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Advent is coming: it's time to prepareA review of "The Jesse Box"
Rorate Coeli - Nov 11, 2014 at 11:00 pm Once in a while, Rorate reviews books, calendars and other items for our readers we believe will be beneficial to them or their families, helping them grow in the Faith. We have...
US bishops elect new secretary, discuss health care ethics guide
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 11, 2014 at 9:22 pm Baltimore, Md., Nov 11, 2014 / 08:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted Tuesday on several committee leadership positions, also considering several...
NY Times: “Change is rattling the hierarchy” under Francis
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 11, 2014 at 8:47 pm Fresh from the USCCB gathering in Baltimore: Change is rattling the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, and the bishops here say they now feel it even if they do not yet...
Important Save the Date: Sacra Liturgia 2015 - in America
Rorate Coeli - Nov 11, 2014 at 7:11 pm This promises to be an important Conference for all Catholics who love the Catholic Tradition as exemplified in the liturgical life of the Church. One of the speakers will be...
The science of attraction: How the pill is changing who women want
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 11, 2014 at 6:02 pm Boulder, Colo., Nov 11, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The pill is not only causing a massive shift in who women are attracted to, but is also wrecking havoc on their bodies,...
Pope at General Audience: Bishops, Priests and Deacons Are Called to Serve with Humility
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis says certain qualities make up the ‘alphabet’ that ministers need to effectively serve their flock. Addressing thousands of...
Pope Francis Receives Delegations from Catholic-Muslim Forum
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm Before heading to St. Peter's for his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis met with participants of the third Catholic-Muslim Forum. According to il Sismografo, the Third...
Christians Must Have a Future in Jesus' Land; Alternative Is Disaster for Humanity
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa and president of the Italian bishops’ conference, recently returned from a trip to the Holy Land. He spoke of his findings with...
Proper "netiquette" for comment boxes and a new policy for TSP
The Sacred Page - Nov 11, 2014 at 5:44 pm We are changing our policy here; for at least the near future, all comments will be moderated before they appear in the comment boxes.
That's not to say that we don't want to hear...
Nurse Who Killed 38 Patients Because She Found Them “Annoying” Gets Fan Mail in Jail
LifeNews.com - Nov 11, 2014 at 5:42 pm Daniela Poggiali, an Italian nurse, was arrested last month for allegedly killing up to 38 patients because she found them or their relatives annoying. One of her victims, Rosa...
Ohio Wants to Close Cincinnati Planned Parenthood, Abortion Biz Sues to Stop It
LifeNews.com - Nov 11, 2014 at 5:03 pm An Ohio Planned Parenthood abortion business has been put on notice by state officials that it needs to comply with a pro-life law the legislature approved to protect women’s...
Honoring the Dead through Our Living
CatholicMom.com - Nov 11, 2014 at 5:00 pm Eleven years ago this month, my father passed away. My mother hung on for seven years after losing the love of her life and died in April of 2010. They left behind three children...
Religious liberty ‘continues to be great concern,’ Archbishop Lori says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:54 pm Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, told the bishops the committee -- extended for another three years -- planned to...
Italian bishops' leader says children have right to mother, father
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:53 pm Children have "the right to a father and a mother," the president of the Italian bishops' conference said in an address to an annual assembly.
Speaking about artificial methods of...
Pope asks G-20 leaders to remember the poor, work for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:49 pm Pope Francis called for attention to the poor and to the pursuit of peace in a message to the "G-20" meeting that will be held in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15-16.
In his ...
Kenyan government promises probe into vaccination campaign that included sterilization
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:36 pm The Kenyan government has promised a thorough investigation of charges by the Catholic bishops' conference that women were sterilized without their knowledge as part of a...
Church leaders decline suggestion that bishop should lead transitional government in Burkina Faso
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:30 pm Church leaders in Burkina Faso have politely declined a suggestion that a Catholic bishop should act as the transitional president of the African nation, the Fides news service ...
Woman Having an Abortion Describes Feeling Her Baby Move
LifeNews.com - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:29 pm One woman complained about the three days she had to wait between finding out her baby would be disabled and having the abortion she wanted (She couldn’t schedule it for any...
Jordanian prince decries persecution of Christians in Vatican Radio interview
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:21 pm Jordan's Prince El Hassan bin Talal told Vatican Radio that "the fact that the Christians are suffering is abhorrent to all of us."
The Jordanian leader, who has been a leading ...
Have they discovered a new “lost Gospel” that says Jesus was married?
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 11, 2014 at 4:13 pm It’s getting near Christmas, and you know what that means. That’s right! It’s time for another book to be released telling us the sensationalistic “truth” about Christianity.
This...
