Monthly Archives: November 2011

The pope’s envoy running the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order says the 1,000-plus rules governing the cult-like life of some of its members are invalid and will be whittled down to a core set of norms. The rules that … Continue reading →

THE OFFERTORY   The Talmudic Touch: THE REAL STORY OF THE OFFERTORY’S REPLACEMENT “In the New Mass the Offertory was replaced by a formula from the Talmud, a classic of hate-literature directed against Jesus with an intensity and perversity perhaps … Continue reading →

COUNCIL of Europe inspectors have visited the Vatican to monitor its plans to tighten money laundering regulations.  The group from the Moneyval committee “met with representatives of Vatican authorities dealing with the issue of prevention and fight against money laundering … Continue reading →

A monk wanted by police over child abuse allegations at a leading Catholic school secretly visited Rome to empty his Vatican bank account while on the run. Father Laurence Soper, a former teacher at St Benedict’s, West  London, disappeared in … Continue reading →

An investigation by a retired Supreme Court judge has found the Catholic Church breached canon and civil law when it asked a bishop on Queensland’s Darling Downs to retire. The long-serving bishop of Toowoomba, William Morris, was asked to retire … Continue reading →

A CO Louth parish priest who stood down from ministry in August of last year following an allegation of child abuse has been cleared in an investigation by the PSNI. Fr Oliver Brennan first heard of the allegation, which dated … Continue reading →

REPORTS INTO six Catholic dioceses by the church’s child protection watchdog are to be published next week. The reports by the National Board for Safeguarding Children and conducted in Raphoe, Derry, Dromore, Kilmore, Ardagh Clonmacnoise and Tuam archdiocese, were completed … Continue reading →

Pope Benedict XVI insisted on Saturday that all of society’s institutions and not just the Catholic church must be held to “exacting” standards in their response to sex abuse of children, and defended the church’s efforts to confront the problem. … Continue reading →

2011 OFFICIAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY PUBLISHED FOR NOVEMBER 2011 Be Sure to Check Your Traditional Site’s Listing for Correctness THE TRADITIO NETWORK HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF TRADITIONAL LATIN MASSES THAT THE NEW NOVEMBER 2011 MONTHLY REVISED EDITION OF THE 16TH ANNUAL … Continue reading →