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Cuomo vs. Dolan. Rematch
Creative Minority Report - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:54 pm It looks like the rematch between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Cardinal Timothy Dolan is happening. Now.
You might recall the first time the two squared off. Cuomo won. KO. Cuomo...
High School Valedictorian Insists on Delivering Prayer
The Religion Clause - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:49 pm Christian Post reports on the June 3 graduation at Liberty High School in Pickens County, South Carolina. Valedictorian Roy Costner IV tore up his pre-approved speech and instead...
Abortion Backers at OAS Meeting Turn Their Backs During Pro-Life Speech
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:41 pm During the Organization of American States (OAS) 43rd General Assembly session in Antigua Guatemala City, Guatemala this week, dozens of members from anti-life organizations in...
Pope Francis and Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:32 pm These are wonderful images of Pope Francis with Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan , who is the Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary...
Abortion Activists Can’t Stand How Poor Women Have Big Families
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:21 pm Kuama Lumpur, Malaysia (CFAM) — In the grand ballroom conference attendees gasped at a video in which a woman said she had twenty-two children. The message was clear – we must do...
Australian prosecutors will not pursue abuse complaint by Anglican prelate against Catholic priest
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:20 pm Australian prosecutors have found insufficient evidence to bring charges against a priest who was charged with sexual assault by the former leader of the Traditional Anglican...
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – June 6, 2013
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:18 pm “Jesus speaks in the silence of the mystery of the Eucharist and reminds us each time that following him means going out of ourselves and making our lives not something we ‘...
A Tale of Two Hearts
Catholic Vote - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:15 pm Just outside my office, in the upstairs hallway of my home, hangs a picture of the Sacred Heart. Next to it, hangs another picture, the Immaculate Heart.
I bought the pictures—...
1st Friday: Feast of the Sacred Heart – Note for NYC! Great spiritual opportunity!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:13 pm Tomorrow, a First Friday, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. That doesn’t happen all that often!
The Feast of the Sacred Heart is, I believe, the only Feast that Our Lord Himself...
Walking with Jesus on streets of St. Paul
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Participants in the 17th annual Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession walk behind the Blessed Sacrament into the Cathedral of St. Paul June 2, the feast of The Most Holy Body...
Ass. of Catholic Priests formed to push passé liberal agenda
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:04 pm The National Schismatic Reporter has an online piece about a new group for ultra-liberal priests called the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. The group is comprised of self-...
Defending Church teaching on homosexuality, bishop says former parish secretary died a martyr
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:04 pm In a debate on acceptance of same-sex marriage, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, remarked on the media bias in coverage of issues involving homosexuality.
Speaking...
Year of Faith: St. Marianne Cope and German Potato Salad
CatholicMom.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm
German Potato Salad in honor of St. Marianne Cope
This month’s Year of Faith is listed on the USCCB Saints for the Year of Faith.
The month of June is dedicated to St Marianne...
Benedict XVI in retirement: 'I read, I pray. I'm fine.'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:51 pm "I'm fine. I live like a monk," Benedict XVI told an old German friend who visited him recently at his new residence in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery on the Vatican grounds....
Sarah Palin Blasts Sebelius for Denying Girl’s Lifesaving Lung Transplant
LifeNews.com - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:42 pm Former governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is blasting HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for becoming a one-woman death panel. Sebelius is denying a young girl a...
Marriage Heterodoxy Will Not Be Tolerated In the Military
Catholic Vote - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:37 pm The thing about the age-old, from-the-beginning definition of marriage as between one man and one woman is that it is not an explicitly religious belief. It actually precedes any...
Pope Francis Enters the If Catholics Can Ever Lie or Deceive Debate
Opinionated Catholic - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:30 pm The latest on this at Crisis.
Fr Z’s Kitchen: prepper food edition
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:28 pm
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I recently put on the side bar of this blog a widget with a link to some freeze-dried ready meals. Add boiling water to the package, seal, wait, eat. I ordered some.
Today...
Pain-capable abortion ban passes congressional subcommittee
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:26 pm Washington D.C., Jun 6, 2013 / 01:26 pm (CNA).- By a vote of 6 to 4, the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice approved a bill on Tuesday that would ban...
Vatican fears mounting civilian casualties in Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 6, 2013 at 2:22 pm Syria's civil war will take a heavier toll on civilians during the summer months, Vatican officials have predicted, calling for renewed efforts to provide humanitarian relief.
The...
