Peter Steinfels has stimulated a most interesting discussion on this at the Commonweal blog.
Archive for July 1st, 2010
Music at Funerals
Jul 1
My own sense is that the funeral repertoire leans strongly (in some parishes too much so) toward music based on biblical passages of comfort.
Are priests and bishops employees of the Holy See? I don’t think so.
This week’s news has been full of conversation about the use of technology by powerful world organizations. FIFA is under fire for poor calls referees made in two World Cup matches on Sunday that could have been avoided with the use of technology. And, an earlier post here reporting on the Vatican’s response to Father [...]
One of the newest tools is a website recently launched by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications that is a directory …
Congregationalism?
Jul 1
Frankly, there is part of me that believes that this frustration should be directed beyond the grave to the one that many are trying to call “the great.” For all that Pope John Paul II did for the Church, I wonder if his lasting legacy will be a more divided, more polarized Church. Only time will tell.