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War is humanity's suicide, cautions Pope Francis
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 3, 2013 at 5:11 am Vatican City, Jun 3, 2013 / 05:11 pm (EWTN News).-
Pope Francis warned that war is the suicide of humanity during Mass on Sunday morning at the chapel of his residency.
Canadian bishops: statement on death of Henry Morgantaler, leading abortionist
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 3, 2013 at 5:02 am Henry Morgentaler, a concentration-camp survivor who went on to become Canada's most prominent abortionist, has died at the age of 90.
"Recognizing that they have lost a loved one...
Pontifical institute to offer master's in Gregorian chant, organ
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 3, 2013 at 5:01 am The Pontifical Liturgical Institute, which is located at the Order of St. Benedict's Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm (Sant'Anselmo) in Rome, has launched a two-year master's...
Shortage of altar bread, wine for Masses in Venezuela
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 3, 2013 at 5:00 am Shortages of wine and hosts made from wheat flour in Venezuela may lead Church officials to ration their use at Mass.
Shortages of widely used items, from milk to sugar to toilet...
Holy See diplomat calls for greater corporate responsibility in wake of Bangladesh disaster
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 3, 2013 at 4:59 am Five weeks after a building collapse near Bangladesh's capital killed over 1,100, one of the Holy See's leading diplomats called upon corporations to make "a more robust respect...
President Obama meets with leader of �nuns on the bus'
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 3, 2013 at 4:58 am President Barack Obama received Sister Simone Campbell, president of the lobbying group Network, at the White House on May 30.
The White House did not release a transcript of the...
Pope calls John XXIII ‘model of holiness’ on 50th anniversary of death
Catholic Herald - Jun 3, 2013 at 4:32 am Pope Francis has described John XXIII as a “model of holiness” on the 50th anniversary of the Blessed’s death.
The Pope made the comment at his morning Mass in the chapel of the...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 6/3/13
CatholicMom.com - Jun 3, 2013 at 4:00 am
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Scripture: Lectionary 353. Monday, June 3. Tobit 1:1-2.2:19. Psalm 112:3-4,5-6. Mark 12: 1-12
Today’s Scriptures
USCCB Video...
James MacMillan and Westminster Cathedral Choir
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 3, 2013 at 3:29 am
T
oday a new recording is released of the Choir of Westminster Cathedral under its Master of Music, Martin Baker, singing music by the leading Catholic composer James MacMillan....
Is Inculturation an Excuse for Pop Music at Mass?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 3, 2013 at 3:15 am What is the standard by which we should judge the music we hear or sing at liturgy? That’s a huge and controversial question, but a recent experience revealed to me something...
Defending the Real Presence
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 3, 2013 at 3:10 am “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.”
So begins one of the finest novels written in English in the last century, The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford. It is not, however...
Father John Bapst, S.J.: An Evangelist Among the Know Nothings
Crisis Magazine - Church - Jun 3, 2013 at 3:00 am In June 1854 one of the fiercest outbursts of anti-Catholicism in American history began in Ellsworth, Maine. The victim was Father John Bapst, a Swiss Jesuit who nearly lost his...
Cow Shea, Comic Genius, Writes Something Worthy of Steven Wright
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:56 am “Wrote a ballad in iambic pentagrameter, accidentally summoned all of Shakespeare’s personal demons.”
Heh!
Fr. Dwight Longenecker is just such a good priest!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:54 am Here he is, writing to parents whose kids have left the Church. He follows up here with more words of comfort and counsel.
What do you call some one with just a nose and no body?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:53 am Nobody Nose.
Ah me! I slay me.
Praise Report!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:31 am A reader writes:
My friend’s latest loan application was approved! He’ll be able to keep his apartment! Thank you so much for your prayers!
Thanks be to our God and Father and...
Mormonism and Apostolic Succession
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:27 am …is under discussion over at the Register.
For Catholics, the quick answer to Mormon claim is, “When, exactly, was the Great Apostasy?”
Answer: Never. No Great Apostasy, no need...
The US Continues its Morph Into a Police State
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:15 am Latest development: The Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over “Civil Disturbances”
In other words, the Commander in Chief can treat trouble at home as though it is an...
I’m Currently in the Throes of Editing a Revised and Expanded Edition of By What Authority?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:14 am This, plus two other book edits, plus sundry writing assignments, will consume a good chunk of time this week, so apologies. By a curious coincidence, Ben at Two Catholic Men and...
Palestinian Christians…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:09 am …live between the hammer and the anvil.
