Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Close to Home — What it’s like on the street where you live
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
The Disobedient Father
McCrystal has a big problem when it comes to authority just as Generals MacArthur and Patton did. Some retired generals are calling for him resignation or firing which amazes me. The White House meeting (all 20 mintues) is over and no news has been released as to McCrystal's fate. The RCC and the military are similar in their structure. I am betting that a lowly padre will not prevail when it comes to a contest of wills between him and the Archbishop no matter now many parishioners support the padre. Just for the record I am not in the military so maybe I should not comment ?— June 23, 2010 8:31 a.m.
U-T Axes 34 to 40
Don's secret seems to be that he is a gentleman and a scholar. He should offer lessons to some contributors.— June 23, 2010 8:10 a.m.
The Disobedient Father
In a way the padre is as insubordinate as General McCrystal.— June 23, 2010 8:08 a.m.
The Disobedient Father
My question is what constitutes an "expert" in these matters ? Do you need to live in Mexico, be a Mexican, and a member of RCC or can anyone have an opinion or information and share it ? The continuing efforts on the part of some to curtail discussion on the thread is humorous. I gather that 2 Americans who live in Mexico (Bob and the other person) are the only experts on a situation which has been exposed and written about in the American press ?— June 23, 2010 8:07 a.m.
The Disobedient Father
Too bad the video rule was not applicable in certain instances here in the US especially for uninvited guests at private events. Strange and hard to believe if the everything else is negotiable and subject to a mordita in Mexico. Has the rule also been lifted that a previously married person in RCC ceremony cannot remarry in the RCC unless the first marriage has been RCC officially annulled via the RCC ? Or can anyone bribe a priest to overlook any rules if the price is right ? Strange if all of this is true in terms of the RCC rules in Mexico and the US. I thought we were talking about "one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church" if I recall the prayer correctly ? Rules are rules in any country if the Apostles Creed still holds.— June 23, 2010 7:22 a.m.
The Disobedient Father
I guess all of the articles which were written by legitimate journalists are easy to dismiss. In the Middle Ages dispensations were sold so if these customs in TJ are factual, the RCC is only continuing ancient traditions. Again do we have a video to prove that RCC priests demand money for performing their priestly duties ? There must be a hungry reporter somewhere who will go undercover, crash a wedding, First Communion, or funeral and come back with the evidence in exchange for a paid article in some publication.— June 22, 2010 11:16 p.m.
The Disobedient Father
The only official charge for the RCC in the US involves Pre Cana training. I assume that things are not that different in TJ where a person can donate something to the RCC or priest for performing a ceremony. Now that the RCC have mass baptisms in US I am sure no can be nicked for a donation for this rite of passage. Do the TJ RCCs have mass baptisms ?— June 22, 2010 7:54 p.m.
The Disobedient Father
The case against the priest according to the Archdiocese. http://www.arquidiocesistijuana.org/rosarito2009/— June 22, 2010 6:27 p.m.
The Disobedient Father
Another charge against the Padre was holding Mass during swine flu season which violated orders from above. http://secretummeummihi.blogspot.com/2009/05/la-i…— June 22, 2010 6:24 p.m.
The Disobedient Father
"Crossing into the US to perform priestly duties for a fee." Some priests, if the allegation is true, have done far worse. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/21/local/la-…— June 22, 2010 5:31 p.m.