Archbishop Oscar Romero Was A Traditionalist.

El Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero whose canonization was announce by the Vatican, was a traditionalist and a man of the Church, faithful to its magisterium, writes Michele Ippolito on La Fede Quotidiana. Romero was shot and killed in March 1980 during Mass. Ippolito points out that Romero had nothing to do with the Communist-leaning "Theology of Liberation". Ippolito writes, "The dishonest journalists should read Romero's writings and homilies in order to grasp the traditional approach of his spiritual formation and his natural estrangement to theological newisms."

Rowan Williams, a former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury has joined the professional atheist Richard Dawkins in attacking a policy that would allow the Catholic Church to open new schools in Great Britain. Williams co-signed a letter to the Daily Telegraph saying it was "difficult to bring to mind a more divisive policy" than removing an admissions cap that prevents new faith schools from selecting more than half of their intake from their own religion.

The Vatican published some days ago photos of Jewish refugees during Second World War who were saved by the Vatican. At the time, Pius XII sheltered Jewish refugees in the Vatican, in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo and in many other Catholic locations. Pius XII saved 100'000s of Jews and afterwards did not always receive the gratefulness from Jewish organizations that could have been expected.

The diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, has consecrated its beautiful new Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on March 3. The new monumental house of God evokes the great history and beauty of the Catholic Church. It was three years in the making and was built at a cost of $30.8 million to accommodate the diocese's enormous growth. The Cathedral can be seen from miles away. The Cathedrals interior is painted with saints. Bishop Richard Stika own pet Cockapoo dogs acted as models for the dogs surrounding a painting of St. Francis.