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Commonweal - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:59 am In case you missed it, Franz Jalics—the Jesuit whose kidnapping during Argentina’s dirty war raised questions about Jorge Bergoglio’s interactions with the military junta—released...
Pope Francis, typical Catholic
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:55 am Always has to take his favorite seat, preferably near the back… Caption: -SS. Francesco-Santa Messa presso la Cappella della Domus Sanctae Marthae 22-03-2013 - (Copyright L’...
Charged with murder for killing babies 30 seconds too late: the absurdity of the Gosnell trial
LifeSiteNews - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:53 am by John Jalsevac PHILADELPHIA, March 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-choice movement is having a terrible week. Kermit Gosnell’s trial began on Monday, and ever since there...
Pope Francis to diplomatic corps: a glimpse at his program?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:51 am His Holiness Pope Francis gave an address to the diplomatic corps which deserves attention:
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As you know, there are various reasons why I chose the name of Francis of Assisi...
Where will Pope Francis live? “Let’s wait and see”
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:29 am John Thavis has some possibilities: Rumors are swirling inside and outside the Vatican about where Pope Francis intends to take up residence. The initial expectation was that he...
Three kinds of dead people
Commonweal - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:26 am St. Augustine in his sermons regularly exhorted his congregation to look beyond the physical reality of a wonder performed by Christ to the spiritual reality it symbolized. To...
Steubenville case unfortunate result of secular culture
OSV Daily Take - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:18 am The blame game is in full force regarding the sad story of a 16-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted in Steubenville, Ohio, last summer by two high school football players....
How Do You “Offer It Up”?
CatholicMom.com - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:16 am As you all know, the Catholic Church has a new Holy Father, Pope Francis I! Hooray! May God bless him and his office abundantly. I don’t think I have anything especially...
At last! Actual journalism on the same-sex marriage beat
GetReligion - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:11 am This week marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. I was an early skeptic of the war, back when that was a somewhat lonely place to be. Journalists who engaged...
POPE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS: AS PONTIFF, I HOPE THAT DIALOGUE WILL LEAD US TO “BUILD BRIDGES” BETWEEN PERSONS
News.va - Mar 22, 2013 at 8:05 am Vatican City, 22 March 2013 (VIS) – “Through you I encounter your peoples, and thus in a sense I can reach out to every one of your fellow citizens, with their joys, their...
Pope Francis must inspire Catholics to stop ‘biting and devouring’ one another
Catholic Herald - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:58 am When Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out for the first time on to the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica, his face told us that he was at least as shocked as the prognosticators...
Francis' Letter to Superior-General of Jesuits
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:51 am The Vatican made available the text of a letter Francis sent to Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, superior-general of the Society of Jesus, in response to Fr. Adolfo's letter of congratulations...
Biographer says Pope Francis will bring reform and renewal to Church
News.va - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:33 am (Vatican Radio) With the election of Pope Francis, journalists everywhere are trying to discover more about the man who has become the new head of the Catholic Church. Dr...
We need to work the good of every person upon this earth: fight spiritual and material poverty, Pope exhorts
Communio - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:12 am Speaking in French today, Pope Francis gave his talk in Italian outlined to the world's diplomats the mission of his pontificate: building peace AND constructing bridges of...
St. Francis' poverty often misunderstood, priest explains
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:03 am Berkeley, Calif., Mar 22, 2013 / 07:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Saint Francis of Assisi's concern with poverty was secondary in his life and stemmed from his utter reliance on and...
Contexutalizing "Noble Simplcity" (NLM Reprint)
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 22, 2013 at 7:00 am [This article was originally published on NLM, June 15, 2009. We offer this reprint as part of our consideration of noble simplicity.]
On May 9th, 2009, in the article, Noble...
Spiritual poverty threatens world peace, Pope states
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 22, 2013 at 6:53 am Vatican City, Mar 22, 2013 / 06:53 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis invited the diplomats accredited to the Holy See to join him in fighting both material and spiritual poverty...
Spiritual poverty threatens world peace, Pope states
Catholic News Agency - General - Mar 22, 2013 at 6:50 am Vatican City, Mar 22, 2013 / 05:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis invited the diplomats accredited to the Holy See to join him in fighting both material and spiritual poverty,...
Creepy: “Exceptional egg donor needed”
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 22, 2013 at 6:44 am From Melinda Henneberger in the Washington Post: “Exceptional egg donor needed,” said a recent ad in the Harvard Crimson. The couple looking for that donor, it said, is working...
