p>Question: Over recent days there have been persistent rumours in some circles that the Agreement, which has been in preparation for thirteen years, would finally be signed. Yet it was not signed. What has happened?</p> <p>Answer: Nothing in particular. It is true that in some circles there was talk of signing the Agreement, but that was not in fact scheduled. As I have said before, progress has been made, but questions still remain to be resolved.</p> <p>Q: There has been concern among Palestinians that, by signing this Agreement, the Holy See would indirectly recognise Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem and other territory occupied in the war of 1967.</p> <p>A: The Agreement in question concerns the life, activity and tax status of the Catholic Church in Israel. It does not enter into territorial disputes. There will be no mention of East Jerusalem or of anywhere in the West Bank.</p> <p>Q: But there has been talk of a draft agreement in which certain places in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are mentioned.</p> <p>A: Since the beginning of the negotiations we have worked on a plan for a Comprehensive Agreement which also included the so-called ‘Schedule One’; that is, a list of individual properties belonging to the Holy See and to certain institutions of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land which, over the years, have been subjected to onerous provisions by Israel. And it is true that some of those properties are in East Jerusalem or in areas occupied in 1967. The aim was to resolve concrete problems. However, for some time now, it has been decided that the Agreement to be signed will only deal with certain properties which are not in East Jerusalem or the West Bank. Therefore it is incorrect to say that, by this Agreement, the Holy See would be violating the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war. The confusion and concern were due to the undue use of a working instrument, which has long since been superseded and which, in any case, is still being elaborated.</p> <p>Q: Has the position of the Holy See on East Jerusalem changed?</p> <p>A: The Holy See’s position has not changed. It was affirmed in the ‘Basic Agreement’ between the Holy See and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), it has been reiterated on various occasions, and will be mentioned again in the ‘Global Agreement’ with the PLO, currently being prepared.</p> <p>Q: A final question. It has been written that this Agreement which the Holy See is preparing with Israel will damage agreements that France, Italy and other countries have with Israel.</p> <p>A: That is untrue, The Agreement concerns the Holy See and the State of Israel, and has no effect on agreements Israel has made with other States. The validity of those agreements depends first and foremost on the will of the parities involved and not on the existence of an agreement those parties have with a third party, in this case the Holy See. This is, moreover, a commonly accepted principle of international law.</p> </div> <p>Read article here - </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/holy-see-israel-make-significant-progress-no-chang" title="Holy See, Israel make "significant progress": No change to position on East Jerusalem">Holy See, Israel make "significant progress": No change to position on East Jerusalem</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/holy-see-israel-make-significant-progress-no-change-to-position-on-east-jerusalem/#more-16700" title="Permalink to Holy See, Israel make "significant progress": No change to position on East Jerusalem" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16699 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-vatican tag-vatican-radio post clearfix" id="post-16699"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/vatican-radio-new-communications-strategies/" title="Permalink to Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies" rel="bookmark">Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="95"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p><img align="left" alt="" hspace="5" src="http://media01.vatiradio.va/imm/1_0_595927.JPG" /> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> Announcing Vatican Radio’s intention to reduce its Short and Medium Wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July 1</p> <p><sup>st</sup> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">, the Director General, Fr Federico Lombardi, today spoke of what he called, “A new chapter in the history of Vatican Radio” as it evolves “from Short Waves to new communications strategies”.</p> <p><b>Here is the full text of his comments.</b></p> <p>“After celebrating its 80<sup>th</sup> birthday last year, Vatican Radio is ready to open a new chapter in its history by committing its message of service to the Gospel and the Church to new communication technologies.</p> <p>Vatican Radio’s 40 different language programmes can currently be received via satellite and the internet, and are rebroadcast by around a thousand local radio stations on FM or Medium Wave in over 80 countries around the world.</p> <p>They are also available live on five web channels, on demand and in podcast, from Vatican Radio’s website at www.vaticanradio.va</p> <p>Written reports and texts on the website represent 40 languages in 13 different alphabets and provide a wealth of information. Daily RSS feeds and newsletters are sent to subscribers in a variety of languages, including Chinese, Hindi and Tamil, aside from European languages.</p> <p>Close collaboration between Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television Centre has led to the development of on-line video services and an innovative instrument called the “Vatican Player”, which offers sound and images of Papal events, live and on demand, texts and written reports related to those events, and a permanent link to the Pope’s Agenda of public activities. The Vatican Player allows websites all over the world to receive and redistribute images, sound and text concerning the Pope and the Holy See, on a regular basis.</p> <p>The 24-hour “Vatican Radio Live” channel has a strong audience on FM in the Rome area and on DAB and DAB+ in most of Italy, and encourages ongoing dialogue between life and culture in Italy and the Catholic Church in the country.</p> <p>Webcasting and satellite transmissions, along with rebroadcasting by local, regional and national radio stations, guarantee the widest possible outreach to Vatican Radio’s programming and services. Which is why Vatican Radio believes the time has come to reduce its reliance on traditional technologies, like Short and Medium Wave broadcasts, and to develop its resources in new directions. </p> <p>On July 1<sup>st</sup>, Short and Medium Wave broadcasts from Vatican Radio’s Santa Maria di Galeria Transmission Centre, to most of Europe and the Americas, will be suspended. These areas of the world are already well served by Vatican Radio’s local rebroadcasting partners and by widespread internet access to its services and language programming.</p> <p>The reduction of Short and Medium Wave broadcasts to these areas accounts for about 50% of the Centre’s transmission time and will allow Vatican Radio to restructure the Centre according to more innovative technological criteria. Short Wave broadcasts will be further reduced over the next few years – but not at the expense of those poor, needy and suffering parts of the world (like Africa, the Middle East and Asia) which have no alternative means of receiving news of the Church and the voice of the Pope. </p> <p>Over the next few days, Vatican Radio’s language programmes will be informing their listeners of these changes, indicating alternative ways by which traditional Short and Medium Wave users can listen and benefit from Vatican Radio’s services. </p> <p>Vatican Radio’s international Short and Medium Wave broadcasts have made a priceless contribution to the history of the Church, especially in 20<sup>th</sup> century Europe where they were a source of strength and encouragement for nations oppressed by war and totalitarian regimes. As this unique service is gradually phased out, making way for new communications technologies, it is important to thank those who dedicated their hearts and minds to it for so long – and for the good of so many. </p> </div> <p>More here - </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/vatican-radio-new-communications-strategies" title="Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies">Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/vatican-radio-new-communications-strategies/#more-16699" title="Permalink to Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16698 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-congregation tag-president post clearfix" id="post-16698"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/communique-concerning-doctrinal-assessment-of-lcwr/" title="Permalink to COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR" rel="bookmark">COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="27"> <figure><img src="http://media01.vatiradio.va/imm/1_0_595643.JPG" /></figure> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">Vatican City, 12 June 2012 (VIS) – Given below is the text of an English-language statement released by the director of the Holy See Press Office concerning a meeting held at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith about the doctrinal Assessment of the LCWR.</p> <p>“Today the superiors of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith met with the president and executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in the United States of America. Archbishop Peter J. Sartain of Seattle, the Holy See’s delegate for the doctrinal assessment of the LCWR, also participated in the meeting.</p> <p>“The meeting provided the opportunity for the Congregation and the LCWR officers to discuss the issues and concerns raised by the doctrinal assessment in an atmosphere of openness and cordiality.</p> <p>“According to Canon Law, a conference of major superiors such as the LCWR is constituted by and remains under the supreme direction of the Holy See in order to promote common efforts among the individual member institutes and cooperation with the Holy See and the local conference of bishops (cf. Code of Canon Law, canons 708-709). The purpose of the doctrinal assessment is to assist the LCWR in this important mission by promoting a vision of ecclesial communion founded on faith in Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Church as faithfully taught through the ages under the guidance of the Magisterium.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img alt="" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6657042621577447711-7633940032247919041?l=visnews-en.blogspot.com" width="1" /></div> </div> <p>More here: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/communique-concerning-doctrinal-assessment-of-lcwr" title="COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR">COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/communique-concerning-doctrinal-assessment-of-lcwr/#more-16698" title="Permalink to COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16697 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-christ tag-eucharist post clearfix" id="post-16697"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/holy-land-pilgrims-come-to-ireland-for-iec/" title="Permalink to Holy Land pilgrims come to Ireland for IEC" rel="bookmark">Holy Land pilgrims come to Ireland for IEC</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="56"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p><img align="left" alt="" hspace="5" src="http://media01.vatiradio.va/imm/1_0_595805.JPG" /> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> “We are really delighted to be in Ireland, as representatives of the Holy Land.”</p> <p>Bishop William Shomali, an auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, is leading a group of pilgrims from the Holy Land who have come Ireland to take part in the International Eucharistic Congress. “Our group comes from Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and also from the diaspora in the USA . . . So we really represent the Holy Land in its different rites, liturgies. We have Maronites, Greek Catholics, Latins, even some Arab Greek Orthodox.”</p> <p>The pilgrims from the Holy Land, said Bishop Shomali, came for many reasons: “first of all, to represent the Holy Land.” The Holy Land welcomes many pilgrims each year, and Bishop Shomali said he saw that the Irish, too, are happy to receive the thousands of people who have journeyed to Ireland to attend the Congress. </p> <p>He said his group also wanted to show their solidarity with the Church in Ireland, which, in recent years has seen a decline in religious practice. “We came [in] solidarity, really to pray with this suffering Church, in order to overcome its crisis.” </p> <p>Finally, said Bishop Shomali, “We came to deepen our faith in the Eucharist, the Eucharist as presence, as donation, as sacrifice of Christ and of the Church, Eucharist as communion with Christ and with each other.” Although the pilgrims to Dublin are a witness of faith in and love of the Holy Eucharist, they have also come to learn: “So really we feel we have to learn here, not only to be witnesses of something… but we want to learn more about how to live the Eucharist on a daily basis.”</p> <p>Listen to the complete interview with Bishop William Shomali: <u><a href="#" class="playerlink" data-player="mediaplayer-1"><img border="0" src="http://www.radiovaticana.org/img_common/mp3_icon.gif" /></a> </u> </p> </div> <p>Taken from: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/holy-land-pilgrims-come-to-ireland-for-iec" title="Holy Land pilgrims come to Ireland for IEC">Holy Land pilgrims come to Ireland for IEC</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/holy-land-pilgrims-come-to-ireland-for-iec/#more-16697" title="Permalink to Holy Land pilgrims come to Ireland for IEC" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16696 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-vatican-news tag-church tag-father post clearfix" id="post-16696"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/pope-reject-a-culture-where-truth-does-not-matter/" title="Permalink to Pope: Reject a culture where truth does not matter" rel="bookmark">Pope: Reject a culture where truth does not matter</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="txt" webReader="70"> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> <p> 2012-06-12 Vatican Radio</p> <p><img align="left" alt="" hspace="5" src="http://media01.vatiradio.va/imm/1_0_595768.JPG" /> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> Pope Benedict XVI on Monday night met with the people of his Diocese in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint John Lateran. The annual ecclesial conference of the Diocese of Rome is discussing the Sacrament of Baptism in the Church </p> <p>“Renouncing the glamour of Satan in today’s age means rejecting a culture where truth does not matter,” the Pope said, referring to a part of the Baptismal Rite.</p> <p>The Holy Father began his remarks by reflecting on the fact the Baptismal formula is “in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,” as opposed to “on the behalf of.”</p> <p>He said with Baptism, we are now in the life of the Trinity: “uniquely united to God, with a new life that belongs to God, we are immersed in God Himself.”</p> <p>This being true, the Pope said this means God is not some distant reality, but “we are in God, and God is in us.”</p> <p>He said we also must keep in mind that this relationship begins with God. </p> <p>“Yes, my decision is necessary, but ultimately, it is an act of God within me,” he explained. “I do not decide to become a Christian. I am … chosen by God, and by saying “yes” to this action of God, I become a Christian.”</p> <p>In the Baptismal Rite, the catechuman must reject Satan and all his works. Pope Benedict said this means rejecting a “culture that does not seek goodness, whose morality is only a mask, which covers confusion and destruction…that seeks only material wealth and denies God”</p> <p>He said the decision of Baptism lasts for the all our lives, with its rejection of evil, even if it means sacrifices. </p> <p>The Pope then pointed out that becoming a Christian is not just saying ‘no’, but also saying ‘yes’ to the truths about Christ expressed in the Creed.</p> <p>Because of this, Christians are “in communion with the truth.”</p> <p>“We are grateful to God who gave us this gift [of Baptism], and our challenge is to live out our post-baptismal renunciations and affirmations and always live in the great cause of God, and so live well,” he concluded.</p> <p><b>Listen: </b><b><u><a href="#" class="playerlink" data-player="mediaplayer-1"><img border="0" src="http://www.radiovaticana.org/img_common/mp3_icon.gif" /></a> </u></b><b> <br /></b></p> </div> <p>Source: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-reject-a-culture-where-truth-does-not-matter" title="Pope: Reject a culture where truth does not matter">Pope: Reject a culture where truth does not matter</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/pope-reject-a-culture-where-truth-does-not-matter/#more-16696" title="Permalink to Pope: Reject a culture where truth does not matter" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16761 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-brian-barbara-lilley category-sun-news tag-photo tag-student-protests post clearfix" id="post-16761"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/pictures-of-the-montreal-student-protests-are-worth-a-few-thousand-words/" title="Permalink to Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words" rel="bookmark">Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="post-53101 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-montreal tag-quebec tag-student-protests tag-tuition" id="post-53101" webReader="53.7079407806"> <h1 id="post_title">Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words</h1> <p><small class="author"><br /> <img alt="" src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/31552827/?size=24x24&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&resize_bigger=1&quality=90&clip=1&clip_gravity=center" class="avatar avatar-24 photo" height="24" width="24" /><a href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/author/brian-lilley/" title="Posts by Brian Lilley" rel="author">Brian Lilley</a> – June 11th, 2012 </small> <div class="entry" webReader="38.6034755134"> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px" webReader="8"><a title="Montreal protesters June 10 Hitler salute" href="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/1/b/8/0/9/1b809cd451688e34c528ebe6cff780dc.jpg?stmp=1339450554"><img class=" " src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/32370669/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90" alt="Montreal protesters June 10 Hitler salute" width="500" height="333" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">“We’re not radicals!” Student “protesters” showing their commie red squares and Nazi salutes are still protesting tuition increases. AFP PHOTO / STEEVE DUGUAY</p> </div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px" webReader="8"><a title="Montreal protestors jun 10 2012" href="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/1/0/5/7/2/10572b7e5a10820fca47f42830bcfdb8.jpg?stmp=1339450646"><img src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/32370671/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90" alt="Montreal protestors jun 10 2012" width="500" height="345" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">Nothing says I’m upset about tuition rate increases quite like putting a garbage can through an office window. AFP PHOTO / STEEVE DUGUAY</p> </div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px" webReader="7"><a title="Montreal protesters June 10 Hitler salute 2" href="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/e/2/3/3/c/e233cd5dea5420aee2442f87db0ce2db.jpg?stmp=1339450961"><img class=" " src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/32370688/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90" alt="Montreal protesters June 10 Hitler salute 2" width="500" height="333" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">More Nazi salutes from the little radicals. AFP PHOTO/STEEVE DUGUAY</p> </div> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px" webReader="9"><a title="Student protests Montreal JUne 11 2012" href="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/c/f/8/7/b/cf87b04fb7c99a8bbbad19c1fcf31959.jpg?stmp=1339451135"><img src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/id/32370703/?size=500x500&site=blogs&authtoken=3ef318efc0d861959b4b4c43bdd7f1d6&quality=90" alt="Student protests Montreal JUne 11 2012" width="500" height="375" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text">This guy in a hammer and sickle t-shirt is out protesting International Economic Forum of the Americas. I’m sure he’s telling the cops all about the wonders of free tuition and collective farms.AFP PHOTO/ROGERIO BARBOSA</p> </div> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " url="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/general/pictures-of-the-montreal-student-protests-are-worth-a-few-thousand-words/" title="Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div> <p>Tags: <a href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/tag/montreal/" rel="tag">Montreal</a>, <a href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/tag/quebec/" rel="tag">Quebec</a>, <a href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/tag/student-protests/" rel="tag">student protests</a>, <a href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/tag/tuition/" rel="tag">tuition</a></p> </div> </div> <p>More: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/general/pictures-of-the-montreal-student-protests-are-worth-a-few-thousand-words/" title="Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words">Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/pictures-of-the-montreal-student-protests-are-worth-a-few-thousand-words/#more-16761" title="Permalink to Pictures of the Montreal “student protests” are worth a few thousand words" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-16556 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-canon-law-varia-2 category-cc-bishops category-cc-laity category-cc-men category-cc-priests category-deacons-cc-priests category-life-2 category-media-2 category-missions-varia category-youth category-prayer-2 category-toronto-dioceses category-varia category-vatican-1 category-world-2 tag-media tag-world post clearfix" id="post-16556"> <h2 class="title"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/canadians-at-prayer-in-dublin/" title="Permalink to Canadians At Prayer in Dublin" rel="bookmark">Canadians At Prayer in Dublin</a></h2> <div class="postmeta-primary"> <span class="meta_date">Monday, June 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p> <div class="post-body entry-content" webReader="140.510148108"><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897486916846290"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-umDpY4R2jwQ/T9ZlyMDqgtI/AAAAAAAACdI/zqBZilDi_O0/s288/2.jpg" border="0" width="281" height="187" style="margin:5px"/></a></center> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The first full day at the 50th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) brought pilgrims from around the world together for prayer and reflection. However, the day started with special country wide delegate gatherings based on language in churches throughout Ireland and designated prayer spaces at the RDS Congress Centre. </p> <p>English speaking Canadians were assigned a large hall at the RDS, with 1,000 seats out to accommodate pilgrims in attendance. As the only early morning Mass at the Congress site, pilgrims from some other english speaking countries also descended on the location so to put it simply, the place was packed. As an aside, you can tell you’ve exceeded attendance expectations when priests are looking nervous as communion is distributed and hosts are broken in half, then thirds, then eighths…</p> <p>It was great to see about 20 bishops concelebrating and at least 100 priests present as well. Canadians are well represented at the Congress, the largest delegation beyond the local Irish church. </p> <p><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897536630040562"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V1L2FsOsLOU/T9Zl1FQNp_I/AAAAAAAACdQ/SBJcMbfkgsM/s288/11.jpg" border="0" width="163" height="281" style="margin:5px"/></a></center><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897582853188386"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fVtYAYDPkOg/T9Zl3xcq6yI/AAAAAAAACdY/ZP6JPCsmSDo/s288/8.jpg" border="0" width="281" height="188" style="margin:5px"/></a></center> <p>National Delegate for the IEC, Archbishop Albert LeGatt of St. Boniface, Manitoba was the main celebrant for today’s celebration on the feast of St. Barnabas. He spoke of the conflict between Barnabas and Paul in their day, how jealously at times can get in the way of our relationships and how, ultimately, even in those difficult moments, God is at work. His Grace also pointed out that finding God in one another, especially during a long and at times challenging pilgrimage is so important. As the Archbishop remarked, “You may like almost everyone on this pilgrimage, but there will be someone who gets under your skin, who annoys you. God is calling you to love that person even more intentionally during these special days in Ireland.”</p> <p>Kudos also to Marilyn Calderone, one of the Archdiocesan team members and resident cantor, who pulled together music ministry on about 36 hours notice for the celebration. A wonderful example of talents and gifts coming together to enhance our liturgical experience!</p> <p><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897636916414354"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hF7HuQA0GPk/T9Zl662WR5I/AAAAAAAACdg/x5O0TkY3G5g/s288/7.jpg" border="0" width="281" height="179" style="margin:5px"/></a></center><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897695921839778"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9DtN1X0d-p8/T9Zl-WqVnqI/AAAAAAAACdo/gdOcYaIDg6I/s288/6.jpg" border="0" width="281" height="188" style="margin:5px"/></a></center> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">The overall theme for Monday is “Exploring & Celebrating Our Communion Through Baptism”. Afternoon speakers included catechesis from Brother Alois Loser, current Prior (leader) of the Taize community in France. Brother Alois spoke frequently of the Taize founder, Brother Roger, who was murdered in 2005 during a prayer service by a mentally ill woman. He spoke of the Taize community itself being a “parable of community” that wishes to be a sign of reconciliation between divided Christians and separated peoples. In his own gentle and comforting way, Brother Alois connected the dots and spoke of the communion shared in our common baptism.</p> <p>The afternoon witness was provided in Italian by Dr. Maria Voce, present leader of the Worldwide Focolare Movement. Dr. Voce shared her own journey, leaving a career in canon law and civil law to devote her energies entirely to the Focolare movement since 1963. She also spoke of the many Ecumenical relationships developed along the way. Succeeding foundress Chiara Lubich in 2008, Dr. Voce is now based full time in Rome and also serves as a consulter at the Pontifical Council for the Laity.</p> <p><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897743179688162"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rkOjkdw_MiA/T9ZmBGtfKOI/AAAAAAAACdw/J_gCWEftJGA/s288/9.jpg" border="0" width="187" height="281" style="margin:5px"/></a></center> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">In addition to the plenary sessions, the congress offers numerous workshops throughout the day on a variety of topics. Today’s talks included discussions unpacking documents from Vatican II – The Church in the Modern World, Vatican II and Ecumenism Today and The Liturgical Reform of Vatican Council II to name just a few.</p> <p>Some of the most memorable moments also come in between sessions, meeting with pilgrims from our own community and those we’re connecting with for the first time. Highlights today included meeting a young Irish couple who met at World Youth Day in Toronto, now with six small children in tow, wanting to be part of the Canadian Mass at the ICE to recall those special days in Toronto ten years ago.</p> <p>I also had the chance to take a bus ride back from the congress centre alongside a nun who was 98 years young. Joyful, hopeful and prayerful, we engaged in a 20 minute conversation about life, the world’s challenges, the role of faith and how she was still as happy as she’s ever been, thanks to her faith in God. </p> <p>She also had the unique perspective of sharing some of her own personal reflections from the last time the International Eucharistic Congress was held in Dublin, back in 1932. Quite the experience. A special blessing to have shared time with Sr. Margaret today.</p> <p>The pilgrimage has already showered us with many blessings (no actual rain yet) and today brought home a real sense of both the Canadian and global church in our encounters with friends from near and far.</p> <p><center><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/116800667931835913298/ArchdioceseOfTorontoBlog02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKarfTxqvCBag#5752897789541227538"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WJM3n-w5QRQ/T9ZmDza8HBI/AAAAAAAACd4/UB4mBqHlNps/s288/10.jpg" border="0" width="187" height="281" style="margin:5px"/></a></center> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled">Emanuel Pires from our office is also capturing the experience through photos (see above). You can catch more of his work by visiting the Archdiocese of Toronto </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/archtoronto">Facebook page</a> <p style="display: inline;" class="webReader-styled"> – he’s got some great shots. Thanks also to Denise Torres back in Toronto who’s working hard to archive the pics and keep readers and viewers involved in a “virtual pilgrimage” of sorts.</p> <p>Today’s theme spoke of baptism and communion. We often associate those sacraments with small children. Well today, we relived some of the joyful excitement that comes with new experiences. Whether it was 1,000 strong singing O Canada in Dublin, writing down that “wow” moment from a speaker or connecting with a complete stranger, you couldn’t help but smile, give thanks and remember that with God’s love, the possibilities are endless…<br/></p> <p class="blogpress_location">Location:<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dublin&z=10">Dublin</a></p> </div> <p>Source: </p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://archdioceseoftoronto.blogspot.com/2012/06/canadians-at-prayer-in-dublin.html" title="Canadians At Prayer in Dublin">Canadians At Prayer in Dublin</a></p> </div> <div class="readmore-wrap"> <a class="readmore" href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/canadians-at-prayer-in-dublin/#more-16556" title="Permalink to Canadians At Prayer in Dublin" rel="bookmark">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navigation clearfix"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://www.catholicanada.com/2012/06/11/page/2/" ><span>«</span> Older posts</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="primary-sidebar-wrap" class="span-7"> <div class="sidebar-primary"> <ul class="widget-wrap"><li id="text-11" class="widget widget_text"> <div class="textwidget"></div> </li></ul><ul class="widget-wrap"><li id="categories-2" class="widget widget_categories"><h3 class="widgettitle">What did I miss ???</h3><select name='cat' id='cat' class='postform' > <option value='-1'>Select Category</option> <option class="level-0" value="43">CC BISHOPS</option> <option class="level-1" value="12355">   ARCHBISHOPS</option> <option class="level-2" value="11594">      Abp P-A Durocher</option> <option class="level-2" value="47">      Abp Prendergast</option> <option class="level-2" value="11593">      Abp Richard Smith</option> <option class="level-1" value="12354">   BISHOPS</option> <option class="level-2" value="12152">      Bp Gary Gordon</option> <option class="level-2" value="48">      Bp Thomas Dowd</option> <option class="level-2" value="45">      Other Bishops</option> <option class="level-1" value="46">   Évêques</option> <option class="level-1" value="44">   The C.C.C.B.</option> <option class="level-0" value="13128">CC CHOICE VIDEOS</option> <option class="level-0" value="54">CC DIOCESES</option> <option class="level-1" value="11755">   Ang. 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