It has been nearly a year since Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger took the name Benedict XVI as pontifex maximus of the Roman Catholic Church. Filling the shoes of a truly great pope, the new Holy Father has a lot to live up to. When the smoke announcing a new pope billowed this past April, I didn’t know what to think. But the local priest seemed exited. Apparently this German cardinal was supposed to be a bulwark of orthodoxy. So how has he done thus far?
On-campus condom dispensers will help curb future generations
SGA’s approval of condom machines in the residence halls demonstrates our ignorance of human sexuality. These machines won’t “promote sexual health;” on the contrary, they will promote sex solely as recreation while suppressing its procreative nature. Once we have this mentality, then “disease” and “pregnancy” become equated, as we have witnessed in the articles in the O’Commy over the past few days. When this equation is formed, preventing or getting rid of human life is not only acceptable, but promoted.
If the University really wants to show it cares about its students, the administration won’t let this ridiculous recommendation go any further.
~Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis~
This is apparently old news, but I only recently found out about it.
Former Domino’s Pizza owner Tom Monaghan is building a Catholic town in southwest Florida. Ave Maria will be centered around a Catholic university of the same name. Monaghan’s original plan was to build his town on Catholic values by placing stringent rules such as no contraceptives in the pharmacies and no dirty channels from the television stations. He is running into a few bumps, but is still forging ahead with his plans. People are expected to start moving in by 2008
Tuesday. The day before the Lenten liturgical season begins. For some, this is known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday”–a time for partying and overindulgence.
As we know, Roman Catholicism is the foundation of Western civilization. Therefore, here in the west we have many traditions that are deeply rooted in Catholicism. Take “holidays,” for example. The special days are derived from Catholic Holy Days of Obligation [special note: these people complaining about how American businesses are taking religion out of Christmas by saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” are ignorant of history].
Stigmata are the wounds of Christ from His Passion supernaturally imprinted on a person. The wounds are not solely physically, but the person also bears some of the sufferings of Christ in His Passion. They can be visible (wounds+suffering) or invisible (solely suffering).
Over the years a number of saints have been recorded as bearing the wounds, the first recorded being St. Francis of Assisi in 1224. For a list of saints bearing Stigmata, click here: Stigmata list.