Catholic Online: Santorum puts the blame in the wrong place
Sometimes the wrong people take offense. Take Sen. Rick Santorum's remarks blaming the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal on liberal attitudes in Boston. "When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected," the Pennsylvania Republican wrote in a column for Catholic Online three years ago. "While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in...
Catholic Online: Briefs
WASHINGTON, D.C. Apology demanded The state's congressional delegation yesterday demanded an apology from U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., for linking clergy sexual abuse of children to Boston "liberalism."Three years ago on the Web site Catholic Online, Santorum wrote, "While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism (is) at the center of the...
Catholic Online: CHURCH USES CYBERSPACE TO REACH NEW MARKET
Between the sordid cyberporn and the electrobabble that ooze and echo along the Internet, add a new element: professions of faith and illuminated manuscripts. The Roman Catholic Church is online.Propelled by the public relations bonanza of Pope John Paul II's imminent American visit, the church is sending missionaries into cyberspace, establishing a beachhead in its most otherworldly venue to date.Its mission is to spread a message of salvation. Its target: those who go to...
CATHOLIC ONLINE LENTEN PAGES
Informative, though a bit stilted; not many people use "Septuagesima" in everyday conversation. But the site pretty well explains Lent, which began this week with Ash Wednesday. Separate hyperlinks point to information on gospel readings, Holy Week, Stations of the Cross and the season's history, keeping each individual file down to about a page long.A bonus: A backlink leads to Catholic Online, with a wealth of links to news, pictures, devotional...
Catholic Online: Surf the 'Net with the Easter Bunny
It's Eastertime, and today's column takes a look at the histories, mysteries, facts and fun associated with this holy holiday. http://www.marvelicious.com/easter.html. Of the hundreds of Easter sites I visited while working on this column, this is my favorite. It is beautifully presented and contains an amazing amount of information, including facts, prayers, poems, history lessons, recipes and family traditions (not to mention a snappy rendition of "Here...