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Freak accident causes multiple fatalities at Mexican religious procession
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm A freak accident killed more than a dozen people and injured 150 others during a religious procession in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on March 16.
The deaths were caused by an explosion that...
Full translation of Pope Francis’ (Cardinal Bergoglio) 2005 pro-life homily
LifeSiteNews - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm by Matthew Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent Homily of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos AIres and Primate of Argentina, given during a mass in honor of the...
Ssssssshhhhhh! Conservative Catholics exist at Georgetown
GetReligion - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:23 pm When the news broke about the election of the first Jesuit pope, several on-air commentators offered variations on the following line: “You know, I bet they are popping the corks...
How did cardinals choose Pope Francis? First accounts leak from conclave
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:19 pm According to the first accounts to emerge about the March 2013 papal conclave, the cardinals chose Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio after it became clear that other candidates--...
Belgium Becomes World Leader in Harvesting Organs After Euthanasia
LifeNews.com - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm According to a recent report Belgium is now the ‘world leader’ in organ removal after euthanasia.
The practice of transplanting organs from voluntary euthanasia patients in this...
What Does The Pope’s Motto Really Say? The Latin motto explained.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:16 pm The motto of Pope, “Miserando Atque Eligendo” has aroused some people to send me questions. What’s with the Latin? What are those -nd- forms? Are they gerundives? People are...
Altar blog fest opens tomorrow!
Homeschool Goodies - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Just a reminder that the 4th Annual Altar blog fest will open tomorrow afternoon! Join in the fest and share a blog post about your Altar. We love details and photos.
Linking...
Sistine Chapel re-opened to public
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:10 pm The Sistine Chapel, which was closed on March 5 in preparation for the papal conclave there, was re-opened to the public on March 18.
The Sistine Chapel, where the cardinal-...
Altar blog fest opens tomorrow!
Virtual St. Joseph Altar - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:09 pm Just a reminder that the 4th Annual Altar blog fest will open tomorrow afternoon! Join in the fest and share a blog post about your Altar. We love details and photos.Linking will...
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, denounced by country's bishops, plans to attend Pope's inaugural Mass
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:06 pm Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, whose authoritarian government has been denounced by his country's Catholic bishops and ostracized by the European Union, has arrived in Rome to attend...
The Cult of Youth
The Curt Jester - Mar 18, 2013 at 4:05 pm One of the surprises from the papal election was the age of Pope Francis. From the media, to vaticanistas, to the expectation of many Catholics – many speculated on a younger man...
Argentine president visits Pope, asks intervention on Falklands
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:58 pm Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met on March 18 with Pope Francis, with whom she had often clashed while he served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Fernandez...
Prosecutor: Kermit Gosnell is a Live Birth Abortion Killer
LifeNews.com - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:56 pm The lead prosecutor in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial made it clear today what the trial is and is not about. He said the case has less to do with abortion than it does the fact...
Walesa avoids criminal charges for criticism of gay-rights activists
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:48 pm Poland's former president, Lech Walesa, will not face criminal charges for criticizing militant homosexuals, prosecutors have announced.
Gay-rights activists called for criminal...
Bishop of Rome --appreciating its significance for the churches
Communio - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:46 pm
The chair of the Bishop of Rome, Basilica Saint John Lateran, Rome.
In the first moments of his introduction to the world, Pope Francis has spoken of his ministry as the bishop...
After visit to Roman parish, Pope mixes with crowd outside Vatican
Catholic Culture - World News - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:45 pm Pope Francis visited a parish in Rome on the first Sunday of his pontificate, and later rattled his security detail by wading into a crowd to greet the public.
The Pope celebrated...
Gary Wills Insists Pope is Irrelevant
Creative Minority Report - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm This is hilarious in the way that the crying on the inside kind of clown is hilarious. So, kinda' sad actually.
Gary Wills, the media's favorite self described Catholic that...
Pro-Choice Movement in a Quandary Over Shortage of Abortion Doctors
LifeNews.com - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:32 pm A fascinating article entitled “Pro-Choice Timidity in Fighting Shortage of Abortion Providers” appeared last week on the website Remapping Debate.
We’ve known that abortion...
Daily Catholic Quote from Flannery O’Connor and St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:29 pm “St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: ‘The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of...
Star Wars Viewed Through a Hermeneutic of Suspicion
The Sacred Page - Mar 18, 2013 at 3:25 pm How could I have been so naive? The whole account I knew was really just political propaganda after all!
Here's a call for some scholarly sobriety.
H/T NewAdvent
