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“The Vatican lobby threat goes beyond sexual orientation”
Vatican Insider - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:53 am"that's disgusting!": food and the moral imagination
Commonweal - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:49 am I'm working now on a longer piece that examines disgust.
Pope confirms faith encyclical nearly done
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:44 am Vatican City, Jun 13, 2013 / 11:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis put aside his prepared remarks this morning and told
members of the Synod of Bishops that the encyclical on...
Pope confirms faith encyclical nearly done
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:44 am Vatican City, Jun 13, 2013 / 10:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis put aside his prepared remarks this morning and told members of the Synod of Bishops that the encyclical on...
The Gay Lobby: confirmations all around Fr. Oko: "The true challenge of the Pontiff is the heresy of homosexuality"
Rorate Coeli - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:43 am From today's article of Paolo Rodari for La Repubblica:
The embarrassment of the Roman Curia exists for various reasons. On the one had, for the distance that seems to be always...
Amid Sudden Departure, It's Open Pueblo
Whispers in the Loggia - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:43 am In an unexpected move, at Roman Noon today the Pope accepted the early resignation of Bishop Fernando Isern as head of southern Colorado's 130,000-member Pueblo church.All of 54,...
You're Out Of Order! Pro-Abort Dems Freak
Creative Minority Report - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:23 am Watch this exchange in the Wisconsin legislature. Debate ended on an abortion (ultrasound) bill that that the Democrats oppose. They try to extend the debate to prevent voting...
Priest Celebrates “Star Wars” First Communion
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:17 am It happened in Germany. Details: It wasn’t Darth Vader who gave the blessing to the first communion children. This was personally undertaken by Pastor Christoph Nobs with a...
Francis celebrates first Mass in Spanish as Pope
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:12 am Vatican City, Jun 13, 2013 / 10:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “It feels good,” Pope Francis said today as he celebrated Mass in his native language of Spanish for the first time in 48...
Francis celebrates first Mass in Spanish as Pope
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:12 am Vatican City, Jun 13, 2013 / 11:12 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
"It feels good," Pope Francis said today as he celebrated Mass in his native language of Spanish for the first time in 48...
Police Shut Down Late-Term Abortion Clinic, Seize Property as Abortionist Watches
LifeNews.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:11 am Police today shut down a late-term abortion clinic in Orlando, Florida and seized and removed property from the building as a helpless abortion practitioner could only stand by...
Pope confirms he’s finishing encyclical begun by Pope Benedict
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:09 am
CNS photo/L’Ossevatore Romano via Reuters
Pope Francis told members of the ordinary council of the Synod of Bishops that he was preparing to publish an encyclical on faith...
St Anthony of Padua
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
To mark the Feast Day here are paintings of Anthony of Padua by Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Van Dyck was a pupil of Rubens. A star at a young age (his portraits painted when he was a...
Cardinal Tauran meets leaders of London's Hindu community
News.va - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:55 am (Vatican Radio) 'Compassion as a vital contribution to peace' was the theme of a meeting on Thursday between the head of the Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogue,...
Document ready for close of Year of Faith
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:50 am From Vatican Radio:
Pope Francis: post-Synodal exhortation ready for Year of Faith’s close (full text)
(Vatican Radio) The post-Synodal Exhortation on the new evangelization will...
French Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring Twitter To Disclose Names of Anti-Semitic Tweeters
The Religion Clause - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:48 am According to CNet News and JTA, in France yesterday the Paris Court of Appeal upheld a lower court order requiring Twitter to turn over to the Union of Jewish French Students (...
Mother Threatens to Kill Pregnant Daughter Who Refuses Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:47 am A Pennsylvania woman threatened to kill her daughter, who is pregnant but refused her requests to get an abortion.
Reports indicate the woman, Magdalena Mateia-Bitlan, 37,...
Two Christendom Alumni Join Dominican Friars
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:36 am Two Christendom College alumni are among 18 men accepted into the 2013 novitiate class of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph.
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In Rare Move, Diocese Gets into the Funeral Home Business
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:35 am Details: The Catholic diocese of Sacramento has purchased a funeral home in Land Park, making it only the fifth diocese in the nation to offer mortuary services. The local...
Learning to Live “Out Loud” as an Intentional Disciple
CatholicMom.com - Jun 13, 2013 at 10:33 am
Learning to Live “Out Loud” as an Intentional Disciple
As I sat among professionals – priests, deacons, and others in parish leadership positions – I could’ve easily felt out of...
