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Bishops and Holy Justice
Rorate Coeli - Dec 2, 2014 at 9:00 am In our time, the level of insanity in the Church has become so great that people defend or downplay prelates who teach heterodox doctrine, fail to implement the laws and...
NY to Poor People: We Own You
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:52 am New York State Stops Non-Profit from Giving Free Dental Care to Poor People
Because turf, power, and control are more important than human need.
Dear New York: The law was made...
The Pro-Life Movement is Winning, Abortions at a Record Low Since Roe vs. Wade
LifeNews.com - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:44 am The government’s latest report confirms the good news reported by Guttmacher earlier this year. That not only the number of abortions in the U.S. have dropped to lows not seen...
Must See Vid of the Day: Steven Crowder on the Special Needs Holocaust
Creative Minority Report - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:44 am This is actually quite moving and beautiful. *subhead*Crowder.*subhead*
Advent Calls Us to Holiness
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:43 am By Deacon Jim Russell [The post below can also be found in the December issue of the Office of Laity and Family Life's e-newsletter, "Disciples' Dispatch." If you'd like to...
Whatsover you do: Following death of homeless man, bishop turns church property into shelter
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:38 am From The BBC: A church building is to be used as a homeless shelter following an outcry over the death of a man on the street outside the Irish Parliament in Dublin. The 41-year-...
Facebook will turn you into Scrooge this Christmas
Catholic Herald - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:32 am It’s only natural, as Christmas draws closer, to contemplate Christmases past. I remember that, as a child, I found Advent excruciatingly long and unbearably exciting.
One of my...
A Mompreneur’s Guide to Saying No
CatholicMom.com - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:30 am
Stay-at-home moms are often asked favors because they are “not working”. People around them assume that they always have time for everything— from being the homeroom parent, to...
The Star Wars Teaser Trailer: Important Story Clues You May Have Missed
SQPN - Podcast Network - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:26 am Dom and Fr. Roderick analyze the teaser trailer of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens and look for clues that reveal important plot elements of the movie.
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Christ-Mass - A Christmas Novena of Latin MassesMore of what's been lost with the dismantling of the Franciscans of the Immaculate
Rorate Coeli - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:15 am The following account from a priestly reader shows just how purposely destructive the intervention of the Franciscans of the Immaculate has been -- at the hands of Commissioner...
Religious leaders gathered in the Vatican for the eradication of modern slavery - Pope Francis' address
News.va - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:12 am Vatican City, 2 December 2014 (VIS) – For the first time in history, the leaders of the world's major religions gathered together in the Vatican this morning with the aim of...
Declaration of religious leaders for the eradication of slavery
News.va - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:11 am Vatican City, 2 December 2014 (VIS) – The following is the full text of the Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders against Modern Slavery
“We, the undersigned, are gathered here...
NYTimes finds 'signs' of life in imperiled parish catering to deaf
GetReligion - Dec 2, 2014 at 8:00 am Having expertly covered the Fulton Sheen body battle, the New York Times' Sharon Otterman turns her reporter's eye to a new conflict taking place in Manhattan's Catholic community...
Professor Explains Economic Thought of Pope Benedict for Catholic Universities
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:51 am The final encyclical of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, offers a unique principle for the application and study of economics and business, argues Belmont Abbey...
Mount St. Mary’s Outdoor Program Helping to Build ‘Leaders in the Church and the World’
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:45 am Celebrating its ten-year anniversary, the Outdoor Adventure program at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md., is demonstrating how even extracurricular activities at a...
Never mind Mohammed, the main naming trend of 2014 is one of de-Christianisation
Catholic Herald - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:37 am It seems to be a solid British tradition now: the annual debate about whether Mohammed is now the most popular boy’s name in Britain, or whether it’s Oliver.
The issue comes down...
Pope Mass: a humble heart knows God, theology is done on one’s knees
News.va - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:21 am (Vatican Radio) Those who study the mystery of God are brought to their knees because God reveals more to a humble heart. Those were the Pope’s words during his Homily at Mass...
Pope Francis: ‘Christian Education’ Requires Patience
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:15 am Pope Francis encouraged the Church’s volunteers and missionaries to provide “Christian education” that acknowledges “serious identity issues” among young people and “requires a...
Students Explore Canada’s Deep Catholic Roots on Quebec Pilgrimage
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:02 am A recent pilgrimage to Quebec City with students from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, Canada, was “prayerful” and “enculturating,” writes Professor John...
Advent Hope: What Are We Longing For?
CatholicMom.com - Dec 2, 2014 at 7:00 am
It was a wonderful surprise to receive the following Advent reflection from my daughter Gabrielle Klein Hicks, who is a homeschooling mother of three young boys and is expecting...
