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Press Ignorance Points to Deeper Problems
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:15 am In The Idea of a University, Cardinal Newman writes, “Men whose minds are possessed with some one object, take exaggerated views of its importance, are feverish in the pursuit of...
Caught in a Viscous Cycle
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:15 am …and other choice malapropisms are the subject of this delightful piece from the delightful Front Porch Republic. Here’s a taste:
Richard Lederer’s “History of the World...
Obamacare is Government Run Healthcare
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:10 am Some of us remember the Democrats’ claim during the Obamacare debate that “if you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it.” The claim was made as part of a “compromise”...
Turns out God the Father Can’t Spell
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:09 am “The battle now rages between My Hierarcy and the domain of the beast”
The charlatan Maria Divine Mercy is now offering a full-throated call to schism.
If you follow her, you...
So… if your dog is born on February 29
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:07 am How old is he in dog years?
The Lynchpin of High Scholasticism: Hugh of St. Cher
Crisis Magazine - Church - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:05 am Humans are given to easy answers, especially when confronted with the dizzying intricacy of the world we inhabit. It is far simpler to attempt to account for complex causes with...
The problem with gay “marriage” is simple.
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:04 am It’s not marriage any more than my relationship with my best friend, my grocer, or my brother is marriage. You can’t make any relationship you please ”marriage” by an act of...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/03/13
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2013 at 2:00 am Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I will attend the Pope’s inauguration tomorrow, becoming the first Constantinople patriarch to do so since the Great Schism.
Argentinian...
Pope Francis' inauguration brings world to Rome
EWTN - Vatican News - Mar 18, 2013 at 1:50 am Vatican City, Mar 18, 2013 / 01:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to converge on St. Peter's Square March 19 for the installation of Pope...
Friend of Pope Francis lauds pontiff as 'courageous'
EWTN - World Catholic News - Mar 18, 2013 at 1:03 am Rome, Italy, Mar 18, 2013 / 01:03 pm (EWTN News).-
Father Miguel Alderete Garrido, a priest from the Argentine city of Tucuman, was amazed at seeing his old friend Cardinal Jorge...
"CATHOLICISM: The New Evangelization"- Third preview clip
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Mar 18, 2013 at 1:00 am
A new clip of Word on Fire's forthcoming documentary series CATHOLICISM: The New Evangelization is currently being featured on Patheos.com. Here, get connected to the Patheos...
Pope Francis' Address to Journalists
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 18, 2013 at 12:13 am Here is the translation of the address Pope Francis gave to journalists on Saturday morning at the Paul VI Audience Hall. * * *
Dear Friends,
At the beginning of my ministry...
An Interview with Catholic Children’s Author Daniel McInerny
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 17, 2013 at 11:03 pm I read (and LOVED) Daniel McInerny’s Kingdom of Patria books (reviewed at CatholicMom.com a while back) and couldn’t resist the chance to interview him. Tell us a little about...
Leopard-frames and new outlooks
Integrated Catholic Life - Mar 17, 2013 at 11:01 pm I’m in love with my new eye glasses. Okay, I’m not really in love with them in the way that one human being can be in love with another human being, but I do like them an awful,...
Ex-Gay Shuts Down Horrified State Legislature
Creative Minority Report - Mar 17, 2013 at 11:00 pm It's really weird that the gay marriage debate is being undertaken by temper tantrums, hissy fits, and cries of victimization. Oh wait, it's actually not weird at all. That's how...
The Pope's First Angelus
The Reason for Our Hope - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:56 pm Papal security personnel must be suffering from ulcers. Like a loving father wanting to be with his children, Pope Francis keeps wading into the crowds - unexpectedly. While...
Novena to St. Joseph Day 8
Virtual St. Joseph Altar - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:49 pm Novena to Saint Joseph:Glorious Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful intercession to obtain, from the...
From the Window, "God Never Gets Tired of Forgiving!"
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:40 pm Before a mammoth crowd – a throng estimated by the Vatican at some 300,000, stretching the length of the Via della Conciliazione to the Tiber – here, an English translation of the...