Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted Strikes Again

Bishop Olmsted is well known for his orthodoxy and for his head-on attitude. He is more publicly known for informing Sr. Margaret McBride that she had excommunicated herself (please note the way I worded it. Bishop Olmsted did not excommunicate her, she excommunicated herself). Well, His Eminence is getting praise (and flack) for again being a good Shepherd. And here's the kicker... it'll happen tomorrow!

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (A Meditation)

This wouldn't be a Catholic blog if I didn't at least comment on the Immaculate Conception on this, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

Call No Man Father... Part III of III

In the last two posts (post one here, and post two here), I discussed how one cannot look at Matthew 23:9 in a literalistic fashion. I described how the Old Testament used the terms 'condemned' by Christ, how Peter John and Paul all used these terms to refer to their spiritual fatherhood, and how Fundamentalists themselves use the words that are, supposedly, condemned by Christ. In this post, we'll look closer at what the verse is saying as opposed to stating that priests should not be called Father.

Call No Man Father... Part II of III

In the last post I showed how the Old Testament used the words that Fundamentalists believe are absolutely condemned by Christ in Matthew. Peter, John, and Paul continually speak about spiritual father/son and father/child relationships. These Fundamentalists need to read their Bible more often, because these three Apostles use these references often.