"`When members of the same family cannot sit down and eat together, the family is in trouble," said Austrian psychologist Martha Heizer.
An American nun, Sister Christine Schenk from FutureChurch, noted that parishes in the United States are being affected by the shortage of priests. Along with allowing non-celibate men into the priesthood, she suggested women deacons. "There are a lot of available and willing women out there," she said at a news conference Tuesday.
It sounds (and smells) like the smoke (and occasional flame) of satan is still trying to blow across the Tiber...
Cor Jesu sacratissimum, miserere nobis! (Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!)
Dignare me laudare te, Virgo Sacrate. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos! (Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O Sacred Virgin. Give me strength against thine enemies!)
Gaude, Maria Virgo, cunctas haereses sola interemisti in universo mundo! (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, thou alone hast put down all heresies in the whole world!)
Sancte Joseph, Protector sanctae Ecclesiae, ora pro nobis! (St. Joseph, Protector of Holy Church, pray for us!)
Popes St. Pius IX, and Blessed Pius IX, pray for us!