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Marriage's indissolubility a dogma, cardinal clarifies
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 5, 2014 at 3:06 am Vatican City, Aug 5, 2014 / 02:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a book-length interview, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller has underscored that the indissolubility of the marriage is no mere...
10 years at GetReligion: Why we are still here (refreshed)
GetReligion - Aug 5, 2014 at 3:00 am
The late Leonard Smith was, according to his Jan. 26 obituary at the Greenwich Time newspaper in Southwest Connecticut, a radically independent man who never hid his beliefs. A...
Papal condolences following death of Australian cardinal
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:46 am Pope Francis has sent a telegram of condolence to the Archdiocese of Sydney's apostolic administrator following the death of Cardinal Edward Clancy, who governed the archdiocese...
Just Euthanize the Poor who can’t afford “Palliative Care”…..
Quartermaster of the Barque - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:41 am …..says a newly installed Lithuanian health minister.
Just who do these people think they are, trying to live until they die and all that? Not people!?! Don’t they know that they...
$24M given to retired religious from national collection
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:35 am The National Religious Retirement Office has granted $24 million to 424 religious communities to help pay for medication, nursing care, and other expenses associated with the care...
Medieval Bishop was the father of the “Big Bang Theory”
Quartermaster of the Barque - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:22 am Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln in the Thirteenth Century. “Eight hundred years before they came up with the theory about the Big Bang – he came up with something that is...
Sharing the Prayer Life of Jesus: An Interview with Shane Kapler
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:18 am Most of us know the Our Father prayer, which Jesus taught to his disciples. But what else can we learn from Jesus about prayer? Today Jared Zimmerer interviews Shane Kapler,...
Sharing the Prayer Life of Jesus: An Interview with Shane Kapler
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 5, 2014 at 2:18 am Most of us know the Our Father prayer, which Jesus taught to his disciples. But what else can we learn from Jesus about prayer? Today Jared Zimmerer interviews Shane Kapler,...
Three US states back EWTN religious liberty lawsuit
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:49 am Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2014 / 01:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Alabama, Georgia, and Florida each filed legal briefs on Monday in
support of EWTN in a lawsuit over the HHS mandate,...
Child migrant surge originates in traffickers' lies, bishop says
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 5, 2014 at 1:04 am San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Aug 5, 2014 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Central American bishop has said the recent wave of migrants to the U.S., which has included many...
Dublin’s Archbp. Martin criticizes young traditional priests
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 5, 2014 at 12:05 am Across the pond at RU-486 (aka The Pill aka The Tablet), we find this:
‘Conformist’ younger clergy wary of Francis – Dublin archbishop
Pope Francis’ courage is causing disquiet...
But what does the “Sign of Peace” really mean?
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 4, 2014 at 11:05 pm “Let us offer one another a sign of peace.” With those words just before communion, the deacon or priest invites the faithful to take part in a liturgical gesture that has...
The Battle for Purity
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 4, 2014 at 11:02 pm The battle for purity is ultimately fought deep in the recesses of the human heart. Our hearts were made to love, but since the Fall, they have been tainted by a desire to use...
GUEST POST: “Ten Commandments of Reverence for the Most Blessed Sacrament”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 4, 2014 at 10:03 pm An old friend of mine, Msgr. Charles Mangan noticed my answer about safeguarding the Blessed Sacrament and sent me this to share with you.
“Ten Commandments of Reverence for the...
Counter-Cultural Ad Shows Dad as "Awesome"
Creative Minority Report - Aug 4, 2014 at 9:04 pm This is a nice change from every commercial of the past decade which shows Dads as half-dumb man children. HT Catholic Vote *subhead*Worth watching.*subhead*
Brazil Catholic community leads surging charismatic renewal
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 4, 2014 at 9:03 pm Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 4, 2014 / 08:03 pm (CNA).- As a steadily growing movement in the Catholic Church, the Charismatic Renewal includes an estimated 160 million of the...
Boom: Nashville sees surge in vocations
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 4, 2014 at 8:12 pm From The Catholic News Herald: The Diocese of Nashville this summer has witnessed an explosion of vocations, with a record number of men being ordained to the priesthood and the...
It’s Monday. I’m sure a lot of us feel this way.
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 4, 2014 at 7:31 pm Oh, yeah…
GOODBYE, MOSUL!
Rorate Coeli - Aug 4, 2014 at 7:13 pm 1924: Chaldean priests and the orphans under their care in Mosul (Nineveh), Iraq
Majid Aziza
[Lebanese daily] An-Nahar
July 24, 2014
Expelled, we leave our city of Mosul,...
Pope Lifts Suspension of Nicaraguan Priest
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has lifted the suspension of a Nicaraguan priest who was admonished for political activity by Pope John Paul II. The Holy Father approved lifting the suspension of...
