Portsmouth Roman Catholic

The above is a 3d Image of Jesus Christ which was taken from the Shroud of Turin and modified but still the same 3D features as on the Shroud. The team of scientists and experts were badly shaken when in 1988 a Carbon 14 dating at Oxford University put the age of the Shroud to the 14th Century.  They approached the problem with professionalism however, if it was just anther Medieval Forgery they would quickly sort it out and if they could not then perhaps they would have to take a closer look at the Carbon Dating. Now there were many forgeries in Medieval times but they were easy to sort out for the paint and brush strokes gave the artist away in many cases,  there would not be any history prior to the historical find, and there was nothing of any note in the painting or artefact that really drew crowds of people to want to believe in it.   So that was a measure.   Many were drawn to the Shroud of Turin but at the same time it was just one of many relics in the Church in medieval

There are so many prayers being offered today for peace in the world. In the Catholic Church we have many prayers including the Rosary but perhaps we should look a little more closely at the teachings of Jesus. Jesus spent three years teaching his disciples before dying on the Cross and then sending the Holy Spirit upon his followers. It seems an awful lot of hard work so that we could all be loving and forgiving and kind to one another. "Go therefore to all nations baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit AND TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. Well that is fair enough, so what has he commanded. Is it just to be loving and forgivig and being nice to one another. If we examine the gospels we find there is much more but somehow it is not the kind of subjects we talk about today. He talked about marriage, he talked about God meaning marriages to last and spoke fiercely about divorce. Even his disciples were upset at t

It is now well established by a Pennsylvania Court that the victims of abuse in the Church were young boys in puberty and teenagers , yes and even seminarians. They accounted for 4 out of 5 of the victims. I can almost hear the moans from some as they read this, "I do not want to know" They will turn to another blog that will say the things they want to hear. Certainly not this stuff. But let me put it another way "Where would Jesus stand on this issue?" Perhaps that will not work either because they want the unity of the Church to be the major issue in this, not the abused victims. Well maybe that is too strong. But we have lovely little communities that we go to on a Sunday where everyone is nice and if you talk about this some will not be so nice to you. The truth is that we do not care for the victims. We do not put them first and we support the prelates who cover up the brutal assaults on young men because they are all very nice people our prelates

The greatest scandal in the history of the Church is about to explode on us. But are we prepared? While the media is ignoring it because of its homosexual content and the need to her politically correct the young people who have been and are being sexually abused seem to have no voice in the matter. So let me tell where I stand. Sexual abuse leaves young people emotionally scatted for life and they seldom recover from the outrageous attack on their bodies. So I will put them first and I will not support any Pope, Cardinal, bishop, or priest who had used his position of trust to abuse the faithful. I am appalled at what I read and I pray that those who committed such acts on young boys and seminarians are brought to justice. There are all sorts accusations going on. There is even an attempt to bring the late St John Paul II into the blame list. That I do not believe in any way. What I pray for is a cleansing of the Church from the errors of the past 50 years which gave rise t

I have been looking over the subjects I have posted on this blog. There were some that I found great interest in from the 'audience" I had. These were the subjects about the teachings of the Church and many wanted to read these to find if my views on the sacraments and Catholic Teaching matched theirs. We are very divided on such matters However there are matters which we would rather not comment on. These posts are usually about the plight of young people in the Church. Perhaps it is just that everyone knows about young people and how they are neglected but feel helpless and would rather not comment or get involved. That will never be me. I have a very small life in this planet and the people I know are but a drop in the ocean of humanity. But when I find in this small setting there are so many suffering children I have to ask what is the universal picture if everyone in their small circles knows young people to a smaller or greater extent than mine. So let me go t

We have a society today where thousands of young people are drawn to drugs, prostitution, alcohol, and self harm all at record levels.   Many young girls become pregant and either have an abortion, that is kill the baby growing in them or become single mothers and struggle to fulfil the role of a father and a mother, and although many do a good job far too many still put their children second when it comes to relationships and the children have "uncle after uncle' sometimes with dangerous consequences.    Sexual relationships before marriage lead to unfaithfulness within marriage and the couple split as they look for new experiences.     This causes children to grow with no appreciation of marriage whatsoever nor what love between two spouses looks like.   Even in Catholic School there are figures which show that at least half of the children come from poor homes, that is single parent homes, where children without fathers become jealous of those who have.    Some may say that

The inquiry will examine “the failure of those at the top of the church either to be able or willing to exercise any form of control or even refer allegations made to them directly to the relevant body,” he added. He said that those who instruct him “take the view that the evidence so far presents a picture of the church as a clear and present danger to children as it is structurally organised. “It is an organisation that is fundamentally structurally incapable of implementing minimum standards of child protection consistently and there is no evidence, in my submission, from the church that that is not the case.” Cardinal Nichols can only answer the above state sponsored bigotry by by telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.   The use of the word 'children' shows the refusal of the members of the enquiry to look at what is really happening by the use of this word is telling.   They are again using the word 'children' to escape the truth the