All that is needed now is for the Congregation’s commission of cardinals and bishops to give their approval, in a meeting which should take place in the next few weeks.
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It is still early to talk about dates for the canonization, but the speed at which the examination of the miracle process is proceeding, means it could be celebrated on Sunday 20 October, just two days ahead of the feast day of the Blessed John Paul II, on 22 October.
Chicago's Archbishop Francis Cardinal George refused communion to gay activist Joe Murray, who wore a rainbow sash during George's appearance at the 25th anniversary of the Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach Sunday, June 16.Finally, a clergyman with some stones!
About 25 LGBTs and allies protested outside of AGLO's Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 708 W. Belmont. They could be heard shouting outside during Mass, and cars honking in support were also a frequent sound heard during the service.
The protest was organized by the Rainbow Sash Movement and the Gay Liberation Network. Murray is the founder and executive director of the U.S. Rainbow Sash Movement. While several others took rainbow sashes from Murray ahead of Mass, no one else protested inside.
Murray stood up with his back to Cardinal George during parts of the Mass, and then he went up with the estimated 200 others in attendance to receive communion. George refused him, and Murray walked away with his hands open and empty, showing the congregants that he had been denied.
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"It was the individuals who witnessed the Cardinal not giving me communion that were really stunned," Murray said. "They reached and grabbed me as I returned to my pew after being judged by the Cardinal to be a sinner not worthy of any compassion, and told me of their support. I could hear the horns blowing supporting the outside demonstration, could hear the chanting of my brothers and sisters in the GLN outside of the church, and that also gave me courage
A man in Clyde, N.Y., is facing charges of endangering the welfare of a child after he locked four kids in a closet for vandalizing his father-in-law’s home. Jeff Daniels said he corralled the kids — ages 8 to 10 — in the closet while he waited for police to arrive. He estimates the children did $50,000 worth of damage to the house’s walls, cupboards and cabinets using hammers and paint.
Daniels told 13WHAM it was 9 p.m. on a Saturday when his wife told him she heard noises coming from her father’s home next door. He told her to call 911 while he went over to check it out. Inside, he found four children destroying the house.
“So I grab the one hammer and the other three [boys] got hammers, now I don't know what to do here, I said you guys put that stuff down, what are you doing? Now they're startled because now they're caught,” Daniels said. "I was fortunate that they were in that room that had a closet, so I put them in the closet. I said listen you guys are staying here until the police come, period.”
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On Monday police returned to Daniels’ home to arrest him on four counts of child endangerment. Children of the parents pressured authorities to make the arrest, claiming Daniels grabbed one child by the neck and threatened others with the hammer.
Voice of the Voiceless (VoV) is excited to announce the First Annual Ex-Gay Pride Month in July 2013! If you or your organization is interested in partnering to help sponsor our Ex-Gay Pride Awareness Day on the Washington, DC National Mall and Evening Dinner/Reception, please contact Co-Founder and Acting Director, Christopher Doyle at cdoyle@voiceofthevoiceless.info.
For several years now we have been bombarded with the notion of death with dignity. This used to mean dying surrounded by family, under proper medical care, with attention to pain relief. Dignity will now be used to bludgeon us into conformity when it comes to society’s view of who ‘needs’ help to hasten dying. Of course, it will begin with individuals who think they are the final authority on their own lives but sooner than later, it will be others who will decide “need”, “value” and “suffering”.
Abortion on demand also baptized the Canadian culture and conscience as Christianity was being replaced by secularism. It has led to unpunished infanticide. All this while everybody was looking but no one could see. At what cost will euthanasia change our culture? Who will remember the days when dignity was understood differently? Will Canada be able to turn back from the lies of safe, legal and rare?
When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ.
But although all the angels are doubtless most happy, and wonderfully resplendent with the glory of every divine gift, yet those are called
"Seraphim" who burn with the flames of love:
the others "Cherubim" who shine with the splendour of knowledge:
those are named " Thrones" who enjoy an inexpressible tranquillity in the divine contemplation:
those "Dominations" who rule this lower world, as the ministers of a mighty commander:
others "Powers," because they do signs and wonders by the command of their Almighty Lord:
others "Principalities," because they have power over the kings and princes of the world:
some again are named "Archangels," because they assist the prelates of the Church:
and many, in fine, are called " Angels," since they are the guardians and protectors of all that live upon the earth.
--St. Robert Bellarmine, The Eternal Happiness of the Saints
In an interview June 5 from Toronto, less than a week before her arrest, Gibbons said she felt compelled to uphold God's law when it comes to protecting the life of unborn children.
"If God's law is not upheld, we cannot just go along to get along." For us to do nothing is "rank disrespect" for God's law.
"If it's going to cost us, we have to take a stand," she said. "It is costing us; our society is bankrupt because of abortion."
S. now says that Baby S. is the best thing that ever happened to her. “She is more than my best friend, more than the love of my life,” S. told me, glowingly. There were white spit-up stains on her green top. “She is just my whole world.”
When I told Foster S.’s story, she wasn’t surprised that S. ended up bonding with her baby. “That would be consistent with our study,” Foster said. “About 5 percent of the women, after they have had the baby, still wish they hadn’t. And the rest of them adjust.”
