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Epiphany: to work our our salvation is to distinguish ourselves from the rest of men
Rorate Coeli - Jan 6, 2013 at 3:53 am Jean-Baptiste Massillon,
Bishop of Clermont
The cause, my brethren, of truth being always unavailingly shown to us is that we judge not it by the lights which it leaves in our...
Pope says Epiphany shows universality of Jesus Christ
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 6, 2013 at 2:53 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2013 / 02:53 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday said that the Magi's visit to the Christ Child commemorated at the Feast of the Epiphany shows...
Military chaplains ask Obama to honor conscience protections
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 6, 2013 at 1:03 am Washington D.C., Jan 6, 2013 / 01:03 pm (EWTN News).-
A group of concerned chaplains is calling on the Obama administration to honor legislation approved by Congress to protect...
Christians Rise Up, Your Savior and King is Revealed
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 5, 2013 at 11:01 pm We often hear of our search for God, but seldom, if ever hear of God’s search for us – or at least we do not think we do. But, the truth is that God first seeks us out, so that we...
Pod people: Looking back at 2012, one more time
GetReligion - Jan 5, 2013 at 9:00 pm I don’t know about you folks, but to me is seems like the 2012 news cycle has been ending for the past three or four weeks. Everyone was already publishing their top stories of...
Behold: the three kings of Juana Diaz
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2013 at 8:41 pm A friend in Florida sent me the picture above just before Christmas, with this explanation: Juana Diaz is a little town on the south coast of the island of Puerto Rico, next to my...
How do you forgive your daughter’s killer?
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2013 at 8:19 pm This Sunday’s New York Times looks at that question through the eyes of Kate and Andy Grosmaire, whose daughter Ann was shot by her fiance Conor McBride (the two are shown here in...
Big Family Anarchy at Duffy Swearing In
Creative Minority Report - Jan 5, 2013 at 6:53 pm This is just too much fun. Congressman Sean Duffy with his wife and five kids at a photo-op with John Boehner. It's great. Watch the little one closely. She moves fast.
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Time magazine says pro-life advocates are winning
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2013 at 6:36 pm New York City, N.Y., Jan 5, 2013 / 05:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A new Time magazine cover story contends that pro-life advocates have been “winning the abortion war” through...
Mandate Challenges By Peoria Diocese, Notre Dame University, Dismissed On Ripeness Grounds
The Religion Clause - Jan 5, 2013 at 6:29 pm Two courts have handed down decisions dismissing as nonjusticiable suits by non-profit Catholic insitutions challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate. In...
Tens of thousands pledge support for Hobby Lobby
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2013 at 5:03 pm Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2013 / 04:03 pm (CNA).- More than 64,000 people throughout the U.S. have signed up to support Hobby Lobby on Jan. 5 for risking millions of dollars in...
Dan Gilgoff departs CNN, with a message
GetReligion - Jan 5, 2013 at 4:52 pm It’s always hard to see people leave the Godbeat, even while you wish them well. Dan Gilgoff has been a religion news writer for as long as I’ve been here at GetReligion and his...
“Every age, we think we’re having the last laugh, and at every age we’re wrong…”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2013 at 3:45 pm If you have some things you’d like to change in the new year, you might take comfort from a new report which notes that change, one way or another, is inevitable. From the New...
Resolve
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2013 at 2:30 pm Resolve
I felt like a bit of a failure just after Christmas. Too fat, out of shape, tired and old. Last year, as usual, I had resolved to eat better, drink less, exercise more and...
Dueling Petitions
The Curt Jester - Jan 5, 2013 at 2:25 pm Of course, you’ve heard about the petition on the Whitehouse.gov site that urges President Obama to designate Catholics as a hate group, right?
“Let me tell you about the petition...
Hanukkah celebration honors legacy of Pope John Paul II
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2013 at 2:08 pm San Antonio, Texas, Jan 5, 2013 / 01:08 pm (CNA).- For the 11th year, Catholics and Jews gathered together for a special joint Hanukkah celebration that has become a unique San...
QUAERITUR: Vegetarian wonders about Friday penance
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm From a reader:
Thank you so much for your tireless ministry!
I apologize if this question seems silly, but it’s been weighing on my mind for a while: I have been a vegetarian...
Drive-Thru Confessions Huge Hit In Local Parish
The Curt Jester - Jan 5, 2013 at 1:41 pm The continuously funny Eye of the Tiber:
Wichita, KS––Reports out of The Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Wichita, Kansas are confirming that last week’s launch of their new...
Live the Twelve Days of Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm Editor’s note: Again, I want to express our gratitude to Rebecca Even and the family at www.LiveTheTwelveDays.com for their sponsorship this month here on CatholicMom.com! Rebecca...
Homily for January 6, 2013: Epiphany
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2013 at 1:03 pm This time of year, a lot of us are sending and receiving Christmas letters – those detailed accounts of how we’ve spent the last year. As interesting as they sometimes are, they...
