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How to respond to Islam: reply to Geoffrey Sales. Op Ed
Rorate Coeli - Aug 10, 2014 at 4:00 am Ladies wearing mantillas at the St Catherine's Trust Summer School in Wales
Over on 'All Along the Watchtower' the blogger Geoffrey Sales has done me the honour of responding,...
Pope Francis: You Cannot Make War in the Name of God!
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 10, 2014 at 2:53 am Pope Francis made an appeal for peace in Iraq and Gaza before concluding his Sunday Angelus address. Throughout the weekend, the Holy Father has sent several tweets from his @...
Daily Homily: Ezekiel's Vision of the Glory of the Lord
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 10, 2014 at 2:32 am Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28c Psalm 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 Matthew 17:22-27 The word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel while he was in exile in Babylon, in the "land of the...
Gospel Reading for Sunday, August 10th
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 10, 2014 at 2:29 am Gospel: MT 14:22-33 After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he...
The Pope's General Audience is Back... and so are pilgrims (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 10, 2014 at 1:45 am To view the video click here.
Discovery of 1st century Jewish coins with "redemption" inscription
The Sacred Page - Aug 10, 2014 at 1:22 am Photo from the IAA of the coins discovered[Source]
Interesting. . .
During excavations along the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)...
WDTPRS: 9th Sunday after Pentecost: God, absolutely distant, absolutely near
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 10, 2014 at 12:01 am This week’s Collect, which historically was in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Gellonensis, was also the prayer over the people, or Super populum, in the 1962MR for Wednesday...
Get Ready to Celebrate the Dormition and Assumption of Mary
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 9, 2014 at 11:01 pm On August 15th of each Liturgical Year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This year, that date falls on next Friday. Mary’s earthly...
New York City Health Department Orders 2 Mohels To Stop Controversial Circumcision Method After Infections
The Religion Clause - Aug 9, 2014 at 9:28 pm The Forward reported this week that the New York City Health Department has prohibited two mohels from performing Jewish religious circumcisions using the direct oral suction...
Crisis of Bishops: "I'm a Religious Ed teacher, entered a 'gay marriage,' and I'm still teaching, with my bishop's full knowledge. Great!"
Rorate Coeli - Aug 9, 2014 at 9:19 pm Rorate - an explanatory note: in Spain, as in several countries, one of several government agreements with the Holy See allows for the teaching of Catholic Religious Education in...
Suit Claims Rabbi Sexually Assaulted Students At His Israeli Schools For Girls
The Religion Clause - Aug 9, 2014 at 9:05 pm Courthouse News Service and JTA report on a class action lawsuit filed last Monday in federal district court in Illinois against Rabbi Elimelech Meisels, his four Orthodox Jewish...
The "lite" is on for Cardinal Wuerl at the WaPo
GetReligion - Aug 9, 2014 at 7:38 pm
The Washington Post's Sunday magazine features a light -- and I mean, l-i-t-e light -- interview with Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington.
The interview is...
Pastoral Strategies for the Church
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm As Pope Francis has repeated many times, there is an urgent need to proclaim the Gospel message to the world today. Guidelines on how to do this are contained in a book just...
Pope's Angelus Address, Sunday, August 10th
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm At 12pm today, Pope Francis appeared at the window of the study in the Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square. Here below...
10-13 August PERSEID METEOR SHOWER and SUPERMOON
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 9, 2014 at 6:17 pm Are you ready for the “Tears of St. Lawrence”? This is a nickname for the Perseid Meteor Shower. Each year your Earth passes in its orbit around your Yellow Sun through dust and...
Root fraternity in faith, cardinals tell Knights of Columbus
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 9, 2014 at 5:56 pm Orlando, Fla., Aug 9, 2014 / 04:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two cardinals addressed the Knights of Columbus’ States Dinner in Orlando on Tuesday, exhorting them to practice Catholic...
WDTPRS – 19th Ordinary Sunday: trusting audacity and harrowing consolation
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 9, 2014 at 5:48 pm the 19th Ordinary Sunday’s Collect, or “Opening Prayer” as it has been called, was not in previous editions Missale Romanum before the 1970 Novus Ordo. It has roots in the 9th...
Pontifical Mass at the Throne for the Assumption
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 9, 2014 at 5:45 pm I am very happy to announce that Bishop Robert Morlino, my bishop, will be celebrating a Pontifical Mass at the Throne in Madison, WI, in the chapel of the Bishop O’Connor Center...
Why Fr. Z harasses you to GO TO CONFESSION!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 9, 2014 at 4:31 pm Friends, examine your consciences daily and go to confession regularly.
We are going to get God’s justice whether we want it or not. But, while we still live, His mercy is for...
Dine Without Whine: Saucy Apple Pork Chops and Snickerdoodles
CatholicMom.com - Aug 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Find more great family recipes and meal planning assistance at Dine Without Whine.
Saucy Apple Pork Chops
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups applesauce
1/3 cup sugar
2...
