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December 31, 2012
The Economics of Witness
Dominicana - 4 months 3 weeks ago In my 10th grade history class, we spent a few class periods taking a quick look at some economic terms and principles: supply and demand, market price, Keynesian economics,...
Scotland Announces Consultation On Marriage Bill That Will Introduce Same-Sex Marriage and Other Changes
The Religion Clause - 4 months 3 weeks ago On Dec. 12, the government of Scotland announced a Consultation, i.e. published for public comment, a bill that would substantially amend Scotland's law on marriage. The Marriage...
Belgium Charging Church Of Scientology With Criminal Fraud and Other Offenses
The Religion Clause - 4 months 3 weeks ago RT News reported Saturday that prosecutors in Belgium have decided to attempt to label the Church of Scientology as a criminal organization and charge it with extortion, fraud,...
“Today is where your book begins; the rest is still unwritten”
The Deacon's Bench - 4 months 3 weeks ago I’m not scheduled to preach on Tuesday, but here’s a little something from the vault. Below, my first homily for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God,...
Catholic Techie Daniel Smrokowski
CatholicMom.com - 4 months 3 weeks ago
Daniel Smrokowski has been podcasting since the early days. You’ll find him on Special Chronicles and the RUInspired Show. Daniel writes at SQPN.com and he’s also probably our...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - 4 months 3 weeks ago From SSRN:
Yitshak Cohen, The 'Or Sameah' – Halakhah and Jewish Law: R. Meir Simcha Hakohen's Writings on Maimonides' Code, (in Y. Cohen, The 'Or Sameah' – Halakhah and Jewish Law...
USCCB, CRS welcome defeat of Paul foreign-aid amendment
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 3 weeks ago The Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have welcomed the defeat of...
Background: Papal message for January 1, the World Day of Peace
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 3 weeks ago On January 1, the Church will commemorate the 46th World Day of Peace. Pope Benedict's message for the day is entitled "Blessed Are the Peacemakers."
In his message for the 1st...
12 priests, other pastoral workers killed in 2012
Catholic Culture - World News - 4 months 3 weeks ago Ten priests, one sister, and one lay pastoral worker were murdered in 2012, according to the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Six were killed in...
God save the Tsar
GetReligion - 4 months 3 weeks ago Take up the White Man’s burden– In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain To seek...
Agenda for a Year of Faith: Looking Ahead at Pope's 2013
American Catholic - Top News - 4 months 3 weeks ago VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Fortunetelling, like all occult practices, is strictly taboo at the Vatican; and prophecy is a rare gift among journalists. But Pope Benedict XVI's calendar...
Reviewing this past year in the Vatican
News.va - 4 months 3 weeks ago (Vatican Radio) 2012 is drawing to a close and it's traditionally the time to take stock and look back at the past 12 months to revisit some of the main events and highlights of...
January Links of the Month — Holy Name of Jesus
Homeschool Goodies - 4 months 3 weeks ago At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. —...
Pope to celebrate end of year Vespers
News.va - 4 months 3 weeks ago (Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI will preside first Vespers Monday December 31, marking the end of 2012 on the feast of Mary, Holy Mother of God. The Vespers celebration will...
The Catholic Left’s Latest Call for the Ordination of Women
Crisis Magazine - Church - 4 months 3 weeks ago In early December the independent and very liberal National Catholic Reporter weekly newspaper published a long, carefully reasoned editorial declaring that “The Ordination of...
Thirteen Bold Resolutions for 2013
Crisis Magazine - Church - 4 months 3 weeks ago We Americans love to upgrade ourselves—or at least give improvement a lick and a promise as we turn the page on a given milestone. Jonathan Edwards famously wrote out 70...
Finding God with Basil, Gregory, and Newman
Crisis Magazine - Church - 4 months 3 weeks ago The advantage that tragic poetry has over historical narrative seems to lie in the way individual deeds are portrayed: they are enacted. The confrontation of Angelo by Isabella in...
Plenary Indulgences for 31 December and 1 January
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 4 months 3 weeks ago The Enchiridion Indulgentiarum 26 indicates that we can gain plenary indulgences on 31 December and 1 January.
§ 1. A plenary indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who,...
Fr Z’s Predictions for 2013
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 4 months 3 weeks ago Fr Z’s Predictions for 2013
Israel will attack Iran (this one’s running for the 3rd consecutive year)
SCOTUS will rule in favor of the bishops on the HHS Mandate
Pope Benedict...
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