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Vatican stories of 2003

Raleigh Diocesan paper editor fired. Apparently for an interview he ran in the paper:

A profile of Margaret Starbird, one of the most prominent proponents of the theory that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. She’s been writing about this for years, but… Things changed in the spring when “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown hit the best-seller lists. It claimed Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, and…

Appointed Msgr. Lawrence E. Brandt, chancellor of the Curia of the diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania and pastor of St. Hedwig Parish, as bishop of Greensburg (area 8,632, population 680,152, Catholics 188,301, priests 212, religious 410), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in 1939 in Charleston, West Virginia and was ordained a priest in 1969. He succeeds…

From the UK Tablet It is difficult now for most Catholic readers – let alone secular ones – to comprehend how central Catholicism was to the English novel written by authors born just before the First World War, who published their major works around the time of the Second. Greene, Waugh and Spark declared their…

A Zenit story about the controversy over a purported interfaith space at Fatima: According to the letter, the rector has been inundated by correspondence due to this “sensationalist news.” The rector clarifies: “God willing, a religious space, will begin to be constructed very shortly, and though it is the presumption of some journalists that it…

An interesting article from the NYTimes It’s been a tough year for Catholicism, so Aaron Neville’s active devotion to the church is welcome news. Nuns and priests attend his feel-good concerts, where free rope rosary bracelets are handed out by the thousands. Rock ‘n’ roll has deep roots in the culture of the mostly Protestant…

Jim Wallis of Sojourners had a Sunday op-ed in the NYTimes on putting God back into politics God is always personal, but never private. The Democrats are wrong to restrict religion to the private sphere — just as the Republicans are wrong to define it solely in terms of individual moral choices and sexual ethics.…

Here’s some of the great deal of ink spilled or bytes broadcast about Howard Dean’s profession of faith. On the eve of the Christmas holidays, Dean went public with thoughts about God — he believes in Him. While the Lord is probably relieved that the Episcopalian turned Congregationalist-almost-a-Unitarian believes in Him, Dean’s pandering had more…

A football player’s cap proves a windfall for a Catholic bookstore in Cincinnati The NFL told the Bengals Kitna was in violation of a rule requiring all merchandise worn by players or other team personnel to be approved and licensed by the football league. The cross cap was not a licensed item. The news hit…
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