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Arleen Spenceley and Chastity Is For Lovers
Snoring Scholar - Nov 29, 2014 at 8:24 pm I’ve always been full of questions. In seventh grade, we were graded on how well we asked questions of other people’s science project presentations. I took it as my personal...
ISIS to children: ‘Convert! Say the words!’ Children to ISIS: ‘No, We Love Jesus’
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 29, 2014 at 7:52 pm Ex ore infantium… perfecisti laudem.
Some scholars of Late Antiquity are skeptical about or even scoff at the ancient tales about Christian children who refused to renounce Christ...
Year of Consecrated Life: Plenary Indulgences
Communio - Nov 29, 2014 at 7:34 pm DECREE ON CONDITIONS FOR PLENARY INDULGENCES
During the Year of the Consecrated Life
DECREE
URBIS ET ORBIS
by which are established the works to be accomplished in order to...
First Sunday of Advent 2014
Communio - Nov 29, 2014 at 7:06 pm The meaning of Advent has to reorient our perspective, our longing,our hope in the Messiah. We come to this point in the liturgical year, the first day in fact, of the new year,...
Poem: Of the Birth of Christ
Breviary Hymns - Nov 29, 2014 at 7:05 pm Painting by Gerard van Honthorst - Courtesy of WikipediaOf the Birth of Christ is a translation by Edgar Allison Peers (1891-1952) of a poem by St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)....
This Is the Man on the Throne
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:19 pm Late in the day to note what Rorate, as usual, has covered, but this and this are both scandalous in a way that can't be deplored enough. If you don't think these actions, and...
Dine Without Whine: Breakfast Scones and Chocolate Caramel Bars
CatholicMom.com - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Find more great family recipes and meal planning assistance at Dine Without Whine.
Breakfast Scones
Makes 18 servings
Ingredients:
3/4 cup raisins
1 cup water boiling
2 1/4 cups...
Ecumenical Patriarch's Address at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is the Vatican-provided translation of the address Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave to Pope Francis at the end of today's Divine Liturgy: ***
Your Holiness Pope...
Pope's Last Day in Turkey Starts With Visiting Chief Rabbi
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm The Pope has taken another step in advancing ecumenical relations during his apostolic trip to Turkey. In the final day of Pope Francis’ three-day visit to the nation of Turkey...
Pope's Address at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is a Vatican-provided translation of Pope Francis' address at the end of today's Divine Liturgy in Istanbul: ***
When I was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, I often...
Text of Joint Declaration Signed by Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is the Vatican-provided text of the joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew this morning in Istanbul: ***
COMMON DECLARATION...
Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch Pray "That All May Be One"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm “We are already on the way towards full communion,” Pope Francis. The Holy Father made these remarks this morning at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St....
Why Catholic-Orthodox reunion is still far away:Three recent statements from Patriarch Bartholomew, and a reminder from 2009
Rorate Coeli - Nov 29, 2014 at 5:29 pm Compared to the reign of Benedict XVI there has been less talk in the current Pontificate of the reunification of Catholicism and Orthodoxy being a lot nearer or even imminent,...
A look into the rights of child migrants
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 29, 2014 at 5:22 pm Washington D.C., Nov 29, 2014 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- In 1999, two teenagers froze to death in the hold of a Sabena Airlines Airbus A330 travelling from Guinea to Brussels.
Yaguine...
The Dating of Christmas
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 29, 2014 at 5:11 pm Was Jesus really born on December 25th?
You’ll find strong opinions on both sides of this question, with some saying definitely yes and some saying definitely no.
I don’t have...
Pope Francis Visiting Turkey Decries ISIL Violence
The Religion Clause - Nov 29, 2014 at 5:06 pm Pope Francis is in the midst of a 3-day visit to Turkey. Yesterday in Ankara he spoke to religious and political leaders in an address to the Presidency of Religious Affairs, the...
Pope Francis’s address to the Ecumenical Patriarch in full
Catholic Herald - Nov 29, 2014 at 4:10 pm The full text of the Pope’s address to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, at a prayer service in Istanbul, courtesy of Vatican Radio:
Your Holiness, my...
Francis pauses for ‘silent adoration’ in Istanbul mosque
Catholic Herald - Nov 29, 2014 at 4:02 pm A day after hearing Turkish leaders demand the West show more respect for Islam, Pope Francis prayed alongside a Muslim cleric inside Istanbul’s most famous mosque.
At the Blue...
From organ music to native culture
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 29, 2014 at 3:56 pm On Nov. 22, the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Cecelia, patron saint of church music. Cecelia was a Christian martyr who lived in Rome in the time of the early church...
