Tag Archives: beatification

America Magazine wants dumbed-down path to canonization

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Jesuit run America Magazine comes this with my emphases and comments.
The Universal Call
The Editors | SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Ever since the Second Vatican Council spoke of the “universal call to holiness,” there has been a move to recognize more … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The Drill, The future and our choices, Throwing a Nutty | Tagged America Magazine, beatification, canonization, Congregation for Causes of Saints, Jesuits | 39 Comments

Dr. Peters on can. 915 and “catholics” who cause scandal and yet receive Communion

Posted on 28 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Canonical Defender, Ed Peters, has comments on can. 915, a very important canon which has in the opinion of many been little observed.
Go to Dr. Peters page for his bit about Robert Mugabe’s reception of Communion at the Mass … Continue reading →

Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged beatification, can. 915, can.916, Card. Napier, excommunication, Holy Communion, interdict, public figures, Robert Mugabe, scandal | 22 Comments

The Martyrs of Lübeck: 3 priests beatified and a Lutheran minister honored

Posted on 25 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA:
Three priest-martyrs of Nazis beatified in Germany
Hamburg, Germany, Jun 25, 2011 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three Catholic martyrs executed under the Nazi regime were beatified in Germany today, June 25. The event was also noteworthy for its rememberance … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Martyrs, Saints: Stories & Symbols | Tagged beatification, Eduard Müller, Hermann Lange, Johannes Prassek, Karl Friedrich Stellbrink, martyrdom, Martyrs of Lübeck | 22 Comments

“Pope Attacks Pathologies of Faith and Reason!” – ANALYSIS

Posted on 9 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of the American Spectator my friend the great Samuel Gregg, of Acton Institute, has a piece about Pope Benedict which I bring to your attention with my emphases and comments.
Benedict XVI: In No One’s Shadow
By Samuel Gregg … Continue reading →

Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Acton Institute, American Spectator, beatification, Benedict XVI, Bl. John Paul II, liturgical worship, mystery, Samuel Gregg | 8 Comments

Hans Kung on the Beatification: making irony redundant

Posted on 2 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The NCFishwrap’s editor is advertising a hit piece in The Irish Times: Hans Kung’s reaction to the Beatification of Bl. John Paul II
A sample with my emphases:
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In an interview last weekend with German daily the Frankfurter Rundschau , Küng says … Continue reading →

Posted in Throwing a Nutty | Tagged beatification, Bl. John Paul II, Fr. Hans Kung, Liberation theology | 30 Comments

Benedict XVI’s sermon for the beatification: “turning back with the strength of a titan – a strength which came to him from God – a tide which appeared irreversible”

Posted on 1 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Holy Father’s sermon for the beatification of Bl. John Paul II.
Benedict XVI does not do many beatifications. He has delegated them to others, for the sake of underscoring that a beatification is not an infallible act.
We join the Pope … Continue reading →

Posted in The Drill | Tagged beatification, Benedict XVI, Bl. John Paul II | 23 Comments

Is there no connection between personal holiness and vocation performance?

Posted on 30 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some time ago, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Causes of Saints said that the beatification of Pope John Paul II was not a judgment about his pontificate.
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, has some Q&A with … Continue reading →

Posted in I'm just askin'... | Tagged Archb. Nichols, beatification, John Paul II | 72 Comments

John Paul II – priesthood

Posted on 30 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I owe this to His Hermeneuticalness and John Paul II.
Full disclosure.
I was ordained by John Paul II:
One of the themes of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate was his insistence on the necessity of the priesthood and his personal and … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA | Tagged beatification, Fr. Tim Finigan, John Paul II, priesthood | 17 Comments

Fr. Z in WaPo on John Paul II’s beatification

Posted on 29 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have a piece in the Washington Post today at their invitation. The typo, rather omission, in the second paragraph (as it appears in the online version as I write) is good for my humility.
Many argue that John Paul II … Continue reading →