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Spotting the sacred ghost in the era of iWeddings
GetReligion - Jun 10, 2013 at 9:00 am Let me begin with a few confessions. First of all, let me stress that I know that there are plenty of weddings that are completely secular or, well, they should have been...
50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop Obamacare Before 2014
LifeNews.com - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:52 am Despite surviving a number of threats, President Obama’s health care law remains harmful, unstable, and unpopular. It also remains vulnerable to repeal, largely because Congress...
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Saint Louis Catholic - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:48 am "The world could exist more easily without the sun than without the Mass".--St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Francis: "You cannot serve two masters: either you serve the Lord or you serve the spirit of this world"
Vatican Insider - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:47 amA Right to Abort But Not to Give Birth? Peter Singer’s Extremism
LifeNews.com - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:37 am I have noticed over the years that many bioethics death pro choicers (autonomy) actually envision the right as a one way street; a right to die but not a right to live. For...
Brick by Brick! Bishop by Bishop!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:37 am From a reader:
I thought you might like to know that the Auxiliary Bishop of
Indianapolis, Bishop Christopher Coyne, celebrated an ad orientem Anglican Use Mass with Confirmations...
Evangelicals Gain Clout in Catholic Brazil
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:26 am Details from Reuters: When televangelist Silas Malafaia gathered 40,000 followers outside Brazil’s Congress this week, it wasn’t just to raise their arms to the sky and praise...
Ordination Update: 8 New Deacons in Baton Rouge
The Deacon's Bench - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:16 am A priest in Louisiana writes: Knowing how you like to publicize permanent deacons’ ordinations around the country, know that eight were ordained in the Catholic Diocese of Baton...
QUAERITUR: Indulgences for 1st Blessings by priests… again
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:05 am From a reader about to be ordained:
About a month ago you blogged that new priest blessings don’t specifically have indulgences attached to them and recommended future ordinands...
The Newlywed’s Guide to Pre-Wedding Reading
CatholicMom.com - Jun 10, 2013 at 8:00 am A few weeks ago a newly-engaged friend emailed me and asked if I had any good book recommendations for her and her fiancé as they prepare for marriage. A woman after my own heart...
Francis' Video Message to '10 Squares for 10 Commandments'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 7:45 am Here is a translation of the text from a video message sent by Pope Francis to the "10 Squares for 10 Commandments" initiative, sponsored by the Charismatic Renewal. The...
Clergy Congregation Prefect's Letter to Seminarians for Feast of Sacred Heart
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 7:37 am LETTER TO SEMINARIANS ON THE OCCASION OF THE DAY FOR THE SANCTIFICATION OF PRIESTS
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
7 June 2013
Dearest Seminarians,
On the...
Mount St. Mary's Opens New Visitors Center at Grotto Shine
Catholic Education Daily - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:52 am “We have a glorious national shrine on our campus and now we are blessed to welcome the hundreds of thousands who annually visit the Grotto,” said University President Thomas H....
A Hermit’s Courage
Dominicana - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:30 am In the film Jeremiah Johnson, a Civil War veteran decides begin his lie anew on the American frontier, braving the elements as a real mountain man. What’s interesting is that in...
New Age Woman Goes "Breatharian," Tries to Survive on Water and Light
Creative Minority Report - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:23 am GK Chesterton said, "The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything."
The Daily News is reporting that a woman in New York is documenting her "calling from the...
Pope at Mass: Christian consolation and the law of the truly free
News.va - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:20 am (Vatican Radio) The Beatitudes are 'new commandments', but they are not just a simple do gooders list. They cannot be understood with the mind, only with the heart, so if our...
Don’t take ‘pick and mix’ approach to the faith, Pope Francis urges
Catholic Herald - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:06 am Catholics should avoid a “pick and mix” approach to the faith, choosing “a bit of the Holy Spirit and “a bit of the spirit of this world”, Pope Francis said at Mass this morning....
Organization of American States Adopts Two Human Rights Conventions; U.S. Has Objections
The Religion Clause - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:05 am Merco Press reports that the General Assembly of the Organization of American States meeting last week in Guatemala adopted two human rights conventions-- the Inter-American...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Daniel Golebiewski, Because the Bible Says So: The Impact of Roman Catholic Doctrines on LGBT Rights, (May 1, 2013).
Pasquale Annicchino, The Conflict between the...
Catholic Blogger Elizabeth Scalia
CatholicMom.com - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:00 am Editor’s Note: Today we’re kicking off a new feature as part of our Tech Talk: a Catholic blogger highlight. I’ll be sharing these interviews on alternating Mondays with the ...
