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QUAERITUR: What’s the best translation of St. Augustine’s “The Confessions”?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 28, 2013 at 10:04 am From a reader:
What I call: The biography of Augustine Pope Benedict would have wanted to write.
Thank you for the recommendation on the biography [of St. Augustine by...
What Does It Mean to Become a Knight?
CatholicMom.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 10:00 am
What Does It Mean to Become a Knight?
These are not easy times for young people to understand the concepts of “discernment” and “vocation.” They think in terms of “careers.” And...
“The diaconate is not about you, but about those you serve…”
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:55 am Those are the words of Bishop W. Francis Malooly, in his homily at the ordination of deacons last week in the Diocese of Wilmington. From his homily: From the call of Jeremiah, we...
Obama Admin Gives Tennessee Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz a $795,000 Grant
LifeNews.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:53 am The Obama administration has given the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Tennessee a three-year grant totaling $795,000.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (...
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis will ring bells today for 50th anniversary of civil rights march on Washington
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:46 am August 28, 2013
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Angie SheltonCommunity Relations SpecialistPhone...
The Atlantic publishes two articles normalizing pedophilia
LifeSiteNews - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:43 am by Wesley J. Smith August 27, 2013 (National Review) - I have written about this before. In our growing hedonistic culture, pedophilia is in the process of being normalized, ...
Toppled Planned Parenthood Sign Shows Abby Johnson’s Abortion Clinic Closed
LifeNews.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:31 am A photo of the sign at the Planned Parenthood abortion business Abby Johnson used to manage is making the round of the Internet.
The abortion giant closed the Bryan-College...
A-Rod and the Culture of Narcissism
LifeSiteNews - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 am by John Stonestreet August 27, 2013 (Breakpoint) - Here we are in the dog days of August. Makes us think of beaches, barbecues, and baseball. Unfortunately, due to recent news, we...
Mass Propers, 15th Sunday After Pentecost
New Liturgical Movement - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:26 am For musicians, and for everyone really, a beauty of the old calendar and traditional Latin Mass is its full coherence as a liturgical structure. The Missal is in lock step with...
NASA and Latin
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:26 am This is pretty cool. From the Beeb:
Mars images to go on social media feeds in Latin
By Zoe Kleinman
Pictures of the surface of Mars, taken from Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...
Attack on Syria would be "a criminal act"
Commonweal - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:24 am WIth two bishops from Aleppo and Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio still missing, the number of authoritative Christian leaders "on the ground" in Syria has dwindled. That makes it all the...
Personalized pornography: the explosive growth of ‘sexting’ among teens
LifeSiteNews - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:18 am by Jonathon van Maren August 27, 2013 (Unmasking Choice) - The embarrassing political troubles of the unfortunately but aptly named former Congressman Anthony Weiner has...
Una corte determina que el gobierno de Malasia puede apelar la resolución sobre el uso de la palabra ‘Alá’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:14 am KUALA LUMPUR, Malasia — El gobierno de la Malasia ha ganado el derecho de continuar su apelación en contra de resolución anterior de la corte mediante la cual se les permitía a...
That Unborn Babies Can Recognize Words Before Birth Proof of Their Humanity
LifeNews.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:12 am I reject personhood theory that requires an organism to have certain conscious capacities to attain moral value. I believe that being human is the primary question.
But what are...
Christians in the Middle East unanimously oppose potential raid on Syria
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:12 amAdditional Commentary: "The Shawshank Redemption"
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:11 am Earlier this week, we shared Father Barron's thoughts on "The Shawshank Redemption," the 1994 film with its strong Christ themes that he recently revisited while doing some...
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 28/08/13
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:08 am Western military intervention in Syria would be a disaster, Melkite leader Patriarch Gregory III Laham has said.
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has said the intervention...
Six ways to be authentically Catholic
OSV Daily Take - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:08 am By Jennifer ReyLast week, Randy Hain wrote an article on the Integrated Catholic Life blog that has persistently shown up in my Catholic blog news feed for the past five days. I...
Refuting the false claim that babies don’t survive abortions
LifeSiteNews - Aug 28, 2013 at 9:01 am by Jill Stanek RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes wrote a piece last week deeming it a “myth” that babies survive abortions: Gosnell was, in fact, a rogue provider, and that there...
Worst Video Game About Abortion Ever: Choice: Texas
Creative Minority Report - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:56 am How does a video game sound where you attempt to procure an abortion in Texas? Yeah, me too.
In the proposed video game "Choice: Texas" players will choose a character from...
