Latest News
Wonderful to See New Writers Emerging
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2014 at 2:35 am A reader writes:
Some of your readers might be interested in supporting a young Catholic writer:
Named after the Jesuit thinker and writer, Rev. James V. Schall, the fellowship...
I remember Bush Derangement Syndrome. Good times! Good times!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2014 at 2:29 amThe 1962 Missal is now the Missal of Saint John XXIII And a Venetian tale
Rorate Coeli - May 2, 2014 at 2:15 am Or... "Making Glasses Look Half-full"...
The Easter of 1953 was the first that Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli spent in Venice. Following the singing of Vespers and the...
Athanasius Contra Mundi
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - May 2, 2014 at 2:13 am Today is the Feast of St. Athanasius, a great figure in the Church whose in-your-face sanctity was more than compassion and niceness. St. Athanasius stood boldly and forcefully...
Sarah Palin, Sacrilege, and Catholic Support for Torture
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2014 at 2:10 am In which Yr. Obdt. Svt has the unenviable task of pointing out that 2+2=4, evil is not good, black is not white, and that if it is stupid to do evil that good may come of it, it...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 2, 2014 at 2:10 am A reader asks prayer for
my stepmother. She is having serious chronic medical issue, even her doctor is stumped. It appears to be one of those things that is not life threatening...
Holy See warns against ideological agenda in UN torture hearing
May 2, 2014 at 1:06 am Vatican City, May 2, 2014 / 01:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Ahead of a report to the U.N. on an anti-torture agreement next week, the Holy See has emphasized its commitment against...
“Something Other Than God” Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - May 2, 2014 at 12:30 am "Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." - St. Augustine
Since I've built up a large collection of extra books and...
Alternative Catholic Media: Into the Catacombs
Rorate Coeli - May 1, 2014 at 11:14 pm In Rorate, our team is privileged to include members who can write under their own names, and others who must resort to noms de plume... We get along quite well in our different...
“Hateful rant”: Congresswoman storms out of prayer event over speaker’s anti-abortion comments
The Deacon's Bench - May 1, 2014 at 11:09 pm Details: Harbor Area Rep. Janice Hahn stormed out of Thursday’s National Day of Prayer gathering on Capitol Hill, saying she was outraged by what she later characterized as a “...
Saint John Paul II… You Better Be Pray’n
Integrated Catholic Life - May 1, 2014 at 11:01 pm A few years ago I made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Czetochowa and asked for the intercession of my hero, Pope John Paul II. I spent the day praying to him and to Our...
URGENT - Action needed!
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 1, 2014 at 11:00 pm Dear ZENIT reader,
Thanks to the generosity of 3,200 English-edition subscribers, we have received US$230,000 during our annual fundraising campaign. We are deeply grateful for...
We Are Not Going Anywhere
Creative Minority Report - May 1, 2014 at 10:33 pm Over at the National Catholic Register, I speak to my fellow concerned Catholic. These are my thoughts about we should proceed during these times of uncertainty.The main thing is...
Now They Care About Religious Liberty?
Creative Minority Report - May 1, 2014 at 9:54 pm A gang of liberal clergy have filed an interesting legal challenge to what they are calling North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage. They're saying that the state is infringing...
Poem: O Perpetual Revolution of Configured Stars
Breviary Hymns - May 1, 2014 at 9:19 pm O Perpetual Revolution of Configured Stars is an excerpt from Choruses from The Rock by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). The Rock is a play that Elliot wrote in the form of a medieval...
Last Call: Weekly Giveaway to Celebrate First Communion
CatholicMom.com - May 1, 2014 at 8:00 pm Thank you to On This Day Designs, Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families, Ignatius Press, and Pauline Books & Media for generously sponsoring our giveaway this week!
This week’...
E-mail intro
LifeSiteNews - May 1, 2014 at 7:29 pm by John Jalsevac Today's blog posts:
Fem site: Mayweather ‘Bats**t insane’ for leaving ex for aborting twins - Kathryn Yoder
She looked the man who killed her entire family in...
Easter earthquake does not shake faith in Papua New Guinea
Catholic News Agency - General - May 1, 2014 at 7:02 pm Buka, Papua New Guinea, May 1, 2014 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An earthquake which struck the Papua New Guinean island of Bougainville on Holy Saturday brought chaos and...
English Bishop Closes Popular Blog
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm A popular blog in the UK, originally set up in 2010 to defend Benedict XVI against media attacks ahead of his visit to the country that year, has been ordered to close by the...
Pope Francis: 'I Wept On Hearing News of Crucifixion of Christians'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis has said he wept at the news that some Christians were crucified recently in Syria. In his morning homily at Mass in Casa Santa Martha Friday, the Holy Father also...
