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December 7, 2012
Don't force Catholic viewers to pay for anti-Catholic cable-TV offerings
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago Noting the prevalence of anti-Catholic propaganda in prime-time television shows, Father Val Peter, the former director of Boys Town, asks whether cable-television subscribers...
Male sperm counts drop; the Pill to blame?
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago Men's sperm counts have fallen dramatically since the 1990s, a major French study has found--prompting scientists to search for an explanation of the problem, which has major...
I Am Filled with Confidence
Saint Louis Catholic - 5 months 2 weeks ago Yes. We are now to await the decision of our fearless chief lawyers, who will tell us at some point next year that the U.S. Constitution enshrines sodomy--if repeated often...
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
A Catholic View - 5 months 2 weeks ago December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. It is a Holy Day of Obligation, which means Catholics are required to attend Mass. www.MassTimes.org "Hail Mary, full...
Breaking: Supreme Court will hear DOMA, Proposition 8 cases
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – All nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday that they will hear two cases dealing with...
Supreme Court to hear marriage cases on DOMA, Prop 8
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 2 weeks ago Washington D.C., Dec 7, 2012 / 02:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a move that could have wide-reaching consequences, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear two cases...
App Review: Catholic Novena to Fourteen Holy Helpers
A Catholic View - 5 months 2 weeks ago Catholic Novena to Fourteen Holy HelpersBy Valent RichieThis Novena has an Imprimatur. These are the 14 Saints referred to as the Holy Helpers, because they have proved themselves...
Ontario politician calls constituent ‘transphobic’ at her doorstep
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by LifeSiteNews.com TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman in the riding of Parkdale-High Park says she was verbally accosted on her doorstep by her MPP, Cheri DiNovo...
Cells from unborn child found in mothers’ brains may help prevent alzheimers
LifeSiteNews - 5 months 2 weeks ago by John Jalsevac One of the most insidious effects of the pro-abortion mindset is how it takes the profound bond that should exist between a mother and her own child and...
7 Quick Takes #3
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - 5 months 2 weeks ago --- 1 ---Yesterday was my dreaded/anticipated doctor's appointment; the first one since my stomach problems started two months ago. Good news: my complete blood work came back to...
Rooted in Love
CatholicMom.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago
I’m so pleased to be part of the effort to help spread word of my sweet friend Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s brand-new book, “Rooted In Love: Our Calling as Catholic Women.” ...
Juan Diego: Evangelizing in our days
USCCB Media Blog - 5 months 2 weeks ago By Father Juan
Molina
One
of the most moving days for me during Pope John Paul II’s time was during his
apostolic visit to Mexico in 2002 to proclaim Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin a...
Juan Diego: Evangelizando en nuestros días
USCCB Media Blog - 5 months 2 weeks ago Por Padre
Juan Molina
Uno de los días que más me han conmovido fue durante
la visita apostólica del Papa Juan Pablo II a México en el 2002 para proclamar
santo a Juan Diego...
The Feeder Feed: Museum Song Bird Edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 2 weeks ago Here is an Allegory of Music by Laurent de la Hyre (+1656).
The figure is playing a theorbo, or chitarrone, probably a symbol of musica “artificiale“. They had drone strings and...
Tamil refugees still face intimidation in Sri Lanka, bishop reports
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago A Catholic bishop from Sri Lanka has asked Australian government officials to stop deportation of Tamil refugees, saying that they could still face violence if they attempt to...
Will same-sex-marriage debate revive Catholic influence in France?
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago The debate on acceptance of same-sex marriage has brought new attention to the influence of the Catholic Church in France, writes Sandro Magister of L'Espresso. "No one would have...
Federal judge says New York Archdiocese's HHS lawsuit can move forward
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - 5 months 2 weeks ago BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the federal contraceptive mandate filed by the Archdiocese of New York and two other Catholic...
Vatican delegate prods OSCE on protecting religious freedom
Catholic Culture - World News - 5 months 2 weeks ago The Vatican's top foreign-policy official stressed the importance of religious freedom at a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Dublin...
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rorate Coeli - 5 months 2 weeks ago MARY IN OUR DIVINE HISTORYFather R. Plus S.J.
Lourdes, France, March 25, 1858
We should not be astounded at such a sublime privilege! Are not the reasons which wage battle in...