LA Religious Ed. Congress & Program Guide (pdf.)
'Chat' with Cardional Mahony...
ess: What are your thoughts on when there is no priest for celebrating the mass? Can a lay person conduct a communion/paraliturgical service?
Cardinal Mahony: It is really hard to substitute any Rite or Service for the full celebration of the Eucharist. Sadly, in some places people don't have a choice.James: I've read that Pope Benedict is concerned about the liturgy and is about to issue a decree that encourages a more generous use of Latin in the liturgy including the use of the Tridentine rite. Do you support this and will you encourage the use of more traditional forms of worship in the archdiocese if he issues the decree?
Cardinal Mahony: James: of our 5 million Catholics, only a handful are interested in the Latin Mass. I must focus upon the 99% who need a vibrant Mass that includes them in its celebration.
Leonel Martinez: Cardinal Mahony, thank you for providing this forum for discussion. Some have suggested that the American bishops have not followed the wishes of Pope Benedict XVI because they have opted not to uniformly deny communion to Catholic elected officials who support abortion rights. How would you answer them?
Cardinal Mahony: That is not what our Holy Father is asking. Rather, he is asking that everyone who approaches Holy Communion should make sure he/she is living a life worthy of Jesus in this Sacrament. The burden is on the recipient, not on the minister.
Moderator: From Denny: Why can only men become priests, and not women?CardinalMahony: We need to attend Eucharist because we are all members of the Body of Christ, and that Body is incomplete unless we are all there.
Cardinal Mahony: The moderator has better answers than I do to that question!!!Mary Kennedy: As a lifelong Catholic, whenever I see the media look for commentary on Church issues, they seem to call on Mr. Donohue of the Catholic League. Invariably, Mr. Donohue does far more to engender contempt for the Church than anything that the League purports to protect the Church from. Why doesn't the USCCB publicly disavow this and make sure that the news outlets, when looking for the Church's position, actually call upon those who have authority to speak for the Church, such as the public affairs office of the USCCB?
Cardinal Mahony: Denny: we are following the tradition of the early Church and Jesus' actions. That has become our Tradition for a long time. Cardinal Mahony: Actually, our best spokespersons are knowledgeable Catholics at the local levels of the Church, not national figures. We have excellent such folks here in LA.
Moderator: From Fran at Congress: I've been asked this and I don't know -- Can
Catholics' burial ashes be scattered?
Cardinal Mahony: Fran: normally, we encourage that all of the ashes be in one place for the sake of the family and future generations, but if someone wants to spread their ashes over the sea or forest, well, they do return to their origins. Just don't spread them over Disneyland.
Interview from California Catholic Daily News
Curt Jester's interview (I think the title of it should be the 'wolf interview')
More 'chatting' with Cardinal Mahony ('cat heaven'? oh well....prayers continue!! reparation too!)
NCR-John Allen's take on the event:Musings on 'Brokeback Mountain,' catechesis, secularism and celibacy from Anaheim
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