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Lesbians’ baby baptized in Argentina’s cathedral
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 6, 2014 at 3:01 am From CNN: Umma Azul, whose godmother is the country’s President, on Saturday became the first child of a lesbian couple to be baptized by the Catholic Church in Argentina. Carina...
Jesus can heal deadened hearts, says Pope
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 6, 2014 at 2:12 am Rome, Italy, Apr 6, 2014 / 02:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis delivered a Sunday evening homily at a parish in the south of Rome, preaching about the importance of detaching...
LENTCAzT 33: 5th Sunday of Lent – “Jesus near Jerusalem”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 6, 2014 at 12:01 am Please use the sharing buttons? Thanks!
Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent, 1st Sunday of the Passion. Passiontide begins.
Examine your consciences and then…
GO TO CONFESSION!...
The Path to Life Leads Through Death
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 5, 2014 at 11:01 pm The Final Journey to Jerusalem Begins The account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus is the seventh of the seven signs in St. John’s Gospel that announce the...
Religious Groups Say Military's New Religious Accommodation Policy Falls Short
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2014 at 9:46 pm As previously reported, in January the Department of Defense adopted a revised policy on religious accommodation in the military, including on matters of appearance and grooming...
11 French Towns Will Ban Schools From Serving Alternatives When Pork Is On The Menu
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2014 at 9:29 pm In local elections in France last week, the right-wing Front National party, led by Marine Le Pen, won control of eleven local town councils. According to RFI and The Local, Le...
Federal Judge Announces He Will Strike Down Ohio's Refusal To Recognize Same-Sex Marriages From Elsewhere
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2014 at 9:05 pm The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that at a Friday hearing in a Cincinnati, Ohio federal district court in Henry v. Wymyslo, Judge Timothy Black announced:I intend to issue a...
UN Rapporteur On Religious Freedom Issues Preliminary Findings On Kazakhstan
The Religion Clause - Apr 5, 2014 at 8:19 pm Yesterday, Heiner Bielefeld, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief issued his Preliminary Findings as he ended his eleven day visit to the Republic of...
Catholics take over late night TV?
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 5, 2014 at 7:44 pm It could happen, if this juicy tidbit comes true: Stephen Colbert is CBS’ top choice to replace the retiring David Letterman, and has indicated that he’s willing to take over the ...
Grist for Your Passiontide Mill
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 5, 2014 at 7:08 pm As the liturgical calendar of the Church (the better one, obviously) shifts the mood from rejoice! to sorrowful expectation of doom as it goes from Laetare to Passion Sunday (and...
Yes, This is Pure Evil
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 5, 2014 at 7:08 pm Bill and Melinda Gates, who have taken a laudable interest in vaccinations in the third world, will surely speak out against this effort to dupe women in Africa to get tetanus...
On Divine Mercy
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Apr 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm Dear brothers and sisters, hello! The Gospel of this fifth Sunday of Lent tells us of the resurrection of Lazarus. It is the culmination of the miraculous “signs” worked by...
Russia, Whose Side? And the West?
Saint Louis Catholic - Apr 5, 2014 at 6:44 pm The consecration and conversion await, yes. But Pat Buchanan provides good food for thought on the current moral position of the two sides on display in the global theater. A...
Funeral homily for Nathan Trapuzzano: “I have little doubt he forgave his murderers”
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 5, 2014 at 6:35 pm By now, you may have heard the horrifying story of Nathan Trapuzzano, a 24-year-old man married for just a year, eagerly awaiting the birth of his first child, and gunned down a...
ASK FATHER: Sister goes shopping while carrying the Eucharist to the sick. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 5, 2014 at 5:46 pm Fr. Z's Pyx
From a reader…
I work at a religious supply store and yesterday a local religious sister came in and asked to be shown our selection of pyxes. I led her to the cabinet...
Holy Land bishops urge Christian-Muslim unity against extremism
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 5, 2014 at 5:07 pm Jerusalem, Israel, Apr 5, 2014 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy Land’s bishops have said that Christians and Muslims need to unite against extremism, stressing that people of...
2 Priests, 1 Sister kidnapped in Cameroon
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Apr 5, 2014 at 5:00 pm From BBC:
Priests and nun kidnapped in Cameroon
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Cameroon, Italy’s foreign ministry and media...
Veiled Statues
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 5, 2014 at 4:22 pm Are you one of the growing number of parishes that have begun to veil their statues for Passiontide? Send us pictures this weekend!
Photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org
Dine Without Whine: Streusel Coffee Cake
CatholicMom.com - Apr 5, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Find more great family recipes and meal planning assistance at Dine Without Whine.
Streusel Coffee Cake
Makes 15 servings
Ingredients:
1 refrigerated coffee cake dough
1/2 cup...
The Crisis of the Church is a Crisis of Bishops:Mockery and Scandal in the Cathedral for celebration of Baptism of daughter of "two mothers" in Córdoba, Argentina
Rorate Coeli - Apr 5, 2014 at 2:36 pm The baptism of baby Umma Azul, the daughter of one member of a lesbian "couple" civilly "married" in Argentina took place yesterday in the Cathedral of Córdoba. The President of...
