By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what some are calling a “stinging rebuke” of the Obama Administration, a federal court judge rule yesterday that the president’s executive order allowing embryos to be used in stem cell research violated an existing law prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds in research that involves the destruction of human embryos.
Here we go again. Police in Salt Lake City have issued a warrant for the arrest of a cult leader who claims God appeared to him and said he was the Holy Spirit and the father of Jesus Christ on charges of felony first-degree rape.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thus far, only two people in the entire state of New Jersey have signed up for new health care plans created by ObamaCare.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalisat
After the Archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, announced publicly that he could prove that members of the Supreme Court were bribed by backers of homosexual marriage and adoption in order to gain their votes, the government is now threatening him with “punitive measures.”
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Francis George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has announced that the full text of the English-language translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, has been issued for the dioceses of the United States of America and will debut just in time for Advent 2011.
According to a USCCB press release, the text was approved by the Vatican, and the approval was accompanied by a June 23 letter from Cardinal Llovera Antonio Cañizares, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
In addition, on July 24, the Vatican gave approval for several adaptations, including additional prayers for the Penitential Act at Mass and the Renewal of Baptismal Promises on Easter Sunday. Also approved are texts of prayers for feasts specific to the United States such as Thanksgiving, Independence Day and the observances of feasts for saints such as Damien of Molokai, Katharine Drexel, and Elizabeth Ann Seton. The Vatican also approved the Mass for Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life, which can be celebrated on January 22.
Cardinal George announced receipt of the documents in an August 20 letter to the U.S. Bishops and issued a decree of proclamation that states that “The use of the third edition of the Roman Missal enters into use in the dioceses of the United States of America as of the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011. From that date forward, no other edition of the Roman Missal may be used in the dioceses of the United States of America.”
The date of implementation was chosen to allow publishers time to prepare texts and parishes and dioceses to educate parishioners.
“We can now move forward and continue with our important catechetical efforts as we prepare the text for publication,” Cardinal George said.
Before first use of the new text in Advent 2011, pastors are urged to use resources available to prepare parishioners. Some already have been in use; others are being released now. They include the Parish Guide for the Implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, and Become One Body, One Spirit in Christ, a multi-media DVD resource produced by ICEL (International Commission on English in the Liturgy) in collaboration with English-language Conferences of Bishops. Both will be available from the USCCB. Information on resources can be found at www.usccb.org/romanmissal.
Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, New Jersey, Chair of the Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, voiced gratitude for the approval.
“I am happy that after years of preparation, we now have a text that, when introduced late next year, will enable the ongoing renewal of the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy in our parishes,” he said.
Msgr. Anthony Sherman, Director of the Secretariat for Divine Worship of the USCCB noted, “A great effort to produce the new Roman Missal for the United States, along with the other necessary resources, has begun. Even as that work is underway a full–scale catechesis about the Liturgy and the new Roman Missal should be taking place in parishes, so that when the time comes, everyone will be ready.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops are backing the efforts of 166 U.S. Representatives who are seeking approval of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (H.R. 5939) that will permanently ban all federal funding of abortions.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a startling example of secularism running amuck, a new software program called GodBlock promises parents and educators to protect their children from online “religious propaganda.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report published in a prestigious medical journal is confirming that abortion is associated with an increased risk of premature birth in subsequent pregnancies.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York City’s Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan told the press on Wednesday that he would be glad to help mediate a compromise between supporters and opponents of an Islamic center and mosque that is planned for a site only blocks from ground zero.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A young parish priest in Texas is making national headlines after writing an article for his local newspaper that defends Church teaching on same-sex marriage.
