Church Digs Mel Gibson's $5 Million

Religion News ^ | Feb 13th, 2006

[Skooz]

"the Second World War killed tens of millions of people," he said. "Some of them were Jews in concentration camps. Many people lost their lives."

Only in the addled, diseased minds of anti-Catholic bigots is this a controversial statement.

[laney]

Totally Agree with you!

[laney]

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[edgrimly78]

St. Michael’s and its clerical leader, like the Holy Family Church in Malibu, are not recognized by the archdiocese

One of the papers warned about using cameras; another described how one could get communion; and the third explained that women had to have their heads covered at all times when inside the chapel.

wasn’t on the premises very long before a young man driving a new black Chrysler 300 sedan pulled up and told me I was on private property

Can sombody say "Branch Davidian"?

[x5452]

Me too.

[laney]

This is the area where Mel is building img src=http://www.ridesaroundla.com/Rides/ANGELESC.gif>

[NYer]

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[x5452]

(I suspect rejecting any council would make one a heretic.)

[NYer]

A question to my Catholic friends: What is Rome's position regarding those who reject Vatican II?

They are considered to be in schism.

[Salvation]

I can't speak for Rome -- but you might do some research on some schimatic groups and see where Rome puts them.

[Salvation]

This church is not recognized by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Does that anwer your question?

[Aquinasfan]

and did not agree with Vatican rulings of 1965 that, among other things, absolved Jews of Christ’s death.

Ugh. The Church has never taught that the Jews were collectively responsible for Christ's death.

[Aquinasfan]

A question to my Catholic friends: What is Rome's position regarding those who reject Vatican II?

They would no longer be Catholic, and would be outside the Church's jurisdiction. If they claimed to be Catholic, they would fall under the Church's disciplinary jurisdiction. That is, they would be in a state of mortal sin, but with repentance and the reception of the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession), they would return to full communion.

[Skooz]

I'm not Catholic, so I don't have a clue.

[right-wingin_It]

A guy is donating money to build a chapel for a private community...so what.

This story is written by Roger Friedman, FoxNews. I don't understand what the bid deal is though. Why the bias from Friedman, right down to griping about how little tax revenue it would generate? It's a church, should it be paying more than other churches do in taxes?? Sure, it's newsworthy that Mel is building it, but why wouldn't a chapel being built for a private community, be PRIVATE?!

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Wow. This author is trying soooooooooooooo hard to take Mel down with every little insignificant tidbit he thinks he can find.

Who cares if he's built his own private Catholic-Vatican I style church!!!!! The author makes it sound like they're doing human sacrifices in there. Sheeeeesssh!!!! Leave the poor guy alone. And to the author, stop making Mel responsible for his dad’s denials about the holocaust.

[Jaded]

Anybody who is remotely orthodox is different from Mahoney.

[Jaded]

And Protestants do this all the time. Just last week there was an associate pastor from a remarkably large Southern Baptist church in Houston who is not starting his own church.