This a simple announcement of the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse.

The Comments Section is full trolls who either dislike Bishop Morlino, or hate the Catholic Church, or disrespect all Christian faith in general.

Bishop Morlino is very patient and pastoral with his flock. Madison Catholics love him... and we are very proud that disobedient "Catholic" rags like the National Catholic Reporter find him worthy of their abuse. (The bishops that NCR loved most, like Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, have all resigned or been disciplined for covering the abuse of gay priests.)

As far as the anti-Catholic and anti-Christian comments go.... we are long accustomed to persecution.

But it is funny when modern atheists claim that faith is somehow contrary to Reason. Modern atheists have to deny a great deal of evidence in order to say this, and this denial of the evidence (miracles, prophecies fulfilled, the apparitions of Mary, the life of Jesus) is what is contrary to Reason!

The greatest of human Reason, from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas, lives on the in Catholic Church. All other modern philosophies refuse to look at the evidence or allow themselves to think fully.

Thanks Rusty.
You're free, of course. We all are. But remember, there cannot be any chain of movement without a first Unmoved Mover. And all of the causes and effects we witness constantly in the world, could never happen without a First Uncaused Cause.
God Bless,
Mitchell

No Thanks Mitchell. Enough of this fantasy land exchange.

Or, you can start reading the Catechism here:
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c1.htm...
God Bless,
Mitchell

Hi Gfan-Can you prove your assertion? If not, there is no basis for your making it. Define "supernatural event."

Secondly, again, I didn't make any arguments based on "supernatural events" here (though I could), only on the simple use of reason.

This dialogue illustrates what we have come to in our society. The Church used to have to defend the Faith, now, they have to even defend reason itself.

The ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle proved God's existence by reason alone, and many of His properties, in a pagan culture 350 years before Christ. Thus, there is, again, a very clear distinction between philosophy, and theology. I only proposed here, the use of philosophy.

And sorry Rusty, there is only one world, and one law of reason (it is called Logic) which precedes both of us. We don't create it but only discover it and assent to the finding. Reason is a most laudible tool for this activity.
Mine was only an invitation for you to use it.
God Bless.
P.S. Nothing makes more sense than the Catholic Faith. If you want an excellent read, go to your local bookstore and pick-up a Catechism of the Catholic Church and start reading from the beginning. Lots of philosophy in there, in the beginning, as a basis for the theology.

Mitchel, there has never been any direct or indirect evidence that any supernatural event has ever occurred.

Without the existence of the supernatural you have no basis for any of your claims and assertions.

Mitchell - Your belief is nothing more than a reflection of common-religiously held preconceptions and biases. That may work in your world, but not in mine. "Bad person," wrong choice of words on my part. I also believe that a person's religious beliefs do not determine what a person will be. I am sure you are a loving person just as I am, the difference being that I do not believe in what you believe in.

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WE LOVE BISHOP MORLINO!
All Bishops should be as great as Bishop Morlino is.
We also welcome Bishop Callahan and pray that he, too, will be a great shepherd!
God bless Bishop Callahan!
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Rusty--C'mon. Just because you suggest I implied you were a bad person doesn't make me a bad person; especially since I never implied such a thing. :-> I merely responded to your argument. You don't have to take it personally.
If a woman bears a child and you have never met the father would it be reasonable to conclude the father exists? You have never met him. How do you KNOW he exists? You know he exists by his EFFECTS. We know God exists by his effects. Indeed, his effects couldn't exist without him. The links I referred you to were not theology at all, but philosophy. Philosophy does not require assent to divine revelation, i.e. (theological) Faith, it only requires reason. Since I assume you are endowed with reason (as I have witnessed this by YOUR EFFECTS), I thought it an appropriate means of helping you see the unreasonableness of your position.
Notice, every desire of a man has a proper object to fulfill that desire. I'm hungry, that must mean food exists (or, indeed, hunger itself would be absurd). I want to know the truth, and ultimate truth, that must mean that truth exists. I notice that nothing is this world satisfies me, this must mean I'm made for another world. I desire to live forever, this must mean that there is a means for satisfying that desire that I may live forever.
That is an argument from reason. No bible thumpin' here. ;->
Go ahead and take another look at those links.
God Bless.

Mitchell - Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, concept or thing, I have faith in myself and myself only. That I know. I do not have faith in things that I do not know. Just because I do not believe in what you believe in does not make me a bad person. There are many things you can put your faith in, but trusting your life or what you call afterlife to them, IMO is faulty. Proving the existence of a living being that no one and I repeat, no one has ever seen, just boggles the mind. I believe a man (human) named Abraham, who was a maker of gods, proclaimed that there must be a living god. Back to what I said before, "A figment of mankind's imagination."
Your links are just to more roman catholic dogma. They do not prove anything! That is why I dispute what you say. I have faith in death and taxes, I believe the pope is subject to one of those.

Rusty, I can see you are a person of tremendous faith: For you not only assent to dogmas which you cannot prove, but which contradict reason itself. In this you have greater faith than even the Pope! ;-> For at least his faith is reasonable.

Both the Existence of God and the immortality of the human soul, can be reasonably demonstrated. It is the dogmas of Atheism which remain unreasonable. Therefore, I invite you to investigate further.

Peace,

Mitchell

Proofs for the existence of God:
http://www.aquinasonline.com/Topics/5way...

Proof for the immortality of the human soul:
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/l...
http://bremlar.blogspot.com/2006/09/proo...
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1075.htm

You can believe what you want, but remember that life after death is just like before birth, nothing!

God and gods are a figment of mankind's imagination, although the 10 commandments are genius.

"authoritarian, dictatorial, unpastoral bishop" as conveyed by the Wisconsin State Journal, National Catholic Distorter, etc., needs a translation:

TRANSLATION: This is a Catholic bishop who strives to fulfill his simple duty to uphold the Truth, Goodness and Saving Beauty of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Faith as given to the Catholic Church by Jesus Christ through His Apostles and their successors, the Pope and bishops in communion with him. And we are most gratefully certain that Bishop William Callahan will gloriously do the same. Praised be Jesus Christ, Now and Forever.

This morning, my Google News Alert sent me the following:

"New La Crosse Bishop from Milwaukee
Janesville Gazette
Well folks, hopefully Bishop Callahan will not be an authoritarian, dictatorial, unpastoral bishop like the Diocese of Madison's Bishop Robert C. Morlino. ..."

When I was directed to the site, the comment had been removed. I would like to be able to read read all of the comments, not just ones the Gazette agrees with. Otherwise, what is the use in posting them?

It'll be a long time (if ever) till the words "Catholic Bishop" don't conjure up thoughts of the Catholic Bishops who fostered the institutionalization of child rape in the Catholic Church by transferring rapist priests to new parishes with new flocks of victims without warning the victims and the victims' parents.

I'm disappointed in the Janesville Gazette for removing my comment on Bishop Morlino. (Along with my positive comment on the new Bishop of La Crosse). Nothing I mentioned was in poor taste or that has not been said before or already publicly printed in the Wisconsin State Journal, National Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic magazine or other media. Get with the times, Gazette!

WE LOVE BISHOP MORLINO!!!
Thank you Your Excellency for your fidelity to Jesus Christ and His Church!
May you live forever!
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