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Francis, Unplugged? – Report Claims PopeTalk on "Cosmos Bath" Nuns, "Ancien Regime" Trads, "The Handling of Money"... and The Curia's "Gay Lobby"
Whispers in the Loggia - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:30 am Almost three months since his election, while unscripted reflections have become a significant element of Pope Francis' daily stock-in-trade, the new pontiff's penchant for...
Cartesian Discernment
Dominicana - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:30 am Discerning a vocation is a daunting yet necessary component of being human. And yet, the rhetoric which governs many conversations pertaining to vocational discernment betrays a...
Pope's Message to the Italian Association of the Blind and the Visually Impaired
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:29 am Here is the translation of Pope Francis’ audio message to the Italian Association of the Blind and the Visually Impaired who are gathered in Tirrenia for a time of vacation and...
Uh-Oh. Might Graphic Abortion Pics Become Illegal?
Creative Minority Report - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:20 am With the Supreme Court punting yesterday on hearing a case where a pro-lifer had been banned from showing graphic abortion pictures where children might be, it could become...
This Won't Turn Out Well
Catholic Morality - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:17 am IRS Plans for Enforcement of Contraception Mandate
Pope Sends Message to Italian Association for Blind and Visually Impaired
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:13 am Pope Francis sent an audio message to the Italian Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired this morning. The 75 members were at the Le Torre Center in Tirrenia, Italy for a...
Pennsylvania House Honors Landmark SCOTUS Decision By Declaring Public School Religious Freedom Month
The Religion Clause - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:05 am According to AP, the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed House Resolution 351 declaring June 2013 as "Public School Religious Freedom Month...
Puzzlejuice Addiction
CatholicMom.com - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:00 am
I don’t know whether to be grateful to my good friends at Starbucks and iTunes for making a $1.99 app free with their magic code, or whether to give them a piece of my mind for...
Misconduct Charges Against 5th Circuit Judge Include Her Religious Justifications For Capital Punishment
The Religion Clause - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:00 am As reported by the Austin Chronicle and Courthouse News Service, six civil rights groups and seven individuals, most with special expertise in legal ethics, last week filed...
People Long for Spiritual Home, Inviting Parish
Franciscan Media - Jun 11, 2013 at 6:00 am NEW YORK (CNS)—People long for a spiritual home and Catholics expect
to find it at their parish, with a pastor who provides a rich diet of
spiritual food and "meets people where...
Catholic University Immerses New Faculty in Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:23 am According to the University, while many of the faculty that participated in the conference were not Catholic, they were "interested in how they may contribute to the University's...
Doctor challenges idea that abortion is safe for mothers
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:11 am Washington D.C., Jun 11, 2013 / 05:11 am (EWTN News).-
Despite the medical community's assurances about the safety of abortion, medical professor and research Dr. Byron Calhoun...
Statement by Irish Catholic Bishops on Right to Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:08 am Here is the text of the statement released by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland on the second day of their General Meeting in Maynooth. --- --- ---
A time to uphold the right to...
New Bishop of East Anglia appointed
Catholic Herald - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:03 am The Pope has appointed Bishop Alan Hopes as new Bishop of East Anglia.
The 69-year-old is currently auxilliary Bishop of Westminster. A former Church of England vicar, he...
Francis: "The Church is not an NGO"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:02 am In his daily Morning Mass, Pope Francis told the faithful present that poverty and praise of God “are the two key signs of an evangelical and missionary Church.” The Holy Father...
Fake priest's blasphemous Facebook page gains 135,000 �likes'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:00 am Some Hungarian students have a created a Facebook page of a fake priest who is an alcoholic, a pedophile, and posts blasphemous comments.
In a nation of under ten million people...
What Happened to the Liberal Arts?
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 11, 2013 at 5:00 am In an episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson interviews authors Joseph Epstein and Andrew Ferguson on the origin of the liberal arts and what's happened to them.
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1st bishop from Niger consecrated
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 11, 2013 at 4:58 am For the first time in its history, the largely Muslim west African nation of Niger has a native-born bishop.
Auxiliary Bishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo of Niamey, the nation's...
Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church denies dissent on issue of homosexuality
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 11, 2013 at 4:57 am The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has forcefully denied that he dissents from the teaching of the Church on homosexuality.
"Some call you the most liberal head of...
US bishops reiterate call for passage of immigration-reform legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 11, 2013 at 4:56 am Speaking at a press conference near San Diego, where the US bishops are on retreat, three prelates called for the passage of immigration-reform legislation.
"While not perfect,...
