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The Visit in the UK was a Success
Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a personal letter of thanks to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in England and Wales. In the letter he describes his visit to the United Kingdom last month as "fruitful" and "such a success". According to the Pope the visit afforded "unprecedented opportunities to build new relationships and to strengthen existing ones, including with representatives of other religions."
Too Complicated?
UK
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien of Edinburgh and St. Andrews has told The Irish Post that he believes the anti-Catholic portion of the Act of Settlement must be repealed. The Act forbids a Catholic to accede to the British throne. It also stipulates that anyone in line to the throne who marries a Catholic forfeits their claim to the monarchy. “I’m told it’s too complicated to dismantle the legislation” – the Cardinal said. “But” – he added – “it seems to me when other complicated issues of legislation need to be looked at — such as changes to the House of Lords — then it can be done quite comfortably and easily.”
Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer
Iran
A study has been conducted by Iranian university researchers and published in Medical Oncology. It has found that women who have had an abortion face a 193% greater chance of breast cancer. The study is the fifth in the last 18 months to link abortion with an increased risk of breast cancer.
Married Greek-Catholic Clergy in North America?
USA
Archbishop of Detroit and Archbishop of Toronto said during the Middle East Synod, that they would not object if the Eastern Catholic churches chose to ordain married men in North America. So far the Eastern Catholic churches have adhered to an agreement not to ordain married men in North America, in order to avoid conflicts with their Roman Catholic neighbors. The two North American prelates claimed that married Greek-Catholic clergy would not cause such conflicts today. They reported however that the Eastern churches were divided on the advisability of ordaining married men in America.
Bishops Fooled with a Courtesy Meeting
Philippines
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have reiterated that they will not waver in their opposition to an aggressive national family-planning initiative. The bishops declared this after having met with President Benigno Aquino. Informed sources said that the bishops came away from their meeting with Aquino convinced that the president had no intentions of negotiating on the issue, but met with them simply as a courtesy.
The Visit in the UK was a Success
Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a personal letter of thanks to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in England and Wales. In the letter he describes his visit to the United Kingdom last month as "fruitful" and "such a success". According to the Pope the visit afforded "unprecedented opportunities to build new relationships and to strengthen existing ones, including with representatives of other religions."
Too Complicated?
UK
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien of Edinburgh and St. Andrews has told The Irish Post that he believes the anti-Catholic portion of the Act of Settlement must be repealed. The Act forbids a Catholic to accede to the British throne. It also stipulates that anyone in line to the throne who marries a Catholic forfeits their claim to the monarchy. “I’m told it’s too complicated to dismantle the legislation” – the Cardinal said. “But” – he added – “it seems to me when other complicated issues of legislation need to be looked at — such as changes to the House of Lords — then it can be done quite comfortably and easily.”
Link Between Abortion and Breast Cancer
Iran
A study has been conducted by Iranian university researchers and published in Medical Oncology. It has found that women who have had an abortion face a 193% greater chance of breast cancer. The study is the fifth in the last 18 months to link abortion with an increased risk of breast cancer.
Married Greek-Catholic Clergy in North America?
USA
Archbishop of Detroit and Archbishop of Toronto said during the Middle East Synod, that they would not object if the Eastern Catholic churches chose to ordain married men in North America. So far the Eastern Catholic churches have adhered to an agreement not to ordain married men in North America, in order to avoid conflicts with their Roman Catholic neighbors. The two North American prelates claimed that married Greek-Catholic clergy would not cause such conflicts today. They reported however that the Eastern churches were divided on the advisability of ordaining married men in America.
Bishops Fooled with a Courtesy Meeting
Philippines
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have reiterated that they will not waver in their opposition to an aggressive national family-planning initiative. The bishops declared this after having met with President Benigno Aquino. Informed sources said that the bishops came away from their meeting with Aquino convinced that the president had no intentions of negotiating on the issue, but met with them simply as a courtesy.
As a byzantine catholic I can say that yes, it has been imposed on our Churches in the US, but practically all denominarions are now ordaining married people. It depends personally on bishop's views and level of dependency on the superiors in Rome. Still, as a married priest I can say that married priesthood isn't a solution to anything. If anyone states that Roman Church will have more vocations …More
As a byzantine catholic I can say that yes, it has been imposed on our Churches in the US, but practically all denominarions are now ordaining married people. It depends personally on bishop's views and level of dependency on the superiors in Rome. Still, as a married priest I can say that married priesthood isn't a solution to anything. If anyone states that Roman Church will have more vocations if they allow married people to be ordained, they are wrong. If anything, they will probably have less.
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So far the Eastern Catholic churches have adhered to an agreement not to ordain married men in North America, in order to avoid conflicts with their Roman Catholic neighbors.
This is coming (very very slowly) to the Latin Church and to a certain extent it's already here with married Protestant miniters who convert and become Catholic priests.
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So far the Eastern Catholic churches have adhered to an agreement not to ordain married men in North America, in order to avoid conflicts with their Roman Catholic neighbors.
This is coming (very very slowly) to the Latin Church and to a certain extent it's already here with married Protestant miniters who convert and become Catholic priests.
This is coming (very very slowly) to the Latin Church and to a certain extent it's already here with married Protestant miniters who convert and become Catholic priests.