Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Monday, April 19, 2010
Catholic News for April 20, 2010 A.D.
CVSTOS FIDEI TVESDAY EDITION
Top 15 Misconceptions About Catholics - Karen L. Anderson, OnlineChrstnColleges
Five Years - DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic
Ad Multos Annos - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing
Happy Birthday Holy Father! - Eric Brown, The American Catholic
Why Do the Media Hate the Church? - Deal W. Hudson, InsideCatholic
Sex, Lies, and Planned Parenthood - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic
Too Many Catholics on the Supreme Court? - Deal W. Hudson, InsideCatholic
Card. Newman: Development of Doctrine, Anticipation of its Future - TAC
Another Polish Tragedy - Ronald J. Rychlak, InsideCatholic
Pro-Life Victory: Dawn Johnsen Withdraws - Donald R. McClarey, The Amrcn Cth
At Last: Justice Stevens Departs - Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
Looking Back On Justice Stevens - DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic
Shameless Blog Plug of the Day:
Houston Grind: Tea Party Movement Gives Downtown Houston a Voice
For Fun:
Dawkins Downfall - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic
Notable Commentary and Analysis:
Our German Shepherd Under Attack - Tito Edwards, The American Catholic
This Is Unconscionable - Chris Burgwald, The American Catholic
Google's Top 25 Catholic Websites - Tito Edwards, The American Catholic
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Catholic News - Tuesday, September 1, 2009 A.D.
CVSTOS FIDEI TVESDAY EDITION
Late Evening Update
The Catholic Report Has Been Retired - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia
Sex Selective Abortion, The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Left - Joe Hargrave, AC
Non-Denial Denials Of 'Reform Of The Reform' - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?
Lenin, Stalin, And The Secret War Against The Vatican - Tito Edwards, Amrcn Cthlc
I Thought Abstinence Was Unrealistic - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Brideshead Vs. RCIA - DarwinCatholic, American Catholic
Socialist Propaganda Against The Church - Ronald J. Rychlak, InsideCatholic.com
Delayed Adulthood: Preliminary Thoughts - Joe Hargrave, American Catholic
What Happened To Notre Dame? - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia
"Objectivism" - Christopher Blosser, American Catholic
Now We Can't Even Evangelize Space Aliens - Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt
L.A. Cathedral Safe From Wildfires - Tito Edwards, American Catholic
Ted Kennedy Coverage:
Pope Not Sufficiently Acknowledging Kennedy? - Matthew Archbold, Crtv Min Rep
When Did Kennedy Abandon His Pro-Life Position - Christopher Blosser, Am Cth
Ted Kennedy: Head Chef In The Cafeteria - Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing
The Kennedy Mystique - DarwinCatholic, American Catholic
The Catholic Donnybrook Over Kennedy's Legacy - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, A Different Kind Of Liberal - Christopher Blosser, Am Cth
Bring Out Your Dead! - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Where Are You Saint Ambrose? - Tito Edwards, American Catholic
Two Letters - Christopher Blosser, American Catholic
Reaction To Ted Kennedy's Death: Day Two- Tito Edwards, Amrcn Cthlc
Secularists Reaction To The Passing Away Of Ted Kennedy - Tito Edwards, Am Cth
Frances Kissling Mourns Ted Kennedy - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Bonus Video:
Doug Kmiec On The Death Of Kennedy - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Fr. Barron On Edward Kennedy - D Mac, Creative Minority Report
The Kennedy Funeral - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Is Randall Terry Helping? - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
10 Reasons Not To Go To Law School - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
ObamaCare The Musical! - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective:
Obamascience - George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Bonus Commentary and Analysis:
Father Reunites With Terri Schiavo - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Cardinal Rivera, 'Catholics Can't Support Death Projects' - Fr. Zuhsldorf, WDTPRS?
Notre Dame Must Answer For The Obama Scandal - Tito Edwards, American Cthlc
September 1, 1939: WWII Starts In Poland - George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Jesus is Not My Pal - DarwinCatholic, American Catholic
More Ted Kennedy Coverage:
Scandal Time: Catholic Funeral For Ted Kennedy - Robert Royal, The Cthlc Thing
Edward Kennedy, 1932-2009 AD, Requiescat In Pace - Tito Edwards, Amrcn Cthlc
Notable Commentary and Analysis:
Reaction To Ted Kennedy's Death: Day One - Tito Edwards, American Catholic
Ted Kennedy And The "A Word" - Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic
Ted Kennedy, A Devoted Father - Tito Edwards, American Catholic
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Catholic News-Wednesday Morning, 10-29-2008 A.D.
CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION
On These Slippery Slopes - Ryan Harkins, American Catholic
Pope's Preface to 1st Vol. of his Opera Omnia (on liturgy) - Fr. Z, WDTPRS?
...Fr. John Zuhlsdorf's critique of the critique...
When Obama Came For Them - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Rehabilitating Pope Pius XII - Melik Kaylan, Forbes
Getting Beyond the Literal Sense of Scripture - Mark P. Shea, Inside Catholic
Get That Straw Out of My Face! - Amy Welborn, Charlotte Was Both
Profits and Peace - Fr. Robert A. Sirico, First Things
It's The Courts, Stupid - Larrey Anderson, American Thinker
The End of the Catholic Vote? - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
Will Values Voters Bring Another Election Day Surprise? - Michael Medved, Th
Poland's Muslims Thrive in Tiny Community - Dominika Maslikowski, M & C
Shameless Blog Plug of the Day:
The American Catholic
Bonus Commentary:
Bishop Boyea Corrects Michigan's 'Catholic' Governor - Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?
Yesterdays Commentary:
Cocaine, Cardinal Ocampo, and the Drug Wars - Tito, American Catholic
Culture of Secrecy & Evasion in the Church - Damian Thompson, Holy Smoke
Did the US Commit 'Terrorism' in Syria? - Christopher Blosser, American Catholic
Secular Commentary:
The Man Behind 'Fair and Balanced' - Michael Calderone, Politico
Vietnamese-Americans Feel Indebted to McCain - Lindsay Wise, Houston Chronicle
Evidence Mounts: Ayers Co-Wrote Obama's Book - Jack Cashill, American Thinker
(Biretta Tips: Pro Ecclesia & Lucianne)
Monday, December 24, 2007
Catholic News-Monday, December 24, 2007 AD
CVSTOS FIDEI MORNING EDITION
Christmas Eve Reflection - Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire
A Christmas Carol Q&A - Colette Bancroft, Tuscaloosa News
How The Birth Of Christ Came About - Fr. Cantalamessa, Zenit
And Again & Again & Again - Fr. Philip Powell, Domine
Catholic Tremor In Westminster - William Rees-Mogg, Times
Difficulty In Taking Blair's Conversion - Katie Grant, Daily Mail
Poles Bolster 'Catholic Britain' - Jonathan Brown, Independent
Blair Has Many Sins To Repent - Melanie McDonagh, Daily Mail
Friend Welcomes Blair's Conversion - Chris Fay, Northern Echo
Catholic School Shelved To Pay For Sex Abuse - Cal Cath Daily
Blair's Plan To Convert Began In Office - Observer
Huckabee Alienating Catholic Voters? - M. van der Galien, PG
Sugar Bowl News Item of the Day:
The University Of Hawaii's Devotion To God
by Michael Tsai
of the Honolulu Advertiser
Last Three Catholic News Postings:
For Sunday, December 23, click here.
For Friday, December 21, click here.
For Monday, December 17, click here.
(Biretta Tip: National Catholic Register)
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Catholic News-Wednesday, May 16, 2007 A.D.
CVSTOS FIDEI AFTERNOON EDITION Russian Orthodox Church Reunification - Interfax/AFP More Americans Want Roe v Wade Overturned - Steven Ertelt, LN Students Suspended for Resisting Gay Event - Allie Martin, ONN Planned Parent'd Threatens to Sue Activist - Nathan Burchfiel, CNS Cardinal Mahony Pays For Gay Priest Sins - staff, BBC News More on Catholic Dems Losing It - Daniel Burke, USA Today A Few Questions For Philip Jenkins - staff, OUPblog Poland: The Last Bastion - Fidei Defensor, Custos Fidei 'Into Great Silence' STILL Playing in Houston - Tito, Custos Fidei Liberals Spew Hate in Wake of Falwell Passing - Bob Owens, NB
Movie Review: Into Great Silence (Die Groß Stille) - Tito, Custos Fidei. Shameless Blog Plug of the Day: Recapturing Our Catholic Patrimony (RCP).
Last Weeks News: For May 15 click here. For May 14 click here. For May 13 click here. For May 12 click here. For May 11 click here. For May 10 click here. (Hat Tips: Catholic Report, New Oxford Review, & LifeSite.)
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Poland: The Last Bastion
Well, not quite the last bastion, after all, even in secular strongholds like France and Sweden there are still outposts of the ancient Catholic Culture. However, with the recent defection of Portugal to the culture of death and a continuing decline of faith in Ireland, increasingly Poland is the only nation that is able to defend the way, the truth, and the life, on an international level. Even in our globalized world, there is a lot of importance and power related to nation states, and thank God there is a nation like Poland, the "Helm's Deep" of Christendom, so to speak.
There are few certainties in this world, beyond "death and taxes," but another one you can add to that short-list, is that whenever civilization is at a moment of crisis, it is the good people of Poland, inspired and protected by Our Lady of Czestochowa, the Queen of Poland, who will come to the rescue. Consider...
-Poland was the resolute rock on which wave after wave of barbarian invasions from the east crashed and receded, most notably, in one 13th century battle, Poland sacrificed its entire army to keep the Mongols out of Europe.
-In 1683 when no other crowned head of Europe would come to the aide of the city of Vienna, the King of Poland and his famous "Winged Hussars," galloped the the rescue, descending on the Sultan's hordes and saving Central Europe from becoming another province of the Ottoman Empire.
-In the 1920s, with the rest of the free world not lifting a finger, the newly reborn Polish nation stood toe-to-toe with the Red Army and routed them in a miraculous battle at the gates of Warsaw, saving Europe from the grim prospect of Communist domination.
-Poland was the first nation to stand up to Hitler on the battlefield, and while their armies were broken and their cities destroyed, people fail to consider that the Poles were simultaneously battling Nazi Germany and the USSR. Even in the face of such disaster, Poland did not surrender, and, in fact, had the most effect resistance movement in all of occupied Europe.
-Inspired by John Paul II, the people of Poland peacefully resisted their communist government, setting into motion a chain of events that ended the Cold War without mushroom clouds.
A sad footnote to all those examples of Poland rising to the occasion is the fact that in their wake, Poland was sold-out. Most shamefully, in the allies allowing Soviet control of the nation in 1945. In retrospect, and in the eyes of history, all of Poland's lonely stands were later vindicated as heroic, crucial battles of good vs. evil. Anyway, the most recent incarnations of such battles are now being fought, the narrative is familiar, again, Catholic Poland stands tall, and almost alone, against tyranny, not the tyranny of the Mongols, the Turks, or Stalin, this time, but rather, the Dictatorship of Moral Relativism.
H/T to Dad29 for bringing this to my attention. Maybe someone can make a nifty "we support Poland," sidebar graphic for bloggers? Just a thought. Anyhow, bellow is, in full, a very fine article about what Catholics in Poland are doing to fend off the secular, post-Christian culture of death. It stirs the heart. (Emphasis added.)
'Repulsive' Poland confronts Europe' They are inspiring people around the world with their stance'
By Art Moore© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WARSAW – Nearly 70 years after the invasion of Poland marked the beginning of a global cataclysm, the Central European nation once again finds itself confronting a foe it sees as a threat to Western civilization.
While the rest of Europe largely accommodates a rising tide of secularism, many Polish leaders are prepared to fight back with a bold, traditional social agenda they envision not only for their own country but for the continent and the world.
Poland's vice premier and minister of education, Roman Giertych told the World Congress of Families here his multi-pronged plan – including a proposal issued last month to ban "homosexual propaganda" in schools – is "something I have to do."
"The family is the hope for Poland, the hope for Europe, the hope for the entire world," the 36-year-old leader told the global gathering of more than 3,200 from 75 nations. "... Without the family, there is no nation, there is no continent, there is no civilization, there is nothing."
As WND reported, the fourth World Congress convened this weekend to address Europe's 
"demographic winter" of plunging birthrates by promoting the "natural family" as the "springtime of Europe and the world."
In April, members of the European Parliament quickly denounced Giertych's "homosexual propaganda" proposal as "repulsive" and "hateful" and passed a resolution of condemnation 325-124, with 150 abstentions.
It's no wonder then that Polish pro-life activist Eva Kowalewska told the World Congress delegates, "Your presence here gives us strength."
Janina Fetlinksa, a member of the Polish Senate and the Council of Europe, told WND in an interview the European Union doesn't really understand Poland.
"When I hear we are intolerant, homophobic and so forth, I think, my God," she said, pointing to her peoples' long history of living among many nationalities. "The majority of Poles love life, they love family. I think the misunderstanding from this is that we are intolerant moralists. It is not true."
While many Poles don't practice the country's traditional Catholic faith, it's still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Fetlinska said.
Our pope, John Paul II, moved our spirits toward God," she explained. "I think this is the reason the value of life is very important to us. It's in our politics, too, because politics are from people."
'The truth is on our side' 
Giertych, whose father and grandfather were prominent Polish politicians, says Poland is threatened by "various ideologies … that have nothing to do with the well-being of children, that promote attitudes which are not true to life."
"This world of permissiveness, of certain attitudes which promote homosexuality, which promote pornography, this world is coming to an end, because our civilization is built on virtues, on Roman law … on the Decalogue," said Giertych, according to an English interpretation. "This civilization has great strength for rebirth. The rebirth will take place in the family, not only in Europe, but in the entire world."
Giertych's appointments to his posts in May 2006 were met one day later with a protest in front of the Ministry of Education by about 100 activists. Just a couple of weeks later, more than 140,000 people signed a petition to remove him from office.
At the Congress, Giertych offered encouragement to fellow Poles and to foreigners attacked for their views.
"Please don't let people shut you down," he said. "Please don't be convinced that others who are promoting lies are telling the truth. The truth is on our side."
Giertych said the world needs a breakthrough like the one that took place at the beginning of the 13th century in England with the signing of the Magna Carta. In March, at a meeting of ministers of education in Heidelberg, Germany, he proposed a "Great Charter of Rights of European Nations."
The world will never be free from dangers threatening the family, he said, if there are no rights in place protecting life from the very beginning until natural death.
"Today we need a great charter for the rights of the family and nations that defines the right to life, that would define abortion as murder," Giertych told the World Congress delegates. "Whether three months old or three months before birth, whether 60 or 90 years old, murder is always murder. It is always a crime."
One of the fundamental truths that should be in that charter, he said, is that families are led by a man and a woman.
"Let's never accept mommy and mommy or daddy and daddy," he said. "There is only one truth."
Giertych said the consequences of "alternative" family structures must be frankly communicated, and several World Congress presenters did just that, including Patrick Fagan of the Heritage Foundation, who presented research data in numerous categories showing "the safest place for children is in the natural family."
Another proposal, Giertych said is to restructure a tax and pension system that essentially takes from those who have many children and gives to those who have none.
"This is contrary to equality of law," Giertych said. "A fair system allows the family to regain some of the money they spend on their children, because they are investing in the next generation. This is not symbolic but realistic, lowering the cost of upbringing children." A further initiative is to prohibit circulation of pornography.
"Pornography is evil; it is an evil that touches the family and threatens the development of young people," the deputy prime minister said. "Its circulation should be treated as a crime, because it ruins what is most virtuous in a human being."
Dangerous proposal
To many European activists such as Robert Biedron, president of the Polish homosexual-rights group Campaign Against Homophobia, such proposals make Poland a pariah. The ban on "homosexual propaganda" is a "dangerous" measure that made him feel "embarrassed" when he heard about it.
"Poland is like an island drifting away from the rest of Europe," Biedron said at the time.
Tomasz Bilicki, who battles the spread of pornography as deputy director of the Center of Family Service in Lodz, Poland, told WND through an interpreter his nation does, indeed, often feel alone.
"It's very often, on the international field, Poland has only one country it can cooperate with – the Vatican," he said. "Sometimes it's Ireland or Spain, but only sometimes. "We are alone, we are the last bastion."
Bilicki gave a presentation in a panel session on pornography that included American scholar Robert Knight of the Media Research Center in Alexandria, Va.
Knight affirmed in an interview with WND that Poland is "nearly alone" as the European Union promotes abortion, homosexuality and pornography "as hard as it can as part of an overall deconstruction of the family."
"You can't blame them for feeling as if they're the lone soldier on the battlefield," he said. "They are inspiring people around the world with their stance."
Knight said Poland's stand against the European Union has been a topic among defenders of the family across the U.S.
"We have taken our courage in what the Poles are doing," he said. "This is a nation that has suffered enormously over many decades. First from Nazism and then communism. They're a tough bunch of people who appear to have the strength to resist especially the homosexual agenda.
"If you've been victim of communists and Nazis, you're not going to run in fright from the forces from San Francisco."
Knight said it was wise for Poland to host the World Congress, because "they know you need allies."
"Even the bravest soldier can't stand alone forever. And they don't need to," he said. "I think the lesson for Americans is that we need more soldiers out on the battlefield."
Knight said observing Poland reminds him of a principle he learned from watching former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina "stand up and be attacked by the left."
"His courage gave others the excuse to move toward his position even if they didn't vocalize it publicly," Knight said. "We need that kind of leadership. … It's far easier to isolate someone and make them out to be a crank or far-right if nobody else is talking the way they are."
Poland, he said, isn't "waiting to see what others are doing, they are taking leadership."
"Others will come to them because they are the rallying point," said Knight. "So our hats have to go off to the Poles."
Wesley Smith, a bioethics expert and senior fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute, told WND after contributing to an international panel on euthanasia that he, too, has been impressed by the Poles.
"It strikes me that they are willing to stand against the cultural tide, and that takes courage," Smith said. "And if that continues, eventually the tide sometimes can be shifted."
The Polish Senate's Fetlinksa concurred.
"We are idealists," she said, "but only idealists can change the world. END"
Bellow are some excerpts from the EU's condemnation of Poland, for the entire sorry document go here.
"...whereas in its above-mentioned resolution of 15 June 2006, Parliament has already expressed its serious concern at the situation in Europe and notably in Poland, condemning the declarations of incitement to hatred and violence by the leaders of the Party of the League of Polish Families and, notably, by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education,
H. whereas in March 2007 the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education announced draft legislation punishing "homosexual propaganda" in schools, and illustrated its content, which is to provide for dismissing, fining or imprisoning school heads, teachers and pupils in the event of LGBT rights "activism" in schools..."
For more on Poland's fight with the EU from Catholic blogger feminine-Genius go here.
For Fumare's take and some good links go here.
For an example of Poland doing its part to spread its values, check out this inspiring little story about Polish soldiers inviting their NATO allies to join them on a pilgrimage, read the excerpt bellow and the entire story here. It was US Army on this pilgrimage but I'll bet this would have been right up the Caveman's ally had the opportunity presented itself back in his day.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus Has Resigned
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Stanislaw Wielgus.
(Hat Tip: RORATE CÆLI)
To read the RORATE CÆLI posting click here.
To read the news release click here.
To read the latest Google news on his resignation click here.
Post Mortem: Now if only Cardinal Mahony and other notorious bishops in the United States would take the archbishops lead.My opinion, again, is that he is sorry for his communist contacts. Plus there was no harm done to any of his colleagues while he informed on them. But primarily that he asked for forgiveness. I wish he hadn't resigned. (and I'm a staunch anti-Communist)
Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus To Resign?
According to the BBC, Polish media is reporting that the installation of Stanislaw Wielgus may not go ahead.
Polish and Vatican officials held talks overnight on the fate of Stanislaw Wielgus, at the centre of communist-era spying row, the reports said.
. . . The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says preparations are still taking place for a service at 1000 GMT, but that the installation ceremony may be replaced by a Mass of thanksgiving for the archbishop's predecessor, Jozef Glemp. Commentators say a decision to stop the installation at this late stage would be unprecedented.
. . . In one survey, two-thirds of people asked, said Archbishop Wielgus should resign. His admission came after a Church commission acknowledged he had collaborated with the communist secret police.
What a mess. Personally, if he didn't hurt anyone and regrets working in conjunction with communist spy's then he's ok to be the archbishop. Especially if Pope Benedict XVI had full knowledge prior to his appointment.
To read the rest of the article click here.
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