Founding editor of @Where_Peter_is. I cover the papacy, the U.S. Catholic Church, and the people who say the pope is the problem. Husband, dad of four.
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Before accusing Cardinal Vesco of rejecting the Great Commission, his critics should at least try to understand his point of view and maybe even offer him a little bit of grace.
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"In all the years that I have known Mother Teresa, not once, not even obliquely or by inference, has she suggested to me a conversion of faith. Mother Teresa's frequent refrain has always been, 'Have you begun to pray yet?'"
-- Navin Chawla (biographer of St Teresa of Kolkata)
First of all, I did not side with Bishop Batzing over Pope Leo. I haven't even read what Bishop Batzing said.
Secondly, whatever happened to disagreeing with people and not making it personal?
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I was responding to someone who was effectively daring me to write an article about it.
FYI, I am not a personal article writing service for trolls who are obsessed with me and tweet nasty stuff about me several times a week.
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Okay so I am personally a "hands folded during the Lord's Prayer" guy, but this obsession with regulating the sincere devotions of the faithful makes me want to put my hands up in the air or reach across the aisle and hold hands during the Our Father. 1/
Our Office of Divine Worship explains why the faithful should refrain from extending their hands during the Our Father at Mass:
"Further, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, states that “no other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.” (SC 22.3) Since the GIRM is very specific that the priest is instructed by the GIRM (152) to extend his hands when he prays the Lord’s Prayer, for the deacons or the laity to extend their hands would be adding to the liturgy. Therefore, the practice of the lay faithful extending their hands (or holding hands) during the Our Father should not be done."
Read more: archdpdx.org/news/divine-wor…
PS: The laity doing the orans posture during the Our Father is common in the Eastern Churches. For example.
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Another example... See the hands go up just as the Lord's prayer begins
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Amazing.
Does MAGA hate immigrants more than it loves Trump?
Barron attempts to argue that Trump's post-midterm bloodbath change in tone on deportation is somehow compatible with Catholic teaching (uhh) and the comments are filled with anti-immigrant bigots attacking him.
Friends, Catholic social teaching holds two things together: a nation has the right, and the duty, to regulate its borders, and every migrant is a person of incomparable dignity who deserves generosity.
In January, amid the tensions in Minnesota, I proposed that enforcement focus on those who have committed serious crimes. Last year, together with my brother bishops of Minnesota, I called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. What the President described Sunday in his 60 Minutes interview about immigration is very much in that spirit.
The President now proposes working with Democrats toward a solution that involves a properly regulated border, the deportation of people who have committed serious crimes, and a generous approach toward those who have been non-violent and have contributed to the economy. He even admitted that the enforcement of his immigration policy has been too tough.
That is the balance the Church’s teaching points toward. We have waited years for a solution to this thorny problem. I would strongly encourage leaders in both parties to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity.
At the largest Mass of his pontificate, an estimated 2.5 million people in Buenos Aires, Pope Leo XIV said: "Do not give in to those who dismiss the Christian family as outdated." Plus his labor speech and abuse-survivor meeting. Today's Morning Keys: wherepeteris.com/morning-key…
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Pope Leo XIV meets for over an hour with five abuse victims in Argentina and expresses his closeness and “desire to strengthen pathways of protection, goodness, welcome, and accompaniment within the Church."
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Pope Leo presides at the biggest Mass of his papacy in Buenos Aires, drawing a crowd of 2.5 million
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Leo to Argentine bishops in Buenos Aires cathedral urges them to keep listening to each other and discerning together with their synodal teams; and to keep working according to the document of Aparecida, which he calls a “shining star to walk together in this time”.
Pope Leo in Buenos Aires, with Milei in the room: "Those who exercise authority have a duty to act with prudence, to acknowledge the limits of the power entrusted to them." The applause made him say it twice. Today's roundup: wherepeteris.com/morning-key…
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Although Uruguay is a relatively small country, its people have generous hearts and are capable of great things. That has become evident over these past few days. I carry you in my heart and I ask that you continue to accompany me with your prayers. Thank you very much, #Uruguay! #ApostolicJourney
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“Francisco puso a Prevost en el lugar idóneo por si soplaba el Espíritu Santo en esa dirección…” Gracias a @PeiroClaudia @infobae por la entrevista y el resumen excelente de mi conferencia @USalvador : share.google/AJsgsSasNXOMUEL…
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My arrival in #Argentina is personally meaningful. For years, the universal Church listened to the voice of Pope Francis, who treasured, in his memories and in his heart, the places, the people, and the faith that he received here. #ApostolicJourney