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December 4, 2012
Fr. Dwight Longenecker…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 5 months 2 weeks ago …on the tragedy of Anglicanism and the war in its heart between believing Christianity to be a revelation or a mere cultural coalition.
I owe a debt that cannot be paid to a...
Indians rejoice over country's first beatified martyr
EWTN - World Catholic News - 5 months 2 weeks ago Kottar, India, Dec 4, 2012 / 01:52 am (EWTN News).-
Tens of thousands of Catholics attended the beatification ceremony of the 18th-century Indian martyr Devashayam Pillai in the...
Conscription in Eritrea drains Church manpower
Catholic News Agency - General - 5 months 2 weeks ago Asmara, Eritrea, Dec 4, 2012 / 12:25 am (CNA).- The Eritrean government’s practice of forced military conscription means that seminarians and other church workers are being forced...
A little beauty from J.S. Bach, one of the servants of God
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 5 months 2 weeks ago HT: Caelum et Terra
The Police State Will Not be Mocked
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 5 months 2 weeks ago NY Street Artist Arrested for Satirizing Drones
I hope somebody in some court smashes this jackbooted fascism to the ground PDQ.
Over at Standing on my Head…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 5 months 2 weeks ago Fr. Longenecker is having an interesting conversation with an Evangelical who is ripe for the engagement with the Catholic tradition that Sherry Weddell is describing in Forming...
December: The Month of the Immaculate Conception
Catholicism Blog on About.com - 5 months 2 weeks ago During Advent, as we prepare for the birth of Christ at Christmas, we also celebrate one of the great feasts of the Catholic Church. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (...
ADVENTCAzT 02: Tuesday of the 1st Week of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 5 months 2 weeks ago This year I thought to do for Advent what I have done during Lent: post 5 minute daily podcasts to help your preparation for the upcoming feast.
And so, here is ADVENTCAzT 03, for...
St. John Damascene
A Catholic View - 5 months 2 weeks ago The Saint of the Day for December 4 is St. John Damascene. John of Damascus or Damascene, the last of the Greek Fathers, was one of the principal defenders of the veneration of...
Spirituality: St. John Damascene and the Sacred Icon
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - 5 months 2 weeks ago Visible signs that point to invisible realities are at the heart of our Faith. The very Incarnation is the incomprehensible God taking human form to lead us to Himself. Today...
December 3, 2012
Shades of Violet in Advent
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago ROME, DEC. 4, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.
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Quote for December 4th
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago "For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often...
Archbishop Nichols on Martyrdom for Today's Catholics
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First Lay Martyr of India Beatified
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The U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Part 1)
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Filipino Bishops: 'Use Weapons of Prayer and Fasting Against Reproductive Health Bill'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago MANILA, DEC. 4, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The political struggle in the Philippines for the Reproductive Health Bill" gets to the heart of the matter, the document which is intended to...
Christendom College Launches New Catholic Radio Station in Front Royal
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago FRONT ROYAL, Virginia (Zenit.org).– Christendom College announces the launch of its new EWTN Catholic radio station WXDM 90.3 FM. The station officially started uninterrupted...
International Congress on 'Ecclesia in America' To Be Held at Vatican
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago VATICAN CITY, DEC. 4, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The upcoming International Congress "Ecclesia in America" which will be held in Vatican City from December 9 - 12 was discussed during a...
Protestant Christian Missionary Attacked in Pakistan
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 5 months 2 weeks ago LAHORE, Pakistan, DEC. 4, 2012 (Zenit.org).- A lay Protestant Christian missionary was the victim of an attempted murder and is in critical condition in Jinnah Hospital in Lahore...
Fr. Michel-Marie, a Cassock in Deep Marseille
Chiesa Italy - 5 months 2 weeks ago The life, works, and miracles of a priest in a city of France. Who has made the faith blossom again where it had withered