tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post9055395433575272396..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: A Holy Balloon BurstsKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-53637352553240192242014-08-25T11:45:07.701-04:002014-08-25T11:45:07.701-04:00@annenigma
Thanks very much for the heads-up. I ...@annenigma<br /><br />Thanks very much for the heads-up. I might have missed an early shot at tickets. (I note the reception following is already sold out––not that I go in for that kind of schmoozfest.)<br /><br />The last time GG breezed through Ottawa, around three years ago, my wife and I were able to attend his talk at St Paul's University. <br /><br />The occasion was sponsored by academics and activists. The principal introducer then was Maher Arar. You may recall he was the Canadian who in 2002 was pulled off a plane in NYC (thanks to a bum tip by the RCMP) and rendered to our friend Assad in Syria for a year of enhanced interrogation.<br /><br />At some point the Syrians realized they had the wrong guy and sent him back to Canada, where he got a big monetary settlement and an apology from PM Harper. <br /><br />Nevertheless, Arar still can't get his name struck from the US "No Fly List." And his attempt at redress in the States was rebuffed all the way up to the Supremes.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-63086964763146397242014-08-25T10:19:51.095-04:002014-08-25T10:19:51.095-04:00@Jay - Ottawa
Off topic, but Glenn Greenwald is c...@Jay - Ottawa<br /><br />Off topic, but Glenn Greenwald is coming to your neck of the woods in October. Tickets are still available (but not free). <br /><br />http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139033636annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-60191022272575457452014-08-24T23:33:09.141-04:002014-08-24T23:33:09.141-04:00Like most people I have zero tolerance for institu...Like most people I have zero tolerance for institutional malfeasance.<br /><br />The question that has bothered me for many years is why have the overwhelming majority of Catholic priests remained silent about the sexual abuse of children and its cover-up by the church?<br /><br />In Kansas City, Catholic bishop Robert W. Finn was convicted of shielding a pedophile priest. Bishop Finn was sentenced to two years of court-supervised probation.<br /><br />From Kansas City priests there has been nothing but silence about their bishop being convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse. Why? Is it because they have something hidden in their own closets?<br /><br />Didn’t they vow to follow Jesus?<br /><br />Would Jesus, the champion of social justice and rebellious change, sit silently?<br /><br />The Catholic Church cannot deal with this issue because of centuries of organizational failure.<br /><br />Sexual abuse of minors is reflected in the early records of the Church. Mention of sexual abuse is found in the canons of the Latin Church for a Synod at Elvira in Spain in year 309, where presbyters and bishops who commit sexual sins and those who abuse boys are mentioned. <br /><br />I am also disappointed in Pope Francis.<br /><br />“The cases of abuses are terrible because they leave extremely deep wounds. Benedict XVI was very courageous and he cleared a path. The Church has done so much on this path. Perhaps more than anyone. The statistics on the phenomenon of the violence against children are shocking, but they also show clearly that the great majority of abuses take place in the family environment and around it. The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility. No other has done more. And, the Church is the only one to be attacked.” – Pope Francis, interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera, March 5, 2014<br /><br />http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/transcript-pope-francis-march-5-interview-with-corriere-della-sera/<br /><br />Pope Francis has yet to remove Finn as bishop of the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese. <br /><br />“Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female.” - Barbara W. TuchmanDenis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-12152225182336595022014-08-24T18:42:48.863-04:002014-08-24T18:42:48.863-04:00Pope Francis’ new clothes: Why his progressive ima...Pope Francis’ new clothes: Why his progressive image is white smoke and mirrors http://www.salon.com/2014/06/22/pope_franciss_liberal_reformer_image_is_all_smoke_and_mirrors_partner/ via @SalonPearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-32468388406214891832014-08-24T17:54:53.968-04:002014-08-24T17:54:53.968-04:00In July’s “Harper’s” Mary Gordon takes a hard look...In July’s “Harper’s” Mary Gordon takes a hard look at the action and inaction of Francis on pivotal matters. He comes up wanting.<br /><br />Francis talks nice and has indeed cleared the way to sainthood for a few nice guys, like Oscar Romero. As they say in Latin: Placet.<br /><br />At the same time, he still hasn’t called off the Curia’s hostile review of the life and works of American nuns. It’s charged the nuns are too obsessed with performing good works (see link) and fail to promote with sufficient zeal the Vatican line on doctrinal issues like contraception.<br /><br />There are two Catholic churches, always have been. The unbiblical one has throughout its scandalous history been guided by what Hans Kung disparages as “The Roman Way.” The other one, free of pomp and corporate values, carries on like this:<br />https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/22/may-see-kids-letter-border/Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-4005807202369947782014-08-24T12:59:21.357-04:002014-08-24T12:59:21.357-04:00When I was a young lad in the early 1950’s, not lo...When I was a young lad in the early 1950’s, not long after my father died, a parish priest took an “interest” in my welfare and singled me out for “counseling” at the rectory. My mother, for reasons I won’t go into, reluctantly consented.<br /><br />The first session ended quickly. Thankfully, unlike the stories one hears of submission to the priestly figure, my alarm bells (predator alert) went off and I immediately fled. After telling my mother about my experience, she went to the parish monsignor and raised hell about that priest. Nothing was ever done. My mother’s complaint disappeared into the hidden histories of the church. <br /><br />However, she did remove us forthwith from the Catholic Church<br /><br />As these scandals have emerged, I am even more proud of my mother for what she did.<br /><br />Pope Francis promises hope and change. Where have we heard that before?<br /><br />“The people used to say, ‘I want my child to go to a Catholic church.’ Now they say, ‘No child of mine is ever going to a Catholic church.” - Rev. Rogelio Cruz, Catholic priest, Dominican RepublicDenis Nevillenoreply@blogger.com