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May 18, 2012
Navigating Medjugorje
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 55 min 3 sec ago In which a reader asks how I look at the controversial “apparition”.
Speaking of Which…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 1 hour 4 min ago Ron Belgau, another chaste gay and completely orthodoxx Catholic, talks about transforming the conversation about homosexuality in the Church.
Prayer Requests
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 1 hour 11 min ago A reader who is currently separated from her husband would like prayers for her marriage:
I particularly appreciate prayers that God would touch and heal the heart and mind of my...
Several people have written…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 1 hour 14 min ago wondering if there was some sinister implication to my words about “not supposed to say ‘gay brownshirt’”. Were there Forces at Work behind the scenes? (Meaning “was Patheos...
The typically insightful Sherry Weddell writes…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 1 hour 18 min ago “Agnostotheist” a term that Dan Savage uses on “This American Life” segment. Where he describes becoming aware that he was gay at 14 while at a Catholic high school for boys...
The Church Year: May 18, 2012
Jimmy Akin.org - 1 hour 20 min ago Today is Friday of the 6th week of Easter. The liturgical color is white.
In the Extraordinary Form, the liturgical color for today is red.
Saints & Celebrations:
On May 18...
How Chemicals Change Us
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 1 hour 20 min ago …except contraceptives and abortificients, which are studiously ignored here. Those are Always Good and, even though they are linked to breast cancer, are Health Care and...
Obama administration opposes military conscience protections
EWTN - US Latest News - 2 hours 16 min ago Washington D.C., May 18, 2012 / 01:06 am (EWTN News).-
President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have objected to legislation that would protect military service...
Senator proposes adding prayer to WWII memorial
Catholic News Agency - General - 2 hours 21 min ago Washington D.C., May 18, 2012 / 12:01 am (CNA).- U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill to place President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer on the World War...
Bioethics expert urges discussion on end-of-life care
Texas Catholic Conference - 2 hours 22 min ago By Mary P. Walker, Catholic Spirit“Death is part of our lives, and we have to prepare,” said Father Tad Pacholczyk, the director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics...
Clerical Scandals Are Nothing New
Jimmy Akin.org - 2 hours 54 min ago Did You Know? Colorful Protestant evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson–founder of the Foursquare Gospel Church–disappeared May 18, 1926. At first it was thought she was drowned. She...
May 17, 2012
Author of "The Exorcist" and Georgetown Alumni Preparing Canon Lawsuit
Creative Minority Report - 3 hours 31 min ago Georgetown University alumni, students and others are preparing a canon law suit to be filed with the Archdiocese of Washington and the Vatican, seeking remedies “up to and...
Former Priests, Retired Priests Attack Church on Gay Marriage
Creative Minority Report - 3 hours 41 min ago A small group of retired priests and a much larger groups of former priests are publicly opposing the Church's stance on gay marriage.
This occurs in light of a major effort by...
foryourmarriage: (Reader’s Tip) I make a pot of coffee every morning, put two cups on a tray with a smattering of M&M’s…and deliv... http://t.co/qmCaeLb2
For Your Marriage - 3 hours 46 min ago foryourmarriage: (Reader’s Tip) I make a pot of coffee every morning, put two cups on a tray with a smattering of M&M’s…and deliv... http://t.co/qmCaeLb2
A Combox Atheist In The Real World
Creative Minority Report - 3 hours 50 min ago I have always presumed that comment box on Catholic sites (or any religious sites) provided a unique distance and anonymity that allows commenters to behave badly. Among the most...
Pretty Confident That This Frozen Red Wine Jesus Popsicle Is Not the Eucharist
Opinionated Catholic - 3 hours 58 min ago This former Catholic now atheist artist I think has a wrong idea of how this works. If I snuck a bottle of Red Wine into Mass it would not become the Blood of Christ just because...
I'm Single So My Life Is Worthless
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - 4 hours 17 min ago For the record, the title was not meant to be taken seriously. Like, at all. ;)I've had a really BAD anxiety day so I have nothing good to post. Because of this, I've decided to...
The Lifestyle of Catholicism
Integrated Catholic Life - 4 hours 21 min ago For the first Christians, Christianity was a lifestyle. They shared a common life. Living in community, they often worked together, prayed together, and studied the Scriptures...