Posted on 07/26/2006 3:18:25 PM PDT by NYer
Well then it just sounds like they could have used this money on better things.
I just bought a Baltimore Catechism a few months ago. I really like it. I don't see anything wrong with it. However, the libs in the Church today may find it to be too "rigid" and "Conservative".
Therefore, I ask the Church's Pastors and the Christian faithful to receive this catechism in a spirit of communion and to use it assiduously in fulfilling their mission of proclaiming the faith and calling people to the Gospel life. This catechism is given to them that it may be a sure and authentic reference text for teaching Catholic doctrine and particularly for preparing local catechisms. [. . .] This catechism is not intended to replace the local catechisms duly approved by the ecclesiastical authorities, the diocesan Bishops and the Episcopal Conferences, especially if they have been approved by the Apostolic See. It is meant to encourage and assist in the writing of new local catechisms, which must take into account various situations and cultures, while carefully preserving the unity of faith and fidelity to Catholic doctrine. (John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum, Oct. 11, 1992)
Putting the American saints in the catechism was a good idea, in my opinion. No idea how Bernardin got in there, though!
No, I'm not kidding. She was very devout, and was even permitted to keep the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel at the rural place run by the Worker in Upstate New York. While she and Cardinal Spellman agreed on virtually nothing, it was widely rumored that he left her the proceeds from the sale of his very valuable coin collection upon his death to assist in things like the soup line on the Bowery, etc. She was always very obedient and said that if the Cardinal ever told her to stop her work, she would do it immediately. But he never did.
One may disagree with her pacificism or some other aspect of her opinions, but they came out of her faith. Incidentally, this does not apply to the people who came to the Worker, particularly in the 1970s, such as the Berrigans and their groupies, who were motivated by a combination of egoism, exhibitionism and arrogance and, of course, extreme left-wing ideology.
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