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On the Epiphany
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm Here is the translation of the Holy Father's Angelus address delivered from the window of the Apostolic Palace to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square.
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Pope Benedict' Speaks On The Epiphany During Weekly Angelus Address
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm Pope Benedict XVI spoke on the Epiphany of the Lord yesterday during his weekly Sunday Angelus in Saint Peter's Square.
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Pope Calls on Newly Ordained Bishops to "Be Courageous"
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm Pope Benedict XVI conferred Episcopal ordination upon four bishops yesterday during Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the Lord's Epiphany in Saint Peter's Basilica.
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TV Ads During College Football Games Invite Catholics 'Home'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm When Notre Dame plays Alabama tonight for the Bowl Championship Series National Championship, a familiar face will be inviting Catholic viewers to "come home" by returning to...
US Papal Nuncio to Join West Coast's March for Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Holy See's ambassador to the United States, will be attending the 9th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on Jan. 26.
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Coptic Bishops Protest Human Rights Abuses in Egypt's New Constitution
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm The acting leader of Egypt's Coptic Catholics says the country's new constitution "prepares the way for an Islamic caliphate."
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"Spiritual But Not Religious People" May be Nuts
Creative Minority Report - Jan 6, 2013 at 10:30 pm Come on. Didn't we kinda' know this already?
A new study indicates that individuals who claim to be “spiritual,” but who lack an allegiance to a specific religion, may, in fact,...
Notre Dame football’s rise paralleled Irish-Americans’ societal ascent
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 6, 2013 at 8:32 pm
University of Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly watches his team during practice Jan. 3 for the NCAA college football 2013 Discover BCS National Championship game against the...
What we have come to: figuring out what to call people who are “unmarried spouses”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 6, 2013 at 8:28 pm Can any of us remember a time, not so very long ago, when this wasn’t even worth serious discussion? But the New York Times goes there: Now that we’ve come to some consensus on ...
Epiphany
Rome of the West - Jan 6, 2013 at 7:50 pm Three Magi adoring the Christ child, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.A description of the Magi, attributed to the Venerable Bede:Magi sunt, qui munera Domino dederunt:...
One of YouTube’s most famous babies turns 5
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 6, 2013 at 6:36 pm A lot of you may remember this video, which has been making the rounds for a few years. It shows eight-month-old Jonathan Breaux responding to his mother’s voice for the first...
40 years after Roe v. Wade, pro-life movement strengthens its resolve
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 6, 2013 at 6:14 pm WASHINGTON — Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortions, the pro-life movement hasn't stepped back in its resolve to see the decision reversed.
Each year near...
Pope Benedict XVI: Homily on the Feast of the Epiphany
Making Things Visible - Jan 6, 2013 at 6:00 pm Dear Brothers and Sisters,For the Church which believes and prays, the Wise Men from the East who, guided by the star, made their way to the manger of Bethlehem, are only the...
Notre Dame football's rise paralleled Irish-Americans' societal ascent
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 6, 2013 at 5:58 pm WASHINGTON — As Notre Dame prepared to play Alabama Jan. 7 in college football's Bowl Championship Series title game, it seemed like the clash of the titans.
Alabama has won nine...
The New Creed
The Forum - Jan 6, 2013 at 5:41 pm An excerpt from an article by Stanislav Mishin, appearing in Pravda:For years, the Elites of the West have cranked up the myth of Man Made Global Warming as a means first and...
Pledge to pray daily Rosary draws 80,000 signatures
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 6, 2013 at 5:03 pm Boston, Mass., Jan 6, 2013 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- More than 80,000 people have pledged to pray the Rosary daily, with their names recorded in a book presented to Pope...
Benedict XVI on the task of bishops in our own time
Rorate Coeli - Jan 6, 2013 at 4:16 pm How can we not think, in this context, of the task of a Bishop in our own time? The humility of faith, of sharing the faith of the Church of every age, will constantly be in...
Feeding Thy Lambs: Catholic Vacation Bible School
CatholicMom.com - Jan 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm FeedingThyLambs (a trademark of Beevinwood, Inc.) offers terrific Catholic Vacation Bible School programs that are unique, educational, fun, enriching, inspiring, economical, and...
In case you were wondering…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 6, 2013 at 3:53 pm … the episcopal motto chosen by the new Prefect of the Papal Household, His Excellency, George Gänswein. Titual Archbishop of Urbs Salvia, is …
Testimonium Perhibere Veritati....
That big, vague ghost in the Ray Lewis reporting
GetReligion - Jan 6, 2013 at 3:23 pm If you are a pro-football fan, or a human being who is alive and breathing in greater Baltimore, then you are probably aware that today’s playoff game between the Ravens and the “...
