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  • The papacy 1,000 years ago

    06/22/2009 7:28:34 PM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 227 replies · 2,337+ views
    National Catholic Reporter ^ | June 22, 2009 | Richard McBrien
    History is the great debunker of pre-conceived ideas that are rooted in ideology and false piety rather than in reality. Without a grasp of history, and of the history of the papacy in particular, many Catholics are led to believe that the papacy must always have been as they have known it, and most popes have been just like the popes of the 20th and 21st centuries: Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI. The pontificates of a thousand years ago, however, were very different from any that we have...
  • Vatican confirms that Pelosi will have audience with the Pope [The Rest of the Story]

    02/17/2009 9:09:38 AM PST · by Antoninus · 42 replies · 1,004+ views
    The press office made clear that the Pope will meet with Pelosi in his capacity as a head of state since the Speaker of the House is the third in line to lead the U.S., should the president and vice president be unable to do so. The idea of providing Pelosi with a photo-op has disturbed a significant number of U.S. Catholics and pro-life activists... Over this past weekend pro-life activists and bloggers launched verbal salvos against the Vatican because they believe that the Holy See plans to present Nancy Pelosi with an award. This is definitely not true, the...
  • Who Were the "Great" Popes – and Why? [Ecumenical]

    10/15/2008 2:11:12 PM PDT · by Salvation · 23 replies · 601+ views
    CatholicAnswers.com ^ | not given | Fr. William Saunders
    Who Were the "Great" Popes – and Why?By Fr. William SaundersSince the death of our beloved Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005, many have been hailing him as "John Paul the Great." Three Popes have had "the Great" appended to their names: Pope St. Leo I (reigned 440–61), Pope St. Gregory I (590–604), and Pope St. Nicholas I (858–67). But the Church has never officially pronounced these Popes as "great"; rather, they have been identified as great both by popular acclamation at the time of their deaths and by history itself. Shield of GodPope St. Leo the Great...
  • How the Renaissance Papacy contributed to the Reformation

    08/01/2008 10:40:24 AM PDT · by Alex Murphy · 19 replies · 206+ views
    Brother André Marie’s Theology Weblog ^ | September 6th, 2007 | Brother André Marie
    The Catholic historian, A. Dufourcq, called the papacy of 1447 to 1527, la papauté princière, “the papacy of princes.”[1] This trenchant appellation conveys Fr. Maurice Sheehan’s meaning when he says “these popes were more men of culture or rulers than popes.”[2] Regardless of the scandalous particulars of their military extravagances, personal profligacy, or political intrigues, what is common to these popes is that “they had other interests, other things on their minds besides being pope.”[3] Therein lies the problem. In explaining how the Renaissance Papacy was a cause of the Reformation, we should not fall into a monism, as if...
  • Why do Catholics Have a Pope? (A Protestant explains the papacy) [Ecumenical]

    05/20/2008 10:10:12 AM PDT · by NYer · 66 replies · 120+ views
    Crosswalk ^ | Sarah Jennings
    Pope: From the Greek word papas, a term of endearment meaning "papa" or "daddy." With the recent, historic visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S., many Christians may be wondering what exactly Catholics believe about the robed figure with the German accent and his line of predecessors. Why do Catholics have a Pope? Do Catholics worship him? Is his authority political, spiritual, or is he just a figurehead?While I had a basic understanding of the Catholic papacy before his visit, I didn't fully grasp it. So, in an effort to better understand this central figure in Christendom and...
  • Movie About "Pope Joan" Set for Release

    05/16/2008 10:00:41 AM PDT · by NYer · 35 replies · 133+ views
    CMR ^ | May 16, 2008 | matthew archbold
    The armies of female ordination have just taken over Hollywood and are now set to march onto the Vatican. Coming soon to a movie theater near you is a "historical drama" about "Pope Joan." Shooting is set to begin in August, for a planned 2009 release, says Yahoo. You've heard of Pope Joan, right? Pope Joan is the name of a female pope (also La Papessa) who supposedly reigned for less than three years in the 850s, based on a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages. Pope Joan is regarded by most modern historians and religious scholars as fictitious,...
  • The last charge (Knights Templar are back...)

    03/19/2008 8:30:19 AM PDT · by Renfield · 36 replies · 852+ views
    The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 3-19-08 | Patrick Barkham
    Almost 700 years after the Pope burned their leader at the stake, the Knights Templar are back. Or are they? Patrick Barkham tries to find out why the long-vanished order of Crusaders might suddenly be advertising in the press.... ~~~snip~~~ Apart from the odd misplaced apostrophe and various arcane references to "annulling the bull", the advert gravely announced that the Knights Templar would petition the Pope to "restore the Order with the duties, rights and privileges appropriate to the 21st century and beyond". It called on all Templar groups and "brothers in arms" around the world to get in touch,...
  • Catholic Tide Is Turning: Interview With Author David Hartl

    10/25/2007 8:43:48 AM PDT · by NYer · 5 replies · 227+ views
    Zenit ^ | October 24, 2007
    COLUMBUS, Ohio, OCT. 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Young people want something built on a solid foundation after seeing how the culture of death is destroying society, said author David Hartline. Hartline is the author of the recent book "The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism," published by Catholic Report. In this interview with ZENIT, Hartline considers some of the changing trends in the Church that have come about through courageous Catholic leaders, seen especially in Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Q: What motivated you to write "The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism"? Hartline: While working for the Church, I began...
  • THE PRIMACY OF THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER IN THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH

    08/21/2007 5:01:42 PM PDT · by NYer · 175 replies · 1,487+ views
    EWTN ^ | November 1998 | Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger & Bishop Tarcisio Bertone
    1. At this moment in the Church's life, the question of the primacy of Peter and of his Successors has exceptional importance as well as ecumenical significance. John Paul II has frequently spoken of this, particularly in the Encyclical Ut unum sint, in which he extended an invitation especially to pastors and theologians to "find a way of exercising the primacy which, while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, is nonetheless open to a new situation".1In answer to the Holy Father's invitation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to study the matter...
  • Slouching Toward Suicide

    11/13/2006 7:54:41 AM PST · by libertylovinactivist · 35 replies · 1,318+ views
    Front Page Magazine ^ | 11/13/06 | Joseph D'Hippolito
    In Europe and the United States, Catholic authorities have encouraged the transformation of Catholic schools and churches into Muslim schools and mosques. One order of friars is helping Italian Muslims build a mosque right next to its monastery. In Belgium, meanwhile, the Catholic bishops let illegal Muslim immigrants live and worship in churches to force the government to grant amnesty.
  • Analysis: Pope's `jihad' remarks a sign

    09/15/2006 2:33:34 PM PDT · by Southside_Chicago_Republican · 79 replies · 2,027+ views
    AP via Yahoo ^ | September 15, 2006 | Brian Murphy
    Pope Benedict XVI's comments on religious radicalism are another sign of his intention to bring his voice into one of the world's most critical showdowns: Islam's internal struggles between moderates and extremists. The remarks — tucked into an address at a German university where he formerly taught theology — were interpreted by many experts in interfaith relations as a signal that the Vatican is staking a new and more demanding stance for its dealings with the Muslim world. Benedict, they say, appears to increasingly view the West's confrontation with radical Islam as a fateful moment in history that demands the...
  • Papal Primacy (A surprisingly non-polemical Orthodox discussion of the Roman primacy)

    05/08/2006 8:39:16 PM PDT · by pravknight · 25 replies · 419+ views
    The decision to study the primacy of the bishop of Rome in the universal Church of Christ indicates that the Orthodox;Roman Catholic consultation is moving towards the centre of the issues that have separated our respective communions. In this process, our deliberations must take seriously into account the theological statements of the bilateral dialogues between Roman Catholics and Anglicans, Lutherans and others. It must also take into consideration the reflection of Roman Catholic theologians who are seeking to reform; but not to reject ‑ the primacy of the Roman church.[1] Orthodox‑Roman theological reflection of the primacy of the Roman church...
  • The Papacy: Its Historic Origin and Primitive Relations with the Eastern Churches

    04/08/2006 5:48:32 AM PDT · by pravknight · 12 replies · 298+ views
    The Papacy ^ | Abbe Guettee
    Of the authority of the bishops of Rome during the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries. We have already seen that the œumenical councils of Constantinople and Chalcedon had given to the Bishop of Constantinople the second place in the Catholic episcopacy, and that St. Leo, Bishop of Rome, had opposed this law, as changing the hierarchal order established at the first Œcumenical Council of Nicea. We may believe that St. Leo was indeed only moved to this opposition by his respect for the canons. But his successors, probably, had another motive. They feared lest the Bishop of Constantinople should soon...
  • Byzantium and the Roman Primacy

    04/07/2006 2:11:53 PM PDT · by pravknight · 140+ views
    CatholicCulture.org ^ | Fr. Francis Dvornik
    The most important and the most controversial point in all endeavors for rapprochement of other Churches with the Roman Catholic Church is undoubtedly the question of the Roman Primacy in Christianity. The denial of this prerogative to the Bishop of Rome by the Orthodox is, perhaps, the only serious obstacle on the way to reunion of the Eastern Churches with the Roman Church. The many polemic writings issued in the East and in the West from the eleventh century, denying or defending the primary position of the Roman Bishop, have, so far, failed to produce the desired effect on either...
  • Modern Aftermath of the Crusades (islam and the west)

    03/11/2006 5:41:28 PM PST · by Dark Skies · 73 replies · 1,609+ views
    Aina.org ^ | 3/12/2006 | Staff
    WASHINGTON -- The Crusades may be causing more devastation today than they ever did in the three centuries when most of them were fought, according to one expert. Robert Spencer, author of "Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)" (Regnery), claims that the damage is not in terms of lives lost and property destroyed but is a more subtle destruction. Spencer shared with ZENIT how false ideas about the Crusades are being used by extremists to foment hostility to the West today. Q: The Crusades are often portrayed as a militarily offensive venture. Were they? Spencer: No. Pope Urban...
  • THE "SIRI THESIS" UNRAVELS

    02/22/2006 11:51:34 AM PST · by Youngstown · 23 replies · 865+ views
    Inside The Vatican ^ | February, 2006 | Editor
    The "Siri Thesis" Unravels - by Inside the Vatican staff In our confusing times, many otherwise faithful traditional Catholics have denounced and broken with "conciliar Rome," including the "conciliar Popes." But that has not ended the confusion... "It has been very well observed that there is no such thing as an impartial historian. Every man who sets out to trace the development of life, whether in politics, religion, or art, is bound to do so with some theory in his mind... The historian, or the theologian, who is most nearly impartial is not he who has no view, but he...
  • Why John Paul II Didn't Resign - To Avoid a "Dangerous Precedent," Says Cardinal

    01/27/2006 5:00:16 PM PST · by NYer · 11 replies · 481+ views
    Zenit News Agency ^ | January 27, 2006
    VATICAN CITY, JAN. 27, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Pope John Paul II contemplated the possibility of resigning but decided against it for fear of creating a "dangerous precedent for his successors." So revealed his longtime private secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, to Cardinal Julián Herranz, president of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, on Dec. 17, 2004. Cardinal Herranz has now revealed the contents of that conversation in a book entitled "Nei Dintorni de Gerico. Ricordi degli Anni con San Josemaria & con Giovanni Paolo II" (In the Surroundings of Jericho: Memories of the Years with Saint Josemaría and John...
  • Protestants and the Pope

    12/28/2005 9:56:34 AM PST · by topcat54 · 114 replies · 1,824+ views
    Westminster Seminary California ^ | July/August 2005 | W. Robert Godfrey
    The death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI have drawn great attention to the papacy in recent months. Such intense interest is remarkable. Much of it relates to the personality and accomplishments of John Paul II. He was a man of great courage and contributed significantly to the collapse of communism in eastern Europe. Part of the interest also results from the powerful images that Rome can offer television cameras. Some of the greatest art and architecture of western civilization serve as a backdrop for elaborate rituals performed by gloriously clad clerics. Part of...
  • The Importance of the Hierarchy in the Church

    11/11/2005 10:36:30 PM PST · by Coleus · 4 replies · 786+ views
    Catholic Culture ^ | June 2005 | Thomas Hurley
    The Importance of the Hierarchy in the ChurchIn a diocese neighboring the one in which I live there was a recent controversy when the archbishop insisted that one parish regularize its canonical status by submitting to him authority over its finances, authority previously held by a lay board. The parish refused, and ultimately the archbishop removed its priest. What was most interesting and disturbing about the situation was not the problem with the status of the parish in itself, but the fact that many Catholics in the area sincerely could not understand why this "detail" mattered, and why the archbishop...
  • John Paul's last words revealed

    09/18/2005 1:43:03 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 48 replies · 1,648+ views
    BBC News ^ | September 18, 2005
    Pope John Paul II's last words before his death were "let me go to the house of the Father", according to documents released by the Vatican.His words were spoken in his native Polish to aides hours before he died last April. They are preserved in a new 220-page volume which chronicles the last two months of the late pontiff's life. It is the first time the Vatican has published such a detailed account of any pope's final moments. Parkinson'sCorrespondents say the report is an unprecedented move, as the death of a pope has always been surrounded by secrecy. The book...