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December 13, 2012
What Did Pope Benedict Have for Breakfast?
Catholicism Blog on About.com - 5 months 1 week ago Everyone has heard the news: Pope Benedict XVI has a Twitter account, with the thoroughly unsurprising handle @Pontifex. And he's been using it, too, since his weekly audience on...
ADVENTCAzT 12: Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 1 week ago I am continuing with my 5 minute daily podcasts to help your preparation for the upcoming feast.
And so, here is ADVENTCAzT 12, for Thursday the 2nd week of Advent.
Books to Celebrate & Know Pope Benedict XVI
CatholicMom.com - 5 months 1 week ago Book Notes!
In honor of yesterday’s memorable “first tweet” from the Holy Father’s newly minted @Pontifex platform on Twitter, I thought I’d share three amazing Pope-related books...
Tories allow tinsel to adorn government spaces
The Busy Catholic - 5 months 1 week ago For second consecutive year St. Nick returns to Harperville
The Globe and Mail newspaper reports that federal government employees are free to decorate their offices with...
“Let me live!”
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 1 week ago by Susanna Rose Editor’s note: Susanna joined LifeSiteNews this summer as a southeast U.S. correspondent, writing from Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her degree in Literature and...
Masterminds behind chart-smashing nun’s Advent album credit pro-life conversion with success
A Catholic View - 5 months 1 week ago This CD is STILL at the top of the charts! Here's my earlier review.The angelic voices of a new order of young nuns has taken the world by storm, surpassing Rod Stewart, Taylor...
Paying for Abortions Harmful to Pregnant, Raped Military Women
LifeNews.com - 5 months 1 week ago Abortion advocates are applauding a Senate vote to authorize insurance coverage for abortions for women in the military who become pregnant through rape or incest.
But many women...
Speaker says sharing faith and watching people ‘come alive’ is ‘amazing’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - 5 months 1 week ago The Catholic Church’s new evangelization effort is all about encountering Christ, then sharing that encounter with others, said Curtis Martin, president and founder of the...
The Economist: A traditionalist avant-garde
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 1 week ago We are in The Economist this week:
A traditionalist avant-garde
It’s trendy to be a traditionalist in the Catholic church
SINCE the Second Vatican Council in 1962, the Roman...
'It's an amazing story'
The Busy Catholic - 5 months 1 week ago Bishops say Our Lady of Guadalupe still brings Christ to Americas
A pilgrim carries an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe during celebrations
on her feast day, Dec. 12, outside the...
Michigan Right to Work law an opportunity to partially defund Planned Parenthood, gay activists
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 1 week ago by Kirsten Andersen LANSING, December 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday signed the nation’s 24th state Right to Work law, a move that some...
Democrats Pushing to Fund Abortions on U.S. Military Bases
LifeNews.com - 5 months 1 week ago Democrats in Congress are pushing hard to force Americans to fund abortions at military base hospitals with their taxpayer dollars. Current U.S. policy prohibits taxpayer funding...
Baptist scholar raps <I>Newsweek</I> for essay questioning Christmas narrative
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 1 week ago R. Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has criticized Newsweek magazine for publishing an essay that questions the...
French government plans crackdown on radical Muslims, militant Catholics
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 1 week ago The French government has announced a plan to combat religious groups that are judged "potentially violent," including both militant Muslims and traditionalist Catholics.
Interior...
Scratch a German, find a Nazi, the New York Times reports
GetReligion - 5 months 1 week ago The end of term is just round the corner with Christmas less than two weeks away. But before the semester ends we have to sit our exams. You have 45 minutes to compare and...
Chapel of St. Joseph High School, South Bend, Indiana
New Liturgical Movement - 5 months 1 week ago A reader sends in the following, showing us yet another high school chapel:
I saw your recent post on the beautiful new high school chapel in Huntsville, Alabama. It occurred to...
Australian bishops appoint lay commission to coordinate response to sex-abuse scandal
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 1 week ago The Catholic hierarchy in Australia has set up a Truth, Justice, and Healing Commission to coordinate its response to a government commission investigating sexual abuse of...
Ethical Stem Cells Offer More Promise, New Breakthroughs
LifeNews.com - 5 months 1 week ago Shinya Yamanaka (pictured) of Kyoto University won the Nobel Prize in medicine this year for his pioneering work in producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from adult skin...
Syrian Christians in valley besieged by Islamic militia
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 1 week ago About 150,000 Christians are living in fear in western Syria, in a valley that has been subjected to steady artillery fire by Islamic rebels, the Fides news service reports.
The...
Role Play Your Way Through Christmas with Hands-on Nativity Sets
CatholicMom.com - 5 months 1 week ago Role Play Your Way Through Christmas with Hands-on Nativity Sets
It’s so easy to get caught up in the commercialization of Christmas. Kids obsess over toys. Shopping deals bombard...