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5 years after persecution, Orissa prelate emphasizes: �blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians'
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2013 at 3:35 am Five years after a brutal anti-Christian persecution in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, the region's leading prelate said that "Tertullian's observation, �the blood of martyrs...
Egypt's Christians come to defense of Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2013 at 3:12 am The Council of Christian Churches in Egypt has come to the defense of Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar and president of al-Azhar University, the world's leading center of...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:54 am A reader writes:
You have been so kind to print my prayer requests for my grandson, Sam, who has leukemia. I would like to make another. Sam was diagnosed with leukemia on July...
Cardinal Wuerl recalls famed March on Washington
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:36 am L'Osservatore Romano has published a reflection by Cardinal Donald Wuerl on the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which the Rev. Martin...
The Servant Brothers of the Home of the Mother
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:29 am Do good in the Name of Jesus:
Dale Price has a gift for succinct common sense
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:22 am Here he is, with a nice quote pointing out that democratic societies, pretty much get the civilization they deserve:
‘What happens next?’ We shattered the family and called it ‘...
This Cartoon is, Of Course, Motivated Solely By Racism
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:20 am
Disloyal Cartoonists should also be jailed as threats to American security too. Our Dear Leader is Just and Wise. He keeps us safe.
Pope Francis to visit refugee center in Rome
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:19 am Pope Francis will visit Centro Astalli, a Jesuit center for refugees in Rome, according to L'Osservatore Romano.
Father Giovanni La Manna, SJ, director of the center and country...
What I Meant to Say: A Case for Same-Sex Marriage
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:10 am Editor’s Note: A friend passed on this manuscript written by someone named “Foggy Bottom,” which purports to be the notes or an alternative draft of a recent piece, with a...
Sex Affirmed
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 28, 2013 at 2:00 am When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Cor 13:11)
A society that trashes...
Pope meets with 500 young pilgrims at St. Peter's Basilica
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 28, 2013 at 1:58 am Vatican City, Aug 28, 2013 / 01:58 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis met today at Saint Peter's Basilica with around 500 youths from the central Italian diocese of Piacenza-...
Rape victim consoled, encouraged by call from Pope Francis
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 28, 2013 at 1:14 am Rome, Italy, Aug 28, 2013 / 01:14 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A 44-year-old woman from Argentina said that after writing a letter to Pope Francis telling him that she had been raped by...
Bishop highlights link between religious liberty, natural law
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 28, 2013 at 1:00 am Arlington, Va., Aug 28, 2013 / 12:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wis., implored Catholics to speak up for religious freedom and for truth after...
Bishop highlights link between religious liberty, natural law
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 28, 2013 at 1:00 am Arlington, Va., Aug 28, 2013 / 01:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wis., implored Catholics to speak up for religious freedom and for truth after...
Spirituality: Sating the Desire of Our Restless Hearts
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Aug 28, 2013 at 1:00 am Today is the Feast of St. Augustine, a very prominent figure in the history of the Church. Father Steve reflected on St. Augustine's own history, his conversion, and the lesson...
Whole new horizons of theobabble.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 28, 2013 at 12:01 am On Coast to Coast AM (the radio show) the other night they were talking about Martians living on earth.
As it turns out, Martians mixed it up with the Celts a long time ago. This...
Humility is the Key that Opens Doors
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 27, 2013 at 11:01 pm “Nice guys finish last,” says the world. “The last will be first,” replies Jesus. My guess is that the Lord of creation knows best who really wins in the end. And he says in...
One Marcher's story
Commonweal - Aug 27, 2013 at 10:00 pm The steady streams of recollections and images from the March on Washington, as well as the posts here at dotCommonweal, have been valuable and moving. But I was taken by this...
Good News for Fans of STD's
Creative Minority Report - Aug 27, 2013 at 9:23 pm Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, the great comedy team from the 60's is back and better than ever. Hilarity ensues. And rashes. And pain too. Lots and lots of pain.
CBS reports:Sacramento...
