De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Further to the deeply disconcerting news that Boston College is honouring the Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, by awarding him an honorary degree and inviting him to deliver the Commencement Address this year I have some news. Today Father James Bradley noted that Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.,   had responded very strongly to this disaterous invitation by withdrawing from the event and issuing a statement which is transparent on the matter. This is the full text: BOSTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT STATEMENT Cardinal Sean May 10, 2013 Because the Gospel of Life is the centerpiece of the Church’s social doctrine and because we consider abortion a crime against humanity, the Catholic Bishops of the United States have asked that Catholic institutions not honor government officials or politicians who promote abortion with their laws and policies. Recently I learned that the Prime Minister of Ireland, the Hon. Mr. Enda Kenny was slated to receive an hon...

May the souls of the departed rest in peace. May God console the families and friends. May God help the injured heal. May God be in Boston. Our God is a God united with our suffering. We know at times like this we can always turn to Him for comfort. Sometimes when these things happen we feel as if there is nothing to do, although we feel tremendous empathy with those suffering and those dealing with the suffering. We can do something, we can reach for our Rosaries and pour out our hearts to Heaven. There are lots of people asking why. What strikes me is the deliberateness of  such an act, the aim of which can only, surely, be to cause as much suffering, mayhem, and panic as possible to completely innocent people. The fact that this has been perpetrated without warning, at an international sporting event, speaks to the callousness and Godlessness of those who have perpetrated this act. I feel sadness, sickness and rage, as I do at any instance of the murder of the in...