Tag Archives: D. Kansas City-St. Joseph

The Catholic League supports Bp. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Posted on 21 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Catholic League:
BISHOP FINN DESERVES BETTER
October 21, 2011
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the controversy over Kansas City-St. Joseph Bishop Robert Finn:
The Catholic League will have a lot to say about Bishop Finn and his accusers over the … Continue reading →

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Op-Ed in Kansas City Star about Bp. Finn

Posted on 19 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The ultra-liberal Kansas City Star in KC, MO has been gunnin’ for Bishop Robert Finn since he arrived.  Now that some chum is in the water, they and their chums have been biting.
Therefore, I was surprised and pleased to see … Continue reading →

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About Bp. Finn in Kansas City – St. Joseph

Posted on 15 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was sorry to read that His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City – St. Joseph is facing an indictment for the misdemeanor of not reporting to police a suspicion that one of the priests of that … Continue reading →

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A Lutheran’s view on “the harm SNAP does by mounting little less than an anti-Catholic smear campaign”

Posted on 13 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the site of First Things there is a good article about SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) by Russell E. Saltzman, mission development pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Gothenburg, Nebraska.
Saltzman writes with my emphases:
I no longer believe the … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: What to say if confessing to a bishop, cardinal, pope?

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
If you were confessing to a Bishop or a Cardinal or even the Holy
Father would you say “Bless me Bishop” or “Bless me your Eminence” etc
etc?
Sure.  You could do it that way.  If would be proper.  But you … Continue reading →

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The left-wing jihad against Bp. Robert Finn examined

Posted on 6 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some of the most vicious attacks I have ever seen on a Catholic bishop from the catholic and the secular left, have been launched at His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
Lately, the Kansas … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles (D. KC)

Posted on 10 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have written before about the wonderful Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. They were invited to the diocese by His Excellency Robert Finn, the ordinary of the region.
The sisters are building … Continue reading →

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D. Kansas City-St. Joseph: press release about controversies

Posted on 9 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The secular press in Kansas City, MO and the ultra-liberal, doctrine-dissenting, KC-based National catholic Reporter have been busy trying to tear the guts out of the diocese and Most Rev. Robert Finn, bishop, but not yet martyr.
From the site of … Continue reading →

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Support Bishop Finn: proposal for prayers, penance against the attacks of Hell.

Posted on 29 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Again, in regard to the dust up in the Diocese of Kansas City -St. Joseph, over at SERVIAM there is a very good proposal, couched in the no-nonsense language we like around here at WDTPRS.

In Support of Bishop Finn
by RJS … Continue reading →

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FOLLOW UP: The storm building in the D. of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Posted on 29 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I wonder if we have gotten to a point in the wealthy West where the erosion of culture and mores is so advanced that the notion of fatherhood is simply an option.  In vast swathes of society fathers … Continue reading →

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