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Thomas Peters @AmericanPapist 42m 42 minutes ago More Thomas Peters Retweeted Jason Calvi #ResignWatch Thomas Peters added, Jason Calvi @JasonCalvi NEW: Cardinal Wuerl will not attend this year’s Red Mass, which is a Mass calling down the Holy Spirit on the Sunday before the new #SCOTUS term opens. #CatholicTwitter… 1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes Reply 1 Retweet 1 Like 5 Direct message

Archbishop Donald Wuerl talks with Chief Justice John Roberts after the Red Mass Washington D.C., Oct 5, 2009 / 10:40 am (CNA).- One day before the opening of the Supreme Court's next term, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at the 56th Annual "Red Mass," celebrated yesterday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington D.C. The Mass was attended by six Supreme Court justices.The Mass is an initiative of the John Carroll Society, a group of Catholic legal professionals, and has been held at the cathedral since...

Fronting the pews at this morning's Red Mass in DC's St Matthew's Cathedral: the nation's First Catholic -- Vice-President Joe Biden -- joined by six Supreme Court Justices, including the bench's Chief John Roberts and newest member Sonia Sotomayor, both likewise of the fold. While the fulltext has yet to emerge, the wire's running a snip from the day's visiting preacher: The specialized, formal knowledge of the law "frequently becomes semi-mechanical, even distancing," [Cardinal Daniel] DiNardo [of Galveston-Houston] told the congregation. "The law and lawyers are around because justice among human beings will always be an issue." "Even sophisticated,...

Washington DC, Oct. 02, 2006 (CNA) - Four Supreme Court justices attended the annual Red Mass, which is traditionally held each autumn to mark the beginning of the court’s new term and draws members of the legal community, Presidential Cabinet members, and occasionaly the President himself. Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington presided at yesterday’s Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, where the Red Mass has been held since 1952. Four of the five Catholic Supreme Court justices — Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas — attended, reported The Associated Press. Justice Samuel...

Clad in black robes, judges of all stripes paraded through a downtown Atlanta church Thursday to receive a blessing of peace and justice. Federal bankruptcy magistrates strode alongside Superior Court judges at the annual "Red Mass" ceremony, an ancient service that dates to the Middle Ages. The service was billed as an interfaith celebration, and afterward the Catholic hosts gave awards to a Jewish judge and Protestant attorney for their work. But the ceremony was not without a heavy political undertone. judges to re-examine the death penalty and called for a ban on embryonic stem cell research. Of abortion, he...

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The February edition of the Jewish bimonthly magazine, Moment, carries an excerpt from a book by Abigail Pogrebin, Stars of David; the book details conversations Pogrebin had with 62 famous Jews.  The excerpt features Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of Pogrebin's subjects.  What Ginsburg had to say about Christianity was noted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue:"In the January 30 edition of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Abigail Pogrebin was asked which Jewish persons have left a 'profound impression' on her.  She answered, 'I will never forget Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying,...

WASHINGTON — President Bush returned from Camp David Sunday to attend Red Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. The mass is held each year on the Sunday before the Supreme Court session begins. Bush and first lady Laura Bush were joined by newly confirmed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and several of the other justices in the centuries-old Roman Catholic prayer session held for justices, judges and government officials of all faiths. At the Red Mass, named after the vestments worn by the priests, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the principal celebrant, delivered a homily wishing wisdom and greater civility...

On the eve of the Supreme Court's new term, President Bush on Sunday attended a traditional worship service for the legal community while offering no clues about whether he had settled on a candidate to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.White House chief of staff Andy Card said the president was mulling his second nomination to the high court. The president is "still considering lots of options," he told reporters at the White House just after Bush returned from Camp David.Legal experts who are in touch with administration officials about the selection process say the president is most likely to...

DENVER, December 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This November, the controversy over pro-abortion Catholic politicians has ended the association of the Catholic Lawyer's Guild with the Denver Archdiocese. Every year, various branches of a Catholic lawyer's association around the world gather to celebrate their profession with the Red Mass, a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages. In most dioceses, the bishop or his delegate celebrates the Red Mass and the Guild gives an award to a Catholic politician. This year, the Denver group has invited pro-abortion Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, who won a Senate seat in the in...