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November 2008 — Worth Noting . . .
COMMUNION IN THE HAND?…Dietrich von Hildebrand said that there are no serious arguments for Communion in the hand, but gravely serious arguments against it. There have been many abuses connected with the practice. In this issue, Mr. Paul Kokoski, reflecting on the Canadian experience, which is similar to that of the United States, presents a series of arguments against Communion in the hand. Over the centuries the Church came to see that only consecrated hands of priests should touch the sacred species of the body and blood of Christ our Lord, who is both God and man. Mr. Kokoski argues that there is a connection between Communion in the hand and the increasing loss of belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. REVIVAL OF APOLOGETICS…During this past year I have come across several calls for a revival of apologetics. Before Vatican II all Catholic students were taught apologetics—how to defend their Catholic faith. Suddenly it was dropped after the council, as if it were no longer needed. In this issue Mr. Thomas Storck, a frequent contributor to HPR, points out that the surge of atheism in our culture—based on pseudo-arguments from philosophy and history that can easily be refuted—needs to be answered by knowledgeable Catholics. Most Protestants seem to think that faith is a “blind leap into the dark.” Catholics hold that human reason can prove the existence of God and also prove the truth of divine revelation from miracles and prophecies. BISHOPS AND ABORTION…The number of abortions in the United States since Roe v. Wade in 1973 is now estimated at about fifty million. And the daily slaughter continues. Many Catholic senators and congressmen have voted for abortion and against life again and again—and they have not been disciplined by their bishops. In this issue, Mr. Robert J. Kendra, who has followed this tragedy for many years, points the finger at the bishops in this country for not invoking canonical penalties against these abettors of abortion. As public sinners they could easily be excommunicated, or at least publically refused Communion. Kenneth Baker, S.J. |
November 2008
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