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Travel altar cards for TLM – special sale
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 19, 2015 at 9:27 pm I received a note from the nice lady of SPORCH who makes the marvelous travel altar card set for the Extraordinary Form.
I have over 40 lower left old style travel sets available...
The Pope, Freedom of Speech, and the Constitution
Catholic Vote - Jan 19, 2015 at 9:03 pm Last week Pope Francis encountered some criticism for suggesting that there are limits to freedom of speech. His comments were made in the wake of the attack in France on the...
A good man -- thank you, sir!
Feminine Genius - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:34 pm Not everyone shrugs his shoulders and looks the other way: Jim Guell, 73, and a retired insurance broker, lives in a mobile home park north of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, directly...
Children and grieving
Feminine Genius - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:22 pm Lisa Mladinich has put together a wonderful piece at Patheos. It's an excellent review of the book, Guiding your Children Through Grief, and she illustrates it with a very helpful...
Kenyan Bishops Oppose Tetanus Vaccine for Women, Children
Commonweal - Jan 19, 2015 at 8:17 pm On Jan 14, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement reiterating their opposition to a WHO/UNICEF sponsored mass vaccination effort aimed at reducing maternal...
Pro-Life Parade? Seriously?
Creative Minority Report - Jan 19, 2015 at 7:21 pm The Daily Mail in the UK did a story about some of the Duggar claim attending what they termed a "pro-life parade."A parade? Really?The good news is that the press in the UK doesn...
‘This is rape, by definition’: UK is giving 10-year-olds contraceptive implants, records show
LifeSiteNews - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:31 pm 'A sexually active ten-year-old is being abused, by definition,' says obstetrician Donna Harrison.
Holy Communion at mega Mass in Manila – POLLS
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:15 pm This is how Holy Communion was distributed during the mega-Mass in Manila.
Here is a poll.
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In praise of Pio
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:02 pm We just completed the annual novena at my parish in honor of St. Pio—more popularly known as Padre Pio. Our parish includes a live-sized statue of the saint, which is an object of...
Apostolic Nuncio Thanks Filipino Faithful for Pope's Warm Welcome
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, praised Filipinos for offering the “best hospitality” during Pope Francis’ visit to the country. The Italian...
Patriarch Rai: Poverty is Destabilizing the Middle East
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm Even poverty and deprivation "are destabilizing" the Middle East, because "there cannot be peace where there is underdevelopment". These were the words of Maronite Patriarch...
Lebanese Patriarchs and Religious Leaders' Message for Week of Christian Unity
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is the text of a message signed by the Patriarchs and leaders of the Christian communities for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. * * *
We the Patriarchs and heads of...
La Bohème | Notes on Living
Incarnation and Modernity - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:52 pm ____ Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows’ -Isaiah 53.4 Art is common, and so is death. But the combination of the two tells us something different about...
Watch as This Profoundly Disabled Woman Destroys the Argument for Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:48 pm In the United States, seven states are considering assisted suicide legislation including: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Montana and New Mexico....
Celebrate the Genius of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 3
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:46 pm The Verbum monthly sale features several valuable resources from St. Thomas Aquinas, leading up to his feast day, January 28th.
Contemporary moral issues are considered by...
Be not afraid: Why Duke was wrong about the Muslim prayer call
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:16 pm From The Anchoress: Fear is always what demands silence of others. In our neighborhood the carillons of Catholic parishes have been effectively “silenced” — their calls to prayer...
‘King Rules’: Martin Luther King would defend life and marriage, says his niece
LifeSiteNews - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:16 pm A review of Alveda King's latest book, King Rules.
The fight for human dignity: how MLK speaks to ISIS, abortion
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:10 pm Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2015 / 04:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The ongoing legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is that every human life is sacred and must be protected from...
Pope Francis Challenges Filipinos: Families are Your Greatest Treasure, Oppose Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 19, 2015 at 5:07 pm When Pope Francis arrived late afternoon in the Philippines on January 15, church bells simultaneously rang and a predominantly Catholic Filipino people gave an enthusiastic...
Pope Francis: Catholics shouldn't breed "like rabbits"
Rorate Coeli - Jan 19, 2015 at 4:35 pm Yet another Papal interview. And now, dear large families, expect to have the phrase "responsible parenthood" hurled at you from now on.
From Reuters:
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (...
