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Finding Mary in the Confirmation Candidates
Snoring Scholar - Jun 10, 2013 at 6:00 am
A Mary Moment Monday post
This week, I’m doing one of my favorite things: teaching and supporting our parish’s Confirmation Boot Camp. Over the three years that I’ve been...
Jesuit writers get quick answer to papal audience request
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:50 am Rome, Italy, Jun 10, 2013 / 04:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just one month after their request, Pope Francis has scheduled a private audience with the college of writers from La...
Jesuit writers get quick answer to papal audience request
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:50 am Rome, Italy, Jun 10, 2013 / 05:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Just one month after their request, Pope Francis has scheduled a private audience with the college of writers from La...
Retired Brooklyn bishop dies from car accident
EWTN - US Latest News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:49 am Brooklyn, N.Y., Jun 10, 2013 / 05:49 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, an auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Brooklyn diocese, died June 7 from injuries received in a...
I feel sad that so many women deprive themselves of the love that a child with Down’s would bring
Catholic Herald - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:42 am Last Friday’s Telegraph had a small and seemingly innocuous news item, entitled “New Down’s syndrome blood test to go on trial”. I read it with anticipatory dread. It seems that...
Catholic Curiosities: The Life of Sir Jeffrey Hudson
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:40 am Shakespeare’s Henry V offers this advice: “This story shall the good man teach his son….” Such counsel is urgent today, when children will learn little reliably of their history...
Gay Pride: A Politically Incorrect Dialogue
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:35 am CRANSTON: I detect a certain weirdness about the annual “gay pride” parades in our city.
TURNER: These celebrations seem appropriate to me, at this...
José de Anchieta, S.J.: Apostle of Brazil
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:30 am Although it may not be so well-known, Brazil is the nation with the largest Catholic population in the world, about 123 million strong. Nevertheless, this nation had very humble...
Russian Orthodox spokesman: same-sex marriage could lead to collapse of West
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:26 am The head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate says that acceptance of same-sex marriage could lead to collapse of the West in 50...
Burma: 2-child policy enforced against Muslims
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:25 am The US State Department has called upon Myanmar (Burma) to end its policy of limiting some Muslim families to two children.
The Burmese government's renewed efforts to enforce...
Louisiana lawmakers pass student prayer legislation
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:24 am By unanimous votes in the both the state house and senate, Louisiana lawmakers have approved legislation related to student-initiated prayer gatherings at public schools.
"Upon...
Largest pro-life march in Ireland's history
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:23 am As Irish lawmakers consider a bill that would legalize abortion, the Pro Life Campaign held the largest pro-life march in Ireland's history.
Over 40,000 people attended the...
Pope Francis tells German national Eucharistic Congress: �learn to live the Holy Mass'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 10, 2013 at 5:22 am An estimated 45,000 people attended Germany's national Eucharistic Congress, which took place in Cologne from June 5 to June 9. Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes,...
Coming up: European Ordination Season ICRSS, FSSP, and Transalpine Redemptorists
Rorate Coeli - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:45 am June 22:
Three priestly Ordinations will take place in Trinità dei Pellegrini, the Rome Parish of the FSSP, on June 22. Along with the Rev. Deacon Massimo Botta (FSSP), two...
Keep up battle against same-sex marriage, urges Catholic leader
Catholic Herald - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:44 am A French Catholic campaigner has urged Church leaders not to give up opposition to same-sex marriage, despite the spread of laws allowing the practice across Europe.
Antoine...
Statement by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi at 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:41 am Here is the statement delivered by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permament Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva at the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council on the...
Catholic and Anglican leaders unite against global hunger
Catholic Herald - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:39 am The Archbishop of Westminster and the Archbishop of Canterbury have challenged world leaders to tackle global hunger at this month’s G8 summit.
Speaking at an ecumenical service...
Historic Seminary in Rome to Welcome New Rector
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:35 am Msgr. Philip Whitmore will succeed Msgr. Nicholas Hudson as Rector of the Venerable English College (VEC), a Rome-based seminary for the dioceses of England and Wales. Msgr....
Holy See Representative Address UN Session on Access to Medicines
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:34 am Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, addressed the XXIII Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council on Access to...
Archbishop of Canterbury to Meet with Pope Francis on Friday
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 10, 2013 at 4:33 am His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury will be visiting Pope Francis this Friday at Vatican City. Archbishop Welby was enthroned shortly after the Holy Father’s election...
