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Posted on 04/13/2007 6:54:57 AM PDT by Frank Sheed
Two years into his reign, Pope Benedict XVI is finally poised to make a major mark on American Catholicism with a string of key bishop appointments and important decisions about the future of U.S. seminaries and bishops' involvement in politics.
Benedict's election on April 19, 2005, shook liberals and comforted conservatives who expected a doctrinal hard-liner. So far, they have found an easier hand - and someone who has not made the United States much of a priority.
When Benedict has gained attention, it has mostly been on the world stage, focusing on the re-Christianization of Europe, Islam and mending relations with Orthodox Christians. He also has stressed universal themes of faith and reason.
``The last two years have been much quieter years as far as the papacy is concerned because you have a very different personality'' than John Paul II, said Monsignor Robert Wister, chairman of the church history department at Seton Hall University's School of Theology.
``Many Americans were surprised - some happily, some disappointed - that he did not turn into the pit bull of dogma. He is taking a very pastoral approach, and I think people resonate very positively with that.''
Yet America's turn may be coming. At the top of the list is a looming generational shift among the nation's bishops, whose decisions at the local level greatly affect Catholics in the pews and can carry national weight. For instance, church leaders recently closed parishes in Boston and New York, while the St. Louis archbishop has clashed with a heavily Polish parish over control of its assets.
Key appointments are expected in New York, Baltimore and Detroit, where cardinals have reached retirement age - 75. And retirements or appointments are likely in at least seven other archdioceses...
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
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LOL!
The funny thing is that a lot (most) of the questions can apply to the area I grew up in, and the rest of them apply to Vegas.
Funny how that works! I ate “soul food” before it was called that.
I could have answered it so I’d come out better, but I really don’t run my a/c 12 months a year just like I don’t need a jacket at 65 degrees. Doesn’t make me a Yankee so much as someone who lives somewhere else.
I don’t run my A/C 12 months a year, either, but I knew people who did when I was in Del Rio. Some of the questions didn’t apply at all, and I thought of answering them, anyway. But...
LOL!
I do have a favorite deer recipe...
I won’t eat deer...period. No one has yet cooked it to where I couldn’t tell it was wild. And I grew up with deer hunters.
LOL. Once upon a time my brother and I were invited to spend the weekend with some friends. They told us that we would be going to church on Sunday. No problem! I took along a nice black dress and heels. I had forgotten until I saw them dressed up that their church required women wear "head coverings"
The only thing I had was a half finished tatted doily I was making. A couple of snips and a few bobby pins later and I was "church compliant". But my brother never let me forget that I once went to church with a small table cloth on my head....
(The difference between a doily and a table cloth was lost on him.)
That’s FUNNY!
I have a brother like that. In fact, I have two brothers like that! Still!
Mine was in the hospital last weekend scaring us all to death. The doctors were muttering ominous words like dengue fever, malaria and TB. Nope! Just garden variety pneumonia. Not that recovery from that will be any fun but better then what they thought at first.
Made me remember how much my sibling means to me.
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We lost one brother to pancreatic cancer about 15 years ago, so it’s just the two of them left. I think they are still including him in their “fun.”
*snort*
Ok... how can you be “Sultry” and “Nerdy” at the same time?
I often wear a scarf for church, due to my unfortunate hair issues, but the lace-curtain look is the Thing in the Traditional Latin Mass community. We usually have the dining room curtains tucked up on the rods anyway, to keep Vlad from pulling them down.
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You’ve been hiding some of your qualities from your Undead FRiends, obviously ...
Er...*blush*...yes.
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