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May 22, 2013
Discovering Cardinal Dechamps, Tradition made fresh and clear
Rorate Coeli - 2 days 12 hours ago The wealth of free material one finds on the web is truly astounding. I managed in my little free time in the past few days to find and read a work I can only characterize as...
Benedictine Nuns' Album Debuts at No. 1
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - 2 days 12 hours ago A contemplative group of Benedictines from Missouri have a second No. 1 hit on their hands. "Angels and Saints at Ephesus," a follow-up to their hit record, "Advent at Ephesus...
On Rita's Day, The Pope's Tribute
Whispers in the Loggia - 2 days 12 hours ago Good Italian grandson that he is, Papa Bergoglio closed out his morning homily with an unusually keen plug for today's patroness...."The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us,...
World Health Assembly: Women Suffer in Multiple Ways From Abortions
LifeNews.com - 2 days 12 hours ago Legalized abortion is widely touted as beneficial to women, but a wealth of medical and psychological evidence suggests otherwise, according to a new analysis of decades of...
Archbishop Chaput Calls for Day of Prayer and Penance in Response to Gosnell Conviction
Creative Minority Report - 2 days 12 hours ago The Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. announced today that the clergy and faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are encouraged to observe Friday, May...
Save 20% on the Catholic Virtue and Holiness Collection
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - 2 days 12 hours ago The Catholic Virtue and Holiness Collection contains seven in-depth devotional and pastoral works covering topics such as virtue, hope, holiness, and interiority. These titles...
Bakhita: From Slave to Saint
CatholicMom.com - 2 days 13 hours ago
Is it a sin of envy to read a book, weep tears of love, and at the same time fall prey to green-eyed envy that you weren’t the one who penned the words between the covers? Yes,...
Pentecost in the Parishes
New Liturgical Movement - 2 days 13 hours ago A couple of bit of Pentecost coverage, the first from St. Martin of Tours in Louisville:
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Our second bit of coverage comes from a reader from St. John Francis Regis Parish...
Vatican's financial intelligence unit nets suspicious activity
EWTN - Vatican News - 2 days 13 hours ago Vatican City, May 22, 2013 / 11:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican revealed that its enhanced procedures have enabled it to
flag more suspicious transactions in 2012 than it did...
Vatican's financial intelligence unit nets suspicious activity
Catholic News Agency - General - 2 days 13 hours ago Vatican City, May 22, 2013 / 09:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican revealed that its enhanced procedures have enabled it to flag more suspicious transactions in 2012 than it did...
A quiverfull of kudos for the BBC
GetReligion - 2 days 13 hours ago As an Evangelical in the media, I’m sympathetic to the struggle journalists have with reporting on our peculiar tradition. When simply defining what the term “Evangelical” means...
Thoughts Occasioned by Contemplating Greg Popcak’s Face
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 2 days 13 hours ago May I just say that after careful consideration of his photo for several weeks,
…I think fellow Patheosi Greg Popcak is the clear frontrunner for Next Bond Supervillain. All he...
Boy Scouts at the brink — the moment of decision arrives
LifeSiteNews - 2 days 13 hours ago by Albert Mohler May 22, 2013 (AlbertMohler.com) - Meeting Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether it will retain or...
Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ and Jane Austen: ne’er the worldviews shall meet
LifeSiteNews - 2 days 13 hours ago by Eric Metaxas May 22, 2013 (Breakpoint.org) - If you ever need an example of how the Christian worldview clashes with modern secularism, you could hardly do better than to watch...
Louisiana Committee OKs Bill to Investigate Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - 2 days 13 hours ago A Louisiana legislative committee yesterday approved a measure calling for state agencies to investigate the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
The panel approved House...
First report by Vatican financial watchdog reveals suspicious transactions
Vatican Insider - 2 days 13 hours agoBoston's Cardinal O'Malley boycotts college commencement
OSV Daily Take - 2 days 13 hours ago By Christine M. WilliamsCalling abortion a "crime against humanity," Boston Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley declined to attend Boston College's graduation ceremony May 20. He cited the...
A Priest Writes: “A New Translation Cannot Be Expected to Accomplish Everything”
The Deacon's Bench - 2 days 13 hours ago After reading this latest post on how priests reportedly dislike the new Missal, a priest friend dropped me an email to share his impressions: One of the things going on here is...
How legal euthanasia changed Belgium for ever
LifeSiteNews - 2 days 13 hours ago by Tom Mortier Co-authored with Steven Bieseman. May 22, 2013 (Mercatornet.com) - In 2002, Belgium became the second country in the world after its neighbour, The Netherlands, to...
Bishop of Aleppo: Concern over fate of two Syrian archbishops kidnapped one month ago
News.va - 2 days 13 hours ago (Vatican Radio) It’s exactly one month since two Syrian Orthodox archbishops were kidnapped near the city of Aleppo. The Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo Yohanna Ibrahim and...