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"Reform of the reform" agenda     (at request of a USA reader - "let more people see it" - this file now at top, not bottom,  of this page)
From a reader in England:
"This website saves me a lot of time. Thank you for your daily menu of important articles"
 

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www www.v2catholic.com 
Check map & flag counter at bottom of page!   

DV  new articles each day to encourage people 
who are trying to keep the vision of V2 alive 
in an increasingly anti-V2 climate

Sunday May 6

Who's talking to whom
and about what?
David Timbs
(Sunday blogger)

Ireland:

The censoring of Brian Darcy
Brendan Hoban
(Association of Catholic Priests)

Radio interview with Fr Darcy
RTE


Newman would like Ap 7 meeting
Seamus Devitt CSsR
(Association of Catholic Priests)

150,000 Christians killed each year
John Allen
(NCR)
Beatify Shahbaz Bhatti, & do it now

NCR report: "for many" - "for all"
c.f. menu of Ap 30 for earlier arts

Leadership as discipleship in action
Dr Anne Benjamin
(Broken Bay Institute)

Intuition and the discovery of truth
Matt Ryan
(Broken Bay Institute)

Archbishop Denis Hart elected president of Aust  Bishops' Conf

This week's smile is up
-under calendar on right of this page
..... re vine and branches...

V2 Reflection 133
Read this, then cry, then pray

Bible Plan: May 6
Readings for 5th Sun of Easter

John W Daily Blog: May 6
Visiting a handicapped center

Have you seen comments 
at bottom of this article?

Why women are not being ordained to the priesthood

Monday May 7

How do we work out
what is morally right?
Brian Lewis
(Monday blogger).
Catholica at this link
 
has featured  Brian's April 30 article on primacy of conscience 

 Brazil Bishops: Indians genocide? Giacomo Galeazzi
(Vatican Insider)

Fired US priest: let me stay as janitor
Robert McClory (NCR)

Is cappa magna making comeback?
Declan Kelly
(ACP)
Photo of a cappa magna
YouTube cappa magna

Open letter to CDF
Des Kelly (ACP)  

Beautiful double rainbow

Yesterday in Australia


V2 Reflection 134

Keep the speed limit!

Bible plan: May 7
Jesus, I pray for (..name...)
 who was unkind to me

John W Daily Blog: May 7
Abortion in Hong Kong 
+ an abortion story from China

Can anyone help please?

Recently the comment box on some articles of this website have attracted most uncharitable items.
Comments that disagree with an author are most welcome, but not personal attacks. So...the problem is: without having to turn on "moderation" (which means delaying comments +  the job of having to check all comments) is there a way to block a "nuisance"? 



 Tuesday
May 8

Cardinal Sean Brady
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger)

Cardinal Brady should resign
Vincent Twomey (Tablet)

Praise for the sisters
Editorial, American Magazine

Red Cross: ban nuclear weapons
John W has signed the petition

Another cappa magna
Cardinal Burke in Sydney
- see yesterday's menu for article
re cappa magna

Female Legionaries seeking leader
Andrés  Álvarez
(Vatican Insider)

Vat playing hide & seek with SSPX
Andrea Tornielli
(Vatican Insider)
- while Rome burns...


V2 Reflection 135
World needs "great-souled" persons

Bible plan: May 8
Today is Thanksgiving Day!

John W  Daily Blog:
May 8
Mum's 101st birthday today!


At the moment I'm thinking of using
a program called "Flexi Comment Box" (anyone tried it?) ...and am checking if it can block nuisances without having to have "moderation" turned on. 

Anyone any suggestions?
Please send to John W: 

jdwomi@gmail.com
 

Wednesday May 9

 

Ireland: 
Video of May 7 Dublin gathering
 to discuss future of Church

(BBC)

Statement from the gathering

Clogher Diocesan meeting

 

Hierarchy's inability to mourn thwarts healing in church  (NCR)

Bishop Robinson interview
Brian Coyne (Catholica)
Communication dynamite

Amazing year of grace
Fr John Ryan (CathBlog)

Ireland:

Wellwishers support Darcy
Greg Harkin (Independent ie)

Update re Ap 29 vigil
Gerard O'Connell (Vatican Insider)

Lose canon re annulments
John Allen
(NCR)

Million for Milan Masses
Andrea Tornielli (Vatican Insider)

Vatican vs USA nuns:

Rome vs Sisters
Marian Ronan
(RD Magazine)

Two nuns who won
Robert McClory (NCR)
Théodore Guérin,   Mary MacKillop


Wikipedia founder praises
 letter of John XXIII
CNA

Austria update (Vatican Insider)
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt

Anglican bun fight
Giorgio Bernardelli (Vatican Insider)

Assisi in Sarejevo
Giacomo Galeazzi
(Vatican Insider)


USA: Tutu invitation row
Rowan Philp
(Times Live)

V2 Reflection 129
Socialisation

Bible plan: May 2
Romans & Mormons

John W Daily bBog: May 2
NY Times Bestseller


Thursday
May 3

George Weigel & the
 "Christian conquest" of China
Nicholas Clifford
(USA)
A new blogger. Welcome Nicholas!

Ireland:

Vatican loud on liberals
Fintan O'Toole
Association of Catholic Priests
A moving article

Church needs new direction
Fr Brendan Hoban (Irish Times)

Empowerment of women 
in Church & in society
Sr Inigo Joachim 
(who has been leading OMI annual HK retreat this week)

Wisconsin bishop defends conservative priests
(Herald Times Reporter)
This is going to be a growing issue
 in many parts of world...)

Vatican vs USA nuns:

A very public rebuke
Phyllis Zagano
(Tablet)

Overwhelming support for nuns
Margaret Thomspsn (Tablet)
See comments

Handbook for Catholic environmentalist
Korean bishops' conference

Vatican move re bishops in China
Gerard O'Connell (Vatican Insider)

V2 Reflection 130
John W       
Think Big

Bible Plan for May 3
 People said Jesus was crazy

John W Daily Blog:  May 3
On retreat with Sr Inigo


Friday
May 4

Reducing poverty by 2015
Bill Mulcahy
(Friday blogger)

Vatican: new rules for Caritas
John Allen
(NCR)

Ireland:

Card Brady's dilemma
Malachi O'Doherty
(Association of Catholic Priests)

Leaks and porkies
James (Catholica)

Card Brady: I won't resign
RTÉ News

Why people left Church
Tim Reidy (America Magazine)

Abusive church authority
Thomas Fox (NCR)

Beijing blind dissident ABC
Clinton & dissident in town.
 
c.f.r. Gorbachev & protestors
 in town 1989
?

V2 Reflection 131 
If only Vat was as concerned about these issues as about literal translations 

Bible plan: May 4
Listening with only 1 ear

John W Daily Blog: May 4
May 4 a big day for China

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April 2012 report

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Saturday May 5

There's no place like home
Judith Lynch
(Saturday blogger)

Congar: ALL humankind
Dr Andrew Kania (Catholica)

Silencing women  (NCR) 
Joan Chittester 
 
70,000  raped during Congo war

Newcastle: overseas priests review 

Leaders to Cardinal Brady: "resign"
Gerard O'Connell (Vatican Insider)

Vatican vs USA nuns:

Australian nuns support USA nuns
(Catholic Religious Australia)

Nuns doing it for themselves
Stephen Crittenden (Global Mail)

Being nasty about nuns
Paddy MacLachlen (UCA News)

LCWR crackdown complicated
John Allen (NCR)

Scandal can be the cost of truth
Fr William Grim
(UCA News)

Austria:  adults boycott Communion 
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt( NCR)

Wisconsin enforcer bishop
Eugene Kennedy (NCR)

B16's equivocal view of social justice
Andrew Hamilton (Eureka Street)

Bethlehem nuns battle
Yolande Knell (BBC)

V2 Reflection 132
D & F (dialogue & forgiveness)

Bible plan: May 5
Please help priests be good

John W  Daily Blog: May 5

Arsenal, Boston, Collingwood

Happy Easter Season
 to all dear readers! 
Many thanks  for checking
 this website each day

Calendar      (any more items?):

May 6 Melbourne: 
10.30am Eucharist at Ashburton
see inclusive-catholics.com 


June 10-17  Ireland:
Eucharistic Congress

June 11-14  USA:
Priests Association meeting
 

July 16-20  Australia: 
National Council of Priests meeting

This week's smile
(updated May 6)
(Vine & Branches Gospel today)

Let's encourage more people 
to see 1-7  re Bishop Bill Morris
1: Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report

3: Radio interview with judge

4:  "The Age" file of letters
5: Summary re Rome
 6: Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan


Google "Morris" at top of this page
for many articles re Bishop BM

 Bp Bill Morris   
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholics for Ministry  
Frank Brennan
Peter Johnstone     
The Swag
 

        Bloggers' previous articles

Other Archives
2012

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  2010
2009
2008

16 Documents of V2 
We Are Church
STANDUP4VATICAN2
VII - Voice of the Church

Catholic Priests Ireland

PrayTell
Donald Cozzens
Misguided Missal
   

Hazel of Old Windsor         Brian Lewis       Judith Lynch 

 Martin Mallon        Bill Mulcahy           David Timbs

Peter Wilkinson          John Wotherspoon

Hans Kung's letter to bishops
(the best description of what's happening)

Priests say 9 Masses a day....need to ordain married men

Making do with a faulty translation

Irish priests using 1998 ICE - not new translation


Fr J. Ratzinger's writings on V2

Open letter to US bishops re new translation

Why are women not being 
ordained to the priesthood?

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