Tag Archives: can. 915

UK: Legal path set to deny charitable status to Church which exclude anyone from Communion, sacraments

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tales of the Bizarre.
This is from LifeNews:
UK Catholics might lose charitable status for not offering communion to everyone
BY HILARY WHITE
LONDON, November 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative Party MP has accused the government’s Charity Commission of attempting to suppress Christianity … Continue reading →

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A canonist explains something about can. 915 & can. 916

Posted on 31 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, is back at it after his synodal  sojourn in Rome.
A recent offering:
Catholics, Communion, and Controversies
by Dr. Edward Peters
Controversies over participation in holy Communion by Catholics publicly at odds with Church teaching cannot be usefully … Continue reading →

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VP Biden’s last ditch effort to fool Catholics. Revolting.

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From LifeNews:
Pro-Abortion Biden Claims He’s a “Practicing Catholic” In New Ad
by Steven Ertelt
In a last-ditch effort to get Catholic voters to support pro-abortion President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, who also backs abortion, has released a new web ad. In … Continue reading →

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VP Biden: Planned Parenthood “under law cannot perform any abortions”.

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I subscribe to the plan of voting for the most conservative candidate who has a real chance to win. The candidate might not be perfect, but, as the young papist Tom Peters put it today, imperfect is better than evil.
Evil … Continue reading →

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Caroline Kennedy… can. 915

Posted on 7 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is what Caroline Kennedy said during her address to the Democrats Convention:
KENNEDY: His commitment to women is about even more than economic rights. It’s about health care, reproductive rights and our ability to make our own decisions about ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Pelosi… can. 915… Pelosi… can. 915… Pelosi… can. 915…

Posted on 5 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNSNEWS:
Pelosi: GOP ‘May Have a Religious View About Abortion — but Birth Control?’
By Eric Scheiner
(CNSNews.com)- At a breakfast rally for the California Democratic Party earlier this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she understood the religious views … Continue reading →

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Washington state: Bishop warned by state over defense of marriage campaign

Posted on 31 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A while back I posted: Are we witnessing the establishment of a “state religion”?
From the site of CNBC:
Washington state Catholic bishop warned over anti-gay marriage campaign
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Washington state regulators have warned a Roman Catholic bishop that his … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Does kneeling for Communion show a “spirit of disobedience”?

Posted on 30 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Our new pastor recently published a letter in the bulletin [I've cut that out in order to "anonymize" this.] in which he uses the GIRM [General Instruction on the Roman Missal] to argue that those who genuflect before … Continue reading →

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Nancy Pelosi, Doctrix of the Church, on St. Ted Kennedy’s heavenly intercession for Obamatax

Posted on 29 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Former Speaker of the House and Arm-Chair Doctrix of the Church Nancy Pelosi, if she weren’t so harmful to our nation would be hilarious.
From CNSNews:
Pelosi on Obamacare: I Knew Ted Kennedy ‘Would Go to Heaven and Help Us Pass the … Continue reading →

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“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra! Sebelius and JFK at Georgetown!

Posted on 18 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you remember Archbp. Charles Chaput’s great talk in Texas about then candidate John F. Kennedy’s infamous speech in which he sold out his Catholic identity for the sake of life in the public square? Do you remember that then-candidate … Continue reading →

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