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Malta's New Prime Minister Seeking To Amend Concordat With Vatican On Marriages
The Religion Clause - Mar 23, 2013 at 9:13 pm Earlier this month, in Malta the Labour Party for the first time in 15 years won control of the government. The new Prime Minister is Joseph Muscat. (Deutsche Welle). The Times of...
Kentucky Governor Vetoes "Flawed" Religious Freedom Bill
The Religion Clause - Mar 23, 2013 at 8:43 pm Earlier this month the Kentucky legislature passed HB 279, a religious freedom bill, that provided:Government shall not substantially burden a person's freedom of religion. The...
“Palm Sunday”: a terrific short film
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 23, 2013 at 8:25 pm Take and see. Below is an award-winning short film that I suspect will resonate with a lot of people.
Liturgical Guide: Holy Week
Breviary Hymns - Mar 23, 2013 at 8:16 pm The hymns used during Holy Week in the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) recall the dramatic events of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection as they are recounted by His...
9 things you need to know about Palm (Passion) Sunday
Jimmy Akin.org - Mar 23, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Why is Jesus' entry into Jerusalem so important? What is going on here?
Palm Sunday–or is it Passion Sunday?–marks the beginning of Holy Week.
This day commemorates not one but...
Hymns from the Liturgy of the Hours (1976)
Breviary Hymns - Mar 23, 2013 at 7:15 pm Numerical index of all 185 hymns found in the Liturgy of the Hours (1976) approved by the Episcopal Conferences of the Antilles, Bangledesh, Burma, Canada, of the Pacific CEPAC (...
Fr. G. Peter Irving III on Jesus' Act of "Hiding" Himself
The Sacred Page - Mar 23, 2013 at 7:02 pm Fr. G. Peter Irving with our children
at the baptism of our daughter, Molly Rita.
My uncle, Fr. G. Peter Irving III, pastor of Holy Innocents Parish in Long Beach, CA, has posted...
One-side look at controverisal Baptist flock in Charlotte
GetReligion - Mar 23, 2013 at 7:00 pm It has been quite some time since I have used an old GetReligion term (Cheers!), so I think it might help for me to pause and explain the “tmatt trio” to new readers. Back when I...
JUST TOO COOL: Billboards for CONFESSION! Promoted by which bishop?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 23, 2013 at 6:44 pm I think the world of Bp. Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa. He initiated a liturgical renewal in the diocese, he has been supportive of the Clear Creek Monastery, he sponsored...
Pope Francis tells Pope Emeritus: ‘We are brothers’
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2013 at 5:47 pm Content syndicated from RomeReports.com.
Pope Francis tells Pope Emeritus: ‘We are brothers’
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2013 at 5:35 pm Content syndicated from RomeReports.com.
Pope Francis has historic meeting with Pope Emeritus
Catholic Herald - Mar 23, 2013 at 5:29 pm Pope Francis met his predecessor today in a historic encounter at Castel Gandolfo.
During the three-hour meeting the pair prayed together in the chapel of the papal summer...
Pediatricians group accused of ignoring data in endorsing 'gay marriage'
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 23, 2013 at 5:08 pm Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2013 / 04:08 pm (CNA).- The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent support of “gay marriage” is drawing criticism from those who argue that it disregards...
Relevant: Archdiocese of Vaduz to celebrate Chrism Mass the Traditional way
Rorate Coeli - Mar 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm From the French-language website of the Confraternity of Saint Peter, the association of praying faithful attached to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter:
Interesting and...
Wyoming Catholic College Summer Programs
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 23, 2013 at 4:27 pm The right side here is now sporting a spiffy ad from Wyoming Catholic College. Go look!
They have Summer Programs and Outdoor Learning to explore.
Also, they have a Conventiculum...
A papal brotherhood
Communio - Mar 23, 2013 at 4:10 pm Only speculation exists at this point as to any of the details on the meeting of the Pope and the Pope emeritus, today at Castel Gandolfo (other than those revealed by the Press...
CatholicMom.com Lenten Project Featured by Peter and Paul Ministries
CatholicMom.com - Mar 23, 2013 at 4:00 pm A huge thank you to my friends Ashley and Devin, founders of Peter and Paul Ministries, for sharing this fun video of our recent conversation about our CatholicMom.com Lenten...
Why are you reading me and not Amy Welborn?
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 23, 2013 at 3:57 pm Here she is, offering her customary sanity on the pontificates of Benedict and Francis:
The red shoes – so maligned even by Catholics who should know better – are a symbol of...
Speaking of two Popes...It seems John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger were right...
Rorate Coeli - Mar 23, 2013 at 3:21 pm Pictures of the victims of the bombing (Oct. 31, 2010) of
the Our Lady of Salvation Syriac Catholic Cathedral
Baghdad (Dec. 24, 2010)
10 years ago.
And, in the ongoing collapse of...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 23, 2013 at 2:12 pm A reader writes:
Prayers needed for an adorable little toddler named Eli. Eli has been being treated for brain cancer, and seemed to be in remission. However, he was taken to the...
