Five additional pledges, now 740 families. However total pledges only increased by $151.00. Might there have been pledge withdrawls?
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Judge lets Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy abuse ruling stand
federal judge on Monday handed partial victories to both the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the sex abuse victims who make up the vast majority of creditors in its bankruptcy.
The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa, lets stand a February decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley dismissing one victim's claim and allowing two others to move forward, at least for now.
The three cases were seen as test cases in which the archdiocese argued that a significant number of victims of clergy sexual abuse had enough information on the church's handling of cases to have filed fraud claims years earlier
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Austrian priests share our concerns. Association of Catholic Priests
Helmüt told me how the Initiative began in 2006. It arose because many priests felt that the Austrian Bishops and the Holy See are not addressing the serious crises which are affecting the Catholic Church right across the globe, but particularly in Austria. Furthermore, Helmüt argues that the Catholic Church shows little respect for the dignity of the baptized and refuses to allow priests and lay people to have any genuine involvement in the decision making processes of the Catholic Church.
…One of the senior officials agreed that none of the positions taken by the movement were heretical. However, a younger official declared that almost everything the movement was looking for was heretical.
Membership of the Initiative is open to all priests, including those who have left active ministry. The number of members now stands at around 500 priests out of a total of 3,000 priests in Austria.
Initiative is probably most famous for the Call to Disobedience which it published in 2010. This emerges from the reality that most priests will routinely give communion to couples in second relationships. Priests also regularly invite lay people, men and women to preach at Mass. These and other such pastoral responses are currently against the Canon Law of the Church, yet most priests silently continue with these practices.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Milwaukee native James Harvey to become cardinal - JSOnline
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee native Archbishop James Harvey, who has served as head of the papal household since 1998, will be elevated to cardinal in November, Pope Benedict XVI announced today.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Vatican postpones departure of church mission to Syria - The Washington Post
The Vatican’s No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said Tuesday the delegation, which had been expected to depart for Damascus this week, will leave at a date still to be decided. He said the composition of the group will also be changed, but gave no details.
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