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Where Love Shines: An Epiphany
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2013 at 8:00 am Where Love Shines: An Epiphany
Love can take many forms.
A gentle hand on a feverish brow.
A knowing smile across a crowded room.
A deep breath that swallows a word best left...
Church of England allows gay men to become bishops
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jan 4, 2013 at 7:05 am London, England, Jan 4, 2013 / 07:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The Church of England has decided to permit gay male clergy in civil partnerships to become bishops, provided that they...
Notre Dame mandate lawsuit dismissed as premature
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 4, 2013 at 7:02 am Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2013 / 07:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A lawsuit filed by the University of Notre Dame to challenge the federal contraception mandate has been rejected as...
New Icon in the Style of the St Alban's Psalter
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 4, 2013 at 7:00 am Here is a recently completed icon by the British icon painter Peter Murphy which caught my eye. It is an image of the three angels from the account of the Hospitality of Abraham...
Over 20 million participants in Papal events since 2005
News.va - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:54 am Vatican City, 4 January 2013 (VIS) - The Prefecture of the Papal Household today published a communique in which it reported that during 2012, 2,351,200 faithful participated in...
Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives
Dominicana - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:30 am I would like to do something that Dominicans typically don’t do: exhort. I’d like to exhort you to read Pope Benedict’s new book, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives. This...
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:30 am “The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will.” (St. Elizabeth...
Obama's Signing Statement Criticizes Conscience Provisions In Defense Bill
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:15 am Yesterday the President signed H.R. 4310, the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. As previously reported, Section 533 of the Act added protections for conscience rights of...
Life is all about sex
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:10 am I was rather amused to read the comment of “Alexander VI”, following my blog about Sister Wendy Beckert and her interview with Kirsty Young on Desert island Discs before Christmas...
Egyptian Official Invites Egyptian Jews In Israel To Return To Egypt
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:10 am As reported by the Jerusalem Post last week, in Egypt high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood official Essam el-Erian called in a television interview for Egyptian Jews living in Israel...
Illinois Federal District Court, Bound By 7th Circuit Precedent, Grants Preliminary Injunction In Contraceptive Mandate Challenge
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:05 am In Triune Health Group, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (ND IL, Jan. 3, 2012), an Illinois federal district court granted a preliminary injunction barring...
Civil Court May Enforce Pre-Nup Penalizing Husband For Failing To Grant Wife A Jewish Divorce
The Religion Clause - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:00 am In Light v. Light, 2012 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2967 (CT Super, Dec. 6, 2012), a Connecticut trial court held that it has jurisdiction to enforce a pre-nuptial agreement requiring a...
Gender Free Marriage Coming Soon To IL?
Making Things Visible - Jan 4, 2013 at 6:00 am Check out this great letter from Bishop Paprocki of Springfield, IL, on gender free marriage in Illinois. He makes a great point, on which I have made at times. The law would...
What will religion in America look like in 2060?
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:57 am The conservative American Family Association offers its prediction: A conservative religious group is warning that 2060 will be a grim time, when Christians are treated “like...
White House petitioned to label Catholic Church a 'hate group'
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:40 am Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2013 / 06:09 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a "hate group" for its views on marriage...
A publication worth your attention: The St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:36 am In issuing Summorum Pontificum the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, spoke of giving the Usus Antiquior its proper place, and preserving the treasury of the Church’s faith and prayer....
Pocket-sized Diurnale Romanum
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:27 am A truly useful liturgical publication has recently come our way - not exactly a new book, but a new version of an old acquaintance: the Diurnale Romanum (the day hours of the...
White House petitioned to label Catholic Church a 'hate group'
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:09 am Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2013 / 04:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a “hate group” for its views on marriage is...
Mercy begins with denouncing of sin
Rorate Coeli - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:07 am Today it seems that the condemnation of sin has disappeared from the Church.
We are not saying that it is, or that sin is no longer declared as such; we are simply saying that...
Will US Catholic population reach 100 million?
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 5:01 am In a recent blog post, David Briggs of the Association of Religion Data Archives examined whether the Catholic population of the United States will rise to 100 million by the...
