Pope Apologizes for Public Relations Fiasco
With regards to the SSPX public relations nightmare where Pope Benedict thought that the headlines would read “Pope Heals Schism” and instead got “Pope welcomes back Bishop who denies Holocaust”…
Pope Assures Jewish Leaders
Pope Benedict talked with Jewish leaders and apologized for the bad relations that Catholics may have had with our Jewish brethren in the past and assured them that Catholics do…
Being the Pope is Lonely
Sandro Magister–Vaticanista par excellence, has much to add about the SSPX story. In the disaster, Pope Benedict XVI found himself to be the one most exposed, and practically alone. Both…
Pope mandates recant to reconcile with SSPX
For those who doubted: The Vatican demanded Wednesday that a bishop who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted into the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican also…
Sad Time for Legionaries of Christ
The Legionaries of Christ are having themselves a week they’d soon like to forget. It has long been rumored that their founder Marcial Maciel was in fact accused of several…
Williamson apologizes, perhaps also dying
Scott over at about.com and Deacon Greg have the info here: The apology is dated January 28, 2009, and the text below is from the traditionalist website Rorate Caeli: To…
The White Chapel of Dachau
Fr James Keenan, SJ is a moral theologian at Boston College but I simply knew him as the Jesuit who lived in our dorm, who led us on retreats and…