This sickens me to no end. Also very disturbing is the way the "green" crowd keeps insisting Pope Benedict is on board with this. If you Google "Catholic Climate Covenant" and click on the "Vatican Statements" link, you will find a series of comments made by the Holy Father on climate change. Do you all have an opinion as to why he may be accepting this false science?
I was recently asked to read the petitions for the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass, immediately before Mass started. While practicing them, I came to one petition that asked that we learn to take better care of the Earth and the Environment. I immediately stopped and expressed my thoughts on the petition. Then told them that I refused to read it. Then I suggested they get someone else to do it.
Somebody did, and I almost walked out. It has since gotten much better, thank God.
I agree with what Michael is saying about global warming and Church teaching - I definitely see it as a sham of some sorts based on my knowledge of science. However, I do take issue with Michael questioning our good bishops who might not know any difference. Does he know what it takes to be a bishop? All bishops are approved by Rome? Who are "we" to question what a bishop might be thinking?
@danielbulbrook We aren't questioning the bishops - we are questioning their staffs in the main, the people who (in many cases) keep the truth from the bishops. And we are the laity, and we can question what someone is DOING when that doing is inaction or support of immorality (as happened with much of the CCHD grants)
They have merely scrubbed their calendar of obvious references, the same tone is there and if you sort of wonder over to the publications section they hit you full bore with this nonsense.
I hope you don't mind but I would like to plug another site, the FranciscanFriars. Fr. Angelo gives an excellent homily on Lent and Fasting at: watch?v=WOQliFuA3mE and as always we pray for our Church and RealCatholicTV.
this is what u get by throwing the windows of the Church open to the world. the spirit if the church didnt flow out to the world, rather the stench of the world had flowed into the Church.
Another homerun for RCTV! Our diocesan newspaper has a huge article extolling the virtues of changing light bulbs for Lent. Since the paper's editor is the Bishop I assume that means he agrees with every article included. Guess our souls, and his, aren't as important as global warming!
@happilymarriedman They may very well have changed it; we reported on the Lenten Calendar last year, and they changed that (we documented it in our CIA piece on the CCHD)
WHAT?! Give up incandescent lights for lent?! You have to be kidding me, excommunicate all of these heretics who suggested this. This is sickening. Pray for the Church!
Man oh man... swapping out your light bulbs for lent. Could it get any easier to be catholic?(small C on purpose) With the Church holding it's rank and file to such low standards, is it any wonder why the greater culture is so messed up?
My question is about you mentioning about food fasting. While I agree that lightbulbs, and bags are stupid sacrifices, but what about non food items? Such as Facebook?
@redratfish The Church's tradition is for actual fasting involving food - and that is what we should do first. Giving the thing up has to be a genuine suffering and privation.
I noticed this listening to The Catholic Channel on XM radio yesterday. I was very disappointed, but I didn't know USCCB has a history of this. Thank you for all your work; may God bless you.
This sickens me to no end. Also very disturbing is the way the "green" crowd keeps insisting Pope Benedict is on board with this. If you Google "Catholic Climate Covenant" and click on the "Vatican Statements" link, you will find a series of comments made by the Holy Father on climate change. Do you all have an opinion as to why he may be accepting this false science?
tinarawks 10 months ago
@tinarawks 'Cause people around him aren't telling him the truth?
RealCatholicTV 10 months ago
I was recently asked to read the petitions for the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass, immediately before Mass started. While practicing them, I came to one petition that asked that we learn to take better care of the Earth and the Environment. I immediately stopped and expressed my thoughts on the petition. Then told them that I refused to read it. Then I suggested they get someone else to do it.
Somebody did, and I almost walked out. It has since gotten much better, thank God.
billkinca 11 months ago
I agree with what Michael is saying about global warming and Church teaching - I definitely see it as a sham of some sorts based on my knowledge of science. However, I do take issue with Michael questioning our good bishops who might not know any difference. Does he know what it takes to be a bishop? All bishops are approved by Rome? Who are "we" to question what a bishop might be thinking?
danielbulbrook 11 months ago
@danielbulbrook We aren't questioning the bishops - we are questioning their staffs in the main, the people who (in many cases) keep the truth from the bishops. And we are the laity, and we can question what someone is DOING when that doing is inaction or support of immorality (as happened with much of the CCHD grants)
RealCatholicTV 11 months ago
One thing we can do is pay attention to how we are wasting
food, water, and other items in the spirit of gratitude....not in
an environmental sense, but in respect to what God has given
us. Global warming might be bunk, but there might be a water
crisis coming in the near future.
SuperPete333 11 months ago
Michael:
They have merely scrubbed their calendar of obvious references, the same tone is there and if you sort of wonder over to the publications section they hit you full bore with this nonsense.
I hope you don't mind but I would like to plug another site, the FranciscanFriars. Fr. Angelo gives an excellent homily on Lent and Fasting at: watch?v=WOQliFuA3mE and as always we pray for our Church and RealCatholicTV.
joesphx19 11 months ago
this is what u get by throwing the windows of the Church open to the world. the spirit if the church didnt flow out to the world, rather the stench of the world had flowed into the Church.
carolignian 11 months ago
Another homerun for RCTV! Our diocesan newspaper has a huge article extolling the virtues of changing light bulbs for Lent. Since the paper's editor is the Bishop I assume that means he agrees with every article included. Guess our souls, and his, aren't as important as global warming!
hayfarmz 11 months ago
Michael,
I visited the link to the calendar, but saw no reference to light bulbs. Either I missed it, or they took it off. Am i right?
happilymarriedman 11 months ago
@happilymarriedman They may very well have changed it; we reported on the Lenten Calendar last year, and they changed that (we documented it in our CIA piece on the CCHD)
RealCatholicTV 11 months ago
WHAT?! Give up incandescent lights for lent?! You have to be kidding me, excommunicate all of these heretics who suggested this. This is sickening. Pray for the Church!
AdversusHaereses 11 months ago
Man oh man... swapping out your light bulbs for lent. Could it get any easier to be catholic?(small C on purpose) With the Church holding it's rank and file to such low standards, is it any wonder why the greater culture is so messed up?
jmjss7 11 months ago
Amen Voris, thank you for posting these.
My question is about you mentioning about food fasting. While I agree that lightbulbs, and bags are stupid sacrifices, but what about non food items? Such as Facebook?
redratfish 11 months ago
@redratfish The Church's tradition is for actual fasting involving food - and that is what we should do first. Giving the thing up has to be a genuine suffering and privation.
RealCatholicTV 11 months ago
It would be nice if Church leadership could lead us closer to Christ than Gorbachev.
TR4iN 11 months ago
I noticed this listening to The Catholic Channel on XM radio yesterday. I was very disappointed, but I didn't know USCCB has a history of this. Thank you for all your work; may God bless you.
alinskyrules 11 months ago