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December 6, 2012
Court Rules Obama HHS Mandate Doesn’t Protect Religious Liberty
LifeNews.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago In what a pro-life legal group describes as a “landmark ruling against the HHS Mandate,” a federal judge late yesterday ruled against the Obama administration’s assertion that the...
QUAERITUR: Should I, a deacon, go on “strike” when I see liturgical abuses?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 2 weeks ago From a deacon:
Dear Father Z,
my parish priest is leftist and modernist (like the vast majority of priests and bishops here in ___) and always changes the words of the Missal,...
Land Donated to U.S. Ordinariate to Build First Chancery
New Liturgical Movement - 5 months 2 weeks ago The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter has been given land in Houston, Texas, on which to build its first chancery, or headquarters, Msgr. Jeffrey N. Steenson, the...
Study: Higher contraception rates associated with higher abortion rates in Russia
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by Thaddeus Baklinski MOSCOW, December 6, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new study from Russia has revealed that, contrary to the claims of abortion advocates, Russia continues to...
Metropolitan Museum Visit
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 2 weeks ago A beautiful image for your day.
Mother and Daughter in Prayer
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (+1853) with Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (+1872)
Michigan Senate OKs Bill to Prevent Obamacare Funding Abortions
LifeNews.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago The Michigan state Senate has approved a bill that would ensure the state health exchange in Michigan that would be created under Obamacare does not allow abortion funding. The...
Catholic jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 2 weeks ago Norwalk, Conn., Dec 6, 2012 / 01:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Fans worldwide are paying tribute to Jazz pianist and composer, Dave Brubeck, who died of heart failure on Dec. 5 in...
New British legislation will end ban on Catholics in royal family
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago The British government will introduce legislation early next year to end the 300-year old policy that bars Catholics and spouses of Catholics from the throne.
Deputy Prime...
I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
CatholicMom.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas
No, I don’t have anything against snow. In all honesty, I probably haven’t seen enough snow in my life to have any issues with it. Growing up...
QUAERITUR: Priest at Mass as mere “presider”?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 2 weeks ago From a reader:
I have attended a spiritual recollection of cathechesis assistants of ___. The augustinian frater who led the sessions concentrated on the Vatican II, said in his...
Egyptian prelate: Church will not urge boycott of constitutional referendum
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago An Egyptian Catholic leader has sharply criticized the sweeping constitutional changes proposed by President Mohamed Morsi, but said that the Church will not tell the faithful to...
Abortion Clinic Botches IUD Insertion, Woman Rushed to Hospital
LifeNews.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago An abortion clinic in Florida has botched the insertion of an IUD and was forced to rush a woman to the hospital after she faced medical complications from the failure.
The...
Pregnant with an IUD: Pro-abortion writer baffled after contraception fails
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by John Jalsevac December 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – How could she get pregnant while using what is touted as a practically fool-proof method of contraception? That’s what a...
Pope, German leader discuss economic crisis
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago Pope Benedict XVI met on December 6 with Germany's President Joachim Gauck.
The Pope's conversation with the German leader centered on the current global economic crisis, and...
Who’s feeding the starving people?
GetReligion - 5 months 2 weeks ago If you’re familiar with USA Today, you know that the front page generally features a few short, newsy pieces and a longer “Cover Story” that goes in depth and jumps inside the...
Madre de todos los habitantes de Una América
USCCB Media Blog - 5 months 2 weeks ago Por Alejandro Aguilera-Titus
En enero de
1999, el Papa Juan Pablo II promulgó el 12 de diciembre como día de fiesta para
la Iglesia de todo el Continente Americano. El Santo Padre...
An encounter with St. Nick
The Deacon's Bench - 5 months 2 weeks ago My colleague Michael La Civita posted this remembrance of a poignant trip to Italy over at CNEWA’s blog, ONE-TO-ONE: In May 1997, I traveled to Puglia, Italy, to visit my father’...
Mother of All the Inhabitants in the One America
USCCB Media Blog - 5 months 2 weeks ago By Alejandro
Aguilera-Titus
In
January1999, Pope John Paul II promulgated December 12 as a Feast Day for the
Church in the entire American Continent. The Holy Father also called...
Ordination update: 12 new deacons for Columbus
The Deacon's Bench - 5 months 2 weeks ago Hello, Columbus! There’s a full write up in a recent edition of the Catholic Times. Congratulations, brothers, and welcome! Ad multos annos!
Vermont governor ‘confident’ assisted suicide will pass next year
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by Kirsten Andersen MONTPELIER, December 6, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite strong opposition from pro-life forces and a recent high-profile defeat in neighboring Massachusetts...