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The Insanity of our Health Care System
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:43 am A reader writes:
Few things in this world are more laughable than the U.S. health care “system.” Of course, the Fox/Limbaugh crowd would immediately pounce on such a remark and...
Some churches change bylaws following Supreme Court's same-sex marriage rulings
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:40 am Concerned about potential discrimination lawsuits, some Christian churches--especially those that rent facilities to the public--are amending their bylaws following the Supreme...
Hard-Hitting Watchdog Media Stands Tall for Peace and Justice
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:33 am …against a lawless president bent on war–when he’s a Republican. When it’s our Dear Leader on the other hand…
Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal
Curious About the Franciscan Sisters?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:24 am A genuine Franciscan Sister writes:
Was wondering if you would consider this in your blog? The retreat is September 20-22, 2013.
How do you meet a Franciscan Sister? One way is to...
US should do more to protect Coptic, Syrian Christians, says religious freedom commission chair
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:17 am The chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom called upon the Obama administration to use its leverage to help protect Christians in Egypt and Syria.
"I...
The Hero of the Mighty Musical Struggle
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:15 am Several years ago, I received a note from an older man who had been battling much of his life for good Church music, particularly Gregorian chant. He did this in terrible times...
Jane Austen: A Feminist Icon?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:10 am Natural selection triumphs: Jane Austen has displaced Charles Darwin … on the British ten-pound note.
Last month on July 24th, the Bank of England announced that the image of Jane...
Reader Lori Pieper writes…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:03 am Hurray! Dancing in the streets and champagne all around for your book launch. Being an author I know how great that is!
Speaking of which, I just happened this very day (August 26...
The End of St. John the Baptist
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 29, 2013 at 2:00 am In my beginning is my end. –T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets: “East Coker”
St. John the Baptist’s origin and vocation, as recorded in the beginning of the fourth gospel, provides hints...
Cardinal laments gang rape, India's moral decline
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 29, 2013 at 1:51 am Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai (Bombay) condemned the recent gang rape of a photojournalist there.
Rape, he told AsiaNews, "is the worst thing a woman can undergo. Rape is...
Nashville Dominicans establish community in Scotland
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 29, 2013 at 1:12 am Nashville, Tenn., Aug 29, 2013 / 01:12 am (EWTN News).-
Four Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, commonly known as the Nashville Dominicans, will now call the Scottish Diocese of...
Critics say Joseph Bottum's marriage essay could confuse Catholics
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 29, 2013 at 1:05 am Denver, Colo., Aug 29, 2013 / 12:05 am (CNA).- Critics of a recent essay rejecting continued political opposition to “gay marriage” warn that the author risks confusing Catholics...
Rural children, families inspired by Thai diocesan program
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 29, 2013 at 1:01 am Si Racha, Thailand, Aug 29, 2013 / 01:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In Thailand, the Diocese of Chanthaburi is reaching out to rural residents through a human development program...
Culture: The Beheading of John the Baptist
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 29, 2013 at 1:00 am Today commemorates the Passion of John the Baptist, marking a somber and violent end to a life that was instrumental to the foundation of the Church. Last year, Father Steve...
QUAERITUR: The Holy Spirit revealed to me that I’ve been an ass.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 29, 2013 at 12:01 am From a reader:
I woke up this morning and had an epiphany from the Holy Spirit- I’m an ass. I don’t want to be one anymore, so I would like to confess this and amend my life ASAP...
The availability of prayer
Commonweal - Aug 28, 2013 at 11:25 pm Just a dumbass midnight thought, but I’ve been thinking, lately, of the horrifying availability of prayer. Does no one else have this dread, from time to time, of the offhand...
Stumbling Over My Pride
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 28, 2013 at 11:01 pm I stumbled badly over my pride yesterday, as I have done so many times in the past, and had a good laugh. I saw the ironic humor in my own foolishness and frequent inclination to...
Musica Sacra Scotland
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:39 pm A beautiful video -- a look at the thinking of the masters of our age.
How Dads Show Love
Creative Minority Report - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:23 pm My wife and I just had our 16th wedding anniversary. My kids were making fun of me about how often I underwhelm on these big days. The card and the flowers aren't all that...
Who was John the Baptist? (11 things to know and share)
Jimmy Akin.org - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:47 pm
What do we know about the mysterious John the Baptist? Here are 11 things to and share . . .
John the Baptist is a mysterious figure in the New Testament.
He was famous in his...
