This afternoon, I turned on the television to a story on CNN regarding the recent news of the sexual abuse scandals and the concept of priestly celibacy. The person being interviewed said that the requirement for celibacy should be lifted because it would end the issue of sexual abuse by clergy and the number of [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Liberal Media Attacking the Church
March 31st, 2010 
Tom Pringle 
Posted in Clergy Abuse Scandal News, Special 
Tags: Celibacy, Clergy Sexual Abuse, CNN, Pope Benedict XVI, Rick Sanchez, USCCB 
13 Comments »Holy Week
March 29th, 2010 Tom Pringle Yesterday, Palm Sunday, marked the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. As Catholics, this year we will seem to be walking even closer to Christ than usual as a result of the recent developments out of Europe and the media’s attack on the Catholic Church.
Holy Week is time when Catholics worldwide feel [...]
On My Way…
March 26th, 2010 Tom Pringle A very good morning to all of you! Today, I hit the road for Orlando to spend Holy Week with the family, with my parish community, and with the Diocese. As we come to this last week before the celebration of Easter, let us remember why God sent us his only Son. May we continually [...]
“Each of Us is A Child of God”
March 25th, 2010 Tom Pringle This past weekend, members of the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Health Care Reform (HCR) Bill. Even before the bill was passed, the stance of the people was being heard around the country, many of whom were in opposition to the landmark legislation. However, some of those who opposed the bill took to name [...]
Posted in Special, USCCB Tags: Abortion, Cardinal Francis George, Congress of the United States, COTUS, Health Care, Health Care Reform, House of Representatives, Pope John XXIII, Pro-life, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, St. Augustine, United States, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, USCCB Media Blog No Comments »Update on the Response in Haiti
March 24th, 2010 Tom Pringle Although the health care reform bill has been the main news maker in the United States over the past several weeks, we need not to forget about what the Church is doing in Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake that occurred on January 12, 2010. Today, the USCCB Media Blog updated us on what [...]
