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How Purposeful? How Plastic is your Kitchen?
CatholicMom.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:30 pm I have a question for all of you. How much plastic do you use in the kitchen? Plastic bowls? Plastic spoons? Plastic measuring cups? Plastic trays? Plastic everything else? Or do...
Gov. Perry to Sign "Merry Christmas" Bill
Creative Minority Report - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:14 pm In what possibly might be the greatest bill to become a law in this history of the United States, Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to sign legislation that protects schools who...
Teen attributes recovery from coma to global prayer chain
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm Santiago, Chile, Jun 13, 2013 / 12:10 pm (CNA).- A year ago, 16 year-old Antonia Cabrera suffered a stroke and was expected to die. Today, she can speak, walk with some difficulty...
Are There Third-Day Adventists In Louisiana? Whose Sabbath Is On Tuesday ( accommodation case )
Opinionated Catholic - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:09 pm I keep wondering about the details in this religious accommodation case down here in Louisiana. See When You’re a Schoolteacher Observing a Tuesday Sabbath, You’re Likely to Have...
Review: Man of Steel (2013)
Decent Films Guide - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm To borrow a line from Man of Steel producer Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight: This isn’t the Superman movie we need, but it’s the one we deserve.
Child euthanasia in the European press
GetReligion - Jun 13, 2013 at 1:00 pm A front page story in the Monday edition of the Brussels’s daily De Morgen on a Belgian Senate committee’s deliberations on whether the country’s laws should be extended to permit...
Of Star Wars and Immanentism and Birdcages and Elite Snobbery. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:46 pm In my talks I sometimes address the steady slide of many Catholics into Immanentism Lite. They don’t exactly deny that God is transcendent, it’s just that they never give...
Nancy Pelosi Calls Late-Term Abortions “Sacred Ground”
LifeNews.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:37 pm House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi put her foot in her mouth again today during a press conference, calling the battle to keep late-term abortions legal sacred ground.
“As a...
Catholic Bishop Isern of The Diocese of Pueblo Gives Unexpected Resignation
Opinionated Catholic - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:30 pm I happen to be be up around 5 a.m. when this news was announced from war. His relative youth and the fact he was just made a Bishop in 2009 made this all the more shocking.Of...
Dear Mom With a Prenatal Down Syndrome Diagnosis: Don’t Abort
LifeNews.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:15 pm Dear mom who just received a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis,
I know how you feel.
Except — unlike you, I was holding my new baby, Kate, in my arms when I found out. She was...
Faith formation programs empower young people
The Busy Catholic - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:15 pm Searching in the Spirit summer camp inspires newly confirmed teens, offers outdoor activities
This year's summer programs for teens include faith formation, training,
and outdoor...
Schadenfreude and Reform of the Roman Curia
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:09 pm Years ago in the hall of the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio I ran into the then-Prefect Cardinal Ratzinger, who was always happy to chat and let me pick his brains.
On one occasion, he...
Supreme Court Rules Human Genes Can’t be Patented
LifeNews.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:01 pm After years of back and forth, the question of whether naturally occurring human genes are patentable has been decided by the Supreme Court. Most Americans are not aware that...
Catholic Survival Kits Review and Giveaway
CatholicMom.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Catholic Survival Gifts Review and Giveaway
One of the perks of running a Catholic family business, attending Catholic conferences and running the Catholic Bloggers Network...
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Anthony of Padua
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm “If things created are so full of loveliness, how resplendent with beauty must be the One who made them!” (St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church) Please help us in our...
QUAERITUR: Distance of a priest’s valid consecration
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm From a reader:
Dear Father – Like yourself I am not a fan of concelebration, but I would like to ask two questions. These questions came about in one of those after dinner...