Update on the John Paul II Center.

Over two years ago, I wrote about the John Paul Center.  To be honest, I was highly critical of this purchase and still am.

Here is an update from Catholic News Service.

To be honest, I am not certain how much different this is, than the original intent. 

Catholic News Service -- Misrepresntation Again!

I don't really know what the USCCB is doing with the Catholic News Service. We have a lot of shoddy journalism over there and when the facts are pointed out, nothing seems to be done.

Today, we have another story entitled: First Latina confirmed to serve on Supreme Court.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court, after the Senate confirmed her appointment Aug. 6 by a 68-31 vote. Sotomayor, 55, will be the sixth Catholic on the nine-member court, the most ever at one time. She was scheduled to be sworn in Aug. 8. A New York native and daughter of Puerto Ricans who struggled to be sure their two children were well-educated, Sotomayor is President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. She will take the place of Justice David Souter, who retired at the end of the term in June. Shortly after the vote, Obama said he was "filled with pride and great confidence" in Sotomayor and that her confirmation made not only a great day for the judge and her family, but "a great day for America." He said the addition to the court of a justice with Sotomayor's temperament, intellect and history will help assure that the saying "equal justice under the law" is "not just a phrase over the door of the courtroom, but what happens inside" the court as well.

Is she really a Catholic or is she just a Catholic in name only?

Do you really think that she is not pro-abortion? If he was pro-life, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, etc. would have been all over her like white on rice.

Please, let's begin to clean house over at CNS.

The Pope to Celebrate his 81st Birthday in Washington DC!

The Catholic News Service has reported that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington DC and New York in April 2008.

According to the article, the Pope will arrive on April 15th and receive an official welcome at the White House on the 16th. (He will celebrate his 81st birthday on that day. Imagine everyone singing "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to him.) The next day, he will celebrate Mass at the new National's ballpark.

On April 18th, he will arrive in NYC to speak at the UN. The next day, he will celebrate Mass at St. Patrick's and on the 20th, visit Ground Zero and say Mass at Yankee Stadium.

I remember when Pope John Paul II came to NYC on his first trip to the US as Pope. It was an exciting time -- Mass at Yankee Stadium, the drive down Broadway in the "Popemobile", and prayers at St. Patrick's in the morning. Everyone, with the exception of the separation of church-state movement and the athiests, were so excited.

But, I wonder how many pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, anti-family politicians will attempt to show how "Catholic" they are, such as Sen. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Mikulski. I wonder how many will attempt to receive Holy Communion and how many priests will refuse them. (You know the answer to that one.)