Catholic Standard Update (January 10, 2019)

It has been a very long time, since I did a review of the Catholic Standard, the bi-weekly English newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington.  I have been wanted to do this for a while, but things get in the way.

So, here is my review of the January 10th edition:

• There is a name change to the Cardinal's Appeal.  I was correct that there would be a name change and partially right about the name.   It is now known as the Annual Appeal of the Archdiocese of Washington.   
• Regarding the Annual Appeal, according to the story on Page 3, we must remember that it is not about a particular person or institution.  Yet, for the past umpteen years, we had either Cardinals McCarrick or Wuerl gracing almost every photo in relation to the appeal.  (Note: Don't give.)
• There are no photos of Cardinal Wuerl.
• Cardinal Wuerl is mentioned as the principal celebrant of the Pro-Life Mass.  This of course changed in a few days before.  
• The Financial Report for FY2017-2018 is presented.  I wanted to point out two things that I noticed.    
• The pension fund is underfunded by $27million. 
• The Archdiocese spends $6million on Catholic Education, but an additional $26million on Catholic Educational Organizations.
• Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School gets $5.9million from the Archdiocese.  This explains why the Standard seems to give a great deal of press coverage to this school.  In addition, I did not remember hearing anything when the school was being set up, that the Archdiocese would be contributing to it.

 

Does Cardinal Wuerl think he can fool us? Does he really think that we are that stupid?

Here is Cardinal Wuerl's letter to priests of the Archdiocese of Washington.  

Does he really think that the priests in the Archdiocese are that stupid?  Does he think that this letter would not get out to the faithful?

Does Chieko Noguchi, Director of Media Relations for the Archdiocese of Washington really think that we are buying this? 

Oh, and I have learned that the Cardinal's Appeal will not be called that this year.  It will be called either the "Annual Appeal" or "Archdiocese Annual Appeal." 

A Catholic priest who once earned the ire of former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will retain his post as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives after members of Congress, with Democrats now holding a majority of seats, voted January 3 to keep Fr. Patrick J. Conroy SJ as chaplain for the next two years as the 116th session began.


In an undated YouTube video interview that appeared in 2015, Conroy declared that Catholic doctrine regarding homosexuality is a "dead end." Suggesting that Catholic teaching is antiquated, he said, “Now, we have theology on all this stuff and the answer is ‘gays can never engage in this and can never be married.’" He said, "But that’s a theology that goes back centuries before there was any understanding of human psychology, human individuality, human sexuality and all those kinds of understandings of the human psychosis, and the human person that weren’t as complete prior to these kinds of advances in understanding.”

With catholyc theologian Nancy Pelosi at the helm, what else do you expect?  I don't think that Hyattsville will do anything about it, they are hoping to sweep Cardinal Wuerl's lie under the rug.

For the complete story, go to LifeSite News. 

"Wuerl Knew!" or "How will the Catholic Standard Spin This?"

Like I have been telling Melvin, his spouse and anyone else that would listen to me:  Cardinal Wuerl is lying when he says that he knew nothing about Cardinal McCarrick.

Well, it seems that he knew as early as 2004 about McCarrick.

Seems the spin is because he knew nothing about he payout, he is still in the clear.  

Time to stop the lies and time to come clean!

National Migration Week - Questions to Ask?

We are in the middle of the USCCB National Migration Week.   

Now, I did not realize it, until the Archdiocese of Washington advertised it the other day.

So I have a couple of questions:

• How much money does the Archdiocese of Washington takes in directly, via the Federal, State an Local government contracts, to help take care of illegal aliens?
• How much money does the Archdiocese of Washington takes in indirectly, via the Federal, State and Local government contracts to help take care of illegal aliens?
• How much money do the various diocese around the country take in via contracts (Federal, State and Local Levels)?

 I do not have an answer for it, but I know many diocese keep this sort of stuff hidden.  Why?  Because they would prefer that most do not know that they are supporting an illegal activity, and it allows them to "proselytize" indirectly.

Does anyone know how much they spend on supporting illegal aliens?

PS: Did you notice that the USCCB no longer puts their communications materials on their site, like they use to?  They want you to sign-up, so that they know exactly who is using their materials.

Another Reason Why the Pope Must Resign!

December 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Professor Marie-Jo Thiel, a new member of the revamped Pontifical Academy for Life, recently said that the Church's teaching on sexuality and family should be thoroughly reconsidered. She pointed to Pope Francis’s exhortation Amoris Laetitia as having given Catholics more freedom.

The Church’s teachings on sexuality have been a “complete failure,” she said. Thiel rejects the Church’s teaching that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered and can never be approved. She also firmly rejects the Church’s ban on contraception.

Professor Thiel made her comments at an event at the Catholic Academy in Freiburg, Germany, according to Katholisch.de, the German bishops’ news website. She was speaking in her capacity as the President of the European Society of Catholic Theology. Thiel is a French medical doctor and theologian and currently teaches theology at the University of Strasbourg, France.

For the full article, go to LifeSiteNews.