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Curial cardinal to consecrate church in United Arab Emirates
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:39 am Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has traveled to the United Arab Emirates to consecrate a new church that will seat 1,...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to Meet with Pope Francis
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:38 am On Monday, June 17, Pope Francis will receive President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, according to the calendar of activities published by the Vatican. “Yes, it is confirmed,...
Pope Francis: Ten Commandments are a signpost to freedom
Catholic Herald - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:18 am The Ten Commandments are not a limitation, but a pathway to freedom, Pope Francis said in a video message broadcast to thousands gathered in Milan’s Cathedral Square earlier this...
On the People of God
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:15 am Here is the translation of Pope Francis’ address during his weekly General Audience held in St. Peter’s Square today. * * *
Dear brothers and sisters,
Today I would like to...
Pro-Lifers Protest Obama Move to Allow Plan B Without Prescription
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 4:12 am The US federal government on Monday decided to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge's decision to allow Plan B without a prescription for girls of any age. President Barack...
Pope Approves Date and Theme of International Eucharist Congress
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:56 am Pope Francis has approved the date and theme of the 51st International Eucharist Congress which will take place in Cebu, Philippines in 2016. The Pontifical Commission for the...
Founder of Studies Center on the Role of Arab Christian Media
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:43 am Here is the speech by Father Rifat Bader, Director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media, at a conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications...
Bishop Soto on Immigration Reform
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:26 am Here is the Monday statement from Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento on immigration reform. The bishop is a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network...
Registration now open for Musica Sacra Scotland
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:26 am You can now register online for the Musica Sacra Scotland Conference which is being held in Glasgow on Saturday 9 November 2013. From the Musica Sacra Scotland website:
The...
Bishop Wester on Immigration Reform
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:22 am Here is a statement from Monday by Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, regarding immigration reform. The bishop is the chairman of the US bishops' Communications Committee...
Opponents charge Calif. abuse bill targets Catholic schools
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:02 am Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 12, 2013 / 02:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Critics say a proposed Calif. bill lifting the statute of limitations on some child sex abuse lawsuits threatens the...
Opponents charge Calif. abuse bill targets Catholic schools
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 12, 2013 at 3:02 am Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 12, 2013 / 03:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Critics say a proposed Calif. bill lifting the statute of limitations on
some child sex abuse lawsuits threatens...
The Biggest–and Ultimately Only–Obstacle I Have on the Road to Heaven…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:55 am …is me.
The French Defy Socialists over Gay Marriage
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:40 am Many should be aware of the massacres and massive human rights violations visited upon the Catholic Church during the French Revolution, especially in the Vendée, but there is...
Congratulations to Newly Minted Baby Priest Fr. Gaurav Shroff!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:37 am A reader writes:
I remember seeing mention of a friend of mine, Gaurav Shroff, on your blog a few years back. You probably already know this, but Fr. Shroff was ordained to the...
What Government of, by, and for the People Looks Like
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:34 am People in an Iowa city vote to ban red light cameras, drones, and license plate readers. We can so no to a state of perpetual surveillance by Big Brother.
Diversity is Not a Military Virtue
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:30 am When American sailors, soldiers and Marines landed on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands in 1943, a billboard greeted them with his message:
Admiral Halsey says “Kill Japs, Kill Japs,...
Wow! When the Orthodox Make a Saint…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:29 am ….they make a saint! Meet 98 year old Dobri Dobrev, who is a character straight out of Dostoeyevsky:
98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost most of his hearing in the second...
Information Technology is Not the Friend of the Pro-Abort Liar
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:25 am Oh sure, the pro-abort liar can use mass media to disseminate all the “it’s just a lunp of tissue” bushwah to people who still get all their info from Big Brother. But when...
Two Headlines from the Land That Has Lost the Sense of the Common Good
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 12, 2013 at 2:18 am Democrats Love Gov’t Surveillance — As Long As It’s Obama, Not Bush…Boehner: NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’…
Both are from Drudge, who is dutifully attempting to use the NSA scandal as a...
