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VA Requires a Man to Get a Vasectomy
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 21, 2014 at 2:00 am …as part of a plea deal. Amanda Marcotte, proving that a stopped clock is right twice a day, offers a protest that any Catholic would agree with.
For Summer "Vacation," Francis Meets the Mob
Whispers in the Loggia - Jun 21, 2014 at 1:03 am Fifteen months into his tenure as Primate of Italy, Papa Francesco has yet to visit Venice, Milan, Genoa or Naples, but in his fourth domestic trek beyond Rome, the weekend brings...
For the Synod, The Baseline Cometh
Whispers in the Loggia - Jun 21, 2014 at 12:57 am After months of anticipation – and, in no shortage of parts elsewhere, presumptions and agitation galore – the core document for October's Extraordinary Synod finally has its pub-...
Guns In The Real World - A Mother's Story
Creative Minority Report - Jun 20, 2014 at 11:52 pm I highly recommend you go read Rebecca Frech's very insightful piece on what gun ownership can mean in the real world. Taking all the pontification and prevarication out of the...
Through, With & In Him: A New Book on the Prayer Life of Jesus
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 20, 2014 at 11:01 pm Although I don’t do it as often as I would like, occasionally I get to interview my fellow Catholic authors and talk about some of the excellent books being produced today. I have...
Catholic Spirit wins news awards
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 20, 2014 at 11:00 pm The Catholic Spirit garnered three first-place awards, two second places, a third place and a cluster of honorable mentions in the annual newspaper competition of the Catholic...
Visiting the Cranberry Catholic Collaborative
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Jun 20, 2014 at 9:08 pm Hello and welcome!
On Saturday, on my way back from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ meeting in New Orleans I made a stopover in Chicago to celebrate the wedding of the...
Court In India Says State Government Must Enforce Ritual Decision of Temple Managing Committee
The Religion Clause - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:42 pm In Bhabani PR. Mishra v State, (Orissa High Ct., June 20, 2014), the High Court of the Indian state of Orissa held that the state government must abide by the decision of the...
Pope's Homily at Mass in Calabria's Piana di Sibari
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Below is a translation of the Pope's homily given at the closing Mass for Saturday's Calabrian visit to the Diocese of Cassano allo Jonio, which was celebrated at Piana di Sibari...
Pope to Calabrian Priests: Be Happy to Be a Priest
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has told Calabrian priests that they are to be joyful, to live as brothers and family, and he has warned them against individualist tendencies. Addressing diocesan...
Pope Calls Out Calabrian Mafia at Closing Mass
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has urged the Calabrian mafia to end its “adoration of evil” and “contempt of the common good.” The Holy Father used the occasion of the closing Mass at the Piana...
Pope's Discourse to Detainees in Rosetta Sisca Penitentiary in Calabria
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here is an unofficial translation of the original text of Pope Francis' speech to detainees in the Rosetta Sisca penitentiary in Castrovillari this morning. It was the Pope's...
Pope's Address at Calabrian Seminary
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Below is an unofficial translation of the Pope's address to the diocesan priests of Cassano all’Jonio at noon today which took place in the diocesan cathedral: ***
Dear Priests...
Pope Visits Hospice After Prison Visit
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm The second stop on Pope Francis' day trip to Calabria was a visit with the terminally ill. After first visiting a prison in Castrovillari, Calabria, the Pope visited the hospice...
Pope Begins Visit to Italy's Calabria Region
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has kicked off his visit to the Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio in the Calabrian province of Cosenza, with his first stop being a prison visit. The Pope’s schedule for...
Our Children Radiate the Joy of the Gospel
CatholicMom.com - Jun 20, 2014 at 6:30 pm
I was recently reading about an upcoming conference at the Vatican entitled, “The Pastoral Project of Evangelii Gaudium” to implement the Holy Father’s new apostolic exhortation...
Marriage matters for society, says homilist at national Mass
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 20, 2014 at 6:13 pm Washington D.C., Jun 20, 2014 / 05:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Marriage, an institution between one man and one woman for the rearing of children, is designed by God and is the...
Opera featuring Martyrs of Compiègne reveal beauty of prayer, sacrifice
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jun 20, 2014 at 6:06 pm By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org
The Discalced Carmelites make a profession of four vows: poverty, chastity, obedience and enclosure...
On World Refugee Day, bishops implore U.S. to address Syria
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 20, 2014 at 6:02 pm Seattle, Wash., Jun 20, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration declared the refugee situation in Syria a “humanitarian disaster...
Nudist plans naked protest in “solidarity” with St. Francis
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 20, 2014 at 5:46 pm Really: Catholic clergy don their heavy black vestments every day, even covering their head with hoods and habits, but nude activist Gypsy Taub claims a pillar of the Catholic...
