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WHO WILL WATCH THE WATCHDOGS? Joe Pritchard, FaithfulVoice , NY.

''Mr Post ,does the VOTF favor contraception ,women priests ,married priests ,abortion

--The Numbers Tell The Story That The Boston Globe Won't

8/5/2003 By Karl Maurer - Catholic Citizens News

… Americans recognize that child abuse is hardly restricted to errant Catholic clerics, but is

statisticly much more likely to effect them in their own families, neighborhoods or public schools.

Threats against anyone who believes in the teachings of the Catholic Church submitted by Alice Slattery 6 August 03

The reception of holy Communion is meant to signify the recipient's complete assent to all of the Church's teachings on faith and morals and the soul's unity with those Divine teachings.

Humanae Vitae : A Generation Later

By Janet E. Smith Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Dallas

By preserving the whole moral law of marriage, the Church knows that she is supporting the growth of a true civilization among men.

In teaching that contraception is intrinsically immoral, the Church is not imposing a disciplinary law on Catholics; she is preaching only what nature and the gospel preach.

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-THE PRIEST: ICON OF CHRIST, ENABLER OF SANCTITY By George Weigel

By teaching the truths of Catholic faith, by sanctifying his people through the sacraments, and by governing justly that portion of God's people entrusted to his pastoral authority, the Catholic priest enables men and women to become saints to become the kind of people who can live with God forever.

Massachusetts Catholic Bishops' Joint Statement

on the Definition of Marriage

It is time that the leaders of VOTF tell the public, especially the Globe,

exactly what their position is on this issue.

Will this statement be read from the pulpits of :

The Boston 58 ?

The priests of integrity who celebrated the Companions Mass ?

The priests of integrity who spoke against the Sanctity of Marriage ?

Will VOTF turn away from its support of homosexuality in the priesthood ?

Bloodlust for Catholicism is far from satiated from C.J.Doyle

CATHOLIC ACTION LEAGUE CRITICIZES BOSTON GLOBE POLL OF CATHOLICS

"gloating triumphalism , based on self-serving, heavily freighted polling data".

-"Keep the Faith, Change the Church" Francis X. Altiere 8/20/2002

Dissent is the modern crisis.

Catholic Citizens of Illinois

Dissenting Group VOTF Meets with Cardinal George in Chicago

Cardinal George indicated he believed that the VOTF motto, "keep the faith, change the church", was "problematical."

This church won't budge Eileen McNamara, Globe 4/2/03

A diatribe from a VOTF cheerleader

Church refuses group's money Paulson, McNamara et al ,Globe

Some articles from The Globe have been added 2 April 03

Bishop Lennon believes Voice of the Faithful's fund-raising effort

is undermining the church's fund-raising efforts.

''Catholic Charities has been directed not to accept the money, and all the other entities of the archdiocese are also being informed of that directive as well.''

Boston and Other Bishops First Things Richard John Neuhaus Feb 03

The original article that accused the Boston 58 of being the usual suspects.Among them are longstanding advocates of gay causes, habitual ranters against Rome’s putative oppression, and those who go far beyond respectful dissent in publicly declaring that authoritative teachings of the Church are simply false.

Possible Law successor decries secrecy M Paulson, Globe 3/29/03

The Church as ''a divinely established reality''

â•œ it would be a mistake to attempt to shape The Church in the image of political institutions.

â•œ warned against allowing the news media or interest groups to shape the church.

A Lesson in Being˛Not Nasty Commonweal Wm Bole 28 March 03

A twisted defense of The Boston 58, claiming that Weigel and Neuhaus are

neoconservatives practiced in the art of controversy.

And a response by Carol McKinley..

Dissident Joan Chittister Endorses "Voice of the Faithful"

Voice of Faithful goes after biggest issue of all: authority

Before this is over, thanks to Voice of the Faithful, issues like a married priesthood, the ordination of women, the use of inclusive pronouns in scripture and the choice of postures during the canon of the Mass will seem to be exactly what they are -- very, very minor.

Church rejects Voice of Faithful meeting

Bishop Pilarczyk , Dayton ,Ohio said Thursday he decided not to "encourage parishes to make their facilities available to Voice of the Faithful because the posture of (the lay group) in relation to the teaching of the church is not clear to me."

Keene Sentinel by Roger Vaste 19 March 03

The ravings of a VOTF supporter who blames the entire Church "hierarchy"

for the actions of a few misguided Bishops.

Right Pew . Wrong Church. from The Boston Herald 4 March 03

A fired Pastor will serve 10 days in jail for sexual assault.

When Nobody is Looking Carol McKinley 3 March 03

The tragedy is, that in the sins of omissions of the Bishops and Cardinals and priests who are allowing VOTF into their basements - - the innocent and open-minded faithful assembling to learn their faith are being taught it through dissident interpretation

Some facts and Figures Fr Benedict Groeshel

8 million cases of sexual abuse in the last 40 years (half of them unreported)

of these, what small percentage were priests?

What I told Voice of the Faithful Deal Hudson Feb 26, 2003

The future of VOTF lies with those leaders who are willing to resist the dissenting

solutions that will only diminish the witness of the Church.

DIOCESAN TASK FORCE 0N SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY

St. James Church, Portsmouth, NH, Warren@FaithfulVoice.com

Sucker-Punched Editorial from National Catholic Register 23 Feb 03

People with an ax to grind and lawyers with a buck to make were listening in.

Father Groeschel @ St. Patrick's in Natick Carol McKinley 19 Feb 03

Believe the Church's Teachings. Believe in Jesus Christ.

The Year of the Rosary Oct 2002 â•„ Oct 2003

The "Year of the Rosary" portends to be especially prodigious in grace.

Response to a dissident agenda

The Miranda Paper a must read By Henry Miranda Jr

First “Priest of Integrityˇ Award 29 Sep. 02

The Pope stressed that the responsibilities and the authority of the pastor come

"not from the community, but-- through the bishop with whom he works-- from Christ."

ASSEMBLING THE DREAM TEAM:

VOTF IS "RETAINING A LAWYER"

â•œThe hirelings are they who, as Saint Paul warns us,

"seek their own interest and not those of Jesus Christ" (Ph.2,21).

Faithful Voice is simply telling the truth

Small, stealthy and exists to expose By Jay Lindsay, A P, 10/27/02

Bishop Emilio Allue

courageously defends Orthodox Catholicism

On the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel 29 SEP 02

By removing dissident group from St Michael Parish ,No Andover Ma.

Common / Ministerial Priesthood John Paul II 11Sep02

Catholic Charities Emergency Meeting Carol McKinley, 7Apr.03

In the Bay State, members of the pro-church Faithful Voice plan to attend an April 8 2003 emergency meeting of the Catholic Charities board, in which the Boston Archdiocese's social service arm will decide whether to accept a $35,000 gift from VOTF that was rejected by interim administrator Bishop Richard G. Lennon.

Catholic Charities Caves In Deal Hudson 10 Apr 03

Catholic Charities is losing its Catholic identity.

Statement of Bishop Richard Lennon, Apostolic Administrator, April 8, 2003

I am disappointed that Catholic Charities has decided to accept money from the Voice of Compassion Fund.

THE MASS OF VATICAN II by Joseph Fessio, S.J. May, 1999.

Sacrosanctum Concilium is one of the most important documents of the Vatican II, one that has been the least understood and, I believe, has wrought the most havoc not by having been fulfilled but by having been ignored or misinterpreted.

Was Dom Gueranger right after all? Father Hugh S. Thwaites, S.J.

There is no question, of course, about the validity of our daily Masses. They are the same holy Sacrifice that has been offered on the altars of the Church since the day of Pentecost. The fact that it was Rome that gave it to us is sufficient guarantee of that.

Bishops refuse to attend commencements

citing alleged abortion position of honorees The Associated Press 22 May 03

"I cannot let my presence imply support for anything less than the protection of all life at all its stages

Yoga is incompatible with Catholicism Father John Hardon / Jaime Cardinal Sin

“Inner” Hinduism professes pantheism, which denies that there is only one infinite Being who created the world out of nothing.

Live the Faith and change your ways !

I am obliged to warn you to reform and confess your sins.

The Dissenters' Secret Meeting CRISIS Magazine 11 July,03 Deal Hudson

I find it ironic that the same people who lambaste the bishops for being "secretive,"

the same people who want openness and transparency in the chancery,

are now sneaking around behind the scenes, trying to escape the public eye.

A FEW BLUNT WORDS TO CATHOLICS from Roman Catholic Faithful 10 JULY 03

As followers of Christ and members of His Church we must stand in opposition to evil!

The Church that I love and that Jesus promised would last until the end of the world is a Church that doesn't want to appear holy, it must be holy!

Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results by James Hitchcock 1995

Once appointed, a conservative bishop finds other obstacles besides those in the diocese itself.

This endemic practice of diplomacy within the Church has yielded small results. Abuses have been tolerated not for the sake of unity but merely for the appearance of unity, which itself soon becomes an overriding concern.

..the decisions of VOTF will be made in the

"smoke filled back rooms by the party bosses"! Democracy@Faithfulvoice.com

How Bizarre is this Dennis Kozak , FaithfulVoice.com ,Long Island ,10 Jan 03

Empower the laity and then let them take positions on issues.

Vatican to reinforce Catholic Orthodoxy 8 Jan, 2003, By Robert Pigott,BBC

Ordaining those with deviant tendencies is risky business.

A Thought Experiment Bill Cotter , Boston Rescuer , Dec 2002

boldly confronting one evil can help one to face others.

Catholic Lite is Catholic mediocrity

too many bishops acted as managers and not as apostles

"A review published in the Jan. 10issue of The Pilot" re:George Weigel at B.C. 3 Dec 02).

Schism of Dissent John Hearn 9 Jan 03

The laity has from ancient times been on the frontlines of the war against heresy.

The McCormack Conundrum Fenwick@FaithfulVoice.com

Bp..McCormack is taking the precaution of catering to pro-homosexual media and academic

opinion as a means of assuring that the Globe won't put out a contract on him .

Den of Iniquity

Manchester, New Hampshire has become a true home for those who hate the Church.

OPPOSITION IN N.H.

Letter campaign used to thwart VOTF in Keene , N.H.

Bishop John McCormack of Manchester ,N.H.

Bishop open to gays as priest By Associated Press, 11/18/2002

Penance and Sacrifices

The attack is on us in many other directions and angles as well.

Unspeakable Abomination By Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz

Upon hearing about such things, I must confess that I am tempted to look for my shotgun and baseball bat, much sooner that I am tempted to give any consideration to a possible "sickness" in a perpetrator.

There is only one Light

An "American catholic church" of the type VOTF espouses (despite its transparent remonstrations)

is, in the end, God made in the image of man.

Deconstruction of Perversion a report by Mary M. Dillon 23 Dec. 02

Married Catholics contracept and / or dissent from Church teaching about marriage and family

All Dioceses Targeted by VOTF-National protest on 6 Jan 02

Does this effort of VOTF fall within the RICO statute ?

not by revolution and rebellion but by prayer

Are changes needed? Yes. But not by revolution and rebellion but by prayer and by working within our parishes and dioceses to help our bishops, priests, deacons, religious and lay leaders.

By Rick Ricciardi, MI , Founder of Returning Home

Angel of the Judgment St Vincent Ferrer 1350-1419

Remedies against spiritual temptations and false revelations

DILIGAMUS NOS INVICEM (1John 4. 7)

"LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER". Bishop Richard Lennon , Apostolic Administrator , Archdiocese of Boston

For faithful, a rift widens Eileen McNamara , 22 DEC 02 , Boston Globe

The defiant response of FaithfulVoice.com

The Boston Disease â•„ What remains after Cardinal Law. Michael Novak, National Review Online

It was not only the Catholic clergy that was at fault. So also were we, the laity.

Leniency to Paul Shanley ?

protesting close to Shanley’s house is a vigilante movement said, VOTF s Paul Baier

Faithful voices react to Law's exit By Paula Woodhull pwoodhull@cnc.com

We need to hear what is being said by those who love the church.

Laicized

The Cardinal, however, eventually laicized the parochial vicar, despite the acquittal in court.

To Cardinal Law’s credit

After thousands of pages of private files have been, under dubious pretexts, taken from the Church and published in order to incite mob reaction; there is not one word which proves that Cardinal Law

intentionally tried to hurt anyone. At most, they prove that the Cardinal, from what is now seen to be a misguided understanding of the nature of sexual perversion, allowed certain grave sinners chances to

reform which put others at risk.

On the other hand, many of those judging the Cardinal, have knowingly and willfully contributed to the pitiless abortions of thousands of defenseless babies for whom the Cardinal has faithfully

spoken up. Editor8@FaithfulVoice.com

Rise and Defend Truth Carol Mckinley 13 DEC 02

our children remain confused on who is teaching the authentic faith.

George Weigel at B.C by Alice Slattery

Many bishops became discussion moderators, some priests' consciences became dead.

Men with deviant affections cannot be priests

John Paul II Sep.5, 2002

An ecclesiological defect of grave implications

"Naturally, the criteria of an ecclesial character for an adequate integration of those new realities are always respected and examined by the diocesan authority in keeping with pastoral needs, not only of the particular Church itself, but also of the universal Church John Paul II 28 OCT 2002

LOOKING FOR LEADERS PHILIP F. LAWLER, Editor The Catholic World Report (Feb 2003)

The faithful do have a voice in the selection of bishops----if they choose to use it.

Document on New Age Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

A Christian assessment of New Age thinking and the New Age movement as a whole.

Catholic Politicians' Duties Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

This Note is directed to the Bishops of the Catholic Church and, in a particular way, to Catholic politicians and all lay members of the faithful called to participate in the political life of democratic societies.

"General absolution may only be imparted in

cases of grave necessity"

A General absolution is mainly indicated for situations where there is physical impossibility to administer the Sacrament of Confession according to the usual rules, such as, for example, at the time of an imminent bombing attack. It is not intended to handle the case of a psychological antipathy to normal confession.

The heart of the efficacy and validity of the sacraments lies in the priest's "intention of doing what the Church does (intentio faciendo quod facit Ecclesia)". This fundamental intention covers even the forgetfulness which may occur when performing religious duties. A ceremony of general absolution, intended to replace normal "auricular confession" would call into doubt the very validity and sacramental value of such a substitution.

As one orthodox priest affirmed: Priests who have serious guilty in the sexual abuse crisis as well as other mortal sins have the grave obligation of going to confession as soon as possible, knowing that such confessions are protected, notwithstanding any civil law, by the seal of confession. If the peace of soul that one seeks is the Church's guarantee of God's forgiveness, then that simply is what you must do.

Bishop Lennon to launch 'healing' initiative

Priests will be asked to sit in the pews and not wear liturgical vestments so they can confess sins alongside the laity.

The little girl Barbara Boxer tried to hide By Jane Chastain

March 13, 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Faithful St. Louis [ VOTF St Louis ] by Women for Faith & Family

VOTF and company must not be permitted to mount in their destructive crusade unopposed.

TESTEM BENEVOLENTIAE NOSTRAE

Concerning New Opinions, Virtue, Nature And Grace, With Regard To Americanism

Pope Leo XIII Encyclical promulgated on January 22, 1899.

Keene Sentinal promotes VOTF submitted by Paul Anthony Melanson .

Faithful Voice NH. continues its opposition VOTF and boycott of The Keene Sentinel.

Barred from Catholic Charities building April 11, 2003

Bishop Joseph Gerry, has told the group it cannot hold meetings in Portland churches.

Ecclesia de Eucharistia

Encyclical Letter "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women in the Consecrated Life, and all the Lay Faithful:

On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church (April 17, 2003)

The Duty to Be Morally Coherent J. Bottum 04/17/2003

The Senate minority leader is ordered to stop calling himself a Catholic by Bishop Robert Carlson

.. public figures who aren't going to oppose abortion shouldn't call themselves Catholic anymore.

Stunted teaching on sex has role in church˙s crisis S .Callahan 21 Mar 03

A deeper understanding of the centrist views of VOTF

I belong to that large centrist, reform-minded group of devoted Catholics who affirm the creeds, the scriptures and the teachings of Vatican II, but have come to a far different diagnosis of our current sexual abuse troubles.

Call for women priests is cheered W. Davis,Globe, 4/28/03

The hierarchy of VOTF supports the ordination of women.

The arrogance of Catholic Charities from Letters to the Pilot 27 Apr 03

We have no reason to trust Catholic Charities.

A Church Musician's Lament By Michael Olbash

In a typical American parish, the selection of music betrays--and reinforces--an irreverent approach to the Mass. Reprinted with permission. Apr. 15 (Catholic World Report)

The Rise fo Voice of the Faithful

The Globe has gathered all its puff pieces regarding VOTF and placed them on this link.

Two Events in Boston: VOTF and Faithful Voice

Lets all take one deep breath and blow some smoke of Satan out of the Sanctuary.

By Carol McKinley & Reprinted from TCRNEWS.COM

VOTF CONCLUDES FIRST MEETING WITH CARDINAL LAW

"(Law) squarely told us he was concerned about who we are and who we aspire to be,"Post ,said

from Carol McKinley

FaithfulVoice forms in New Jersey from Carol McKinley

An over powering, dictator hierarchy usurped the church of the people.

We have about 20 people right now who are going to the next meeting of VOTFNJ in Jan.

The megaphones, the victims, and VOTF.

help the Church during these difficult times -- without going through VOTF. By Deal Hudson

Whose Church? Whose Authority? By Phil Lawler ,Editor Catholic World Report

American Catholics, lay and clerical, must recognize the difference between temporal power and spiritual authority.

Spitting on the blood of Martyrs Dennis Kozak 12 SEP 02

VOTF and the mirror magisterium By Dennis Kozak

Voice of the Faithful please read Canon 216

You cannot lay claim to the title "Catholic without the consent of the competent ecclesiastical authority

BERNARD CARDINAL LAW BANS NEW CHAPTERS OF VOTF FROM FORMING IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON 12 OCT 2002

CLEARLY THE ARCHBISHOP & BISHOPS ARE EXAMINING AND VERIFYING THE EVIDENCE .

BY USING THE EMOTIONAL DIVIDES VOTF CONTINUES TO GRIP CONTROL FROM OUR PRIESTS, PASTORS AND BISHOPS AND HAVE MANIPULATED THEIR RETURN TO ST. MICHAEL, NO. ANDOVER, MA.

Voice of the Faithful is not the Churchˇ John Mallon. Sep,6 2002

Document on New Age Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

A Christian assessment of New Age thinking and the New Age movement as a whole.

Pope basher Advisor to VOTF

Planned Parenthood Advisor to VOTF

Call to Action Advisor to VOTF

Ephebophilia in the Priesthood

Celibacy

Glorious origins of Celibacy

Redefinition of Dogma -James McGregor Ph.D.

Truth,Charity,Fidelity

Mystery of Iniquity