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Question About Baruch
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:26 am A reader writes: A Protestant coworker is asking me questions about the seven “extra” books in the Catholic Bible. He recently asked me why in the book of Baruch it says that the...
Roman Rota official clarifies, annulment process is no business
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:20 am Vatican City, Nov 18, 2014 / 02:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Following a media frenzy around Pope Francis' request that the annulment
process not be treated like a business, an...
Hops for Algernon
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:16 am Beer appears to make young mice smarter, but there’s a catch.
Christopher Walken Reads Where the Wild Things Are
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:16 am Because your life is not strange enough:
Roman Rota official clarifies, annulment process is no business
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 18, 2014 at 1:02 am Vatican City, Nov 18, 2014 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following a media frenzy around Pope Francis' request that the annulment process not be treated like a business, an...
Pope's Morning Homily: Christians Must 'Convert From Appearances to Reality'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 12:44 am Jesus makes three calls of conversion “to the lukewarm, the comfortable, and to those of appearance”. These were Pope Francis’ words during his homily at Casa Santa Marta today...
Pope Francis and the American Punk Rocker
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Nov 18, 2014 at 12:00 am Last week, it was announced that Pope Francis invited American punk rocker Patti Smith to play at the Vatican’s Christmas Concert on December 13. Ellyn von Huben reviews Smith's...
Twelve Surprises About Catholicism and Evangelicalism
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 17, 2014 at 11:02 pm Over the past dozen years I’ve had the amazing and accidental opportunity to do something few Christians get to do: dive deeply into both the Catholic and Evangelical worlds. ...
Pentatonix Hails Mary on New Christmas CD
Catholic Vote - Nov 17, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Ready it or not, it’s the Christmas season — and it’s fitting that one of the first bits of new music honors the woman who made it all possible.
It’s true that, on balance,...
With All Due Respect, Please Do!
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 17, 2014 at 8:21 pm And recruit as many of those who share your way of thinking as you can. Cardinal O’Malley: ‘If I were founding a Church, I’d love to have women priests’
Reader for a Fellow Reader Help Appreciated
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 17, 2014 at 8:17 pm A reader writes: I am composing a list of trivia questions to use for a “game night” theme for our middle school youth group tomorrow. There are a million questions to ask, of...
Archbishop Cupich to Chicago Catholics: I am your servant-leader.
Commonweal - Nov 17, 2014 at 8:01 pm In his first homily as archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cupich finally answered the question he's been asked over and over since it was announced that he would succeed Cardinal...
"Spirit, People, Land" – On Installation Eve, Cupich Gives "God's Agenda" for Chicago
Whispers in the Loggia - Nov 17, 2014 at 8:00 pm As prepared for delivery, below is the fulltext of Blase Cupich's homily in Holy Name Cathedral at tonight's prayer service on the vigil of his installation as the Ninth...
SBL/AAR 2014 sessions I am looking forward to attending (Part 1: Friday - Saturday)
The Sacred Page - Nov 17, 2014 at 7:21 pm The annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature / American Academy of Religion kicks off this week. I have downloaded the handy-dandy app for the conference, updated my...
First day of Humanum conference studies the beauty of marriage between man and woman (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm To view the video click here.
Finding Faith in Belarus
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 17, 2014 at 6:00 pm Magda Kaczmarek, a senior staff member of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, visited the former Soviet Republic of Belarus earlier this month. In this...
The Great Division - U.S. cardinal: Pope Francis, "What are you doing here?"
Rorate Coeli - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:53 pm Francis Cardinal George, OMI, the retiring archbishop of Chicago, is certainly not considered a traditionalist, although he is to be praised for restoring some sanity there over...
Cute Baby Teaches Family’s Pet Dog How to Jump
LifeNews.com - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:52 pm In this cute video, baby Alexis teaches the family pet, Dakota, how to jump. First, the dog watches the baby’s shadow on the kitchen floor as she bounces in her jumper.
Then,...
Pope's visit to Philly will be 'icing on the cake' for family meeting
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:43 pm Rome, Italy, Nov 17, 2014 / 04:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After Pope Francis officially confirmed that he will visit Philadelphia next fall for the World Meeting of Families,...
Civil War in the Church?
Saint Louis Catholic - Nov 17, 2014 at 5:32 pm This is the sensational and melodramatic description of the current mess used by Damian Thompson some weeks ago. Nice copy, but not really accurate; it is far better, and far...
