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February 6, 2013
Coptic pope criticizes Islamist influence on Egypt's constitution
Catholic Culture - World News - 3 months 2 weeks ago The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has criticized Egypt's new constitution, which declares that "principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation."
"The ...
Vatican: Faith in the youth, letting them speak their language
News.va - 3 months 2 weeks ago (Vatican Radio) “The idea behind it is to examine youth cultures, to make a critical examination of these strange things that we are seeing, try and understand it and also try to...
More confusion: is Abp. Müller supporting Peru's rebel "Catholic" university?
Rorate Coeli - 3 months 2 weeks ago Another situation that cries out for a clarification.
For the background to this, see the following articles:
Universidad Ni-Ni: ni Pontificia ni Católica - The non-Pontifical non...
UK bishops decry advancement of 'gay marriage' bill
EWTN - World Catholic News - 3 months 2 weeks ago London, England, Feb 6, 2013 / 01:57 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
After a bill allowing same-sex "marriage" passed in the U.K.'s House of
Commons, local Catholic bishops have warned that...
The New Evangelization Requires a New Apologetics to Meet the Challenge…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago …of the New Atheism. Fortunately, the brightest minds of our generation are hard at work and have cracked the problem:
Hostility to Children…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago …is a sure and certain mark of the presence of evil and the influence of hell. People who seek a child-free America are doing the work of Satan. I regard the child free movement...
Only Bakery in All of Oregon Cruelly Refuses to Serve Pathetic Gay Martyrs
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago Oh. Wait. You mean there are lots of bakeries who would serve these guys but this guy is being singled out and made an example of by the Gay Legion of Menacing Visigoths for...
How Conversations Go with My Kids
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago Ever since they took those stupid logic classes there’s been no living with them.
On the other hand, this sort of reasoning has always seemed to me to be rather, well, reasonable...
The Latest Issue of Christian Democracy Magazine…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago …is out! Things are gonna start happening to me now!
Los Angeles: Land of Sex Abuse
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago Here’s the quote:
“Unfortunately it doesn’t surprise me,” he says. “It is a culture of indifference where the priests are looking out for the priests. They don’t want to get...
Is *Everyone* in America Turning into a Terrorist?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - 3 months 2 weeks ago Look, people: If the president were wrong to secretly order the death of Americans and innocent civilian foreigners without evidence, arrest, trial, judge, jury or verdict, he...
Interfaith Groups Urge Policymakers to Extend Health Care Coverage to 1.3M Uninsured Texans
Texas Catholic Conference - 3 months 2 weeks ago AUSTIN - In a letter today to the legislative leadership, two of the state's largest religious organizations urged policymakers to extend Medicaid coverage to 1.3 million low-...
What Are You Giving Up for Lent?
Catholicism Blog on About.com - 3 months 2 weeks ago What are you giving up for Lent? It's a question to which we're often tempted to answer, "None of your business!" And rightly so, because "What are you giving up for Lent?" can be...
Spirituality: Eli, Samuel and Evangelizing our Youth
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - 3 months 2 weeks ago In this Year of Faith, we've all been thinking about how to evangelize more effectively, and no group is more coveted in this mission than our youth. Word on Fire blog contributor...
February 5, 2013
Fun Vid: Toddler's Awesome Trick Shots
Creative Minority Report - 3 months 2 weeks ago Wow. Sign the kid up. This is adorable fun. *subhead*Wow.*subhead*
Los Angeles considering capital campaign to raise $200 million
The Deacon's Bench - 3 months 2 weeks ago From the Los Angeles Times: In the midst of renewed public outrage over its handling of clergy sex abuse, the Los Angeles Archdiocese is considering a $200-million fundraising...
Elsewhere
dotCommonweal - 3 months 2 weeks ago Michael Lewis on “The Trouble with Wall Street”
Helen Rittelmeyer on sex and ambition at Yale
John Banville on Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet
William Deresiewicz on why he’s not...
Adventure or Cautious Mediocrity?
Integrated Catholic Life - 3 months 2 weeks ago Peter… Paul… Isaiah… Frodo Baggins. They have more in common than meets the eye. Of course there are differences, too. Peter is a small business man, trying to wring a living for...
St. Paul Miki and Companions
A Catholic View - 3 months 2 weeks ago The Saints of the Day for February 6 are St. Paul Miki and Companions. Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, killing...
We’re pleased to announce the newest blogger at Patheos: Beyoncé
The Deacon's Bench - 3 months 2 weeks ago Well, certainly that’s the best explanation for why, like the Super Bowl, we found ourselves tonight suddenly in the dark. Okay:so the Super Bowl people aren’t blaming Beyoncé ...