Retraction (Note: this will remain on top of subsequent posts, until 11 GMT +2 PM tonight, as likely with future retractions!)

An article based on an article in Reuters, in which: it was stated that, via a Jesuit publication, a rabbi attacked the current pope, has been corrected, it excluded important facts, and had typing errors, and considered accusations used as an excuse to withdraw from dialogue, as though true, without adequate research. We apologize for this!

This Article is corrected:Italian Rabbi Accuses Pope and some Discussions Stop
http://southafricancatholic.blogspot.com/2009/01/italian-rabbi-accuses-pope-and.html (Title also altered)

A second article, which has had several errors, whereby typing errors: which changed meaning radically, are now taken out of it: is:

Paris, France; EU; Europe; Eurasia: Catholics stand up for their Jewish compatriots
http://southafricancatholic.blogspot.com/2009/01/paris-france-eu-europe-eurasia.html

It seems today is one of those retraction days: we apologize for both. As always: we do give retractions for errors. We also: often try to check articles before hand, but on discovering errors, we alter them!

Retraction

Retraction by Marc Aupiais (Editor)

While in the link, we gave: it was noted that those children killed: were likely human shields: in the article:

(article where unintentional bias was cleared up: http://southafricancatholic.blogspot.com/2009/01/nowhere-safe-in-gaza-as-israel-hit.html : we assure you, it was an unintentional error, but also: that we always inform you, when we are incorrect in such matters)


We mentioned that there were large Palestinian casualties. Also, until the international media is allowed in: due to the complete bias of all forces on the ground. It is still impossible to know the situation. We have corrected the error, and apologies for it. Our commitment to not be sensationalist: remains. We are determined to give accurate, contextual comment; and will continue to retract whenever we make errors. For smaller errors: retractions: please either subscribe, or browse the archive of our Google group (click on subscribe, and don't subscribe: simply view the group)).

Again: we sincerely apologize.

Our sympathies also: to the Israeli Infant, who died in a rocket attack, and our apologies: for missing the detail: as I assume this was the case. As per usual, we are committed to South Africa's news and media ideals: of accuracy, fairness, and representing those views which matter in showing context, and to accuracy.

Apology: Retraction of Retraction

(Tridentine South Africa)

Article by Marc Aupiais


I am pleased to say, that when apologizing for a doctrinal mistake, I thought I had made: I have been proven wrong. Canon Law allows for a head of state to be tried for crimes, only by Canon law is the Papacy the only one to try such. Relooking at the issue, I noticed a reference to another Canon: which cleared it up: I was not wrong for agreeing that the Rwandan President should face trial for accusations against him.

We will continue to show links to external news-sources at South African Catholic, however no longer show the latest Southern Cross News in rss

(South African Catholic)

Note from the Editor:

Due to increasingly liberal editorials by the Southern Cross in recent weeks, and their decision not to note how tragic the Democrats Party's Barak Hussein Obama's victory in the United States is, instead: joining his fan club: and attacking an American Priest who included the need to reject contraception: in a Christmas sermon. We have excluded the Southern Cross, along with two sites which have fallen the opposite way, one already SSPX, and the other which became this, these sites have been removed once we discovered clear Fidelity issues.

At South African Catholic: We Value our ratings on fidelity, we aim at accuracy and at giving a good picture of events, the press are like present-day prophets, and we aim at projecting as best as viable what is happening in the world. It is for accuracy, honesty and Fidelity, that we inform you not only of when we get it wrong, or make a mistake: via retractions, but also when we have discovered fidelity issues in links from our own systems, which we then automatically determine to remove! Our Articles based on an agreement with the Southern Cross, which site some of their articles as a source will remain, as these are links to either articles which are fine, or in which errors are noted, or are not internet links, but citations of news, however regular updates on their services will cease!

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Apology and retraction- the previous article also has been fixed up!

(Tridentine South and Southern Africa; South African Catholic; Journey in a Broken World)

Article by Marc Aupiais


In a recent article, I mentioned, while rebuking the organization SSPX- that Vatican II asked for English to be complimented in Latin also- while for ignorance, I do not hold guilt for this, I believe i violated canon 1372 to some degree, and issue an official apology. I also mentioned "South Africa's Liberal Bishops", I should have said, possibly some of our more liberal bishops- and not generalized, nor do I mean this in the American sense of the word. I also did not mention that it could have been other factors. I was speaking not just as an apologist, but as a person who has had a close friend decide to join the SSPX, I was attempting to place this in context, and also rebuke the organization, but in doing this I fell for some of their arguments, while not for their main thrust, I apologize for this. I pride myself in my high rating for fidelity, and apologize, and as with my previous policy, vow never to cover up a mistake in such matters, and so have not only removed my mistakes as best I can, but also am bringing my own self up on these- so that it is clear that I have made an error in what I said. I will research my handy translation of Canon Law in order to further address any other errors.

As I said, I will inform of any errors of my own quite publicly, when it comes to issues when this is the decent thing to do. If I am incorrect in anything I have said, please inform me, I will alter any errors. I am old in apologetics, but new in journalism.

I also have allot of respect for South Africa's bishops, and again apologize if my article at all aided the leadership of the radical traditionalists, it was an error in my theology which I utmost revoke to quote Vatican II on the issue as i have, without also mentioning, as I now have- the later pronouncements and acts of the papacy.

Retraction of lack of detail in earlier article, a detail we have now picked up as somewhat affecting the picture given in the article.

Retraction:

Retraction of incorrect detail:

While we did not mention that it was the embryology bill that we were covering in the original article, which we have now retracted, due to our sources, it appears we are talking about the actual bill, and not the proposed amended bill. We may or may not have given an incorrect view of the subject, however- in accordance with Journalism principles, on realizing the error, we have not only altered the article, but determined also to inform any who may have read it, of a mistake one word long. What we had called a bill- was only a possible amendment to it, which was stifled in parliament, probably following protests in Northern Ireland, in an effort to pass the bill to allow the creation of human-animal mutants, as has now been passed!

The Embryology bill was only hoped by pro-abortion advocates to include
these regulations, we made an error in our report by saying the bill
would include them- this was incorrect, on the discussion of the bill-
in order to pass it- the British did not permit the pro-abortion, or
pro-life parties to discuss amendments such as those mentioned
previously, we give our readers apologies for the error. Here is the updated version of the article! We have since removed this error of writing from the article, and offer our sincere apologies for this error, which somehow worked it's way into this specific article, while we ourselves picked up the error, if you ever see a detail in our articles which appears suspect, or even a spelling mistake, please research it, and inform us, our first aim is for truth, we unlike other organizations put truth beyond any cover-up of bad sources, or information. We not only apologize for the error, but will try our hardest to prevent any such slip of the pen from ever occurring again via extensive editing,
yours sincerely,

Editor and webmaster of
South African Catholic
Marc Aupiais!

the new article, after we picked up the error is viewable at:

http://southafricancatholic.blogspot.com/2008/10/social-justice-south-africa-northern.html